Psalm 42

1.      For praise, with good discernment,by the sons of Korah.

2.      As the deer that longs for streams of water, thus my soul longs for you,O Lord.[1]

3.      My soul is thirsty for you, forthe mighty, living, andenduring God. When will I enter and seethe splendor of the presence ofthe Lord?

4.      My tears have become my sustenance day and night, because the enemy says to me all day, “Where is your God?”

5.      These miracles I remember; and Iwill pour out the thoughts of mysoul whenever I pass beneath the shelter alone; I will be strong inthe camps of the righteous, [who are going]to the sanctuary of the Lord witha voice of petition and praise, a tumult of peoples coming to keep festival in Jerusalem.

6.      Why will you be lowly, O my soul, and [why] will you rage against me? Wait for God, for again I will praise him[2] for the redemption that is from his presence.

7.      O God, my soul will be for me lowly, therefore[3] I willremember you [among] those who dwell yonderin the land of Jordan, and those who dwell on the mountains of Hermoni, and the people who acceptedthe Torah on mount Sinai, whichis lowly and small.

8.      The upper deep calls to the lower deep, at the sound of the pouring of spouts – thus all your breakers and waves passed over me at the time wecame forth from Egypt.

9.      By day the Lord willcommand his goodness, and by night his praise is with me, a prayer to the God whopreserves my life.

10.   I will say to God my trust,[4]“Why have you neglected[5] me, why do I go about in darkness inthe oppression of the enemy?”

11.   Because they kill[6] mybones whenever my oppressors mock[7]me, when they say to me every day, “Where is your God?”

12.   Why will you be lowly, O my soul, and [why] will you rage against me? Wait for God, for again I will praise him[8] for the redemptionthat comes from his presence, for he is my God.

Psalm 43

1.      Judge me, O Lord[9]with true judgment; it is foryou to argue my case with a people that isnot righteous;[10] from the deceitful and oppressiveman you will save me.

2.      For you are God, my strength; why have you abandoned[11] me?why do I go about in gloom[12] at the oppression of the enemy?

3.      Send your light and your faithfulness; they will guide me, they willbring me to the mount of the sanctuaryand the academies, the place of your presence.

4.      And I will come to make his sacrifice at the altar of my God the Lord; to myGod from whom is the joy of mygladness; and I will give thanks in your presence with the lyre, O Lordmy God.

5.      Why will you be lowly, O my soul, and [why] will you rage against me? Wait for God, for again I will praise him[13] for the redemption that comes from hispresence, for he is my God.

Psalm 44

1.      For praise; for David, composedby the sons of Korah, good discernment.

2.      O Lord,[14] withour ears we have heard, our fathers have told us of the deed you did in theirdays, in the days of old.

3.      You drove out the CanaaniteGentiles with your mighty hand;and you planted them, the house of Israel, in their land; you broke the peoples and sent them away.[15]

4.      For they did not inherit the land by the strength of their swords, and the might of their arms did not redeem them, for [it was] yourright hand, and your strong armand the light of your glorious splendor; for whenever they occupied themselves with the Torah, you were pleased with them.

5.      You are my king, O God; at this timecommand the redemption of the house of Jacob.

6.      At your command we will gore ouroppressors; in your name we will subdue all who rise against us.

7.      For I do not trust in my bow, and my sword will not redeem me.

8.      For you have redeemed us from our oppressors and from those who hate us, you have brought shame uponthem.

9.      By the word of the Lord we sing praise all day; and yourname[16] we will confess forever and ever.

10.   Only you have neglected[17] [us] and put us to shame; and your presence will not abide with our forces.

11.   You have made us turn our back in the presence of our enemies, and those who hate us have subdued us.

12.   You have handed us over like sheep for food, and you have scattered usamong the Gentiles.

13.   You sold your people for nothing,for no money; and you did not increase property by their exchange.

14.   You have made us a disgrace[18] to our neighbors, a mockery andscandal to our surroundings.

15.   You have made us a proverb among the Gentiles, a shaking of the headamong the nations.

16.   All the day my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face.

17.   From the sound of the reviler and vilifier,[19] fromthe presence of the enemy and revenge-taker;

18.   All this has come upon us, yet we have not neglected[20] you,and we have not been false to your covenant.

19.   We will not turn back hesitating,[21]our hearts being proud, but youhave diverted our steps from thestraightness of the path.

20.   For you have humbled us in a place of jackals, and you have covered uswith the shadow of death.

21.   If we have neglected[22] the name of our God and spread ourhands in prayer to an idol of foreign nations –

22.   Truly God will search this out, for he knows[23] thehidden things of the heart.

23.   For on your account we are killed all the day; we are accounted as sheephanded over for slaughter.

24.   Act mightily; why will you be like a sleeping man, O Lord? Arouseyourself, do not forever be forgetful.

25.   Why will you remove your glorious presence, why neglect our shame and oppression?

26.   For our soul is bent to the dust; our bowels[24]cleave to the bottom of the pit.

27.   Arise, help us, and redeem us, for the sake of your goodness.

Psalm 45

1.      For praise; concerning those who sit in the Sanhedrin of Moses, whichwas spoken in prophecy by the sons ofKorah; a good lesson, and a psalm, and a thanksgiving.

2.      My heart desires fine speech; I will speak my work to the king; theutterance of my tongue is quick, likethe pen of a fluent scribe.

3.      Your beauty, O King Messiah, is greater than the sons of men; the spirit of prophecy has been placed on your lips; because of this the Lord[25] has blessed youforever.

4.      Gird your sword on your thigh, O champion;[26] yourglory[27] and your brilliance is to killkings as well as rulers.

5.      And your brilliance is great; therefore you will succeed in mounting the horse[28]of the kingdom, by reason of faithfulness and truth and humility and righteousness; and theLord will teach you to do fearful things with your right hand.

6.      Your arrows are drawn to killGentile hordes; beneath you theywill fall; and the sons[29] of your bow will be released into the heart of the enemies of the king.

7.      The throne of your glory, O Lord,[30] lasts forever and ever; the scepterof your kingdom is an upright scepter.

8.      Because you[31] haveloved righteousness and hated wickedness – because of this the Lordyour God has anointed you with the oil of gladness more than your fellows.

9.      Pure myrrh and aloe-wood and cassia – your garments are perfected, fromthe palaces paved with ivory below;[32] from me they will make you glad.

10.   The provinces of the kingdom come to welcome you and to honor you, while the book of Torah is stationed at your right side, andwritten in gold[33] fromOphir.

11.   Hear, O congregation of Israel, the Torah of his mouth, and see the wonders of his deeds, and incline your ear to the words ofTorah, and you will forget theevil deeds of the wicked of your people,and the place of idols that you worshipped in the house of your father.

12.   And then the king will desireyour beauty; for he is your master and you will bow down to him.

13.   And those who dwell in the fortress of Tyre will come with anoffering,[34] and the rich Gentiles will seek your face at your sanctuary.

14.   All the best and choicest sacrifices from the provinces, the treasuries of the kings that arehidden within, will they bring[35]for the priests whose clothing is chasedwith pure gold.

