My statement here is an effort to stop a group from trying ...



My statement here is an effort to stop a group from trying to kill me again and to arrest whoever ordered them. My baby girl was murdered violently, her mother,my girlfriend screamed for thirty minutes while the child poisoned struggled to survive, expected for delivery only one month later. Later I carried my daughter myself five miles to a proper burial and she was blessed by a priest. I had explained in detail to my family and the consulate many times about the people coming to my residences and to me on the street and threatening my life, my family acted as if they did not hear me and rather called me manipulative or insane to say such things, even a lier; I never lie and I am quite healthy. I never complained once in my life about the following things until after the fate full bottle dropped in Seattle. All the evidence shows that my family came up with this elaborate scheme to murder me in revenge for bring up the abuse topic and also to acquire control of a trust in my name. I am taking steps to subpoena internet and phone records 2008- current day from all family members. I am abroad and have made several police reports, so had my ex girlfriend and the Boston police recommend to stay away if there is a contract for my murder. I am asking the reader to try thinking like a Sherlock Holmes to help solve this ongoing crime. I am telling the whole truth that I knowMy daughter was a fully developed healthy girl according to the nurses’ ultrasound just days before she was murdered, and it was not her mother’s own fault; she signed confessions and made statements with lawyers because others were involved in this and also planned to kill me. I had met her as 2014 well after 2008 around when those people first had threatened me and tried to kill me, which I had briefed her on, incase they showed up. When they finally did show up and the threats and attempts began in my new location, her house,I remember she said this to me, “oh now I believe you”. That particular address only the State department had on file. There are many witnesses in this situation of mine. One was an old woman very honest looking who came between me and a gunman, warned me by sliding her hand across her throat while I got into a taxi. Lesyl, my girlfriend told me later “They killed that woman”. Hopefully hat by making one arrest it may lead to more arrests so I am offering A $50,000 dollar reward to be paid in installments to anyone providing information which leads to such an arrest. Right before the 2016 presidential election I made my latest will and testament to nominee Donald Trump and to reserve policeman Steven Seagal because I trust they can avenge my child, myself and the others threatened or killed. I have also posted my MRI and MRA brain scans to prove my good health and for no reason should I have had a heart attack in front of several hospital staff in Bagiuo City while just standing up for a regular checkup appointment; (I suspect some brain scarring was due to that chemically induced heart attack)Again I say I have no enemies that I know of. Here are the possible suspects and their means, motives and opportunities, plus background.My father who I do love and forgive Dr. Bernard S Yudowitz was born in New York; his father’s connections led to his baby photo covering a New York daily newspaper. His father, known as “Rocky” was very well liked in Brooklyn’s depression era. He had immigrated to New York from Poland in the beginning of the 20th century, and managed three fabric stores (see a store photo with my father in it in Peekskill in Google books), one store was located across the street from a prison. I was told that mobsters hid out in his shop, waiting to throw bombs at the prison executioner. Molly, his mother had a wicked temper and became frantic whenever the store lights dimmed during execution time. She often slammed Bernie’s head against a wall. Those events massively impacted Bernie who I believe equated heroes with these mobsters. In university he smuggled firecrackers, some like small sticks of dynamite, across state lines while a civil rights activist thus emulating both the bomb throwers and 1950’s mobsters who also fought for immigrants rights while in the civil right movement. My father once said while opening house mail in the 90s “I am gonna miss Whitey, he could sure fix a problem”. My father gained his notoriety as an excellent hospital administrator and he likely helped stage the two attempts on my life at Philippine hospitals when he told me to go to them for no reason. He was the director of Psychiatry for the Massachusetts Department of Corrections at Bridgwater State prison for the criminally insane followed by his directing the New England Rehabilitation Sports Medicine Center for sports stars. My mother told me he became a doctor to understand his own mother. F. Lee Bailey’s stated in his book about the O. J. Simpson Trial of my father s expert opinion that O. J. Simpson showed no symptoms of having killed anyone right after those murders; yet, then also at a home dinner with guests my father said all the lawyers including himself believed O. J was in fact guilty. A Massachusetts newspaper columnist in the 80’s wrote that my father only got big cases by his big connections. People learned they could be promoted or demoted when dealing with my father seen in the dismissal of the Harvard dean, for not appropriating his gift of money soon enough and my mother’s psychiatrist was demoted while trying to save our family’s health from him.I was named Lawrence after my father’s own psychiatrist saved him from suicide at Cornell after his mother died. My father was diagnosed having an ‘A’ type Personality, driven for control of others. He also was very intense once rupturing a blood vessel in his eye from such.I always came home right after school as I was told to; always obeyed my parent’s orders to this day.and I lived similar to as only child for several years; my siblings were already in college far away as I entered Junior High. I considered myself a very good boy and I was very good to my family but since I was born they ignored me and spoke bad of me for no reason, even framed me sometimes like when all my unwrapped gifts were taken away on some Christmas from me for no reason so they could play with them. I had asked to be given for adoption and called run away services several times but not even the schools could help because my father lied to make everything look fine, so until I turned eighteen had nightmares each and every night and my daily mantra was “be patient” which I said to myself verbally. I was free at last in 1990 after high school but my father made calls to those around me and begged me on his knees to accept monthly rent checks, I was too naive nor strong enough to refuse because he was crying and saying that I would literally die on the streets, it happened to be the 1990 recession and jobs were scarce. At my age of eleven years my father ordered my mother not to trust me after I myself tried to make a truce between them, and used a quote from her that she told me about him that G-d would forgive but dad would not. He said that because I used her quote I had broken her trust, and that was the first time he said I was not trustworthy. He told me in front of her that he never planned to have me as a fourth child. I was usually very nervous at home for he once beat me in the head while I was sleeping after literally kicking down the hotel room door on a school holiday with Tuck Tours he thought I was pretending to sleep, and I forgive him, though anyone who doesn't live with him would never suspect his violent and paranoid behavior. Often my father sat my mother down telling her she imagined things which she didn’t, and she became very fragile, crying at anything and spacing out. I recall once she drove a full quarter mile towards a car ahead while my friend Jon Rosman and we warned her loudly, and then she hit that car snapping her out of her trance My oldest brother Michael says Dad hangs out with bikers and received visits in Miami from two grandsons of the original Murder Inc.?Martin made it a point to ask him infront of me, “Hey Dad, didn’t you once work for John Gotti?” It is true my father often brags that he was called “The doc”,I try to ignore these things. Martin was groomed by my father, going to the same college, working in the same family business in Scotland, helping draft family financial plans and naming his consultation company .My father often used reverse psychology on me as a kid and made me try some prescription drugs without a good reason other than being under the influenced while I was trying pot. I was sexually molested for twenty years by his father, though he was a great man, I forgive him too. My father knew about my molestation or least should have known because his own mother, my grandma, had stopped the same thing from happening to him. He is a doctor and so I am not sure why he also kept pornography in a film canister in our pile of family albums labeled as “mother”, and which he later claimed to have been evidence from one of his first big law cases in Boston (it appeared to me as though he kept evidence of others as a way of blackmail, and when I was about twelve he also said he kept a letter I wrote to a Nathan Y Gross he said it was to use against me when I was older if he found it necessary). While staring at the ceiling as my grandfather fondled my testicles my brother Michael sometimes caught him doing this, yelling at him, calling him “fag” and “pervert” after which Michael just left me standing alone; no one talked to me about it ever, not once. Later in 2016 these were my issues, in my mind, which my father told me to deal with while I was on holiday in the Philippines. The rest of the family said that I was lying about it, but I was not. (I had promised myself as a child every night after nightmares and during the molestations against me that there would someday be justice though I never sought it actively).Around 2009 it was a miracle that I discovered the very important report from 1979 which my school, Park in Brookline, had initiated after suspecting abuses at my home; that report requested that I should go to intensive therapy for child abuse/ My parents literally covered up that report and the abuses greatly increased. My mothers own psychiatrist, Silvio Onesti, was the one who oversaw the 1979 report. My mother told her psychiatrist that “everything was fine at home”, a lie, because she was scared of my father, and her statement to Silvio Onesti contradicted a letter in which she wrote to me “things were so bad at home this being the real reason I was never in therapy for the abuses”. The schools did their part to intervene, but my father switched my schools three times and made excuses those teachers. I never saw my best friends at Park School again. My entrance test to a private school, Dexter, also in Brookline, was a highest score but again a few years later my parents switched me to a public school which was two years below my educational level. That school was within walking distance because my mother said it would save her from driving me to my friend’s homes. Much earlier on my mother had locked me inside my room on and off for two years so she would not have to watch me and I forgive her, she just did not know how to be a mother, she blames her parents for that. Her parents were the greatest grandparents I could hope having but my father began disallowing their visits and so I decided to write letters with them instead,. In high school it seemed my mom told them I tried smoking pot, though she never admitted to them about herself trying.My grandfather Bill said to me that my letter made him high.My mother told me that my family hated me for being smarter and better looking than them. I loved my family very much yet they always abused me right up to this day and telling lies about me, very much like I was their male Cinderella.?. The last visit from my oldest brother Michael he asked the hotel bell boy to find him a prostitute to spend the night with and he joked to me during the attempts on my life about receiving blow jobs on the phone, I hate him for that for I am still healing from past abuses.Since I was a little boy, they always gave themselves checks from the family realty trust company but never to me to use, and I never asked. I sometimes felt as though I was being used as a tax haven. Sometimes my father had offered to give me my dividend check from the company, which was in my name, but as soon as I said thank you and smiled, he’d say “no, because you smiled”.Driving my first car at nineteen, I caught my parents’ investigators taking u-turn after u-turn behind me, my mother denied it was her doing but her sister Ruth Pearl, confronted her on my behalf; my mother then after admitted it that it was my parents’ doing. I left Boston like my siblings had said before me “to escape my father”, but he still had people hired to live next to me and once even moved into my house. Much later I changed my name from Yudowitz to my mother’s family name of Margulies.My Sunday school named me Heart, the headmaster said because I was sweet, and the people referred to in this statement between 2008 and 2018 called me it. My discovery in 2009 of the 1979 (Park) report coincided with a lost passport investigation and my house mortgage loan intended to use in making hotel and school businesses in China which I instead spent it running from these people likely hired by my family.Pertinent to this here statement: When I was12 years old in 1983, there was a boy five years older at camp Yavneh, he dressed in Jewish Orthodox robes, took me to a shack to see his playboy magazine (I wanted to see Madonna naked), he then asked me for a “sick favor” (blow job), which I refused, and it was this same adult boy who later came to my family house asking me to try drugs. Again I refused him, maybe?he wanted a blow job in exchange. My parents invited him inside and he met my family. I did end up taking some drags because he said it was perfectly safe. This man Nathan Y Gross, was the police’s snitch in Allston Massachusetts and he frequented Brookline parks. He showed me one swing set where he raped a girl “fifteen” he said. I hated him for that also. So, as it turned out, in 2016, my father told me over the phone line while I was on holiday in Cebu, Philippines: “Nathan had taken everything from you”, but he had not, my family had (literally taken all possessions, dividends, education, friends, opportunities, and my innocence). This explains why out of small anger and to make some point I made a will and testament out to Nathan which I soon after voided when I made this recent serious one to Trump and Seagal out of concern for safety.There were times I was poisoned in the Philippines covertly while literally standing in line at the government offices, several times, and because I was angry at my father for saying this thing about Nathan “taking away everything” I decided to make a will and testament giving all my Wellsfargo savings (everything) to Nathan; I then emailed the scanned will and testament to him.Afterwards I found Nathan’s telephone number by doing a background check, and calling him for the first time in twenty years Nathan immediately spoke about a letter my parents had then recently sent to him in response to the will. It is important that the reader know that during this period of time 2014 through 2016 when I was poisoned was the same time that Nathan said that he received a letter from my parents and in the letter to him from my parents my father stated that I had a chemically induced psychosis. But how would my father have said that unless he had tried doing so with the poison, which was a strong hallucinogen, so strong that it felt as if it had broken past the brain to blood barrier. Nathan, after he spoke with my father and Martin my brother, later denied receiving this letter, for whatever reasons.I would go on to be poisoned several times and people came to my girlfriend about poison (see her attached statement). My baby girl was also poisoned (her hair sample and my own blood’s samples proves this). That time my girlfriend made her statement here attached (There are more statements and reports not included here now) she said that she had something important to tell me but if only after we left the city we were in.Those people were chasing us around. A certain SUV was parked at a vantage point outside our hotel, the Holiday Inn, men coming to and from it were heard loudly below our window speaking of shooting me while she slept and I suspected they parked outside the gates to avoid the guard’s log book recording their plate number, so I called my consulate about it and refrained from mentioning it to my girlfriend. The consulate officer on duty said to me on that phone call there at 7:00 AM that the consulate had contacts in the Lapu Lapu police station so there I went while she slept.Another pertinent story to my statement here: I was about 18 in 1990, and in a therapy session arranged by my father I was touched on my elbow for a reason, I replied to that psychologist it reminded me of being fondled as a young child, which explained why I wore long buttoned sleeve shirts and long pants through hot summers and refused to take baths from my mom thus making me smell, which my brothers teased me about. I was also finding it uncomfortable to sit close to others. This particular past psychologist, whom I only saw once, wanted me to confront the abusers in order to help heal me, so, I finally took this opportunity in 2015 when my father said to “deal with” my issues.I requested a private meeting with a mediator and my mom to talk about it then around 2015. She had with no bad intentions but nevertheless caused one of my largest emotional scars, the time she used an anal thermometer when I was 11 trying to skip school. At that time when I was 11 she feared my father’s anger for allowing me to skip school and no other thermometers laid around because I hid them. What made this more traumatic for me was that soon afterwards my mother ridiculed me for walking like a girl, it was also discovered I had flat feet, so to this day just the act of walking made me feel less of a man if my arches were not perfect. My father may have meant a different issue in his mind, he never said, but this was my real issue if not the only one which bothered me. It was then obvious in 2016 my family was in real time correspondence with a surveillance team on me because their emails and statements statement more and more so directly reflected what happened real time in my life. My mother became furious that I mentioned the abuse calling me a lier and instigated all the other family members to attack me more than usual. I was taking a holiday to the Philippines to meet a date where my father called my phone said he was concerned about my issues in Cebu, him talking as if he were looking straight at me. He and my mother accused?me while running from a hit team of manipulating them to buy a house in Canada which I had sold. What really happened was, I had mortgaged the house for a loan from a Jewish private lender upon discovering this house owed taxes and had no furniture; I also had no job so a friend of the realtor suggested a loan, not I. Soon after the mortgage loan, border security would not let me enter Canada due to a past felony possession. In 1996 I pleaded guilty to it though there was no evidence and based on a stranger’s hearsay about my housemate. My father asked me to plead guilty against my own better judgment so not to risk ten years incarceration. So in 2016 my parents were angry at me and accused me of stealing the mortgage money.?If I had known (and I still do not know) the purchase money was from a trust in my name I would have insisted a condo by the water because I wanted to be a writer buy my father insisted it should be an income property in the city there; I have no idea where the money came from because my father was never honest to me. He said he mortgaged his own house to get the money and was so he could get a gift tax. My brother Michael intervened to ask for a 100,000 loan from my Dad so I was left with only inner city properties to choose from. I was desperate for any home so I accepted it, but it was not my first choice which may have been my right.I wanted to pay my taxes like any proud American would but they always beat me to it or made excuses that they did not know what address to send my tax documents to even though I made sure they had it. I have questions now why I was never given knowledge about the trust ever and why whenever I tried to pay my own taxes they made strides to prevent that.2016 my mother also accused me of lying about the child abuse and my father said that I ought to be ashamed for bringing up abuse at their old age.I still carried with me my family photos and a letter he wrote to me from Israel, in it he mentioned being with Finish people there and happened it was Finish people who came talked with me in Cebu, Philippines. Half the people coming up to me in Cebu, Philippines had Finish looks if they were not Americans, including the day after I recovered successfully from the hallucinogen a large Finish lady came to my face directly and asked sarcastically “Aren’t you confused?!”