15.   In their decorated garments they will offer their sacrifices before the king of the world, and the rest of their fellows who are scattered among theGentiles will be brought in joy to you to Jerusalem.

16.   They will be brought in joy and praise[36] and they will enter the temple of the king of ages.

17.   In the place of your fathers will be the righteous, your sons; you will appoint them as leaders[37]in all the land.

18.   At that time you will say, “Wewill invoke your name in every generation”; because of this the Gentiles whoare converted will praise your name foreverand ever and ever.

Psalm 46

1.      For praise, by the sons of Korah, through the spirit of prophecy whentheir father was hidden from them, but they were saved, and they recited this song.

2.      God is for us security and strength; a help[38] indistress we shall find indeed.

3.      Because of this we will not be afraid in the time our fathers passed from the land, when the mountains totter[39] in the depth of the great sea.

4.      His waters shake,[40] they become muddy from their dust; the mountains tremble in your pride forever.

5.      Peoples like rivers and their fountains[41] come and make glad the city of the Lord,[42] and they pray in the Lord’ssanctuary, his exalted dwelling.

6.      The presence of the Lord is within it,[43] itwill not be shaken; the Lord willhelp her for the merit of Abraham who prayed on it at the morning hours.

7.      When the Torah was given to his people, the Gentiles trembled; kingdoms shook when he raised his voice; and when he gave theTorah to his people, theinhabitants of the earth melted.

8.      The word of the Lord Sabaoth is our help; the God of Jacob is a stronghold for us forever.

9.      Come, see the deeds of the Lordwho has put devastation on the wicked ofthe land.

10.   He annuls war to the ends of the earth; he will break the bow andshatter the lance; the round shields hewill burn with fire.

11.   Cease from war, and know that Iam the Lord, exalted among thepeoples, exalted over the inhabitants of the earth.

12.   The word of the Lord Sabaoth is our help; the God of Jacob is a stronghold for us forever.

Psalm 47

1.    For praise, by the sons of Korah,a psalm.

2.    All you peoples, clap hands in joy,shout in the presence of the Lord with the sound of praise.

3.    For the Lord Most High isto be feared, a great king over all[44] the earth.

4.    He will slay the peoples byplague instead of us, and he willsubdue the nations under our feet.

5.    He will favor us to inherit ourheritage, the sanctuary[45] of Jacob whom he loves forever.

6.    Let the Lord be exalted with a shout, the Lordwith the sound of the trumpet.

7.    Sing praise in the presence of the Lord, sing praise; sing praise to our king, sing praise!

8.    For the Lord is king overall inhabitants of the earth; singpraise before him with good understanding.

9.    The Lord is king over thepeoples; the Lord sits on his holy[46]throne.

10.  Theleaders of the Gentiles have gathered, the Gentiles who believe in the God of Abraham, for in the presence of the Lord they are the shields of the earth; he has been greatlyexalted.

Psalm 48

1.    A song and psalm by the sons ofKorah.

2.    Great is the Lord and verypraiseworthy, in Jerusalem, the city ofour God, and on the mount of his sanctuary.

3.    Beautiful as a bridegroom, thejoy of all the inhabitants of theearth, Mount Zion, on the northside,[47] the city of the great king.

4.    The Lord is in its palaces;it is known[48] for strength.

5.    For behold, the kings have joined forces, they have passed by together.

6.    They have seen, so they were amazed at the miracles and wonders; they were astonished, yea, they fled.

7.    Trembling seized them there, agitation like a woman giving birth.

8.    With an east wind strong as fire from the presence of the Lord, you will shatter the ships of Tarsis.

9.    The children of Israel[49] will say, “Just as we have heard, so we have seen; in thecity of the Lord Sabaoth, in thecity of our God – the Lord willestablish it forever and ever.”

10.  Makeus worthy, O Lord,[50] of your goodness in the midst ofyour temple.

11.  Asyour name, O Lord, so is yourpraise to the ends of the earth; your right hand is full of generosity.

12.  LetMount Zion rejoice, let the assemblies of the house of Judah rejoice with psalms,because of your judgments.

13.  SurroundZion, let them rejoice,[51] andencircle her, number her towers.

14.  Setyour mind on her throngs above, [evenon] her citadels, that you may tell it to another generation.

15.  Forthis, the Lord, he is our God; hispresence is in her midst and his dwelling is in heaven forever and ever; he will guide us in thedays of our youth.

Psalm 49

1.      For praise; by the sons of Korah; a hymn.

2.      Hear this declaration, allpeoples; give ear, all dwellers on earth.

3.      Even[52] the sons of the first Adam, even the sons of Jacob together, righteous and sinner.

4.      My mouth will speak wisdom, and the murmur of my heart is understanding.

5.      I will incline my ear to a parable, I will begin to open my riddle with the lyre.

6.      Why should I fear on the day of the visitation of evil, except that the guilt of my sin at my end will encompass me?

7.      Woe to the sinners, who trust intheir possessions, and who boast in the size of their riches.

8.      A man[53] will by no means redeem his brother,who was taken captive, by hisriches; and he will not give to God his price of redemption.

9.      And he gives his gloriousredemption,[54] and his evilwill cease, and vengeanceforever.

10.   And he will live again for eternal life; he will not see the judgment of Gehenna.

11.   For the wise will see the wicked,[55]in Gehenna they will be judged;together fools and the stupid will perish, and they will leave their money tothe righteous.

12.   In their tomb they willabide forever, and they will notrise from their tents for all generations, becausethey have exalted themselves;[56]and they have acquired anevil name upon the earth.

13.   And a wicked man[57] willnot lodge in glory with the righteous; he is likened to a beast, he is worth nothing.

14.   This their way has caused follyfor them; and in their end with their mouth they will recount their offenses in the world to come.

15.   Like sheep, they have assigned the righteous to death, and killed them; they havedestroyed the righteous[58] and those who serve the Torah, and the upright they have punished; becauseof this, their bodies will decay inGehenna, because they extended their hand and wrecked the dwelling place of his Presence.

16.   David said in the spirit of prophecy,“Truly God will redeem my soul from the judgment of Gehenna, for he will teach me his Torah forever.”[59]

17.   About Korah and his party he prophesied and said, “Do not fear, Moses, because Korah, the man of dispute, hasbecome rich, because the glory of his house will increase.”

18.   For in his death he will keep nothing, his glory will not descend afterhim.

19.   For the soul of Moses during hislife will bless you;[60]and the righteous will thank you,for you are good to those who worship in your presence.

20.   The memory of the righteous willcome to the generation of their fathers; but the wicked will not see light forever and ever.

21.   The sinful man,[61] whenhe is in honor, will have no insight; andwhen his honor is taken from him, hebecomes like a beast and worth nothing.

Psalm 50

1.      A hymn composed by Asaph. Mightyis God; the Lord spoke atthe Creation a song; and he carved out[62] the earth from the rising of the sunto its setting.

2.      The perfection and the beginning of the eternal creation is from Zion; and from there its beauty is complete, God will be revealed.

3.      The righteous will say on the great day of judgment, “Our God will come, and he will not neglect tovindicate his people”; fire will blaze before him, and around him a storm willrage mightily.

4.      He will call to the angels of theheight above, and to the righteous of the earth below, to extendjudgment to his people.