.My fathers best friend, Paul Mcswseeney was a risk management security specialist, in Boston who had put surveillance on me in my teens. When my aunt had confronted my mother for an admission of guilt. It was difficult to tell different surveillance teams apart between 2008 and 2018. Paul McSweeney, who situated himself in Boston’s Quincy harbour, had connections with crime syndicates and would have turned a blind eye to the attempts on my life. I know this because one time, as a teen, I knew of a murder possibly about to happen so I asked him what my responsibility was, he said to not mention it ever, otherwise there could be a conspiracy charge against me. I kept my mouth shut in general, that is who I have been since my birth because I grew up respecting people’s privacy and confidentiality, so that’s a big reason I am so surprised at myself to have to make this public statement now, but my innocent girl was murdered ‘after’ I specifically told my community and law enforcement to help prevent that and my own family told everyone that my cries for help and escapes from real killers were bogus. The last time I corresponded with my parents I asked them to make a confession. In question is a certain name-card, which those Finish men in Cebu had given me, that card would prove if my parents hired them or not. I had scanned it and sent it to their emails but as soon as I asked for it to be returned they ignored me, and so I asked their lawyer to ask them, which they also did not reply to. I then mentioned to their lawyer Ken Shulman my quest to get a subpoena for their email and phone records, but they deleted their email accounts after that request. The next suspects in the orchestration of the murder of my child and I.At the 2008 Olympics, two men were asking me about my lost visa and passports, one man Sasha, a Ukrainian passport holder has an MTV tattoo on the?flesh at his thumb, and the other, a black man John Benny, holding a Nigerian passport. Benny told Sasha aloud I that was from Brookline, though I never had said. Benny pretended to panic that I blew his cover as a diplomatic security agent so his black associate asked him that if by his deputizing me could he solve that problem. Afterwards Benny was concerned I had a criminal record which I never said either. Benny introduced Sasha as KGB and they both exposed?themselves as feeding information to the American State Department; They were sincere in asking me what had happened to my visa and passports.When applying for a passport and after leaving the Seattle Passport Agency a bottle fell directly down to where my head was. I swear to G-d and on the holy bible never gave anyone my passport pages nor passport books in my entire life. Since then many undercover agents threatened to kill me and?tried. If they really are heroes then they will be forgiving and might even help now. Someone is in inside the State Department and is somehow connected with my father’s manipulative ways especially obvious due to the fact that I never signed a privacy waiver after 2008 and he was told all details from my phone conversations with the consulate and of letters I gave with my loan applications stating he was a threats and that in some way it could be construed that he hid money from me which was in my name. I am still in imminent danger now which is my only justified reason for divulging the name of undercover agents and since no law enforcement will help, and that even inside the U.S. Consulate during a time I was given a lethal dose of poison the federal law officer refused the very visit that he invited me to to make such a report. By the way I have no criminal record now. I also want to reiterate the fact that I never made any complaint neither about abuse nor an agent until after the bottle fell to where my head was that time after the Seattle passport agency refused my passport renewalPeople had pointed fingers toward those two undercover agents after the bottle dropped, people who seemed to be in their circle. Benny had claimed having a chloroform sales license and Sasha claimed to be popular at the electronics market for purchasing much eavesdropping equipment; this means they know hundreds of dangerous field agents whom to sell to and whom I should fear. I was in Israel once with my father and one of our archaeology team members had worked with the intelligence community. If my family hired sone people to kill me and get away with it they would have likely hire skilled ex covert operatives.2009 or so while staying in Hong Kong I was attacked with a bottle to my head, so I hired a bodyguard after making a police report inside the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and went to have stitches. Then a few days later two men came to my table and sat down, one sounded Russian. They said they were going to kill me and asked if I was a Jew and I told them there was no reason to kill me. I called my father who asked me specifically: Did you tell them there is no reason”. From that point on his statements continued to always specifically reflect exactly what could have been heard only if one were to be listening to me.A few days earlier to this meeting right after the bottle attack and before I met those two men I had made a phone to Benny from the Olympics to ask for safety advise. I called from the hotel room which my bodyguard brought me to. Upon him answering my call he said “I don’t know you” and at the moment we hung upo I was almost certain he said “You’re dead”. It was like me to call him much later on and he invited me to meet him in Taiwan, and we did on my birthday. My father sponsored that trip and Benny had called my parents house leaving a message on the voice machine. My father joked that he was my inside man, but I was only taking Benny up on making the English school with me. I had few role models in my life and I also thought he might be able to become one.It was in 2010 I went to Seattle for a new passport instead of Boston, because it was closer to my house in British Columbia. The passport office in Seattle refused to give me a passport and then soon after leavin that office one Thursday morning at around 11:30, across the street to eat lunch and calling a taxi, a bottle fell to exactly where my head was.That happened at the entrance to the Brooklyn Seafood restaurant. The new armed bodyguard I hired then confirmed with a contact inside the eatery that a bottle did drop there that day where I said. The police told me it could have been an accident. but that was impossible because it the building had closed roof access (Google has images of the building and its entrance). In Seattle several men had followed me including a huge black commando with a live security clearance (he said) who asked me about my trip in Asia (his “cousin with him nudged “When you gonna do him?). This commando reached his hand under the table we sat at with his phone on.A retired navy seal team five member, said he was given a medal of honor, showed me his veterans id, named Jean Luc from Alaska, when I first asked him what he did, he said he “kills people”; he works for cash at Seattle’s Piano 88 bar carrying musical equipment. Several other men followed me including two bald men in Seattle, one of those two had also been in Hong Kong standing behind me on his phone asking the receiver if he should shoot me or not. Inside a Seattle restaurant the bald men sat down next to me and my friend who worked security next door; they did not order anything and I joked to my friend that “we had a file on them” to which the larger bald man asked the shorter one if it was true and he said “no”. Upon my leaving an outside coffee place where I had befriended a barista a certain gray haired man asked her if I bothered her. This I heard clearly from under the convention center dome roof . These men were stalking me and harassing me internationally.After Seattle I went to Boston to apply for the new passport. My father was upset, because he found out that I had a mortgage, but I explained I had no choice but to apply a loan because my mother had said I would not be given anymore money upon receiving the house.I never asked for money and so I went to a private lender, One Stop Mortgage. I yearned to have my own home, I never had the feeling of my own place before, a place to feel safe, so I rushed to take ownership. Once there, my new tenants sent me an urgent email advising me there were two strange women in my yard taking photos, later I learned it had been my mother and my aunt.On my passport trip to Boston in my mothers car during a ride with her, I asked if my father lied all the time or just sometimes, as she fidgeted with her phone on the dashboard. Arriving home from that drive my father greeted us upset about that question to her. We sat in the living room together and talked about the ‘bottle dropping’ incident and I asked if it was true what my brothers said that he was ‘Jewish mafia’. I was trying to figure out if the bottle was to blame on something my father was involved with. Before the house purchase, I never had any threats to my life in my forty years. My mother gawked and said that he would not kill his own son. I asked how he knew about the mortgage, to which he said his lawyer did a search since it was a gift tax, whatever that meant, and to this my mother exclaimed aloud about to my father”You are a good liar”. My parents answering machine received a call from Benny, the undercover agent working in Hong Kong and Taiwan with the Diplomatic security forces. He invited me to meet him in Taiwan to discuss cooperating to open an English business that I had incorporated in Boston. I never questioned why Benny would befriend me but now I do because he called me a criminal at our first meeting (By the way I am now a criminology major and with no criminal record and a clean bill of health so that if I have the chance might help children after I earn my college degree.) I also went to the Taiwan consulate in Boston to help prepare my trip itinerary. Benny and I met there on my birthday and I also met his personal friend for coffee she founded “Descendants of African People” she said to me that Benny worked for the American State Department. My father wanted to talk more about my passport issue, so I paid for us to meet with a mediator and for one hour he lectured me about the seriousness of losing a passport.At the Boston passport agency the man giving me my new passport told me I would likely be investigated for the lost passports. I met Paul McSweeney and my father at his office at Wild Ace Inns, asked if they had been involved in any surveillance on me recently, which my father there denied ever doing so in his entire lifetime which was a lie.He swore on his life even though he claimed to be terminally ill. Paul already told me in person that he had surveilance on me years earlier not to mention what my Aunt found out. Paul there inside my father’s office turned to me and said he “owed his life to my father”. Paul went further to ask me to look at his elbow and asked me what that made me think of. After Boston I went to my nephews bar Mitzvah in Los Angeles and upon arriving, a blue sports car waiting at the entranceway noticed me and followed behind me slowly.When I turned to photograph him, he waived his hands frantically in front of his face and sped away to the highway without any passengers. His methodology of waiving his hands was just like the blond woman driving a green GMC truck behind me in British Columbia after the mortgage application there..I went to the Philippines on invitation from a girl and stayed in that country on and off for about four years, leaving and then coming back between girlfriends. There was a time after a break up with a girlfriend, I came back to Manila and a family at the hotel lobby invited me to dinner somewhere far. As a precaution I took the hotel van with a hotel security driver to the date, where totally new people greeted us and instructed us to drive under a bridge in the pitch black;. The driver and I agreed not to do that and the man who greeted us clearly said on his phone “the hit is canceled”.I went to Cebu again and awaited my mother to send my high school transcripts for my application to university in criminology. I was staying at the Tonros hotel. The day or so after my transcripts arrived several men appeared to be staring at me from the Kukus Nest Hotel across the street so I went to say hello. I had also often gone to drink coffee there. Two gigantic Finnish men were there, sat together and the leader of the two asked if I had ever been to the Cayman Islands, as it happened that during my previous meeting with my parents about the mortgage I copied a fax from my fathers folder in hopes to gain clues as to why someone tried to kill me. It was a fax of a transfer he had made to the Cayman Islands. Perhaps my father in some paranoid rage thought I aimed to steal his money?While I was abroad my mother sent me emails that she was receiving voiced mails from Canada about my private tax and loan information, and some other calls on her caller I.D. from near Hong Kong, They were meant for my father.The other Finnish man a nuclear physicist gave me his name card, because they said their sailboat was confiscated entering America by river, so not wanting to miss out on an buying opportunity, I asked if I could buy it at a discount. Leaving them at the cafe, he yelled to me “Its like a game of chess, isn’t it.” (I only played chess when I was with the two agents Benny and Sasha.) Also he said “Larry, you are going to need guns” (maybe it was to warn of the dangers of sailing Asian seas?)I scanned that name card and sent it to my parents’ email addresses thinking they might have hired them.Afterwards I deleted my own email inboxes so I asked for that name card from them later to which they ignored me several times.I asked them through their lawyer Ken Shulman and they refused again so I said I would get a subpoena and they then deleted their email accounts.A different man, American at the same Kukus Nest, the next morning, offered to have a drink with me and called me by my Sunday school name Heart while on his phone call. He showed me his elbow like Paul had and asked me to look at it. He also said he had been in Thailand where Michael lived.Later that man crossed my path to my hotel room and a paper similar looking to the Cayman fax had disappeared from my most important folder. I noticed it missing right away right after seeing this man on his way toward my room.The paper actually stolen was the contact of Michael Jackson’s previous bodyguard in Manila, in case I needed help; my Hong Kong office address was shared with a law firm which gave that contact to me after the attack on me there.I actually did call him to help me two years later in 2016 in my escape from the Philippines to get to the Manila airport, but after his promise, his hot line telephone at his office mysteriously did not answer when the plane was to depart. I was scheduled to be accompanied by him to the airport.The particular day that I called this bodyguard, my mother specifically mentioned details about my conversation with him that only someone either listening or watching could have known. Without provocation she said to me “Arent there two men coming to meet you now?Another different man, at the Kukus Nest, he stayed there after these other men left, for over a month often came up to me. His name was David and he claimed to having a purple heart medal. He would run up to me with his phone call lit on. I told him that I might investigate him for spying on me and he said if I did that he would tie my feet to concrete blocks and dump me in the ocean. The moment after his threat to me he made a telephone call in front of me and told the receiver to “delete all the telephone records”.Two fake Muslim girls came to Kukus nest one night about that time I was there and they were confused about the meaning of their names and how to spell them. One said to the other while it was just me sitting near them “Are they really going to shoot him?”