5.      Gather to me, my pious ones, who have made my covenant, and fulfilledmy Torah, and have engaged in prayer, which is likened to a sacrifice.

6.      And the angels of the height willrecount his righteousness, for God is the judge forever.

7.      Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel; and I will testify to you;I am God, your God.

8.      I am not rebuking you on account of your sacrifices that you did notoffer before me in exile, for yourholocausts that your fathers offeredare in front of me always.

9.      From the day that my sanctuary was laid waste, I have not accepted a bull from your hands, or rams from your flock.

10.   For mine are all the animals of the forest, and I have prepared forthe righteous in the Garden of Eden cleanbeasts and a wild bull who grazes[63] every day on a thousand mountains.

11.   Manifest before me are all thekinds[64] of birds who fly in the air ofheaven;[65] and therooster whose legs rest on the earth, while his head reaches to heaven,rejoicing before me.

12.   If the time of the continual morning sacrifice should arrive, I would not tell you; for mine is the earth and itsfullness.

13.   From the day my sanctuary was laid waste, I have not accepted theflesh of the sacrifice offatlings, and the priests have not sprinkled the blood of rams before me.

14.   Subdue the evil impulse and it will be reckoned before the Lord asa sacrifice of thanksgiving; and pay to the Most High your vows.[66]

15.   And pray in my presence in theday of trouble; I will save you, foryou will glorify me.

16.   But to the wicked who has not repented, and prays in impiety,the Lord says, “Why do you recitemy covenant, and swearby my name, and invoke my covenant withyour mouth?”

17.   But you hate the rebuke of the wise,and you have cast my words behind you.

18.   If you saw a thief, you ran after him; and you have placedyour portion with adulterers.

19.   You have loosened your mouth to utter evil speech[67]; and your tongue adheres to speaking deceit.

20.   You will sit with your brother, you will speak lies against your mother’s son, you will cast aspersions.

21.   These bad deeds you did and Iwaited for you to repent; youthought you would be at peace forever; you said in your heart, “I will be strong like you”; I will rebuke you in this world,[68] and I will prepare thejudgment of Gehenna before you inthe world to come.

22.   Now understand this, you wickedwho have forgotten God,[69] lest I break your might, with no one to save.

23.   He who sacrifices the evil impulse,[70]it will be reckoned to him like asacrifice of thanksgiving, and he honors me; and whoever will removethe evil way, I will show him theredemption of the Lord.[71]

Psalm 51

1.      For praise; a hymn of David.

2.      When Nathan the prophet came to him when he had lain with Bathsheba.

3.      Have mercy on me, O Lord,according to your kindness; according to the abundance of your mercies, forgive my rebellion.

4.      Cleanse me thoroughly from my iniquity, and make me clean from my sin.

5.      For my rebellions are manifest before me, and my sin is in front of me always.

6.      Before you, you alone, I havesinned, and that which is evil in your presence I have done; so that you may make merighteous when you speak, you will clear mewhen you give judgment.

7.      Behold, in iniquity was I born, and in sin my mother was pregnant with me. AnotherTargum: Behold, in iniquities myfather thought to create me; andin the sin of the evil impulse mymother conceived me.

8.      Behold, you desire truth in the inner being[72]; andin the hidden place of the heart youwill make wisdom known.

9.      You will sprinkle me like a priest who sprinkles with hyssop waters of purification madefrom the ashes of the heifer on the unclean,and I will be clean; you will wash me,[73] and I will be whiterthan snow.

10.   You will proclaim to me[74]joy and jubilation; the limbs[75] that you havepurified will rejoice with a hymn.

11.   Remove your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.

12.   A pure heart create for me, O God; and renew within me[76] aspirit inclined to revere you.

13.   Do not cast me from your presence; and do not remove from me your holyspirit of prophecy.

14.   Return your Torah to me, toexult in your redemption; and may thespirit of prophecy[77] support me.

15.   I will teach the rebellious your ways, and sinners will return to yourpresence.

16.   Deliver me from the sentence of death, O Lord, God of mysalvation; my tongue will rejoice in your generosity.

17.   O Lord, open my lips withTorah, and my mouth will recount yourpraise.

18.   For you will not desire the holysacrifice; when I give a burnt offering, you are not pleased.

19.   The holy sacrifice of God is abroken spirit; a heart broken and purged, O God, you will not spurn.

20.   Show favor in your good will to Zion; you will complete the walls of Jerusalem.

21.   Then you will desire the sacrifices of righteousness,[78]burnt offering and holocaust; then the priests will sacrifice bulls on youraltar.

Psalm 52

1.      For praise; for good teaching; composed by David.

2.      When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, “David hascome to the house of Ahimelech.”

3.      How the mighty man will praise himself with a wicked tongue, to shed innocent blood; [but] the grace of God is all the day.

4.      Your tongue will devise tumult in your heart, forming words of slander like a sharp knife.

5.      You love evil more than good, lying more than speaking righteousness[79]always.

6.      You love all the words of destruction, the tongue of guile.

7.      Also God will demolish you forever; he will shatter you and make youwander so that you cannot dwell in a tent;and he will uproot you from the land of the living forever.

8.      And the righteous will see the punishment of the wicked, and they will be afraid in the presenceof the Lord, and on his account they will laugh.

9.      And they will say, “Behold, the man who did not make the word of the Lordhis strength; he trusted in his riches; he was strong[80] inhis money.”

10.   But I, like a luxuriant olive treein the sanctuary of God, havetrusted in the grace of God forever and ever.

11.   I will give thanks in your presenceforever, for you have accomplished the vindication of my case; and I will await your name, for it is good, beforeyour pious ones.

Psalm 53

1.      For praise; on the punishment of the wicked who profane the name ofthe Lord; good teaching composed by David.

2.      The fool said in his heart, “There is no God taking retribution”; because of this the wicked have corrupted their ways; they have become estranged from goodness,for iniquity is found in them; there isnone that does good.

3.      Yet God looked down from heaven on the sons of men to see whether thereis one who will grow wise in the Torah,seeking instruction from the presence of the Lord.

4.      All of them alike have turned aside[81]; they have fouledthemselves, there is none that does good, not even one.

5.      Do not all the doers of lies know that food is given from hispresence? And why then have the eaters of my people dined on bread, [but]not blessed the name of the Lord?

6.      There they were greatly afraid of their idols, in whomis nothing to fear, for God scatters the might of the army of sinners; you put them to shame, because the wordof the Lordabhors them.

7.      Who is it who gives the redemption of Israel from Zion but the Lord?When the word of the Lord brings back the exiles of his people, thoseof the house of Jacob will be glad, thoseof the house of Israel will rejoice.

Psalm 54

1.      For praise, with a hymn. Good teaching composed by David.

2.      When the men of Ziph came and said to Saul, “Is not David hiding withus?”

3.      O God, by your name redeem me, and by the strength of[82]your might judge me.

4.      O Lord, accept my prayer; listen to the utterance of my mouth.

5.      For arrogant men[83] haverisen against me, and powerful men have sought my life; they have not put Godbefore them forever.