. It was several times people had said this so I called my brother Martin for advice and he told me to ignore them. Martin’s actions cost my daughters life, nearly my own life and from what I hear others’ also. Martin later the murder of my daughter continued many times to call what happened a miscarriage. He suggested I stay in my current situation.My father had no right to speak to the US Consulate directly, because I had not signed a privacy waiver, but he found out about the letter I attached to my repatriation loan application in which I said there was a threat by my dad and that in order to pay for my air ticket back to the states I needed to ask for back taxes or find out where my money were put. In Davao Philippines where I also applied to a university for my criminology degree I planned also to open a coffee shop, but an American named Jerry showed up at the place offering to help. A potential business partner who works at city hall came to my location and she overheard Jerry talking to me specifically about my science fiction story written years earlier that I gave to my family and brother Michael, an amateur UFO researcher. Jerry’s comments to me scared her away. Jerry said some of the same things these other strange men had said which my family started, such as that I was a manipulator.I thought it strange also that I had once telephones a Rabbi in Seattle whom also knew my father. He had asked me to help him raise money for his library in 2003 so I had asked his help then in 2013 to do something helpful for me as I had helped him, but I was abroad. For no reason he said to me that he suspected me as being a manipulator (he had recently spoken with my father and also after the mortgage). I never manipulated anyone. As I mentioned earlier, I never asked for a house, and my parents insisted that I stay in Canada for six months a year upon accepting the house which I did. In Davao jerry was famous for selling fake cigarettes and a local ex Navy bar owner guessed himself that Jerry was a Federally protected witness after Jerry’s talk with him. Jerry also had a fake Quezon City police ID with his photo and name on it. I told jerry that the FBI would not take my calls and he said that “They have people inside the FBI.”Jerry came to my apartment in Davao and pointed to the photo of my father saying my father was “not someone to cross”, but I never crossed him. Jerry was arrested for selling fake Marlboros in Davao, and I brought a sandwich to him at the jail. I am 100% sure he knows who hired the assassination team so I stress that the $50,000 dollar reward now and forever could be awarded by tracking this Jerry down and gaining evidence.I went back to Cebu and the gray haired American man came with two cowering policeman behind him. The address which only the State Department had for the repatriation loan was 26 C Imus Highway. Right before these men appeared at the house that time, a short American had walked slowly pass me as if to identify me, his hair was obviously dyed black to blend in.I walked up to the gray haired man and he asked me how I made money so I told him. He joked in an evil way, that he was from France, because somehow he had overheard my joke the week before that I was from France. I told him I didn’t like being bothered and the following day another American guy who I recognised stopped me on the street who had also approached me the year before at the mall (as if he was tailing me the whole time). He asked to borrow a dollar from me again and then he asked me, “Aren’t You from France?”Lesyl, my girlfriend became pregnant while I waited for the repatriation loan to process. My father intervened in that loan process by telling the lady at the consulate helping me that I was crazy. I asked her out of expectance, “Did my father tell you that I was crazy?” and she laughed saying “yea”. My father had begun telling many people between 2008 and 2016 either that I was a crazy or a manipulator. The consulate told me it was required on the application to ask my family for assistance before handing me an air ticket loan and they specified 2500 as being necessary, but my father only sent 1500. In hindsight this action by my father appeared to be a trap to keep me in the Philippines while a group tried to kill me. I had told my father my plans to return to America and talk to lawyers about stopping these men stalking me and he sounded solemnly disappointed at that and he seemed determined to stopThat. One time I was poisoned in Cebu possibly by a dart to my calf muscle which left a large puffy mark surrounding a small hole, I called my mother to ask for help to pay for protection and she said “Ill think about it”, not what I expected after having read world war two stories of men crying for their moms in the battlefield and their moms likely would have helped. I am 100% certain that my family members were in direct contact with the assassins. My mother during one phone conversation said she was “not part of that”, but she seemed to be part of it.I had previously called my dad about the gray haired American man coming and he said “That’s what you get for writing the letter”While walking back to Lesyls house, the Australian Gecko Bar acting owner in Cebu called me over to enter his bar and to have a private meeting with him, I had not ever known him personally, and inside it was just him, his sidekick in the corner and a waitress serving us a beer. He sat close to me and said there was a contract on my life, and he said specifically “It isn’t a white man.” His sidekick said “Just shoot him”, and then he switched chairs to sit away from me. I was not a guilty man nor a rat, nor would anyone have a reason to kill me, so I got up and sat back next to him again. Then he asked me if there were any court documents, I replied that I was not involved with any courts. The only thing I could think of was a questionnaire had been sent to me to Philippines from Boston by a lawyer named Garabedian, from a time when I became upset about discovering the 1979 “Park” report in 2009 (I decided not to sue because I was not interested in money, and my parents continued to deny everything any ways). Even Michael who watched me being molested started denying it ever happened; I had called Michael and he said that I would be “locked up in a jail or a hospital if I continued to say that my abuse ever happened. Martin also told me to stop complaining about that issue, but I reminded him that I recently discovered the 1979 report and in fairness I should be able to talk about it politely.The Gecko bar owner knows who hired the assassination team for those seeking the $50,000 dollar reward. Contact my email for lawyers contact for details and to collect.It was my father who decided to ask me to deal with my issues, I had not thought too much about it, but he was harassing me about “issues” and falsely accusing me of lying and stealing regarding the house.Lesyl was pregnant so I asked for a local private loan to help feed us, which I paid back every month and reapplied for. It was for several hundred dollars extra each month to care for the baby and to get us through the last term of the pregnancy. The loan company in Mactan, Loan First, stopped my loan . They said because they found out that I had a trust account that I could use instead! I did not know then about the private irrevocable trust: It would have been impossible for them to find out about that private trust unless someone went to tell them.My family were the only ones besides Ken Shulman who knew I had a trust at that time, so it could be possible that Ken is involved.I called Martin and he said that he had helped make the financial papers for my father, Martin also told me “Never tell a murderer that he is wrong”, and I did not know to what he referred to.That week the loan was not given as it had every month before Lesyl and I were forced to switch apartments in order to use the room’s deposit money to eat with. My parents had sent money late a few months in a row so and she was very hungry.Rightfully so in my mind, I considered money they sent after the repatriation loan failedto be a payback for the $20,000 dollars in value of my house’s possessions which my father abandoned after promising to pick them up from my handyman. After two months of waiting for the pickup my infuriated handyman got rid of everything. After m,y father’s promise to pick them up which he offered to do initially my father then accused me of trying to have him pick up my things and that he would have been charged money by my handyman.There was no money owed for anything, I owed no one money. He was being paranoid and then taking revenge on me again for a non existant reason.Lesyl and I came out of our room and then three men sat at our room’s entrance in Mactan’s Decca 5 apartments, Mactan, so I greeted them, said hi and shook their hands to which the first one, identifying himself as Jun from Decca 3, his ID later confirmed.Jun said to the other two “I’m not gonna shoot this man.!” The next man over had a huge birthmark surrounding one eye said he was from the Philppine army, and a bald American with arm tattoos sat to his left. I asked the tattooed American if they were from the State Department and he replied “Why?, do you want to die?” to which I replied in reference to constantly being harassed, “No I want more evidence to make a complaint about” and this made his neck jerk far away to his left in fear.These men also know who hired the assassination team for anyone seeking the $50,000 dollar reward.Of course we immediately moved from there. Right after our move and in Lesyl’s last month and a 1/2 of pregnancy there was a violent break-in into our next apartment through the air conditioner and front door. I called 911 but there was no response. Lesly was also acting strangely and when i called 911 she yelled to the air conditioner “Not tonight!”I received a message on a website I joined there locally that Lesyl had met someone to eat lunch with there at the time those three men showed up at our house and I suspect that my family had by manipulating our loan to be revoked to put Lesyl in the position of accepting a bribe to participate kill the child and I. He own statement about the SUV can substantiate this. This is a theory that stands. She came home with some money the day the baby was poisoned.My loan had been stopped and neighbors had no food to let us borrow, because the Philippine are very poor people. Hospitals needed to be paid for any treatment received also, otherwise it would be seen as a crime if you were not to pay.Lesyl had killed our child. I had taken every precaution by taking her for vitamins daily and putting rugs on the ground to avoid falls, along with the ultrasound to check the health of the baby. I wanted her to stay inside the last two months of the pregnancy as I feared those men coming around. It was one day that I asked her to bring my extra phone to our neighbors to sell for our food, after the loan was revoked, that it seems those same people acted on her vulnerabilities. I would have taken her to live in a remote location while pregnant, but I felt it safer in busy neighborhoods to stay in public view in case those people came again which they did.Later, I went to the Lapu Lapu police station because a duty officer at the American consulate said he had a contact inside there. I made a call to the embassy from the women’s services department and yelled at the consulate officer to urgently call my parents for money otherwise my baby would be killed. That week Lesyl was acting strange and looked as if she was trying to abort the baby and complaining that we were starving. I had called my father, but he didn’t want to talk on the phone as he was upset, saying that I had disrespected him. Somehow he was referring to a private conversation I had with a consulate officer on the phone but there was no privacy waiver signed, how was he getting all my details from inside the State Department even after I told them about my bad history with him. Why would the consulate share information with him that would only made him more angry.My sister Anne sent me an email asking me if Americans were still outside my room, even though I had never told her about it. She later also said in an email that It would be my last time spent with my girlfriend.The loan company that I regularly took out loans from and also paid back regularly for baby care suddenly stopped at the last month of pregnancy when we most needed it and we were left with only one hundred dollars for that month. The owner’s husband said to me that I had a trust account and so would not need his loan.I am guessing that whoever told the loan company about the trust account was preparing to ‘move in on’ Lesyl once we had no money and were starving. I called my parents all that week to ask for money and they refused, but instead they sent sent two checks via mail totaling $4,000 (symbolic as the number of death) which arrived to my bank the very day that she murdered my baby. When I called my father to yell at him for the murder, he picked up the phone to say that he had terminal cancer, the Boston Globe even wrote this too in their article as to why wild Acre Inns was closing, but I called the Globe and told them to omit that claim because he was not terminally ill. He took attention away from my baby’s murder and attempts on me. Martin continued to send me emails insisting that the baby died of a miscarriage, he also denied that anyone was threatening me.Lesyl killed the baby and she had strained herself a few different times that week squeezing her womb, there was one thing I could not figure out, was that she was in great pain and screaming that day coming home with cash and the week those three men came to ur house and could not breath.In hindsight she was not squeezing he fists and puffing to kill the baby but that the baby was poisoned and fighting for her life. Lesyl was trying to constrain her own pain as the baby child struggled inside. I came to this conclusion after reading her statement about the S. U. V. of people who came to her and mentioned their own fear of poison inside the baby still inside her belly. I was also poisoned after that SUV appeared and followed us, which can not be a coincidence. And it was clearly a set up. There had been four special agents identifying themselves as Philippine I.C.E just moments before I was first poisoned.It happened at Cebu’s Escario hotel when I ordered a food delivery. I had heard some people outside my room there speaking American English asking the maid which room I stayed in.I called my parents and an ambulance at the same time,;My parents answered my call right away and seemed happier than usual. The ambulance just sat in the hotel parking lot for almost 30 minutes so I took a taxi instead as whatever poison got in my system took on massive hallucinogenic affects.When I arrived at the hospital, named Socceur, a man in a lab coat emerged from against the emergency room wall and gave me a pill from his pocket which made me feel like I was dying, really! So I asked him to take my vitals and he refused, so I ran out the hospital and threw it up. It was the next afternoon that the Finnish lady said to me “Aren;t you confused?!”The man in the lab coat was the same impostor that switched places with the doctor at my check up in Baguio approximately 1000 miles away during the assassination attempt in Bagious city later.I left Lesyl alone at Escario and I went somewhere else when I was poisoned. When I came back to get her, we moved to a new hotel and upon arriving there at 6 am I noticed people below our room in the parking lot talking about shooting us so I immediately went to the security manager inside the lobby and pointed to one of the people on his way to a gray SUV outside the gate at the only vantage point. There was a man in a yellow T-shirt on his way to that SUV and the manager said he did not see him even though he was right in front of us so I immediately called the American embassy because I was very afraid of what was going on there. Obviously the SUV parked at the vantage point outside the property line to avoid leaving its license plate on record at the guard’s gate.The next week I asked Lesyl to take a moment and think about our relationship. She was clearly very disturbed about something and she said she would not tell me unless we left the city, so we did.After our arrival to Bohol, where I buried my girl, she wrote a statement with a lawyer about the SUV but I hadn’t told her that I had reported the SUV earlier to the embassy. (At one point Lesyl stated she had to choose between me or her son at the province for whatever reason.)We went to Baguio city, I only told the embassy and my father where I was. I made a check up appointment at the doctors office incase I wanted to leave the country and obtain a working visa, I had checkups every year and I was very healthy.In Baguio the same short man who walked past me slowly before at the house during the repatriation loan application and where the gray haired man with two shamed cops showed up at 26 C Imus highway. His hair was now a faded brown. While in public I made a joke and one bad lie. I joked that I would quickly get a checkup to prove my good health in case those people tried to give me a heart attack. I also made the bad lie aloud in public while walking with Lesyl that I would use any extra money I wanted to hurt that bad man of a neighbor, who had raped Lesyl during Christmas and my birthday. I called my mother to ask for more money in order to pay the exit fees and she asked me, that if she sent me more money “would I hurt someone?”. I have never hurt anyone in my life and never had threatened anyone. This was a one time bad joke. Furthermore, my father hearing the call with my mother about my exiting and needing money to do so, threatened my mom aloud, saying that he would close her bank account if she did send more.One thing that I want to mention to the readers now is that after the attempted break in to my apartment through the air conditioner just before our baby girl was murdered I called my father. I was particularly disturbed that after the group breaking in went away upon sunrise, they left behind a five gallon drum of bleach left on the door mat .I called my father on my way to the police station and he said to me on the phone “I guess you did a public service”. The public service which he referred I think was my mention of his Cayman Islands account to the State department during my repatriation loan.I had been poisoned several times and called a night duty officer at the consulate, who identified himself as Noel and I begged him for help several different occasions. I told him I believed myself to be a good person and to please help my situation. After my begging he finally said he had done some research; He said to me :“There is a warrant on your life”. I had never heard of such a thing and I immediately told him that it was impossible, and asked him by whom. He answered “Whitey.”.He cut the call short and told me to call in the day time. The daytime duty officer sounded suspicious and asked if I had spoken to someone at night there.In Bagiuo at the check up appointment, I asked Lesyl to wait outside with her stencil pad. I stayed with the intern to attach the electrodes and we watched my heart on screen for an hour while waiting for the doctor to arrive. My heart was in good condition according to the aid and I had already been examined fully several times previously in other countries. I also have attached my healthy heart sonogram and examination just after escaping the Philippines.. Then after a whole hour of waiting finally a new nurse came in wearing a mask and told me something very odd. The previous nurse explained that if I jogged on the running machine later to hit the red button if I felt faint, but this time the new nurse said NOT to hit the button but if feeling faint later to tell her about it instead. Then the impostor doctor came in wearing normal clothes, looking back in time I realized that if he had worn a lab coat I would have recognized him right away as the same emergency room doctor in Cebu who gave me the poison tablet at Socceur hospital. I went to stand on the running machine and then noticed while looking at the monitor, just standing still my heart went racing to 120 and I could not believe it so I asked him about it and he said “not to bother him”, that he was “Busy with procedure”. Then I saw my heart beat go up more to 130 and I had not even begun jogging and when I went to say something, he snapped at me asking “how I should know”. This was when I told him that I was raised among Harvard doctors and knew that 120 represented a problem. Then suddenly a moment later he said, like he was pretending, “Oh, I see a problem” and my heart went to 190 and fluctuated to 200 at which point I felt a chemical in my blood so strong I could taste it.I knew it was another hit on my life. I thought fast and pulled off the electrodes, quickly wiping the gel off my chest, meanwhile grabbing my clothes and pulling out a wad of cash that totaled much more than the amount owed for the checkup, and I told them I was leaving, that I was late for another appointment.The impostor that moment grabbed a nun passing by to pray over my dying body and he immediately made a cell phone call at the same time as if to ask for further orders. I successfully paid and dressed and left while concentrating not to have a heart attack, stumbled out the door. I left the entranceway and a guard asked me to stop so I told him I’d already paid and was late for an appointment. He still would not let me pass, and he already confirmed that I already paid so I made an immediate decision to run for my life, up the private road for about 500 meters to the public street. I was then chased by four guards and upon reaching the street a large masked woman, civilian, stepped out from around the corner and said she was a police woman, and said I must return to the hospital. I explained again that I had already paid and had to go somewhere else, and when asked, she had no id. Lesyl just reached where we were all stood and said “I thought you were going to give me a heart attack” as she stood there also wondering what to do. I offered a bribe to the guards.Finally I yelled to the street side and yelled. “I am Larry Margulies and they poisoned me.”They then let me leave. At which time the concerned reception nurse from inside also ran to me at that point and gave me a receipt.We jumped on a bus and immediately left the city. If you wanted to find this hospital, it is at the top of Session Road in Bagiuo, upon leaving the art cafe take a left, then take the first right, and the road across the street leads to the emergency room. We went to Manila and stayed at the White Night Hotel where three workers witnessed my will and testament to Donald Trump the presidential nominee and Steven Seagal, giving them my family photo collection, bank account savings, email account and asking them to investigate my statement here, several police reports and the NBI report about the impostor doctor. In hindsight there were two other times outside of my different residences that that impostor was seen loitering across the street from our door. He is about 5’ 9’’ and 210 pounds with a barrel shaped chest and tanned skin with a trimmed goatee and short to medium length black hair, and about fifty years old.I applied for my exit visa properly and efficiently, but upon going to pick the exit clearance up, the Immigration department told me that I had to do the entire process all over again, and for no reason at all. During this extra time I was poisoned again and eventually they gave me the exit visa but also a letter stating that there was a humane issue in granting it.The time that I was poisoned lethally and went to the embassy twice in one day to meet the federal law officer who by coincidence invited me that day, that time i was poisoned while inside the immigration bureau and upon feeling the effects suddenly, I was already there for a couple hours, I made a written note and put it inside the complaint box. A foreign man black skinned and similar looking to Benny laughed at me and said “That won;t do you any good’ and so I looked at him. He then put on covert operative sunglasses while we caught eyes and he left.Lesyl was with me that day and she had promised to stay with me in line, but something scared her and she suddenly wanted to stay at the coffee shop and wait. I was poisoned while at that immigration office while standing in line and the symptoms gradually increased over several hours as if from the ice bullet in spy novels that slowly dissolved. I was so afraid that sent a fax to Steven Seagal’s police office. The first few hours of the poison’s affects I went to the U. S. embassy twice. I went to the gate claiming to have an emergency. A Federal law enforcement officer took my call the week previously about investigators harassing me and he told me to come in, so at that time I was poisoned I went there to ask to speak to a law enforcement officer. I told them some people were trying to kill me outside and that I was poisoned. They refused both times I asked to speak to the law officer there and the window person told me I had to leave, but I was so scared, as the poison was becoming strong and it felt deadly, and it was. I jumped in a taxi outside the embassy and chose a destination an hour away to my ex girlfriends house. Then we turned around and went back to the White knight hotel. I had tried to take a water break on the way, but I could not stand up, extremely dizzy and head shaking and throwing up for no reason.I literally crawled up the stairs to our room and two red laser dots were on the wall coming through an open window near Lesyl and I. Lesyl said loudly “Finally its over”.After my escape through the airport and making my way to Macao an ATM machine ate my cards, so I called Martin for help to pay my hotel while a new ATM card was on its way. He answered my telephone call by yelling into the phone before I had the chance to say anything. “Larry you need help!” He seemed to be acting and setting me up for something as if fooling his wife if she was there listening. Martin said he needed my specific address if he was going to help send money for the hotel. I told him that giving my address put me at risk because of those people. He promised to pay for the week or two but then after his promise he only paid for one night. He paid by his credit card, and he spoke to me on the phone while I stood in the hotel lobby and two men appeared at the entrance on their phone. Martin then commented about my physical appearance as if he knew what I was wearing, and complained that it might be becasse of the way I looked that the hotel asked him for a deposit.Martin instructed me to call him the next day so he cover the hotel costs until my card arrived, but he did not answer any calls nor emails. There was no way to get in touch with him all of a sudden which was not normal.He intentionally asked for my location and broke his promise. This was at the Masters hotel in Macao. Martin had also said that dad told him to “Take care of me” ,a question of semantics. (I ask the reader to boycott Martin’s )I managed to find a hotel that let me stay for ten days with my delayed payment. Michael called my Skype after my escape. He sounded desperate to talk about my trust account. Mike Yudowitz: “There is money. Send email. Confirming that you want me to be trustee and not Ken Shulman. Tell me now if you do Not want me involved. I am doing this to help you. It is not something I want to do.” Larry Margulies: I don’t want you involved Mike; honestly, I don?t Trust you.” Mike Yudowitz: “Ken Shulman will do it; I will call dad now, all family contact from now on will be though Shulman. I will block you now, bye”2017 -2018 twice two men came behind me and used some tool to inject me with some strange stimulant; once while sitting in an internet bar an old man walked toward me and looked me in the face as if to identify me, after which a younger man came from his side and injected me with something that made my heart race over 130 Beats per minute for several hours. It must have been some device similar to that used in the Philippines. Another customer outside of a Walmart came to my side about five times and then upon coming to me again said to me that my English was very good, then moved swiftly around behind me and injected a poison into my backside through the air while barely touching with something, but in both incidents the police and I could find no video proving that.February 27th, 2017 in Mongolia upon my first morning, there were two armed men who came into my hotel room at 7AM, grabbed my arm and asked me to go in a car with them, but I yelled out of the window for help, and a child called the police thus saving me. I believe I was followed into Mongolia and set up because the car ride to the hotel from the border had a Mongolian student who made comments to the driver not to worry that I trusted him, is my guess. The police came, after I screamed for help outside the window. The maid clearly said to me while the intruders went to greet the police that they were going to kill me. They also stole my computer tablet. They told the police they didn’t want a dead body in the room. The maid had been switched that morning from the night before and it was not a work day, it was a national holiday February 28. The police who arrived handed me the phone twice, once to the consulate lady at the consulate and a different call to a consulate worker named Jason who said was two hours away. After my escape from the two armed men who entered my room I made it to a five star hotel where I turned on my Skype to call a lawyer in the states, and for unknown cause the man Jason whom I had spoken with on the policeman’s phone, his voice crossed over by interference on my wifi signal, it was really him and no one else in that city spoke English and not his American English. It was his voice; I can not explain. Later I found out his job is interviewing people for visas, similar to Diplomatic Security like the others in my statement. My family is directly involved with the attempts on my life whether voluntary or not. 2017-2018 My mother has said she fell down her stairs I am not sure if she has been threatened. Michael Ann Martin and my mother knew about all the attempts on my life and that is certain from their emails and conversations with me between 2008 and 2016. My parents have avoided my subpoena for their emails and telephone calls, My family's’ internet and phone records can clear up any questions and so can their lie detector tests. Michael had claimed to see my email address on a Russian hacking site when the attempts began also if this is helpful information, also just before these events began and at that visit by him he stole my book on Chinese acupressure points and said to me “I can kill people”. I want to argue that my babies death certificate which says unknown causes justify starting a murder investigation because the child was fully developed. There is not a statute of limitations for murder so that may lend time to solve this crime. The child was murdered and it was not some miscarriage as Martin says and I believe the people in Lesyl Medallas’ statement were responsible for her actions. If something bad were to happen to me, it will likely be at their manipulation also.?I hope my will and testament giving my savings account to Donald John Trump and Steven Frank Seagal may be helpful. Thank G-d I am alive now and hopefully those assassins will leave me be. They had never told me any information as to why I was a target except to use words only my family had said to me. I promise a $50,000 reward to arrest those people in my statement and whoever hired them. My statement is not a joke, it really happened and I need your help because the police and FBI do not. I am pleading for help in public now because I have no other choice. Anyone may help, please; my email is yudowitzbaby50000reward@ [Psalm 1]{1:1} Blessed is the man who hasnot followed the counsel of theimpious, and has not remained inthe way of sinners, and has notsat in the chair of pestilence.{1:2} But his will is with the lawof the Lord, and he will meditateon his law, day and night.{1:3} And he will be like a treethat has been planted besiderunning waters, which will provideits fruit in its time, and itsleaf will not fall away, and allthings whatsoever that he doeswill prosper.{1:4} Not so the impious, not so.For they are like the dust thatthe wind casts along the face ofthe earth.{1:5} Therefore, the impious willnot prevail again in judgment, norsinners in the council of thejust.{1:6} For the Lord knows the wayof the just. And the path of theimpious will pass away.[Psalm 2]{2:1} Why have the Gentiles beenseething, and why have the peoplebeen pondering nonsense?{2:2} The kings of the earth havestood up, and the leaders havejoined together as one, againstthe Lord and against his Christ:{2:3} “Let us shatter theirchains and cast their yoke awayfrom us.”{2:4} He who dwells in heaven willridicule them, and the Lord willmock them.{2:5} Then will he speak to themin his anger and trouble them withhis fury.{2:6} Yet I have been appointedking by him over Zion, his holymountain, preaching his precepts.{2:7} The Lord has said to me: Youare my son, this day have Ibegotten you.{2:8} Ask of me and I will give toyou: the Gentiles for yourinheritance, and the ends of theearth for your possession.{2:9} You will rule them with aniron rod, and you will shatterthem like a potter’s vessel.{2:10} And now, O kings,understand. Receive instruction,you who judge the earth.{2:11} Serve the Lord in fear, andexult in him with trembling.{2:12} Embrace discipline, lest atany time the Lord might becomeangry, and you would perish fromthe way of the just.{2:13} Though his wrath can flareup in a short time, blessed areall those who trust in him.[Psalm 3]{3:1} A Psalm of David. When hefled from the face of his son,Absalom.{3:2} Lord, why have those whotrouble me been multiplied? Manyrise up against me.{3:3} Many say to my soul, “Thereis no salvation for him in hisGod.”{3:4} But you, Lord, are mysupporter, my glory, and the onewho raises up my head.{3:5} I have cried out to the Lordwith my voice, and he has heard mefrom his holy mountain.{3:6} I have slept, and I havebeen stupefied. But I awakenedbecause the Lord has taken me up.{3:7} I will not fear thethousands of people surroundingme. Rise up, Lord. Save me, myGod.{3:8} For you have struck allthose who oppose me without cause.You have broken the teeth ofsinners.{3:9} Salvation is of the Lord,and your blessing is upon yourpeople.[Psalm 4]{4:1} In parts according toverses. A Psalm of David.{4:2} When I called upon him, theGod of my justice heeded me. Intribulation, you have enlarged me.Have mercy on me, and heed myprayer.{4:3} Sons of men, how long willyou be dull in heart, so thatwhatever you love is in vain, andwhatever you seek is false?{4:4} And know this: the Lord hasmade wondrous his holy one. TheLord will heed me when I cry outto him.{4:5} Be angry, and do not bewilling to sin. The things thatyou say in your hearts: be sorryfor them on your beds.{4:6} Offer the sacrifice ofjustice, and hope in the Lord.Many say, “Who reveals to us whatis good?”{4:7} The light of yourcountenance, Lord, has been sealedupon us. You have given joy to myheart.{4:8} By the fruit of their grain,wine, and oil, they have beenmultiplied.{4:9} In peace itself, I willsleep and I will rest.{4:10} For you, O Lord, haveestablished me singularly in hope.[Psalm 5]{5:1} Unto the end. For her whopursues the inheritance. A Psalmof David.{5:2} O Lord, listen closely to mywords. Understand my outcry.{5:3} Attend to the voice of myprayer, my King and my God.{5:4} For to you, I will pray. Inthe morning, Lord, you will hearmy voice.{5:5} In the morning, I will standbefore you, and I will see. Foryou are not a God who willsiniquity.{5:6} And the malicious will notdwell close to you, nor will theunjust endure before your eyes.{5:7} You hate all who workiniquity. You will destroy all whospeak a lie. The bloody anddeceitful man, the Lord willabominate.{5:8} But I am in the multitude ofyour mercy. I will enter yourhouse. I will show adorationtoward your holy temple, in yourfear.{5:9} Lord, lead me in yourjustice. Because of my enemies,direct my way in your sight.{5:10} For there is no truth intheir mouth: their heart is vain.{5:11} Their throat is an opensepulcher. They have acteddeceitfully with their tongues.Judge them, O God. Let them fallby their own intentions: accordingto the multitude of their impiety,expel them. For they have provokedyou, O Lord.{5:12} But let all those who hopein you rejoice. They will exult ineternity, and you will dwell inthem. And all those who love yourname will glory in you.{5:13} For you will bless thejust. You have crowned us, O Lord,as if with a shield of your goodwill.[Psalm 6]{6:1} In parts according toverses. A Psalm of David. For theoctave.{6:2} O Lord, do not rebuke me inyour fury, nor chastise me in youranger.{6:3} Have mercy on me, Lord, forI am weak. Heal me, Lord, for mybones have become disturbed,{6:4} and my soul has been verytroubled. But as for you, Lord,when?{6:5} Turn to me, Lord, and rescuemy soul. Save me because of yourmercy.{6:6} For there is no one in deathwho would be mindful of you. Andwho will confess to you in Hell?{6:7} I have labored in mygroaning. Every night, with mytears, I will wash my bed anddrench my blanket.{6:8} My eye has been troubled byrage. I have grown old among allmy enemies.{6:9} Scatter before me, all youwho work iniquity, for the Lordhas heard the voice of my weeping.{6:10} The Lord has heard mysupplication. The Lord hasaccepted my prayer.{6:11} Let all my enemies beashamed and together be greatlytroubled. May they be convertedand become ashamed very quickly.[Psalm 7]{7:1} A Psalm of David, which hesang to the Lord because of thewords of Cush, the son of Jemini.{7:2} O Lord, my God, in you Ihave hoped. Save me from all thosewho persecute me, and free me:{7:3} lest at any time, like alion, he might seize my soul,while there is no one to redeemme, nor any who can save.{7:4} O Lord, my God, if there isiniquity in my hands, if I havedone this:{7:5} if I have repaid those whorendered evils to me, may Ideservedly fall away empty beforemy enemies:{7:6} let the enemy pursue mysoul, and take hold of it, andtrample my life into the earth,and drag down my glory into thedust.{7:7} Rise up, Lord, in youranger. And be exalted to theborders of my enemies. And riseup, O Lord my God, according tothe precept that you commanded,{7:8} and a congregation of peoplewill surround you. And, because ofthis, return on high.{7:9} The Lord judges the people.Judge me, O Lord, according to myjustice and according to myinnocence within me.{7:10} The wickedness of sinnerswill be consumed, and you willdirect the just: the examiner ofhearts and temperaments is God.{7:11} Just is my help from theLord, who saves the upright ofheart.{7:12} God is a just judge, strongand patient. How could he be angrythroughout every day?{7:13} Unless you will beconverted, he will brandish hissword. He has extended his bow andmade it ready.{7:14} And with it, he hasprepared instruments of death. Hehas produced his arrows for thoseon fire.{7:15} Behold him who has givenbirth to injustice: he hasconceived sorrow and has begotteniniquity.{7:16} He has opened a pit andenlarged it. And he has falleninto the hole that he made.{7:17} His sorrow will be turnedupon his own head, and hisiniquity will descend upon hishighest point.{7:18} I will confess to the Lordaccording to his justice, and Iwill sing a psalm to the name ofthe Lord Most High.[Psalm 8]{8:1} Unto the end. For the oiland wine presses. A Psalm ofDavid.{8:2} O Lord, our Lord, howadmirable is your name throughoutall the earth! For yourmagnificence is elevated above theheavens.{8:3} Out of the mouths of babesand infants, you have perfectedpraise, because of your enemies,so that you may destroy the enemyand the revenger.{8:4} For I will behold yourheavens, the works of yourfingers: the moon and the stars,which you have founded.{8:5} What is man, that you aremindful of him, or the son of man,that you visit him?{8:6} You reduced him to a littleless than the Angels; you havecrowned him with glory and honor,{8:7} and you have set him overthe works of your hands.{8:8} You have subjected allthings under his feet, all sheepand oxen, and in addition: thebeasts of the field,{8:9} the birds of the air, andthe fish of the sea, which passthrough the paths of the sea.{8:10} O Lord, our Lord, howadmirable is your name throughoutall the earth![Psalm 9] (9 - 10){9:1} Unto the end. For thesecrets of the Son. A Psalm ofDavid.{9:2} I will confess to you, Lord,with my whole heart. I willrecount all your wonders.{9:3} I will rejoice and exult inyou. I will sing a psalm to yourname, O Most High.{9:4} For my enemy will be turnedback. They will be weakened andperish before your face.