6.      Behold, the Lord is myhelper, the Lord is among thesupports of my soul.

7.      May evil return to those who oppress me; in your faithfulness bring themlow.

8.      With an offering I will sacrifice in your presence; I will give thanksto your name, O Lord, for it isgood.

9.      For he has delivered me from every trouble; and my eye has seen vengeance against my enemies.

Psalm 55

1.      For praise, with the words of ahymn; good teaching composed by David.

2.      Hear, O God, my prayer, and do not hide yourself from my prayer.

3.      Hear my utterance, and acceptit from me; I will roar out in my words and be agitated.

4.      From the voice of the enemy, from the trouble of the wicked, for they extend lies against me, and in anger they will holda grudge towards me.

5.      My heart will tremble within me, and the terrors of death have fallenupon me.

6.      Fear and trembling come to me, and disaster has covered me.

7.      And I said, “Who will give to me wings like a dove, [that] I may fly andcome to rest?”

8.      Behold, I would go to a far placeto wander, I would lodge in the wilderness forever.

9.      I would make hasten to me rescue from the tempest, shelter[84]from the storm.

10.   Destroy, O Lord, theircounsel, divide their tongue, for I haveseen violence and strife in the city.

11.   Day and night they encircle it, around her walls, and misery and liesare in her midst.

12.   Tumult is in her midst, and lies and deceit do not depart from hersquares.

13.   For an enemy will not belittle me, else I would bear it; my foe has notvaunted himself against me, else I would hide from his presence.

14.   But you, O Achitophel, a man[85]who is like me; a leader who taught me, and who tells me wisdom.

15.   For together we will explainmysteries in the sanctuary of God, we will walk in haste.

16.   He will condemn them to thejudgement of death, and he willdecree for them evil things, for Doeg and Achitophel; they will descend to Sheol while alive, for evil things are in theirdwellings, in their bodies.

17.   I will pray in the presence ofGod, and the word of the Lord will redeem me.

18.   In the evening, and in the morning, and at noon I will pray, and I will tremble; and he heard my voice.

19.   He redeemed my soul in peace, so that no evil came near to me, for his word was my help in many troubles.

20.   God will hear and receive fromthem [their prayer], and the one who dwells in heaven from of old forever; but the wicked whoare not from of old, who do not changetheir ways, are evil, and are not afraid in the presence of God.

21.   He stretched out his hands against the men of his peace; he desecrated his covenant.

22.   Smoother than oil of curds are thewords of his mouth; and likeweapons of war his heart. Softer are hiswords than tallow,[86] but they are deadly lances.

23.   Cast your confidence on the Lord,[87] and he will feed you;he will never allow privation tothe righteous.

24.   But you, O God, by your word willbring them down to deep Gehenna;murderous and deceitful men will not see half of their days; but I will trust in yourword.

Psalm 56

1.      For praise, concerning the congregation of Israel which is likened to a quiet dove when they are far from their cities, yet they repeatedlypraise the Lord of the World, like David, humbleand innocent, when the Philistines seizedhim in Gath.

2.      Have mercy on me, O LordGod, for a sinful man[88] hascrushed me beneath him; all theday the foeman will overpower me.

3.      My oppressors crush my bones allthe day, for many are the oppressorsfighting against me, O God Most High, whose throne is on high.

4.      In the day that I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

5.      I will praise the attribute of the justice of God; in the word of God I will put my trust, I will not be afraid. Whatwill flesh do to me?

6.      All day on my account they toil;against me all their thoughts are for evil.

7.      They will gather together andthey will conceal a trap, theywill watch[89] my tracks; as they have waited, theyhave done to my soul.

8.      For the lies in their possession,drain them;[90] for the rage of the peoples, makethem poor, O God.

9.      The days of my wandering you have numbered; place my tears in yourbottle, O Lord; is not the sumtotal of my humiliation in your record?

10.   Then my enemies will turn, turning around,[91] on the day that I pray. This I know, for God is my help.

11.   In the attribute of justice ofGod I will give praise in hisword; in the attribute of mercy ofthe Lord I will give praise in his word.

12.   In the word of God I have placedmy trust, I will not fear what a son of man will do to me.

13.   I have taken your vows uponmyself, O God; I will repay sacrifices of thanksgiving in your presence.

14.   For you have delivered my soul from being killed, indeed, my feet from bruising, to walk before the Lord in the light of life. Another Targum: For you have deliveredmy soul from the death that the sinful die, indeed, my feet from stumbling through sin, so thatI will walk before the Lord inthe Garden of Eden to behold the light ofthe righteous.

Psalm 57

1.      For praise, concerning the distress at the time when David said, “Do not harm.” It was spoken by David, humble and innocent, when he fled from Saul’s presence in the cave.

2.      Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me, for in your word my soul has trusted, and in the shade of your Presence I will be confident until the turmoil passes.

3.      I will pray before God Most High,the mighty one, whocommanded[92] the spider who completed a web for me.

4.      He will send[93] his angel from heaven above, and he will redeem me; he has put to shame the onewho bruises me, forever; God will send his goodness and his truth.

5.      My soul glows[94] while in the midst of flames; I will sleep among coals that burn, the sons of men whose teeth are like lances and arrows, and whose tongue is like a sharp sword.

6.      Be exalted over the angels ofheaven, O God; your glory is over all those who dwell on earth.

7.      They have set a net for my footsteps; my soul is bowed down; they dugbefore me a pit, they have fallen into the middle of it forever.

8.      My heart is turned to your Torah,O Lord; my heart is turned tofear you; I will praise and sing!

9.      Wake up, my glory! Wake up to praise by means of the harp and lyre; wake up for the prayerof morning.

10.   I will give thanks before youamong the peoples, O Lord; I willpraise you among the nations.

11.   For your goodness is high to reach the heavens, and your truth, to theclouds.

12.   Be exalted, O Lord, above theangels of heaven; O God, above all theinhabitants of the earth is your glory.

Psalm 58

1.      For praise; concerning the distress in the time when David said, “Do no harm”; composed by David, humbleand innocent.

2.      In very truth are you silent, O righteous ones, in the time of strife? It is fitting that you speak righteousness, that you judge uprightly thesons of men.

3.      But, O wicked, wherefore do youcommit iniquity in the heart, wherefore do your hands establish crime on the earth?

4.      The wicked have become strangersfrom birth; those who utter falsehood have gone astray from the womb.

5.      Poison is theirs like the poison of the serpent; like the deaf adderthat stops up his ears.

6.      Lest it should accept the words of the wizards, the charmers of snakes; he is wiser than those who cast spells.

7.      O God, smash their teeth in their mouth; and shatter the fangs of thelions’ offspring, O Lord.

8.      Let them dissolve in their sins;like water, let them flow away;and he draws arrows at them, and theywill be cut in pieces.

9.      Like the crawling snail whose path is disgusting, like the abortion and the mole who are blind and have not seen the sun;

10.   Before the soft wicked become as hard as thorns, while they are moist, while they are like unripe fruit, may he destroy them bythe storm wind.

11.   The righteous will rejoice, for he has seen retribution on them; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wickedman.

12.   And the sons of men will say,“Truly there is a good reward forthe righteous, truly there is a God whose judgments extend to the earth.”