{9:5} For you have accomplished myjudgment and my cause. You havesat upon the throne that judgesjustice.{9:6} You have rebuked theGentiles, and the impious one hasperished. You have deleted theirname in eternity and for allgenerations.{9:7} The spears of the enemy havefailed in the end, and theircities, you have destroyed. Theirmemory has perished with a loudnoise.{9:8} But the Lord remains ineternity. He has prepared histhrone in judgment.{9:9} And he will judge the wholeworld in equity. He will judge thepeople in justice.{9:10} And the Lord has become arefuge for the poor, a helper inopportunity, in tribulation.{9:11} And may they hope in you,who know your name. For you havenot abandoned those seeking you,Lord.{9:12} Sing a psalm to the Lord,who dwells in Zion. Announce hisstudy among the Gentiles.{9:13} Because of those whoyearned for their blood, he hasremembered them. He has notforgotten the cry of the poor.{9:14} Have mercy on me, Lord. Seemy humiliation from my enemies.{9:15} You lift me up from thegates of death, so that I mayannounce all your praises at thegates of the daughter of Zion.{9:16} I will exult in yoursalvation. The Gentiles havebecome trapped in the ruin thatthey made. Their foot has beencaught in the same snare that theythemselves had hidden.{9:17} The Lord will be recognizedwhen making judgments. The sinnerhas been caught in the works ofhis own hands.{9:18} The sinners will be turnedinto Hell: all the Gentiles whohave forgotten God.{9:19} For the poor will not beforgotten in the end. The patienceof the poor will not perish in theend.{9:20} Rise up, Lord: do not letman be strengthened. Let theGentiles be judged in your sight.{9:21} O Lord, establish alawgiver over them, so that theGentiles may know that they areonly men.{9:22} So then, why, O Lord, haveyou withdrawn far away? Why haveyou overlooked us in opportunity,in tribulation?{9:23} While the impious isarrogant, the poor is enflamed.They are held by the counsels thatthey devise.{9:24} For the sinner is praisedby the desires of his soul, andthe iniquitous is blessed.{9:25} The sinner has provoked theLord; according to the multitudeof his wrath, he will not seekhim.{9:26} God is not before hissight. His ways are stained at alltimes. Your judgments are removedfrom his face. He will be masterof all his enemies.{9:27} For he has said in hisheart, “I will not be disturbed:from generation to generationwithout evil.”{9:28} His mouth is full ofcurses, and bitterness, anddeceit. Under his tongue arehardship and sorrow.{9:29} He sits in ambush, withresources in hidden places, sothat he may execute the innocent.{9:30} His eyes catch sight of thepoor. He lies in ambush, in hidinglike a lion in his den. He lies inambush, so that he may seize thepoor, to seize the poor as hedraws him in.{9:31} With his snare, he willbring him down. He will crouchdown and pounce, when he has powerover the poor.{9:32} For he has said in hisheart, “God has forgotten, he hasturned away his face, lest he seeto the end.”{9:33} O Lord God, rise up. Letyour hand be exalted. Do notforget the poor.{9:34} How has the impious oneprovoked God? For he has said inhis heart, “He will not inquire.”{9:35} You do see, for you examinehardship and sorrow, so that youmay deliver them into your hands.The poor one has been abandoned toyou. You will be a helper to theorphan.{9:36} Break the arm of the sinnerand the malicious. His sin will besought, and it will not be found.{9:37} The Lord shall reign ineternity, even forever and ever.You will perish the Gentiles fromhis land.{9:38} The Lord has heeded thedesire of the poor. Your ear haslistened to the preparation oftheir heart,{9:39} so as to judge for theorphan and the humble, so that manmay no longer presume to magnifyhimself upon the earth.[Psalm 10] (11){10:1} Unto the end. A Psalm ofDavid.{10:2} I trust in the Lord. Howcan you say to my soul, “Sojournto the mountain, like a sparrow.”{10:3} For behold, the sinnershave bent their bow. They haveprepared their arrows in thequiver, so as to shoot arrows inthe dark at the upright of heart.{10:4} For they have destroyed thethings that you have completed.But what has the just one done?{10:5} The Lord is in his holytemple. The Lord’s throne is inheaven. His eyes look upon thepoor. His eyelids question thesons of men.{10:6} The Lord questions the justand the impious. Yet he who lovesiniquity, hates his own soul.{10:7} He will rain down snaresupon sinners. Fire and brimstoneand windstorms will be the portionof their cup.{10:8} For the Lord is just, andhe has chosen justice. Hiscountenance has beheld equity.[Psalm 11] (12){11:1} Unto the end. For theoctave. A Psalm of David.{11:2} Save me, O Lord, becauseholiness has passed away, becausetruths have been diminished,before the sons of men.{11:3} They have been speakingemptiness, each one to hisneighbor; they have been speakingwith deceitful lips and aduplicitous heart.{11:4} May the Lord scatter alldeceitful lips, along with thetongue that speaks malice.{11:5} They have said: “We willmagnify our tongue; our lipsbelong to us. What is Lord to us?”{11:6} Because of the misery ofthe destitute and the groaning ofthe poor, now I will arise, saysthe Lord. I will place him insafety. I will act faithfullytoward him.{11:7} The eloquence of the Lordis pure eloquence, silver testedby fire, purged from the earth,refined seven times.{11:8} You, O Lord, will preserveus, and you will guard us fromthis generation into eternity.{11:9} The impious wanderaimlessly. According to yourloftiness, you have multiplied thesons of men.[Psalm 12] (13){12:1} Unto the end. A Psalm ofDavid. How long, O Lord? Will youforget me until the end? How longwill you turn your face away fromme?{12:2} How long can I take counselin my soul, sorrowing in my heartthroughout the day?{12:3} How long will my enemy beexalted over me?{12:4} Look upon me and listen tome, O Lord my God. Enlighten myeyes, lest I fall asleep foreverin death,{12:5} lest at any time my enemymay say, “I have prevailedagainst him.” Those who troubleme will exult, if I have beendisturbed.{12:6} But I have hoped in yourmercy. My heart will exult in yoursalvation. I will sing to theLord, who assigns good things tome. And I will sing psalms to thename of the Lord Most High.[Psalm 13] (14){13:1} Unto the end. A Psalm ofDavid. The fool has said in hisheart, “There is no God.” Theywere corrupted, and they havebecome abominable in theirstudies. There is no one who doesgood; there is not even one.{13:2} The Lord has looked downfrom heaven upon the sons of men,to see if there were any who wereconsidering or seeking God.{13:3} They have all gone astray;together they have become useless.There is no one who does good;there is not even one.{13:4} Their throat is an opensepulcher. With their tongues,they have been acting deceitfully;the venom of asps is under theirlips. Their mouth is full ofcurses and bitterness.{13:5} Their feet are swift toshed blood. Grief and unhappinessare in their ways; and the way ofpeace, they have not known.{13:6} There is no fear of Godbefore their eyes.{13:7} Will they never learn: allthose who work iniquity, whodevour my people like a meal ofbread?{13:8} They have not called uponthe Lord. There, they havetrembled in fear, where there wasno fear.{13:9} For the Lord is with thejust generation. You haveconfounded the counsel of theneedy because the Lord is hishope.{13:10} Who will grant thesalvation of Israel from Zion?When the Lord turns away thecaptivity of his people, Jacobwill exult, and Israel willrejoice.[Psalm 14] (15){14:1} A Psalm of David. O Lord,who will dwell in your tabernacle?Or who will rest on your holymountain?{14:2} He who walks withoutblemish and who works justice.{14:3} He who speaks the truth inhis heart, who has not acteddeceitfully with his tongue, andhas not done evil to his neighbor,and has not taken up a reproachagainst his neighbors.{14:4} In his sight, the maliciousone has been reduced to nothing,but he glorifies those who fearthe Lord. He who swears to hisneighbor and does not deceive.{14:5} He who has not given hismoney in usury, nor acceptedbribes against the innocent. Hewho does these things will beundisturbed for eternity.[Psalm 15] (16){15:1} The inscription of a title:of David himself. Preserve me, OLord, because I have hoped in you.{15:2} I have said to the Lord: “You are my God, so you have noneed of my goodness.”{15:3} As for the saints, who arein his land: he has made all mydesires wonderful in them.{15:4} Their infirmities have beenmultiplied; after this, they actedmore quickly. I will not gatherfor their convocations of blood,nor will I remember their nameswith my lips.{15:5} The Lord is the portion ofmy inheritance and my cup. It isyou who will restore myinheritance to me.{15:6} The lots have fallen uponme with clarity. And, indeed, myinheritance has been very clear tome.{15:7} I will bless the Lord, whohas bestowed understanding uponme. Moreover, my temperament hasalso corrected me, even throughthe night.{15:8} I have made provision forthe Lord always in my sight. Forhe is at my right hand, so that Imay not be disturbed.{15:9} Because of this, my hearthas been joyful, and my tongue hasexulted. Moreover, even my bodywill rest in hope.{15:10} For you will not abandonmy soul to Hell, nor will youallow your holy one to seecorruption.{15:11} You have made known to methe ways of life; you will fill mewith joy by your countenance. Atyour right hand are delights, evento the end.[Psalm 16] (17){16:1} A Prayer of David. Lord,listen to my justice, attend to mysupplication. Pay attention to myprayer, which is not fromdeceitful lips.{16:2} Let my judgment proceedfrom your presence. Let your eyesbehold fairness.{16:3} You have tested my heartand visited it by night. You haveexamined me by fire, and iniquityhas not been found in me.{16:4} Therefore, may my mouth notspeak the works of men. I havekept to difficult ways because ofthe words of your lips.{16:5} Perfect my steps in yourpaths, so that my footsteps maynot be disturbed.{16:6} I have cried out becauseyou, O God, have listened to me.Incline your ear to me and heed mywords.{16:7} Make your mercieswonderful, for you save those whohope in you.{16:8} From those who resist yourright hand, preserve me like thepupil of your eye. Protect meunder the shadow of your wings,{16:9} from the face of theimpious who have afflicted me. Myenemies have surrounded my soul.{16:10} They have concealed theirfatness; their mouth has beenspeaking arrogantly.{16:11} They have cast me out, andnow they have surrounded me. Theyhave cast their eyes down to theearth.{16:12} They have taken me, like alion ready for the prey, and likea young lion dwelling in hiding.{16:13} Rise up, O Lord, arrivebefore him and displace him.Deliver my soul from the impiousone: your spear from the enemiesof your hand.{16:14} Lord, divide them from thefew of the earth in their life.Their gut has been filled fromyour hidden stores. They have beenfilled with sons, and they havebequeathed to their little onesthe remainder.{16:15} But as for me, I willappear before your sight injustice. I will be satisfied whenyour glory appears.[Psalm 17] (18){17:1} Unto the end. For David,the servant of the Lord, who spokethe words of this canticle to theLord, in the day that the Lorddelivered him from the hand of allhis enemies and from the hand ofSaul. And he said:{17:2} I will love you, O Lord mystrength.{17:3} The Lord is my firmament,my refuge, and my liberator. MyGod is my helper, and I hope inhim: my protector, and the horn ofmy salvation, and my support.{17:4} Praising, I will call uponthe Lord. And I will be saved frommy enemies.{17:5} The sorrows of deathsurrounded me, and the torrents ofiniquity dismayed me.{17:6} The sorrows of Hellencompassed me, and the snares ofdeath intercepted me.{17:7} In my tribulation, I calledupon the Lord, and I cried out tomy God. And he listened to myvoice from his holy temple. And mycry in his presence entered intohis ears.{17:8} The earth was shaken, andit trembled. The foundations ofthe mountains were disturbed, andthey were shaken, because he wasangry with them.{17:9} A smoke ascended by hiswrath, and a fire flared up fromhis face: coals were kindled byit.{17:10} He bent the heavens, andthey descended. And darkness wasunder his feet.{17:11} And he ascended upon thecherubim, and he flew: he flewupon the feathers of the winds.{17:12} And he set darkness as hishiding place, with his tabernacleall around him: dark waters in theclouds of the air.{17:13} At the brightness that wasbefore his sight, the cloudscrossed by, with hail and coals offire.{17:14} And the Lord thunderedfrom heaven, and the Most Highuttered his voice: hail and coalsof fire.{17:15} And he sent forth hisarrows and scattered them. Hemultiplied lightnings, and he setthem in disarray.{17:16} Then the fountains ofwaters appeared, and thefoundations of the world wererevealed, by your rebuke, O Lord,by the inspiration of the Spiritof your wrath.{17:17} He sent from on high, andhe accepted me. And he took me up,out of many waters.{17:18} He rescued me from mystrongest enemies, and from thosewho hated me. For they had beentoo strong for me.{17:19} They intercepted me in theday of my affliction, and the Lordbecame my protector.{17:20} And he led me out, into awide place. He accomplished mysalvation, because he willed me.{17:21} And the Lord will rewardme according to my justice, and hewill repay me according to thepurity of my hands.{17:22} For I have preserved theways of the Lord, and I have notbehaved impiously before my God.{17:23} For all his judgments arein my sight, and his justice, Ihave not pushed away from me.{17:24} And I will be immaculatetogether with him, and I will keepmyself from my iniquity.{17:25} And the Lord will rewardme according to my justice andaccording to the purity of myhands before his eyes.{17:26} With the holy, you will beholy, and with the innocent, youwill be innocent,{17:27} and with the elect, youwill be elect, and with theperverse, you will be perverse.{17:28} For you will save thehumble people, but you will bringdown the eyes of the arrogant.{17:29} For you illuminate mylamp, O Lord. My God, enlighten mydarkness.{17:30} For in you, I will bedelivered from temptation; andwith my God, I will climb over awall.{17:31} As for my God, his way isundefiled. The eloquence of theLord has been examined by fire. Heis the protector of all who hopein him.{17:32} For who is God, except theLord? And who is God, except ourGod?{17:33} It is God who has wrappedme with virtue and made my wayimmaculate.{17:34} It is he who has perfectedmy feet, like the feet of deer,and who stations me upon theheights.{17:35} It is he who trains myhands for battle. And you have setmy arms like a bow of brass.{17:36} And you have given me theprotection of your salvation. Andyour right hand sustains me. Andyour discipline has corrected meunto the end. And your disciplineitself will teach me.{17:37} You have expanded myfootsteps under me, and my trackshave not been weakened.{17:38} I will pursue my enemiesand apprehend them. And I will notturn back until they have failed.{17:39} I will break them, andthey will not be able to stand.They will fall under my feet.{17:40} And you have wrapped mewith virtue for the battle. Andthose rising up against me, youhave subdued under me.{17:41} And you have given theback of my enemies to me, and youhave destroyed those who hated me.{17:42} They cried out, but therewas none to save them, to theLord, but he did not heed them.{17:43} And I will crush them intodust before the face of the wind,so that I will obliterate themlike the mud in the streets.{17:44} You will rescue me fromthe contradictions of the people.You will set me at the head of theGentiles.{17:45} A people I did not knowhas served me. As soon as theirears heard, they were obedient tome.{17:46} The sons of foreignershave been deceitful to me, thesons of foreigners have grown weakwith time, and they have waveredfrom their paths.{17:47} The Lord lives, andblessed is my God, and may the Godof my salvation be exalted:{17:48} O God, who vindicates meand who subdues the people underme, my liberator from my enragedenemies.{17:49} And you will exalt meabove those who rise up againstme. From the iniquitous man, youwill rescue me.{17:50} Because of this, O Lord, Iwill confess to you among thenations, and I will compose apsalm to your name:{17:51} magnifying the salvationof his king, and showing mercy toDavid, his Christ, and to hisoffspring, even for all time.[Psalm 18] (19){18:1} Unto the end. A Psalm ofDavid.{18:2} The heavens describe theglory of God, and the firmamentannounces the work of his hands.{18:3} Day proclaims the word today, and night to night impartsknowledge.{18:4} There are no speeches orconversations, where their voicesare not being heard.{18:5} Their sound has gone forththrough all the earth, and theirwords to the ends of the world.{18:6} He has placed histabernacle in the sun, and he islike a bridegroom coming out ofhis bedroom. He has exulted like agiant running along the way;{18:7} his departure is from thesummit of heaven. And his coursereaches all the way to its summit.Neither is there anyone who canhide himself from his heat.{18:8} The law of the Lord isimmaculate, converting souls. Thetestimony of the Lord is faithful,providing wisdom to little ones.{18:9} The justice of the Lord isright, rejoicing hearts. Theprecepts of the Lord arebrilliant, enlightening the eyes.{18:10} The fear of the Lord isholy, enduring for allgenerations. The judgments of theLord are true, justified inthemselves:{18:11} desirable beyond gold andmany precious stones, and sweeterthan honey and the honeycomb.{18:12} For, indeed, your servantkeeps them, and in keeping them,there are many rewards.{18:13} Who can understandtransgression? From my hiddenfaults, cleanse me, O Lord,{18:14} and from those of others,spare your servant. If they willhave no dominion over me, then Iwill be immaculate, and I will becleansed from the greatesttransgression.{18:15} And the eloquence of mymouth will be so as to please,along with the meditation of myheart, in your sight, forever, OLord, my helper and my redeemer.[Psalm 19] (20){19:1} Unto the end. A Psalm ofDavid.{19:2} May the Lord hear you inthe day of tribulation. May thename of the God of Jacob protectyou.{19:3} May he send you help fromthe sanctuary and watch over youfrom Zion.{19:4} May he be mindful of allyour sacrifices, and may yourburnt-offerings be fat.{19:5} May he grant to youaccording to your heart, andconfirm all your counsels.{19:6} We will rejoice in yoursalvation, and in the name of ourGod, we will be magnified.{19:7} May the Lord fulfill allyour petitions. Now I know thatthe Lord has saved his Christ. Hewill hear him from his holyheaven. The salvation of his righthand is in his power.{19:8} Some trust in chariots, andsome in horses, but we will callupon the name of the Lord our God.{19:9} They have been bound, andthey have fallen. But we haverisen up, and we have been setupright.{19:10} O Lord, save the king, andhear us on the day that we willcall upon you.[Psalm 20] (21){20:1} Unto the end. A Psalm ofDavid.{20:2} In your virtue, Lord, theking will rejoice, and over yoursalvation, he will exultexceedingly.{20:3} You have granted him thedesire of his heart, and you havenot cheated him of the wish of hislips.{20:4} For you have gone ahead ofhim with blessings of sweetness.You have placed a crown ofprecious stones on his head.{20:5} He petitioned you for life,and you have granted him length ofdays, in the present time, andforever and ever.{20:6} Great is his glory in yoursalvation. Glory and greatadornment, you will lay upon him.{20:7} For you will give him as ablessing forever and ever. Youwill make him rejoice withgladness in your presence.