Psalm 59

1.      For praise; concerning the distress when David said, “Do no harm”;composed by David, humble and innocent; when Saul sent and they guarded thehouse in order to kill him.

2.      Deliver me from my enemies, O God; from those who rise against me, saveme.

3.      Deliver me from those who practice deceit, and from murderous men redeem me.

4.      For behold, they have lain in wait for my soul, the strong gatheringagainst me; not on account of myiniquity, and not on account ofmy sin, O Lord.

5.      Before [there are] iniquities, they run and prepare battle; be strong towards me, and see!

6.      But you, O Lord GodSabaoth, God of Israel, awake to punish all the Gentiles; do not pity any ofthe deceitful rulers forever.

7.      They will return at evening, they will raise a tumult like a dog, andthey will encircle the city.

8.      Behold, they will spew forth with their mouth words sharp as swords; with their lips they say, “Let us boast, for who is the one who will hear and punish?”

9.      But you, O Lord, will laughat them; you will mock all the Gentiles.

10.   O my strength,[95] for you I will keep watch, for Godis my deliverance.

11.   God will precede me with my favor, God will show me vengeance on my oppressors.

12.   Do not kill them immediately,lest my people forget; exile them from their houses by your might, and impoverish them fromtheir wealth, our shield, O Lord.

13.   Because of the sin of theirmouth, and the speech of their lips, let them be caught in their arrogance, for they will speak with oaths and lies.

14.   Destroy them in anger, destroy themuntil they are no more, that they may knowthat God rules in Jacob to the ends of the earth forever.

15.   And they will return at evening, they will raise a tumult like a dog,and they will encircle the city.

16.   They will wander about to take spoilto eat, and they will not rest untilthey are full and take lodging.

17.   But I will praise your strength, and I rejoice in your goodness in themorning, for you have been a delivererto me, and my trust in the day Iam distressed.

18.   O my strength, I will give you praise, for God is my deliverance, God ismy goodness.

Psalm 60

1.      For praise. Concerning the ancienttestimony between Jacob and Laban. A copy made by David, forinstruction.

2.      When David had gathered troops and passed by the Heap of Witness andfought with Aram-on-the-Euphrates and Aram Zobah, and afterwards Joab returned and smote the Edomites in the Plain ofSalt, and twelve thousand fromthe army of David and Joab fell.

3.      David said, “O God, you haveabandoned us, you have attacked us in fierce anger;[96] return to us in your glory.”

4.      You shook the land of Israel, youmade it quake and you flayed it;heal its wounds, for it has become unsteady.

5.      You made your people see hardship, you made us drink the wine[97]of execration.

6.      You have given those who fear you a sign to be lifted up by, because ofthe honesty of Abraham forever.

7.      Because of the merit of Isaac,those who love you will be delivered; redeem with your right hand becauseof the piety of Jacob, and acceptmy prayer.

8.      God speaks in his sanctuary: I will be glad, for those of the houseof Israel will prevail; I will divide thespoil with the sons of Joseph who dwell inShechem, and in the plain ofSuccoth I will measure the measure and divide the booty.

9.      My people were of the house ofGilead, and my people were of the house of Manasseh; and the warriors of the house of Ephraim are the strength of my head, and thoseof the house of Judah are the scribes of my school.

10.   I trampled on the Moabites, myfeet were dipped in the blood[98] of their warriors as in my washing-basin; on the nape of the neckof the warriors of Edom I set my shoe; shout[99] over the Philistines, Ocongregation of Israel.

11.   Who is he that led me to the ruined city of Tyre? Who is he that guided me to Edom?

12.   Is it not you, O Lord? Youhave abandoned us; and you will not go out, O God, with our forces.

13.   Give us help against the oppressor, for in vain is the redemption of ason of man.

14.   By the word of the Lord wewill exercise might, and he will subdue our oppressors.

Psalm 61

1.    For praise, with the psalms ofDavid.

2.    Accept, O Lord, my petition, hear my prayer.

3.    From the ends of the earth I will pray in your presence when myheart is weary; lead me to a strong fortress built on a rock[100] that is higher than I.

4.    For you have been security for me, in truth, a stronghold before the enemy.

5.    I will dwell in your tent forever, I will be secure in the shade of yourpresence forever.

6.    For you, O Lord, have heardmy vows; you have given the inheritance to those who fear your name.

7.    You will add days to the age to come,the days of the King Messiah; hisyears are like the generations of this age and the generations of the age to come.

8.    He will dwell forever in the presence of the Lord; goodness and truth from the Lord of the World will guard him.

9.    Therefore will I praise your name forever, when I pay my vows in the day of the redemption of Israel, and in the day the King Messiah is anointed[101] tobe king.

Psalm 62

1.    For praise, by Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

2.    Truly for God my soul is quiet; from him is my redemption.

3.    Truly he is my strength and myredemption, my savior, I shallnot be shaken on the day of greatdistress.

4.    How long do you rage against a piousman? All of you will be slain, like a crooked wall, like a broken fence.

5.    Truly when they swear to do good,they take counsel to attack; they will tell lies; with their mouth they will bless and withtheir heart they will curseforever.

6.    Truly be silent for God, O my soul, for my hope comes from him.

7.    Truly he is my strength and myredemption, my savior, I shallnot be shaken.

8.    My redemption and my honor is on God; the strength of my might, my hope, is in God.

9.    Hope in his word at all times, Opeople of the house of Israel;pour out the pride of your heartsin his presence;[102] say, “God is our hope forever.”

10.  Forthe sons of men are nothing, the sons of a man are deceit; when they takewives, their fates are weighed in the balances; they themselves came to be altogether out of nothing.

11.  Donot trust in oppression, and do not receivemoney gained by coercion; for [though] it will increase in value, do not setyour mind [on it].

12.  Godspeaks one Torah, and now two times I have heard it, from the mouth of Moses,the great scribe, for there is might inthe presence of God.[103]

13.  Andit is yours, O God, to show favor tothe righteous, for you repay each manaccording to his works.

Psalm 63

1.    A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness in the territory ofthe tribe of Judah.

2.    O God, you are my strength; Iwill arise in the morning in your presence; my soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a barren andweary land, without water.

3.    Thus I have seen you in the holy place; purify me to see your strength and your glory.

4.    For better is the favor that you show to the righteous in the age tocome than the life you have givento the wicked in this age; therefore my lips will praise you.

5.    Thus will I bless you in my life in this age; in the name of your word I will spread my hands in prayer in theage to come.

6.    My soul will be satisfied as with fat and oil, and my mouth shall sing[with] lips of praise.

7.    If I have remembered you on my bed, in the night-watch I will meditateon your word.

8.    For you were a helper to me, and in the shade of your presence I will be glad.

9.    My soul has followed close behind your Torah; your right hand has supported me.

10.  Butthey will seek my soul for the grave;they will enter the lowest part of the earth.

11.  Theywill fear him on account of the blow ofthe sword; they will be the portion of jackals.

12.  Andthe king will rejoice in the word ofGod; all who swear by his word will sing praise, for the mouth of those whospeak deceit will be stifled.