{20:8} Because the king hopes inthe Lord, and in the mercy of theMost High, he will not bedisturbed.{20:9} May your hand be found byall your enemies. May your righthand discover all those who hateyou.{20:10} You will make them like anoven of fire, in the time of yourpresence. The Lord will stir themup with his wrath, and fire willdevour them.{20:11} You will destroy theirfruit from the earth and theiroffspring from the sons of men.{20:12} For they have turned evilsupon you; they have devised plans,which they have not been able toaccomplish.{20:13} For you will make themturn their back; with yourremnants, you will prepare theircountenance.{20:14} Be exalted, Lord, by yourown power. We will play music andsing psalms to your virtues.[Psalm 21] (22){21:1} Unto the end. For the tasksof early morning. A Psalm ofDavid.{21:2} O God, my God, look uponme. Why have you forsaken me? Farfrom my salvation are the words ofmy offenses.{21:3} My God, I will cry out byday, and you will not heed, and bynight, and it will not befoolishness for me.{21:4} But you dwell in holiness,O Praise of Israel.{21:5} In you, our fathers havehoped. They hoped, and you freedthem.{21:6} They cried out to you, andthey were saved. In you, theyhoped and were not confounded.{21:7} But I am a worm and not aman: a disgrace among men, and anoutcast of the people.{21:8} All those who saw me havederided me. They have spoken withthe lips and shook the head.{21:9} He has hoped in the Lord,let him rescue him. Let him savehim because he chooses him.{21:10} For you are the one whohas drawn me out of the womb, myhope from the breasts of mymother.{21:11} I have been thrown uponyou from the womb; from the wombof my mother, you are my God.{21:12} Do not depart from me. Fortribulation is near, since thereis no one who may help me.{21:13} Many calves havesurrounded me; fat bulls havebesieged me.{21:14} They have opened theirmouths over me, just like a lionseizing and roaring.{21:15} And so, I have been pouredout like water, and all my boneshave been scattered. My heart hasbecome like wax, melting in themidst of my chest.{21:16} My strength has dried uplike clay, and my tongue hasadhered to my jaws. And you havepulled me down, into the dust ofdeath.{21:17} For many dogs havesurrounded me. The council of themalicious has besieged me. Theyhave pierced my hands and feet.{21:18} They have numbered all mybones. And they have examined meand stared at me.{21:19} They divided my garmentsamong them, and over my vestment,they cast lots.{21:20} But you, O Lord, do nottake your help far from me; beattentive to my defense.{21:21} O God, rescue my soul fromthe spear, and my only one fromthe hand of the dog.{21:22} Save me from the mouth ofthe lion, and my humility from thehorns of the single-horned beast.{21:23} I will declare your nameto my brothers. In the midst ofthe Church, I will praise you.{21:24} You who fear the Lord,praise him. All the offspring ofJacob, glorify him.{21:25} May all the offspring ofIsrael fear him. For he hasneither spurned nor despised thepleas of the poor. Neither has heturned his face away from me. Andwhen I cried out to him, he heededme.{21:26} My praise is with you,within a great church. I will paymy vows in the sight of those whofear him.{21:27} The poor will eat and besatisfied, and those who yearn forthe Lord will praise him. Theirhearts will live forever and ever.{21:28} All the ends of the earthwill remember, and they will beconverted to the Lord. And all thefamilies of the Gentiles willadore in his sight.{21:29} For the kingdom belongs tothe Lord, and he will havedominion over the Gentiles.{21:30} All the fat of the earthhave gnashed their teeth, and theyhave adored. In his sight, theywill fall down, all those whodescend to the ground.{21:31} And my soul will live forhim, and my offspring will servehim.{21:32} There will be announcedfor the Lord a future generation,and the heavens will announce hisjustice to a people who will beborn, whom the Lord has made.[Psalm 22] (23){22:1} A Psalm of David. The Lorddirects me, and nothing will belacking to me.{22:2} He has settled me here, ina place of pasture. He has led meout to the water of refreshment.{22:3} He has converted my soul.He has led me away on the paths ofjustice, for the sake of his name.{22:4} For, even if I should walkin the midst of the shadow ofdeath, I will fear no evils. Foryou are with me. Your rod and yourstaff, they have given meconsolation.{22:5} You have prepared a tablein my sight, opposite those whotrouble me. You have anointed myhead with oil, and my cup, whichinebriates me, how brilliant itis!{22:6} And your mercy will followme all the days of my life, and somay I dwell in the house of theLord for length of days.[Psalm 23] (24){23:1} For the First Sabbath. APsalm of David. The earth and allits fullness belong to the Lord:the whole world and all thatdwells in it.{23:2} For he has founded it uponthe seas, and he has prepared itupon the rivers.{23:3} Who will ascend to themountain of the Lord? And who willstand in his holy place?{23:4} The innocent of hands andthe clean of heart, who has notreceived his soul in vain, norsworn deceitfully to his neighbor.{23:5} He will receive a blessingfrom the Lord, and mercy from God,his Savior.{23:6} This is the generation thatseeks him, that seeks the face ofthe God of Jacob.{23:7} Lift up your gates, youprinces, and be lifted up, eternalgates. And the King of Glory shallenter.{23:8} Who is this King of Glory?The Lord who is strong andpowerful; the Lord powerful inbattle.{23:9} Lift up your gates, youprinces, and be lifted up, eternalgates. And the King of Glory shallenter.{23:10} Who is this King of Glory?The Lord of virtue. He himself isthe King of Glory.[Psalm 24] (25){24:1} Unto the end. A Psalm ofDavid. To you, Lord, I have liftedup my soul.{24:2} In you, my God, I trust.Let me not be put to shame.{24:3} And do not let my enemieslaugh at me. For all who remainwith you will not be confounded.{24:4} May all those who actunjustly over nothing beconfounded. O Lord, demonstrateyour ways to me, and teach me yourpaths.{24:5} Direct me in your truth,and teach me. For you are God, mySavior, and I remain with you allday long.{24:6} O Lord, remember yourcompassion and your mercies, whichare from ages past.{24:7} Do not remember theoffenses of my youth and myignorances. Remember me accordingto your mercy, because of yourgoodness, O Lord.{24:8} The Lord is sweet andrighteous. Because of this, hewill grant a law to those who fallshort in the way.{24:9} He will direct the mild injudgment. He will teach the meekhis ways.{24:10} All the ways of the Lordare mercy and truth, to those whoyearn for his covenant and histestimonies.{24:11} Because of your name, OLord, you will pardon my sin, forit is great.{24:12} Which is the man who fearsthe Lord? He has established a lawfor him, on the way that he haschosen.{24:13} His soul will dwell upongood things, and his offspringwill inherit the earth.{24:14} The Lord is a firmament tothose who fear him, and hiscovenant will be made manifest tothem.{24:15} My eyes are ever towardthe Lord, for he will pull my feetfrom the snare.{24:16} Look upon me and havemercy on me; for I am alone andpoor.{24:17} The troubles of my hearthave been multiplied. Deliver mefrom my needfulness.{24:18} See my lowliness and myhardship, and release all myoffenses.{24:19} Consider my enemies, forthey have been multiplied, andthey have hated me with an unjusthatred.{24:20} Preserve my soul andrescue me. I will not be ashamed,for I have hoped in you.{24:21} The innocent and therighteous have adhered to me,because I have remained with you.{24:22} Free Israel, O God, fromall his tribulations.[Psalm 25] (26){25:1} Unto the end. A Psalm ofDavid. Judge me, Lord, for I havebeen walking in my innocence, andby hoping in the Lord, I will notbe weakened.{25:2} Examine me, Lord, and testme: enkindle my temperament and myheart.{25:3} For your mercy is before myeyes, and I am serene in yourtruth.{25:4} I have not sat with thecouncil of emptiness, and I willnot enter with those who carry outinjustice.{25:5} I have hated the assemblyof the malicious; and I will notsit with the impious.{25:6} I will wash my hands amongthe innocent, and I will surroundyour altar, O Lord,{25:7} so that I may hear thevoice of your praise and describeall your wonders.{25:8} O Lord, I have loved thebeauty of your house and thedwelling place of your glory.{25:9} O God, do not let my soulperish with the impious, nor mylife with the men of blood,{25:10} in whose hands areiniquities: their right hand hasbeen filled by bribes.{25:11} But as for me, I have beenwalking in my innocence. Redeemme, and have mercy on me.{25:12} My foot has stood firm inthe straight path. In thechurches, I will bless you, OLord.[Psalm 26] (27){26:1} A Psalm of David, before hewas sealed. The Lord is my lightand my salvation, whom shall Ifear? The Lord is the protector ofmy life, of whom shall I beafraid?{26:2} Meanwhile, the guilty drawnear to me, so as to eat my flesh.Those who trouble me, my enemies,have themselves been weakened andhave fallen.{26:3} If entrenched armies wereto stand together against me, myheart would not fear. If a battlewere to rise up against me, Iwould have hope in this.{26:4} One thing I have asked ofthe Lord, this I will seek: that Imay dwell in the house of the Lordall the days of my life, so that Imay behold the delight of theLord, and may visit his temple.{26:5} For he has hidden me in histabernacle. In the day of evils,he has protected me in the hiddenplace of his tabernacle.{26:6} He has exalted me upon therock, and now he has exalted myhead above my enemies. I havecircled around and offered asacrifice of loud exclamation inhis tabernacle. I will sing, and Iwill compose a psalm, to the Lord.{26:7} Hear my voice, O Lord, withwhich I have cried out to you.Have mercy on me, and hear me.{26:8} My heart has spoken to you;my face has sought you. I yearnfor your face, O Lord.{26:9} Do not turn your face awayfrom me. In your wrath, do notturn aside from your servant. Bemy helper. Do not abandon me, anddo not despise me, O God, mySavior.{26:10} For my father and mymother have left me behind, butthe Lord has taken me up.{26:11} O Lord, establish a lawfor me in your way, and direct mein the right path, because of myenemies.{26:12} Do not surrender me to thesouls of those who trouble me. Forunjust witnesses have risen upagainst me, and iniquity has liedto itself.{26:13} I believe that I shall seethe good things of the Lord in theland of the living.{26:14} Wait for the Lord, actmanfully; and let your heart bestrengthened, and remain with theLord.[Psalm 27] (28){27:1} A Psalm of David himself.To you, Lord, I will cry out. MyGod, do not be silent toward me.For if you remain silent towardme, I will become like those whodescend into the pit.{27:2} Hear, O Lord, the voice ofmy supplication, when I pray toyou, when I lift up my handstoward your holy temple.{27:3} Do not draw me awaytogether with sinners; and let menot perish with those who workiniquity, who speak peacefully totheir neighbor, yet evils are intheir hearts.{27:4} Give to them according totheir works and according to thewickedness of their inventions.Assign to them according to theworks of their hands. Repay themwith their own retribution.{27:5} Since they have notunderstood the works of the Lordand the works of his hands, youwill destroy them, and you willnot build them up.{27:6} Blessed is the Lord, for hehas heard the voice of mysupplication.{27:7} The Lord is my helper andmy protector. In him, my heart hashoped and I have been helped. Andmy flesh has flourished again. Andfrom my will, I shall confess tohim.{27:8} The Lord is the strength ofhis people and the protector ofthe salvation of his Christ.{27:9} O Lord, save your peopleand bless your inheritance, andreign over them and exalt them,even unto eternity.[Psalm 28] (29){28:1} A Psalm of David, at thecompletion of the tabernacle.Bring to the Lord, O sons of God,bring to the Lord the sons oframs.{28:2} Bring to the Lord, gloryand honor. Bring to the Lord,glory for his name. Adore the Lordin his holy court.{28:3} The voice of the Lord isover the waters. The God ofmajesty has thundered. The Lord isover many waters.{28:4} The voice of the Lord is invirtue. The voice of the Lord isin magnificence.{28:5} The voice of the Lordshatters the cedars. And the Lordwill shatter the cedars ofLebanon.{28:6} And it will break them intopieces, like a calf of Lebanon,and in the same way as the belovedson of the single-horned beast.{28:7} The voice of the Lord cutsthrough the flame of fire.{28:8} The voice of the Lordshakes the desert. And the Lordwill quake the desert of Kadesh.{28:9} The voice of the Lord ispreparing the stags, and he willreveal the dense woods. And in histemple, all will speak his glory.{28:10} The Lord causes the greatflood to dwell. And the Lord willsit as King in eternity.{28:11} The Lord will give virtueto his people. The Lord will blesshis people in peace.[Psalm 29] (30){29:1} A Canticle Psalm. Indedication to the house of David.{29:2} I will extol you, Lord, foryou have sustained me, and youhave not allowed my enemies todelight over me.{29:3} O Lord my God, I have criedout to you, and you have healedme.{29:4} Lord, you led my soul awayfrom Hell. You have saved me fromthose who descend into the pit.{29:5} Sing a psalm to the Lord,you his saints, and confess withremembrance of his holiness.{29:6} For wrath is in hisindignation, and life is in hiswill. Toward evening, weeping willlinger, and toward morning,gladness.{29:7} But I have said in myabundance: “I will never bedisturbed.”{29:8} O Lord, in your will, youmade virtue preferable to beautyfor me. You turned your face awayfrom me, and I became disturbed.{29:9} To you, Lord, I will cryout. And I will make supplicationto my God.{29:10} What use would there be inmy blood, if I descend intocorruption? Will dust confess toyou or announce your truth?{29:11} The Lord has heard, and hehas been merciful to me. The Lordhas become my helper.{29:12} You have turned mymourning into gladness for me. Youhave cut off my sackcloth, and youhave surrounded me with joy.{29:13} So then, may my glory singto you, and may I not regret it. OLord, my God, I will confess toyou for eternity.[Psalm 30] (31){30:1} Unto the end. A Psalm ofDavid according to an ecstasy.{30:2} In you, Lord, I have hoped;let me never be confounded. Inyour justice, deliver me.{30:3} Incline your ear to me.Hasten to rescue me. Be for me aprotector God and a house ofrefuge, so as to accomplish mysalvation.{30:4} For you are my strength andmy refuge; and for the sake ofyour name, you will lead me andnourish me.{30:5} You will lead me out ofthis snare, which they have hiddenfor me. For you are my protector.{30:6} Into your hands, I commendmy spirit. You have redeemed me, OLord, God of truth.{30:7} You have hated those whopractice emptiness to no purpose.But I have hoped in the Lord.{30:8} I will exult and rejoice inyour mercy. For you have lookedupon my humility; you have savedmy soul from needfulness.{30:9} And you have not enclosedme in the hands of the enemy. Youhave set my feet in a spaciousplace.{30:10} Have mercy on me, Lord,for I am troubled. My eye has beendisturbed by wrath, along with mysoul and my gut.{30:11} For my life has falleninto sorrow, and my years intosighing. My virtue has beenweakened in poverty, and my boneshave been disturbed.{30:12} I have become a disgraceamong all my enemies, and evenmore so to my neighbors, and adread to my acquaintances. Thosewho catch sight of me, flee awayfrom me.{30:13} I have become forgotten,like one dead to the heart. I havebecome like a damaged utensil.{30:14} For I have heard the harshcriticism of many who linger inthe area. While assembled togetheragainst me in that place, theydeliberated on how to take away mylife.{30:15} But I have hoped in you, OLord. I said, “You are my God.”{30:16} My fate is in your hands.Rescue me from the hand of myenemies and from those who arepersecuting me.{30:17} Shine your face upon yourservant. Save me in your mercy.{30:18} Do not let me beconfounded, Lord, for I havecalled upon you. Let the impiousbe ashamed and be drawn down intoHell.{30:19} May deceitful lips besilenced: those that speakiniquity against the just, inarrogance and in abusiveness.{30:20} How great is the multitudeof your sweetness, O Lord, whichyou keep hidden for those who fearyou, which you have perfected forthose who hope in you, in thesight of the sons of men.{30:21} You hide them in theconcealment of your face, from thedisturbance of men. You protectthem in your tabernacle, from thecontradiction of tongues.{30:22} Blessed is the Lord. Forhe has shown his wonderful mercyto me, in a fortified city.{30:23} But I said in the excessof my mind: “I have been castaway from the glance of your eyes.” And so, you heeded the voice of my prayer, while I was stillcrying out to you.{30:24} Love the Lord, all you hissaints. For the Lord will requiretruth, and he will abundantlyrepay those who act witharrogance.{30:25} Act manfully, and let yourheart be strengthened, all you whohope in the Lord.[Psalm 31] (32){31:1} The understanding of Davidhimself. Blessed are they whoseiniquities have been forgiven andwhose sins have been covered.{31:2} Blessed is the man to whomthe Lord has not imputed sin, andin whose spirit there is nodeceit.{31:3} Because I was silent, mybones grew old, while still Icried out all day long.{31:4} For, day and night, yourhand was heavy upon me. I havebeen converted in my anguish,while still the thorn is piercing.{31:5} I have acknowledged myoffense to you, and I have notconcealed my injustice. I said, “I will confess against myself, myinjustice to the Lord,” and youforgave the impiety of my sin.{31:6} For this, everyone who isholy will pray to you in due time.Yet truly, in a flood of manywaters, they will not draw near tohim.{31:7} You are my refuge from thetribulation that has surroundedme. You are my exultation: rescueme from those who are surroundingme.{31:8} I will give youunderstanding, and I will instructyou in this way, in which you willwalk. I will fix my eyes upon you.{31:9} Do not become like thehorse and the mule, which have nounderstanding. Their jaws areconstrained with bit and bridle,so as not to draw near to you.{31:10} Many are the scourges ofthe sinner, but mercy willsurround him that hopes in theLord.{31:11} Rejoice in the Lord andexult, you just ones, and glory,all you upright of heart.[Psalm 32] (33){32:1} A Psalm of David. Exult inthe Lord, you just ones; togetherpraise the upright.{32:2} Confess to the Lord withstringed instruments; sing psalmsto him with the psaltery, theinstrument of ten strings.{32:3} Sing to him a new song.Sing psalms to him skillfully,with loud exclamation.{32:4} For the word of the Lord isupright, and all his works are infaith.{32:5} He loves mercy andjudgment. The earth is full of themercy of the Lord.{32:6} By the word of the Lord,the heavens were established, andall their power, by the Spirit ofhis mouth:{32:7} gathering together thewaters of the sea, as if in acontainer, placing the depths instorage.{32:8} Let all the earth fear theLord, and may all the inhabitantsof the world quake before him.{32:9} For he spoke, and theybecame. He commanded, and theywere created.{32:10} The Lord scatters thecounsels of the nations. Moreover,he reproves the thoughts of thepeople, and he rejects thecounsels of the leaders.{32:11} But the counsel of theLord remains for eternity, thethoughts of his heart fromgeneration to generation.{32:12} Blessed is the nationwhose God is the Lord, the peoplewhom he has chosen as hisinheritance.{32:13} The Lord has looked downfrom heaven. He has seen all thesons of men.{32:14} From his well-prepareddwelling place, he has gazed uponall who dwell on the earth.{32:15} He has formed the heartsof each one of them; heunderstands all their works.{32:16} The king is not saved bygreat power, nor will the giant besaved by his many powers.{32:17} The horse is false safety;for he will not be saved by theabundance of his powers.{32:18} Behold, the eyes of theLord are on those who fear him andon those who hope in his mercy,{32:19} so as to rescue theirsouls from death and to feed themduring famine.{32:20} Our soul remains with theLord. For he is our helper andprotector.{32:21} For in him, our heart willrejoice, and in his holy name, wehave hoped.{32:22} Let your mercy be upon us,O Lord, just as we have hoped inyou.[Psalm 33] (34){33:1} To David, when he changedhis appearance in the sight ofAbimelech, and so he dismissedhim, and he went away.{33:2} I will bless the Lord atall times. His praise will be everin my mouth.{33:3} In the Lord, my soul willbe praised. May the meek listenand rejoice.{33:4} Magnify the Lord with me,and let us extol his name initself.{33:5} I sought the Lord, and heheeded me, and he carried me awayfrom all my tribulations.{33:6} Approach him and beenlightened, and your faces willnot be confounded.{33:7} This poor one cried out,and the Lord heeded him, and hesaved him from all histribulations.{33:8} The Angel of the Lord willencamp around those who fear him,and he will rescue them.{33:9} Taste and see that the Lordis sweet. Blessed is the man whohopes in him.{33:10} Fear the Lord, all you hissaints. For there is nodestitution for those who fearhim.{33:11} The rich have been needyand hungry, but those who seek theLord will not be deprived of anygood thing.{33:12} Come forward, sons. Listento me. I will teach you the fearof the Lord.{33:13} Which is the man who willslife, who chooses to see gooddays?{33:14} Prohibit your tongue fromevil and your lips from speakingdeceit.{33:15} Turn away from evil, anddo good. Inquire about peace, andpursue it.{33:16} The eyes of the Lord areon the just, and his ears are withtheir prayers.{33:17} But the countenance of theLord is upon those who do evil, toperish the remembrance of themfrom the earth.{33:18} The just cried out, andthe Lord heard them, and he freedthem from all their tribulations.{33:19} The Lord is near to thosewho are troubled in heart, and hewill save the humble in spirit.{33:20} Many are the afflictionsof the just, but from them all theLord will free them.{33:21} The Lord preserves all oftheir bones, not one of them shallbe broken.{33:22} The death of a sinner isvery harmful, and those who hatethe just will fare badly.{33:23} The Lord will redeem thesouls of his servants, and none ofthose who hope in him will farebadly.[Psalm 34] (35){34:1} Of David himself. O Lord,judge those who harm me; assailthose who attack me.{34:2} Take hold of weapons and ashield, and rise up in assistanceto me.{34:3} Bring forth the spear, andclose in on those who persecuteme. Say to my soul, “I am yoursalvation.”{34:4} Let them be confounded andin awe, who pursue my soul. Letthem be turned back and beconfounded, who think up evilagainst me.{34:5} May they become like dustbefore the face of the wind, andlet the Angel of the Lord hem themin.{34:6} May their way become darkand slippery, and may the Angel ofthe Lord pursue them.{34:7} For, without cause, theyhave concealed their snare for meunto destruction. Over nothing,they have rebuked my soul.{34:8} Let the snare, of which heis ignorant, come upon him, andlet the deception, which he hashidden, take hold of him: and mayhe fall into that very snare.{34:9} But my soul will exult inthe Lord and delight over hissalvation.{34:10} All my bones will say,“Lord, who is like you?” Herescues the needy from the hand ofthe stronger one, the indigent andthe poor from those who plunderhim.{34:11} Unfair witnesses haverisen up, interrogating me aboutthings of which I am ignorant.{34:12} They repaid me evil forgood, to the deprivation of mysoul.{34:13} But as for me, when theywere harassing me, I was clothedwith haircloth. I humbled my soulwith fasting, and my prayer willbecome my sinews.{34:14} Like a neighbor, and likeour brother, so did I please; likeone mourning and contrite, so wasI humbled.{34:15} And they have been joyfulagainst me, and they joinedtogether. Scourges have beengathered over me, and I wasignorant of it.{34:16} They have been scattered,yet they were unremorseful. Theyhave tested me. They scoffed at mewith scorn. They gnashed theirteeth over me.{34:17} Lord, when will you lookdown upon me? Restore my soul frombefore their malice, my only onefrom before the lions.{34:18} I will confess to you in agreat Church. I will praise youamong a weighty people.{34:19} May those who are myunjust adversaries not be gladover me: those who have hated mewithout cause, and who nodagreement with their eyes.{34:20} For indeed, they spokepeacefully to me; and speakingwith passion to the earth, theyintended deceit.{34:21} And they opened theirmouth wide over me. They said,“Well, well, our eyes have seen.”{34:22} You have seen, O Lord, donot be silent. Lord, do not departfrom me.{34:23} Rise up and be attentiveto my judgment, to my cause, myGod and my Lord.{34:24} Judge me according to yourjustice, O Lord, my God, and donot let them be glad over me.{34:25} Do not let them say intheir hearts, “Well, well, to oursoul.” Neither let them say, “Wehave devoured him.”{34:26} Let them blush and be inawe together, those whocongratulate at my misfortunes.Let them be clothed with confusionand awe, who speak great thingsagainst me.{34:27} Let them exult andrejoice, who wish my justice, andlet them ever say, “The Lord bemagnified,” who will the peace ofhis servant.{34:28} And so my tongue willexpress your justice: your praiseall day long.[Psalm 35] (36){35:1} Unto the end. To theservant of the Lord, Davidhimself.{35:2} The unjust one has saidwithin himself that he wouldcommit offenses. There is no fearof God before his eyes.{35:3} For he has acteddeceitfully in his sight, suchthat his iniquity will be found tobe hatred.{35:4} The words of his mouth areiniquity and deceit. He isunwilling to understand, so thathe may act well.{35:5} He has been consideringiniquity on his bed. He has sethimself on every way that is notgood; moreover, he has not hatedevil.{35:6} Lord, your mercy is inheaven, and your truth is even tothe clouds.{35:7} Your justice is like themountains of God. Your judgmentsare a great abyss. Men and beasts,you will save, O Lord.{35:8} How you have multipliedyour mercy, O God! And so the sonsof men will hope under the coverof your wings.{35:9} They will be inebriatedwith the fruitfulness of yourhouse, and you will give them todrink from the torrent of yourenjoyment.{35:10} For with you is thefountain of life; and within yourlight, we will see the light.{35:11} Extend your mercy beforethose who know you, and yourjustice to these, who are uprightin heart.{35:12} May arrogant feet notapproach me, and may the hand ofthe sinner not disturb me.{35:13} In that place, those whowork iniquity have fallen. Theyhave been expelled; they were notable to stand.[Psalm 36] (37){36:1} A Psalm of David himself.Do not choose to imitate themalicious; neither should you envythose who work iniquity.{36:2} For they will quicklywither away like dry grass, and inlike manner to kitchen herbs, theywill soon droop.{36:3} Hope in the Lord and dogood, and dwell in the land, andso you shall be pastured with itsriches.{36:4} Delight in the Lord, and hewill grant to you the petitions ofyour heart.{36:5} Reveal your way to theLord, and hope in him, and he willaccomplish it.{36:6} And he will bring forthyour justice like the light, andyour judgment like the midday.{36:7} Be subject to the Lord andpray to him. Do not choose tocompete with him who prospers inhis way, with the man who doesinjustice.{36:8} Cease from wrath and leavebehind rage. Do not choose toimitate the malicious.{36:9} For those who are maliciouswill be exterminated. But thosewho remain with the Lord, thesewill inherit the land.{36:10} Yet still a little while,and the sinner will not be. Andyou will search his place and findnothing.{36:11} But the meek shall inheritthe earth, and they will delightin the multitude of peace.{36:12} The sinner will observethe just, and he will gnash histeeth over him.{36:13} But the Lord will laugh athim: for he knows in advance thathis day will come.{36:14} The sinners have drawn thesword, they have bent their bow,so as to cast down the poor andthe needy, so as to massacre theupright of heart.{36:15} Let their sword enter intotheir own hearts, and let theirbow be broken.{36:16} A little is better to thejust than the many riches ofsinners.{36:17} For the arms of sinnerswill be crushed, but the Lordconfirms the just.{36:18} The Lord knows the days ofthe immaculate, and theirinheritance will be in eternity.{36:19} They will not beconfounded in an evil time; and indays of famine, they will besatisfied:{36:20} for sinners will perish.Truly, the adversaries of theLord, soon after they have beenhonored and exalted, will fadeaway, in the same way that smokefades away.{36:21} The sinner will lend andnot release, but the just oneshows compassion and donates.{36:22} For those who bless himwill inherit the earth, but thosewho curse him will perish.{36:23} The steps of a man will bedirected by the Lord, and he willchoose his way.{36:24} When he falls, he will notbe harmed, because the Lord placeshis hand under him.{36:25} I have been young, and nowI am old; and I have not seen thejust forsaken, nor his offspringseeking bread.{36:26} He shows compassion andlends, all day long, and hisoffspring will be in blessing.{36:27} Turn away from evil and dogood, and dwell forever and ever.{36:28} For the Lord lovesjudgment, and he will not abandonhis saints. They will be kept safein eternity. The unjust will bepunished, and the offspring of theimpious will perish.{36:29} But the just will inheritthe earth, and they will dwellupon it forever and ever.{36:30} The mouth of the just onewill express wisdom, and histongue will speak judgment.{36:31} The law of his God is inhis heart, and his steps shall notbe supplanted.{36:32} The sinner considers thejust one and seeks to put him todeath.{36:33} But the Lord will notabandon him into his hands, norcondemn him, when he will bejudged.{36:34} Wait for the Lord, andkeep to his way. And he will exaltyou, so as to inherit the landthat you may seize. When thesinners will have passed away,then you shall see.{36:35} I have seen the impiousover-exalted, and lifted up likethe cedars of Lebanon.{36:36} And I passed by, andbehold, he was not. And I soughthim, and his place was not found.{36:37} Keep to innocence, andgaze upon fairness: because thereare allotments for the peacefulman.{36:38} But the unjust will bedestroyed together: the allotmentsof the impious will pass away.{36:39} But the salvation of thejust is from the Lord, and he istheir protector in time oftribulation.{36:40} And the Lord will helpthem and free them. And he willrescue them from sinners and savethem, because they have hoped inhim.[Psalm 37] (38){37:1} A Psalm of David, incommemoration of the Sabbath.{37:2} O Lord, do not rebuke me inyour fury, nor chastise me in yourwrath.{37:3} For your arrows have beendriven into me, and your hand hasbeen confirmed over me.{37:4} There is no health in myflesh before the face of yourwrath. There is no peace for mybones before the face of my sins.{37:5} For my iniquities havewalked over my head, and they havebeen like a heavy burden weighingupon me.{37:6} My sores have putrefied andbeen corrupted before the face ofmy foolishness.{37:7} I have become miserable,and I have been bent down, even tothe end. I have walked withcontrition all day long.{37:8} For my loins have beenfilled with illusions, and thereis no health in my flesh.{37:9} I have been afflicted andgreatly humbled. I bellowed fromthe groaning of my heart.{37:10} O Lord, all my desire isbefore you, and my groaning beforeyou has not been hidden.{37:11} My heart has beendisturbed. My strength hasabandoned me, and the light of myeyes has abandoned me, and it isnot with me.{37:12} My friends and myneighbors have drawn near andstood against me. And those whowere next to me stood far apart.And those who sought my soul usedviolence.{37:13} And those who sought evilaccusations against me werespeaking emptiness. And theypracticed deceitfulness all daylong.{37:14} But, like someone deaf, Idid not hear. And I was likesomeone mute, not opening hismouth.{37:15} And I became like a manwho does not hear, and who has noreproofs in his mouth.{37:16} For in you, Lord, I havehoped. You will listen to me, OLord my God.{37:17} For I said, “Lest at anytime, my enemies might rejoiceover me,” and, “While my feetare being shaken, they have spokengreat things against me.”{37:18} For I have been preparedfor scourges, and my sorrow isever before me.{37:19} For I will announce myiniquity, and I will think aboutmy sin.{37:20} But my enemies live, andthey have been stronger than me.And those who have wrongfullyhated me have been multiplied.{37:21} Those who render evil forgood have dragged me down, becauseI followed goodness.{37:22} Do not forsake me, O Lordmy God. Do not depart from me.{37:23} Be attentive to my help, OLord, the God of my salvation.[Psalm 38] (39){38:1} Unto the end. For Jeduthunhimself. A Canticle of David.{38:2} I said, “I will keep to myways, so that I will not offendwith my tongue.” I posted a guardat my mouth, when a sinner took upa position against me.{38:3} I was silenced and humbled,and I was quiet before goodthings, and my sorrow was renewed.{38:4} My heart grew hot withinme, and, during my meditation, afire would flare up.{38:5} I spoke with my tongue, “OLord, make me know my end, andwhat the number of my days willbe, so that I may know what islacking to me.”{38:6} Behold, you have made mydays measurable, and, before you,my substance is as nothing. Yettruly, all things are vanity:every living man.{38:7} So then, truly man passesby like an image; even so, he isdisquieted in vain. He stores up,and he knows not for whom he willgather these things.{38:8} And now, what is it thatawaits me? Is it not the Lord? Andmy substance is with you.{38:9} Rescue me from all myiniquities. You have handed meover as a reproach to the foolish.{38:10} I was silenced, and I didnot open my mouth, because it wasyou who acted.{38:11} Remove your scourges fromme.{38:12} I fall short atcorrections from the strength ofyour hand. For you have chastisedman for iniquity. And you havemade his soul shrink away like aspider. Nevertheless, it is invain that any man be disquieted.{38:13} O Lord, heed my prayer andmy supplication. Pay attention tomy tears. Do not be silent. For Iam a newcomer with you, and asojourner, just as all my fatherswere.{38:14} Forgive me, so that I maybe refreshed, before I will goforth and be no more.[Psalm 39] (40){39:1} Unto the end. A Psalm ofDavid himself.{39:2} I have waited expectantlyfor the Lord, and he was attentiveto me.{39:3} And he heard my prayers andhe led me out of the pit of miseryand the quagmire. And he stationedmy feet upon a rock, and hedirected my steps.{39:4} And he sent a new canticleinto my mouth, a song to our God.Many will see, and they will fear;and they will hope in the Lord.{39:5} Blessed is the man whosehope is in the name of the Lord,and who has no respect forvanities and absurd falsehoods.{39:6} You have accomplished yourmany wonders, O Lord my God, andthere is no one similar to you inyour thoughts. I have announcedand I have spoken: they aremultiplied beyond number.{39:7} Sacrifice and oblation, youdid not want. But you haveperfected ears for me. Holocaustand sin offering, you did notrequire.{39:8} Then I said, “Behold, Idraw near.” At the head of thebook, it has been written of me:{39:9} that I should do your will.My God, I have willed it. And yourlaw is in the midst of my heart.{39:10} I have announced yourjustice in a great Church: behold,I will not restrain my lips. OLord, you have known it.{39:11} I have not concealed yourjustice within my heart. I havespoken your truth and yoursalvation. I have not concealedyour mercy and your truth from agreat assembly.{39:12} O Lord, do not take yourtender mercies far from me. Yourmercy and your truth ever sustainme.{39:13} For evils without numberhave surrounded me. My iniquitieshave taken hold of me, and I wasnot able to see. They have beenmultiplied beyond the hairs of myhead. And my heart has forsakenme.{39:14} Be pleased, O Lord, torescue me. Look down, O Lord, tohelp me.{39:15} Let them together beconfounded and awed, who seekafter my soul to steal it away.Let them be turned back and be inawe, who wish evils upon me.{39:16} Let them bear theirconfusion all at once, who say tome, “Well, well.”{39:17} Let all who seek you exultand rejoice over you. And letthose who love your salvationalways say, “May the Lord bemagnified.”{39:18} But I am a beggar andpoor. The Lord has been concernedabout me. You are my helper and myprotector. My God, do not delay.[Psalm 40] (41){40:1} Unto the end. A Psalm ofDavid himself.{40:2} Blessed is he who showsunderstanding toward the needy andthe poor. The Lord will deliverhim in the evil day.{40:3} May the Lord preserve himand give him life, and make himblessed upon the earth. And may henot hand him over to the will ofhis adversaries.{40:4} May the Lord bring him helpon his bed of sorrow. In hisinfirmity, you have changed hisentire covering.{40:5} I said, “O Lord, bemerciful to me. Heal my soul,because I have sinned against you.”{40:6} My enemies have spokenevils against me. When will he dieand his name perish?{40:7} And when he came in to seeme, he was speaking emptiness. Hisheart gathered iniquity to itself.He went outside, and he wasspeaking in the same way.{40:8} All my enemies werewhispering against me. They werethinking up evils against me.{40:9} They established an unjustword against me. Will he thatsleeps no longer rise again?{40:10} For even the man of mypeace, in whom I hoped, who ate mybread, has greatly supplanted me.{40:11} But you, O Lord, havemercy on me, and raise me upagain. And I will requite them.{40:12} By this, I knew that youpreferred me: because my adversarywill not rejoice over me.{40:13} But you have sustained me,because of my innocence, and youhave confirmed me in your sight ineternity.{40:14} Blessed is the Lord God ofIsrael, for all generations andeven forever. Amen. Amen.[Psalm 41] (42){41:1} Unto the end. Theunderstanding of the sons ofKorah.{41:2} As the deer longs forfountains of water, so my soullongs for you, O God.{41:3} My soul has thirsted forthe strong living God. When will Idraw close and appear before theface of God?{41:4} My tears have been mybread, day and night. Meanwhile,it is said to me daily: “Where isyour God?”{41:5} These things I haveremembered; and my soul within me,I have poured out. For I willcross into the place of thewonderful tabernacle, all the wayto the house of God, with a voiceof exultation and confession, thesound of feasting.{41:6} Why are you sad, my soul?And why do you disquiet me? Hopein God, for I will still confessto him: the salvation of mycountenance,{41:7} and my God. My soul hasbeen troubled within myself.Because of this, I will rememberyou from the land of the Jordanand from Hermon, from the littlemountain.{41:8} Abyss calls upon abyss,with the voice of your floodgate.All your heights and your waveshave passed over me.{41:9} In the daylight, the Lordhas ordered his mercy; and in thenight, a canticle to him. With meis a prayer to the God of my life.