Psalm 64

1.    For praise, a psalm of David.

2.    Hear my voice, O God, in the time of my prayer; guard my life from the fear of the enemy.

3.    You will hide me from the secret [council] of those who do evil, fromthe turmoil of those who practice deceit.

4.    Who have sharpened their tongue as a sword, bent their bows, smearedtheir arrows with deadly andbitter poison.

5.    To shoot in secret, without blame;[104]suddenly they will shoot him and they will not fear.

6.    They will strengthen themselves with an evil word; they will talk ofhiding traps, saying, “Who sees them?”

7.    They will search to find pretextsto destroy the pure, a searchcarried out in the body of a son ofman, and the thoughts of a secretheart.

8.    But God will shoot arrows at themsuddenly; and they will tell oftheir wounds.

9.    And their tongue will make them stumble; all who see them shall moveaside.[105]

10.  Andall the sons of men will be afraid, and tell of the work of the LordGod; and his works will be understood.

11.  Therighteous man will rejoice in the Lord,and trust in his word, and all theupright of heart will boast.

Psalm 65

1.    For praise, a psalm of David, a song.

2.    Before you praise[106] is considered as silence, O God, whose presence is in Zion, and vows will be paid to you.

3.    O receiver of prayer, unto youall the sons of flesh will come.

4.    Words of iniquity have overcome me; you will atone for our sins.

5.    How happy the one you will choose and bring near;[107] hewill abide in your courts. The righteous will say, “We will be satisfied in the goodness of yourhouse, the holiness of your temple.”

6.    Accept our prayer [with] fearfuldeeds in righteousness, O God our redemption, the hope of all the ends of the earth, and theislands of the sea far from dryland.

7.    Who established food for the ibexes of the mountains in the strength of his might, who is girded with a belt in might.

8.    Who quiets the commotion of the seas and the commotion of their waves, and the hubbub of the nations.

9.    And those who dwell at the borders[108] were afraid at yoursigns; [at the] extremities of morning and evening you will set praise intheir mouth.

10.  Youhave remembered the land[109] and watered it; you will enrich itwith much produce from thevault of God which is in heaven, full of rain;[110] you will form their grain, for thusyou will consummate it.

11.  Hehas drenched those raised on its plants;he has given rest to its troops; you will bless its blossoms.[111]

12.  Youhave crowned the year with the goodness of your blessings; and the paths ofyour way will give an odor of richness.

13.  Theywill make sweet the psalms of thewilderness, and the hills will gird themselves with joy.

14.  Therams will copulate with the flock, andthe plains will be covered withgrain; they will shout, indeed, they will rejoice.

Psalm 66

1.    For praise. A praise song. Shout for joy in the presence of the Lord, all inhabitants of the earth.

2.    Praise the glory of his name; set forth the glory of his praise.

3.    Say in the presence of God, “How fearful are your works! For all theabundance of your works, your enemies will deny you.”

4.    All the inhabitants of the earthwill bow down before you, and they will praise you, they will praise your nameforever.

5.    Come and see the works of God; fearful is the lord of destiny[112]to the sons of men.

6.    He turned the Red Sea to dryland; the sons of Israel crossedthe river Jordan on their feet; heconveyed them to his holy mountain;[113]there will we rejoice in his word.

7.    He who rules over the world in the power of his strength, his eyes behold the Gentiles; let thedisobedient not exalt themselves forever.

8.    Bless God,[114] O Gentiles, and make the sound ofhis praise heard.

9.    Who has designated our souls for the life of the age to come, and has not allowed our feet to be shaken.

10.  Foryou have tried us, O God, you have refined us like a smith who refines silver. AnotherTargum: For you have tried [us], foryou have tested our fathers, O God; youexiled them among the kingdoms; youfound them refined as one who purifiessilver.

11.  Youbrought us into the net, you placed chains on our loins. Another Targum: You brought us into Egyptas into a net; you placed therule of the Babylonians upon us, and we became like one on whose loins chains of trouble are placed.

12.  Youhumbled us, you made our creditors ride over our heads; you judged us as if by fire[115] and water, and you brought us outto a broad place. Another Targum:The Medes and Greeks rode overus, they passed over our heads; youbrought us among the Romans, who judge us like the cruel Chaldeans, who castour father Abraham into the fiery furnace, and the Egyptians, who cast our infantsinto the water; yet you brought us up to freedom.

13.  Iwill enter your house[116] with burnt-offerings, I will payyou my vows. Another Targum: Justas you have mercy on us and redeem us, then we will enter your sanctuarywith burnt-offerings and we willpay you our vows.

14.  Whichopened my lips, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.

15.  Fatburnt-offerings I will offer in your presence, with the sweet smell ofthe sacrifice of rams; I willmake [sacrifice of] bulls with he-goats forever[PC1] .

16.  Comehear, and I will tell all who fear God what he has done for my soul.

17.  Icried out to him with my mouth, and his praise was on my tongue.

18.  IfI saw falsehood in my heart, would the Lord not hear?

19.  TrulyGod has heard, he listened to the sound of my prayer.

20.  Blessedbe God, who has not removed my prayer and his favor from me.

Psalm 67

1.    For praise, with melodies; a psalm and a song.

2.    God will pity us and bless us; he will make the splendor of his face shine on us forever.

3.    To make known your way in the land, your redemption among all theGentiles.

4.    The Gentiles will give thanks in your presence, O God, all the Gentiles[117]will give thanks.

5.    The nations will rejoice and exult, for you will judge the peoples withhonesty,[118] and you will guide the nations inthe land forever.

6.    The peoples will give thanks in your presence, O God, all the peoples[119]will give thanks.

7.    The land[120] has given its fruit; God, our God,will bless us.

8.    God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear him.

Psalm 68

1.    For praise, of David. A hymn andsong.

2.    God will arise, his enemies will be scattered, and his foes will fleefrom his presence.

3.    Just as the smoke is driven out, they will be driven; just as wax will melt in the presence of fire, the wicked will perish inthe presence of God.

4.    And the righteous will rejoice and exult in the presence of the Lord, and they will rejoice joyfully.

5.    Give praise in the presence ofGod, praise his glorious name; magnifythe one who sits on his glorious throne inAraboth;[121] Yah is his name; and be glad in hispresence.

6.    Father of the orphans, and judge of widows – such is God in the dwellingplace of his holy presence.

7.    God, who makes matches, joining the solitary to mates;[122] who brought out the houseof Israel, who were bound inEgypt; for the correct deeds oftheir fathers <he redeemedthem>[123] in publicprocession; but Pharaoh and hisarmies, who refused to let themgo, dwelt in thirst.

8.    O God, when you went forth in a pillar of cloud and in a pillar offire before your people, when you traveledin the wilderness of Jeshimon forever, when you gave the Torah toyour people –

9.    The earth shook, also the heavens[124] dropped dew[125]in the presence of the Lord; asfor this Sinai, its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace before the Lord,God of Israel, was manifested upon it.

10.  Whenthe house of Israel heard the voice of your power, their souls flew away; atonce he made to descend upon them the dew of resurrection; O God, you brought the favorable rain to yourinheritance, and you supported the assembly which was exhausted.

11.  Youcaused your vigor[126] togo back to it; you appointed atroop of[127] angels to do good to the poor of God.

12.  TheLord[128]gave the words of Torah to his people; truly, Moses and Aaron [were] proclaiming the word of God to the great army.[129]

13.  Kingdoms[130]with their armies went into exile fromtheir palaces, and the wise were exiled from their knowledge; but the assembly of Israel divides the spoil from heaven.

14.  <TheGod of Israel said:>[131] If you wicked kings lay down[132]among the rubbish heaps, the assembly of Israel, likened to a dove flying[133] inthe clouds of glory, divides the spoil of the Egyptians – silver that is refined, and her treasures full ofpure gold. Another Targum: If youwicked kings sleep in the theatres, which are likened to rubbish heaps, behold, the sons of theassembly of Israel, which are likened tothe wings of a dove, are covered with the words of Torah, which arelikened to silver, and herscholars, which are likened to the pinions ofa young dove in pure gold.

15.  Whenshe spread her hands over the sea in prayer,Shaddai abased kingdoms, and onher account clouded over Gehinnomlike snow; he delivered them fromthe shadow of death. Another Targum: Because ofthis, when the priests spread theirhands and bless the people of Israel,Shaddai agrees with them and kingsare subdued beneath them; and because of their merits, their sins are madewhite as snow, and Gehinnom iscooled for the wicked who have received punishment in their children and haverepented of their bad deeds.

16.  MountMoriah, the place where the patriarchs worshipped in the presence of the Lord, was chosen for the building of thesanctuary; and Mount Sinai for the giving of Torah; Mount Mathnan, Mount Tabor, and Carmel were disqualified,and a hump was made for them like Mount Mathnan.[134] Another Targum: Mount Moriahwas chosen first for the worship of the patriarchs in the presence of the Lord, and was chosen second for thebuilding there of the sanctuary; and Mount Sinai was pulled up from there andchosen third for the Torah; Mount Buthnin wasremoved and set far away; Mount Tabor – a miracle was performed there for Barakand Deborah; Mount Carmel – miracles were performed there for Elijah theprophet. And they were racing, one against the other, and arguing one with theother. One said, “On me the presence shall abide,” and the other would say,“On me the presence will abide.” And the Lord of the World, who sharpens theproud and rebellious with the humble, struck them down and they weredisqualified. A hump was madefor them like Mount Buthnin.

17.  Godsaid, Why do you leap, O mountains?[135] It is not my will to give the Torah on proud, contemptuousmountains. Behold, Mount Sinaiwhich is humble; the word of the Lord desires to place his presence upon it; [but] in the highest heaven the Lordwill abide forever.

18.  Thechariots of God are two myriads of burning fire, two thousand angels guiding them; the presence of the Lord rests on them, on the mountain of Sinai, in holiness.

19.  Youascended to the firmament, O prophet Moses;you captured captives, you taught the words of Torah, you gavegifts to the sons of men, and even the stubborn who are convertedturn in repentance,[136] [and] the glorious presence of the LordGod abides upon them.

20.  Blessedbe the Lord, every day he weighsus down, adding commandments to commandments; the mighty one, who isour redemption and our helperforever.

21.  Godis for us might and redemption; and from God the Lorddeath and loss of breath are inflicted on the wicked throughsuffocation.

22.  TrulyGod will break the heads of his enemies, he will make fall out the hair of the man who keeps walking in his sins.

23.  TheLord says, “I will bring back therighteous who have died and been eaten by wild beasts from Buthnin; I will bring back therighteous who have drowned[137] in the depths of the sea.”

24.  Sothat they will see the punishment of the wicked, they will dip theirfeet in the blood of the slain;the tongue of the wild beast will grow fat from their plumpness, some of them will be sated on the enemies.

25.  Thehouse of Israel has seen the paths ofyour presence on the sea, O God; theysay, “The paths of God, king ofall the world in holiness!”

26.  Theyrose up early and uttered a song after Moses and Aaron who were playing melodies before them, in the midst of the righteous women who were with Miriam playing timbrels.

27.  Inthe midst of the assemblies, bless God, exalt the Lord,O fetuses in the bellies of their mothers, O seed of Israel!

28.  ThereBenjamin, least of the tribes, whofirst of all went into the sea -- because of this, he received kingship; andafter them went down the princes of Judah; thetribes stoned them with stones, and they received dominion after them;[138] the princes of Zebulun weretheir merchants, and the princes of Naphtaliwere their warriors.[139]

29.  Godhas commanded your strength; be strong, O God, abide in this sanctuary you have made for us!

30.  Fromyour temple you will accept sacrifices; yourpresence abides on Jerusalem; fromtheir palaces the kings will bring to you sacrifices.

31.  Rebukethe armies of sinners, shatterthem like reeds, the assembly of warriors whotrust in calves, the idols of the Gentiles. His favor is toward thepeople who are occupied willingly inthe Torah, which is purer than silver. Scatter the peoples who desire to wage war!

32.  Thechildren of Ham, the Osmani(?), will comefrom Egypt to be converted; thechildren of Cush will run tospread their hands in prayerbefore God.

33.  Okingdoms of the earth,[140] sing praise in the presence of the Lord, sing praise to the Lord forever.

34.  Tothe one who sits on his throne in theheaven of heavens; in the beginning he, by his command, gave through his voice the voice of thespirit of prophecy to the prophets.

35.  Ascribethe glory of strength to God, whoseexcellence is over Israel, and whose strength is in heaven.

36.  Fearfulis God, from your sanctuary; the mighty oneof Israel has given strength and might to his people. Blessed be God!

Psalm 69

1.    For praise; concerning the exiles of the Sanhedrin; composed by David.

2.    Redeem me, O God, for an army of sinners has come to trouble me, like water that has reached to the soul.

3.    I am sunk in exile like water[141]of the deep, and there is no place to stand; I have come to themighty depths; a band of wickedmen and a wicked king have sent me into exile.[142]

4.    I am weary of calling out, my throat has become rough, my eyes haveceased to wait for my God.

5.    Those who hate me without a cause are more numerous that the hairs of myhead; those who dismay me – my enemies, false witnesses – have grown strong; what I never stole I will [haveto] repay, because of their false witness.

6.    O God, you know my folly; my sins have not been hidden from yourpresence.

7.    Those who trust in you will not be disappointed in me; those who seek instructionfrom you will not be ashamed of me, O Godof Israel.

8.    For on your account I have borne disgrace; shame has covered my face.

9.    I have been accounted a strangerto my brothers, and [I am] like a Gentile[143] tothe sons of my mother.

10.  Forzeal for the sanctuary has consumed me;and the condemnation of the wickedwho condemn you when they prefer their idols to your glory has fallen on me.

11.  AndI wept in the fasting of my soul; and my kindness became my shame.

12.  AndI put sackcloth in place of my clothing;and I became a proverb to them.

13.  Thosewho sit in the gate will speak about me in the marketplace,[144] and [in] the songs of those whocome to drink liquor in thecircuses.

14.  Butas for me, my prayer is in your presence,O Lord, in the time of favor; OGod, in the abundance of your goodness answer me in the truth of yourredemption.

15.  Deliverme from exile, which is likened to mud,and I will not sink; let me be delivered from my enemies, who arelike the depths of waters.

16.  Amighty king[145] will not send me into exile, and the powerful deep will not swallow me to cover me up, and the mouth of Gehenna will not beopened up for me.[146]

17.  Answerme, O Lord, for your kindness isgood; look towards me with the abundanceof your compassion.

18.  Anddo not remove your presence from yourservant, for I am in distress; hasten, answer me.

19.  Drawnear to my soul, redeem it, so that myenemies may not claim superiority over me, redeem me.

20.  Youknow my disgrace and my shame and my dishonor; before you stand all my oppressors.

21.  Disgracehas broken my heart, and behold, it isill; and I waited for those skilled in mourning, but theywere not; and for those skilled incomfort, and I found them not.

22.  Andas my meal they gave me bitter gall and poison; and for my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.

23.  Lettheir table that they set before me with my food become a snare before them; and their sacrifices an offense.

24.  Lettheir eyes darken so they cannot see, and let their loins continually tremble.

25.  Pourout your anger upon them, and may your harsh anger overtake them.

26.  Lettheir tent became deserted, may no one settle in their tent.

27.  Forthey have pursued the one you have smitten, and they shall tell of the onewounded for your slain.

28.  Giveiniquity for their iniquity, and let them not be purified to enter the assembly of your righteous ones.

29.  Letthem be erased from the memorial book oflife, and let them not be written with the righteous.

30.  ButI am poor and wounded; your redemption, O God, will save me.[147]

31.  Iwill praise the name of my God withsong, and I will magnify him with thanksgiving.

32.  Andmy prayer will be more pleasing in the presence of the Lord than a choice fatted ox that the first Adam sacrificed, whose horns precededits hooves.[148]

33.  Thehumble have seen; so let those who seek instruction from the presence of God be glad and let their heart live.

34.  Forthe Lord accepts the prayer of the lowly, and has not despised his prisoners.

35.  Letthe angels of heaven and thosewho dwell on earth praise him; the seas,and all that swarms in them.

36.  ForGod will redeem Zion and repair thecities of Judah, and they will return[149]thither and inherit it.

37.  Andthe sons of his servants will succeed toit, and those who love his name will abide in its midst.

Psalm 70

1.    For praise; composed by David,for remembrance; concerning the handful of incense.

2.    O God, [hasten] to deliver us, O Lord,hasten to our aid.

3.    Let those who seek my soul be ashamed and disgraced; let those whodesire my ruin draw back and be dishonored.

4.    Let them turn back, becausethey lay in wait for me; let those who say about me “We have rejoiced, rejoiced!”be punished as befits theirshame.

5.    Let those who seek instruction fromyou be glad and exult in your word,and let those who love your redemption always say, “May the glory of the Lordbe magnified.”

6.    But I am poor and lowly, O God; hasten to me, you are my help andsalvation; O Lord, do not delay.

Psalm 71

1.    In your word, O Lord, I have put my trust; I will neverbe disappointed.

2.    In your generosity deliver me and save me; incline your ear to me andredeem me.

3.    Be a strong mighty rock for mealways to come to; you have given commandment to redeem me, for you are my strength and my stout fortress.

4.    O God, save me from the hand of the wicked man, from the hand of thewrongdoer and the predator.

5.    For you are my hope, O Lord;my God, my confidence from my youth.

6.    I have relied on you from the womb; you bring me out of the bowels of my mother; my psalm is always of yourword.

7.    I have became like a portent for many; and you are my confidence andmy strength.

8.    My mouth will be filled with your praise, with your splendor every day.

9.    Do not cast me away at the time of old age; when my vigor ceases, do notforsake me.

10.  Formy enemies have spoken evil about me,and those who watch my soul have conspired together.

11.  Saying,“God has forsaken him; pursue and catch him, for there is no one to deliver[him].”

12.  OGod, do not be far from me; O my God, hasten to my aid.

13.  Letthose who oppose my soul be disappointed [and] destroyed; let those who seek myruin be covered with disgrace and dishonor.

14.  AndI will always wait,[150] and I will add to all your praise.

15.  Mymouth will tell of your generosity, of your redemption every day, for I do notknow their number.

16.  Iwill enter in the strength of the LordGod; I will remember your righteousness alone.

17.  Omy God, you have taught me bymiracles from my youth; and to this verytime I will tell of your marvels.

18.  Andmoreover, O God, do not forsake me at the time of old age and gray hair, untilI may tell of the strength of your armto every generation, of your mightystrength to all who will come.

19.  Yourrighteousness, O God, [reaches] to the highest heaven, for you have done great things; O God, who is likeyou?

20.  Youwho have shown me great and evil troubles, make us live again; and bring us up again from the deepest depths.

21.  Youwill increase my greatness, and you will turn and comfort me.

22.  AlsoI will give thanks in your presence withinstruments of song, and thelyre; I will tell of your truth,O my God, I will sing praise in your presence with the harp, Holy One of Israel.

23.  Mylips will rejoice, for I will give praise in your presence, and [also] my soul that you have redeemed.

24.  Alsomy tongue every day will repeat your generosity, for those who seek my ruinhave been disappointed, they have been put to shame.

Psalm 72

1.    Composed by Solomon, uttered inprophecy. O God, give your justrulings to the King Messiah, andyour righteousness to the son of King David.

2.    Let him judge your people in righteousness, and your poor with just rulings.

3.    The inhabitants of the mountainswill lift up peace for the house of Israel, and the hills in purity.

4.    He will judge the poor of the people, he will redeem the sons of thelowly, and he will purge away[151] the oppressor.

5.    They will fear you at the rising ofthe sun, and they will pray in your presence before the light of the moon for all generations.

6.    He will descend like the favorablerain on the grass that is cut becauseof locusts, like the drops of laterain that drip on the grass of the earth.

7.    The righteous will increase in his days, and peace abound, until thosewho worship the moon are destroyed.

8.    And he will rule from the bank of the Great Sea to the bank of the Great Sea,[152] and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

9.    The governors will bow downbefore him, and his enemies will lick the dust.

10.  Thekings of Tarsus and the islands of the ocean sea will bring back tribute; the kings of Sheba and Seba will offergifts.

11.  Andall kings will do homage to him; all the Gentiles will submit to him.

12.  Forhe will deliver the lowly who seeks favor,and the poor who have no helper.

13.  Hewill pity the indigent and lowly, and he will redeem the souls of the lowly.

14.  Fromduress and from extortion he will redeem their souls, and their blood will beprecious in his presence.

15.  Andhe will live and give to him some of the gold that they brought to him from Sheba, and he will pray for him always; every day hewill bless him.

16.  Letthere be the support of bread in the land on the top of the mountains; its fruitwill quiver like Lebanon, and they will blossom from the city ofJerusalem like the grass of the earth.

17.  Mayhis name be invoked for ever; and beforethe sun came to be[153] his name was determined; so all the peoples will be blessed by hismerit, and they shall speak well of him.

18.  Blessedis the Lord God, God of Israel,who works great wonders by himself.

19.  Andblessed is his glorious name forever, and let the whole earth be filled withhis glorious splendor. Amen and amen.

20.  Theprayers of David son of Jesse are complete.