{41:10} I will say to God, “Youare my supporter. Why have youforgotten me? And why do I walk inmourning, while my adversaryafflicts me?”{41:11} While my bones are beingbroken, my enemies, who troubleme, have reproached me. Meanwhile,they say to me every single day,“Where is your God?”{41:12} My soul, why are yousaddened? And why do you disquietme? Hope in God, for I will stillconfess to him: the salvation ofmy countenance and my God.[Psalm 42] (43){42:1} A Psalm of David. Judge me,O God, and discern my cause fromthat of a nation not holy; rescueme from a man unjust anddeceitful.{42:2} For you are God, mystrength. Why have you rejectedme? And why do I walk in sadness,while the adversary afflicts me?{42:3} Send forth your light andyour truth. They have guided meand led me, to your holy mountainand into your tabernacles.{42:4} And I will enter, up to thealtar of God, to God who enlivensmy youthfulness. To you, O God, myGod, I will confess upon astringed instrument.{42:5} Why are you sad, my soul?And why do you disquiet me? Hopein God, for I will still givepraise to him: the salvation of mycountenance and my God.[Psalm 43] (44){43:1} Unto the end. To the sonsof Korah, toward understanding.{43:2} We have heard, O God, withour own ears. Our fathers haveannounced to us the work that youwrought in their days and in thedays of antiquity.{43:3} Your hand dispersed theGentiles, and you transplantedthem. You afflicted a people, andyou expelled them.{43:4} For they did not takepossession of the land by theirsword, and their own arm did notsave them. But your right hand andyour arm, and the light of yourcountenance did so, because youwere pleased with them.{43:5} You yourself are my kingand my God, who commands thesalvation of Jacob.{43:6} With you, we will brandisha horn before our enemies; and inyour name, we will spurn thoserising up against us.{43:7} For I will not hope in mybow, and my sword will not saveme.{43:8} For you have saved us fromthose who afflict us, and you havebewildered those who hate us.{43:9} In God, we will give praiseall day long; and in your name, wewill confess forever.{43:10} But now, you have rejectedand bewildered us, and you willnot go forth with our armies, OGod.{43:11} You have turned our backto our enemies, and those whohated us have plundered forthemselves.{43:12} You have given us overlike sheep for food. You havescattered us among the Gentiles.{43:13} You have sold your peoplewithout a price, and no greatnumber was exchanged for them.{43:14} You have set us as adisgrace to our neighbors, a scoffand a derision to those who arearound us.{43:15} You have set us as aparable among the Gentiles, ashaking of the head among thepeoples.{43:16} All day long my shame isbefore me, and the confusion of myface has covered me,{43:17} before the voice of thereproacher and the commentator,before the face of the adversaryand the pursuer.{43:18} All these things have comeupon us, yet we have not forgottenyou, and we have not actedunjustly in your covenant.{43:19} And our heart has notturned back. And you have notdiverted our steps from your way.{43:20} For you humbled us in aplace of affliction, and theshadow of death has covered us.{43:21} If we have forgotten thename of our God, and if we haveextended our hands to a foreigngod,{43:22} will not God find thisout? For he knows the secrets ofthe heart. For, because of you, weare being killed all day long. Weare considered as sheep for theslaughter.{43:23} Rise up. Why do you fallasleep, O Lord? Rise up, and donot reject us in the end.{43:24} Why do you turn your faceaway, and why do you forget ourneedfulness and our tribulation?{43:25} For our soul has beenhumbled into the dust. Our bellyhas been bound to the earth.{43:26} Rise up, O Lord. Help usand redeem us, because of yourname.[Psalm 44] (45){44:1} Unto the end. For those whowill be changed. To the sons ofKorah, toward understanding. ACanticle for the Beloved.{44:2} My heart has uttered a goodword. I speak of my works to theking. My tongue is like the pen ofa scribe who writes quickly.{44:3} You are a brilliant formbefore the sons of men. Grace hasbeen poured freely into your lips.Because of this, God has blessedyou in eternity.{44:4} Fasten your sword to yourthigh, O most powerful one.{44:5} With your splendor and yourexcellence extended, proceedprosperously, and reign for thesake of truth and meekness andjustice, and so will your righthand lead you wondrously.{44:6} Your arrows are sharp; thepeople will fall under you, withthe hearts of the enemies of theking.{44:7} Your throne, O God, isforever and ever. The scepter ofyour kingdom is a scepter of trueaim.{44:8} You have loved justice andhated iniquity. Because of this,God, your God, has anointed you,before your co-heirs, with the oilof gladness.{44:9} Myrrh and balsam andcinnamon perfume your garments,from the houses of ivory. Fromthese, they have delighted you:{44:10} the daughters of kings inyour honor. The queen assisted atyour right hand, in clothing ofgold, encircled with diversity.{44:11} Listen, daughter, and see,and incline your ear. And forgetyour people and your father’shouse.{44:12} And the king will desireyour beauty. For he is the Lordyour God, and they will adore him.{44:13} And the daughters of Tyrewill entreat your countenance withgifts: all the rich men of thepeople.{44:14} All the glory of thedaughter of its king is inside, ingolden fringes,{44:15} clothed all around withdiversities. After her, virginswill be led to the king. Herneighbors will be brought to you.{44:16} They will be brought withgladness and exultation. They willbe led into the temple of theking.{44:17} For your fathers, sonshave been born to you. You willestablish them as leaders over allthe earth.{44:18} They will remember yourname always, for generation aftergeneration. Because of this,people will confess to you ineternity, even forever and ever.[Psalm 45] (46){45:1} Unto the end. To the sonsof Korah, for confidants. A Psalm.{45:2} Our God is our refuge andstrength, a helper in thetribulations that have greatlyoverwhelmed us.{45:3} Because of this, we willnot be afraid when the earth willbe turbulent and the mountainswill be transferred into the heartof the sea.{45:4} They thundered, and thewaters were stirred up among them;the mountains have been disturbedby his strength.{45:5} The frenzy of the riverrejoices the city of God. The MostHigh has sanctified histabernacle.{45:6} God is in its midst; itwill not be shaken. God willassist it in the early morning.{45:7} The peoples have beendisturbed, and the kingdoms havebeen bowed down. He uttered hisvoice: the earth has been moved.{45:8} The Lord of hosts is withus. The God of Jacob is oursupporter.{45:9} Draw near and behold theworks of the Lord: what portentshe has set upon the earth,{45:10} carrying away wars even tothe end of the earth. He willcrush the bow and break theweapons, and he will burn theshield with fire.{45:11} Be empty, and see that Iam God. I will be exalted amongthe peoples, and I will be exaltedupon the earth.{45:12} The Lord of hosts is withus. The God of Jacob is oursupporter.[Psalm 46] (47){46:1} Unto the end. A Psalm forthe sons of Korah.{46:2} All nations, clap yourhands. Shout joyfully to God witha voice of exultation.{46:3} For the Lord is exalted andterrible: a great King over allthe earth.{46:4} He has subjected thepeoples to us and subdued thenations under our feet.{46:5} He has chosen us for hisinheritance: the splendor ofJacob, whom he has loved.{46:6} God ascends withjubilation, and the Lord with thevoice of the trumpet.{46:7} Sing psalms to our God,sing psalms. Sing psalms to ourKing, sing psalms.{46:8} For God is the King of allthe earth. Sing psalms wisely.{46:9} God will reign over thepeoples. God sits upon his holythrone.{46:10} The leaders of the peopleshave been gathered together by theGod of Abraham. For the stronggods of the earth have beenexceedingly exalted.[Psalm 47] (48){47:1} A Canticle Psalm. To thesons of Korah, on the secondSabbath.{47:2} The Lord is great andexceedingly praiseworthy, in thecity of our God, on his holymountain.{47:3} Mount Zion is being foundedwith the exultation of the wholeearth, on the north side, the cityof the great king.{47:4} In her houses, God will beknown, since he will support her.{47:5} For behold, the kings ofthe earth have been gatheredtogether; they have convened asone.{47:6} Such did they see, and theywere astonished: they weredisturbed, they were moved.{47:7} Trembling took hold ofthem. In that place, their painswere that of a woman in labor.{47:8} With a vehement spirit, youwill crush the ships of Tarshish.{47:9} As we have heard, so wehave seen, in the city of the Lordof hosts, in the city of our God.God has founded it in eternity.{47:10} We have received yourmercy, O God, in the midst of yourtemple.{47:11} According to your name, OGod, so does your praise reach tothe ends of the earth. Your righthand is full of justice.{47:12} Let mount Zion rejoice,and let the daughters of Judahexult, because of your judgments,O Lord.{47:13} Encircle Zion and embraceher. Discourse in her towers.{47:14} Set your hearts on hervirtue. And distribute her houses,so that you may discourse of it inanother generation.{47:15} For this is God, our God,in eternity and forever and ever.He will rule us forever.[Psalm 48] (49){48:1} Unto the end. A Psalm tothe sons of Korah.{48:2} Hear these things, allnations. Pay attention, allinhabitants of the world:{48:3} whoever is earth-born, yousons of men, together as one, therich and the poor.{48:4} My mouth will speak wisdom,and the meditation of my heartwill speak prudence.{48:5} I will incline my ear to aparable. I will open my case withthe psaltery.{48:6} Why should I fear in theevil day? The iniquity at my heelwill surround me.{48:7} Those who trust in theirown strength and who glory in themultitude of their riches,{48:8} no brother redeems, norwill man buy back. He will notgive to God his appeasement,{48:9} nor the price for theredemption of his soul. And hewill labor continuously,{48:10} and he will still live,until the end.{48:11} He will not see death,when he sees the wise dying: thefoolish and the senseless willperish together. And they willleave their riches to strangers.{48:12} And their sepulchers willbe their houses forever, theirtabernacles from generation togeneration. They have called theirnames in their own lands.{48:13} And man, when he was heldin honor, did not understand. Hehas been compared to the senselessbeasts, and he has become likethem.{48:14} This way of theirs is ascandal to them. And afterwards,they will delight in their mouth.{48:15} They have been placed inHell like sheep. Death will feedon them. And the just will havedominion over them in the morning.And their help will grow old inHell for their glory.{48:16} Even so, truly God willredeem my soul from the hand ofHell, when he will receive me.{48:17} Do not be afraid, when aman will have been made rich, andwhen the glory of his house willhave been multiplied.{48:18} For when he dies, he willtake nothing away, and his glorywill not descend with him.{48:19} For his soul will beblessed in his lifetime, and hewill admit to you when you do goodto him.{48:20} He will even enter withthe progeny of his fathers, but,even in eternity, he will not seethe light.{48:21} Man, when he was in honor,did not understand. He has beencompared to the senseless beasts,and he has become like them.[Psalm 49] (50){49:1} A Psalm of Asaph. The Godof gods, the Lord has spoken, andhe has called the earth, from therising of the sun even to itssetting,{49:2} from Zion, the brillianceof his beauty.{49:3} God will arrive manifestly.Our God also will not keepsilence. A fire will flare up inhis sight, and a mighty tempestwill surround him.{49:4} He will call to heaven fromabove, and to the earth, todiscern his people.{49:5} Gather his holy ones tohim, you who order his covenantabove sacrifices.{49:6} And the heavens willannounce his justice. For God isthe judge.{49:7} Listen, my people, and Iwill speak. Listen, Israel, and Iwill testify for you. I am God,your God.{49:8} I will not reprove you foryour sacrifices. Moreover, yourholocausts are ever in my sight.{49:9} I will not accept calvesfrom your house, nor he-goats fromyour flocks.{49:10} For all the wild beasts ofthe forest are mine: the cattle onthe hills and the oxen.{49:11} I know all the flyingthings of the air, and the beautyof the field is with me.{49:12} If I should be hungry, Iwould not tell you: for the wholeworld is mine, and all itsplentitude.{49:13} Shall I gnaw on the fleshof bulls? Or would I drink theblood of goats?{49:14} Offer to God the sacrificeof praise, and pay your vows tothe Most High.{49:15} And call upon me in theday of tribulation. I will rescueyou, and you will honor me.{49:16} But to the sinner, God hassaid: Why do you discourse on myjustices, and take up my covenantthrough your mouth?{49:17} Truly, you have hateddiscipline, and you have cast mysermons behind you.{49:18} If you saw a thief, youran with him, and you have placedyour portion with adulterers.{49:19} Your mouth has aboundedwith malice, and your tongue hasconcocted deceits.{49:20} Sitting, you spoke againstyour brother, and you set up ascandal against your mother’sson.{49:21} These things you havedone, and I was silent. Youthought, unjustly, that I ought tobe like you. But I will reproveyou, and I will set myself againstyour face.{49:22} Understand these things,you who forget God; lest at anytime, he might quickly take youaway, and there would be no one torescue you.{49:23} The sacrifice of praisewill honor me. And in that placeis the journey by which I willreveal to him the salvation ofGod.[Psalm 50] (51){50:1} Unto the end. A Psalm ofDavid,{50:2} when Nathan the prophetcame to him, after he went toBathsheba.{50:3} Be merciful to me, O God,according to your great mercy.And, according to the plentitudeof your compassion, wipe out myiniquity.{50:4} Wash me once again from myiniquity, and cleanse me from mysin.{50:5} For I know my iniquity, andmy sin is ever before me.{50:6} Against you only have Isinned, and I have done evilbefore your eyes. And so, you arejustified in your words, and youwill prevail when you givejudgment.{50:7} For behold, I was conceivedin iniquities, and in sinfulnessdid my mother conceive me.{50:8} For behold, you have lovedtruth. The obscure and hiddenthings of your wisdom, you havemanifested to me.{50:9} You will sprinkle me withhyssop, and I will be cleansed.You will wash me, and I will bemade whiter than snow.{50:10} In my hearing, you willgrant gladness and rejoicing. Andthe bones that have been humbledwill exult.{50:11} Turn your face away frommy sins, and erase all myiniquities.{50:12} Create a clean heart inme, O God. And renew an uprightspirit within my inmost being.{50:13} Do not cast me away fromyour face; and do not take yourHoly Spirit from me.{50:14} Restore to me the joy ofyour salvation, and confirm mewith an unsurpassed spirit.{50:15} I will teach the unjustyour ways, and the impious will beconverted to you.{50:16} Free me from blood, O God,the God of my salvation, and mytongue will extol your justice.{50:17} O Lord, you will open mylips, and my mouth will announceyour praise.{50:18} For if you had desiredsacrifice, I would certainly havegiven it, but with holocausts, youwill not be delighted.{50:19} A crushed spirit is asacrifice to God. A contrite andhumbled heart, O God, you will notspurn.{50:20} Act kindly, Lord, in yourgood will toward Zion, so that thewalls of Jerusalem may be builtup.{50:21} Then you will accept thesacrifice of justice, oblations,and holocausts. Then they will laycalves upon your altar.[Psalm 51] (52){51:1} Unto the end. Theunderstanding of David.{51:2} When Doeg the Edomite cameand reported to Saul, David wentto the house of Ahimelech.{51:3} Why do you glory in malice,you who are powerful in iniquity?{51:4} All day long your tonguethinks up injustice. Like a sharprazor, you have wrought deceit.{51:5} You have loved malice abovegoodness, and iniquity more thanspeaking righteousness.{51:6} You have loved allprecipitous words, you deceitfultongue.{51:7} Because of this, God willdestroy you in the end. He willpull you up, and he will removeyou from your tabernacle and yourroot from the land of the living.{51:8} The just will see and beafraid, and they will laugh overhim, and say:{51:9} “Behold the man who didnot set God as his helper. But hehoped in the multitude of hisriches, and so he prevailed in hisemptiness.”{51:10} But I, like a fruitfulolive tree in the house of God,have hoped in the mercy of Godunto eternity, and forever andever.{51:11} I will confess to youforever, because you haveaccomplished it. And I will waiton your name, for it is good inthe sight of your saints.[Psalm 52] (53){52:1} Unto the end. For Mahalath:the thoughts of David. The foolhas said in his heart, “There isno God.”{52:2} They were corrupted, andthey became abominable withiniquities. There is no one whodoes good.{52:3} God gazed down from heavenon the sons of men, to see ifthere were any who wereconsidering or seeking God.{52:4} All have gone astray;together they have become useless.There is no one who does good;there is not even one.{52:5} Will they never learn: allthose who work iniquity, whodevour my people like a meal ofbread?{52:6} They have not called uponGod. In that place, they havetrembled in fear, where there wasno fear. For God has scattered thebones of those who please men.They have been confounded, becauseGod has spurned them.{52:7} Who will grant from Zionthe salvation of Israel? Jacobwill exult, when God will convertthe captivity of his people; andIsrael will rejoice.[Psalm 53] (54){53:1} Unto the end. In verses,the understanding of David,{53:2} when the Ziphites hadarrived and they said to Saul,“Has not David been hidden withus?”{53:3} Save me, O God, by yourname, and judge me in your virtue.{53:4} O God, listen to my prayer.Pay attention to the words of mymouth.{53:5} For strangers have risen upagainst me, and the strong havesought my soul. And they have notset God before their eyes.{53:6} For behold, God is myhelper, and the Lord is theprotector of my soul.{53:7} Turn back the evils upon myadversaries, and ruin them by yourtruth.{53:8} I will freely sacrifice toyou, and I will confess your name,O God, because it is good.{53:9} For you have quicklyrescued me from all tribulation,and my eye has looked down upon myenemies.[Psalm 54] (55){54:1} Unto the end. In verses,the understanding of David.{54:2} Listen to my prayer, O God,and despise not my supplication.{54:3} Be attentive to me, andheed me. I have been grieved in mytraining, and I have beendisturbed{54:4} at the voice of theadversary and at the tribulationof the sinner. For they havediverted iniquities toward me, andthey have been harassing me withrage.{54:5} My heart has becomedisturbed within me, and the dreadof death has fallen over me.{54:6} Fear and trembling haveoverwhelmed me, and darkness hasburied me.{54:7} And I said, “Who will giveme wings like the dove, so that Imay fly away and take rest?”{54:8} Behold, I have fled faraway, and I linger in solitude.{54:9} I waited for him who savedme from a weak-minded spirit andfrom a tempest.{54:10} Cast them down, O Lord,and divide their tongues. For Ihave seen iniquity andcontradiction in the city.{54:11} Day and night, iniquitywill surround it upon its walls,and hardship is in its midst,{54:12} with injustice. And usuryand deceit have not fallen awayfrom its streets.{54:13} For if my enemy had spokenevil about me, certainly, I wouldhave sustained it. And if he whohated me had been speaking greatthings against me, I would perhapshave hidden myself from him.{54:14} Truly, you are a man ofone mind: my leader and myacquaintance,{54:15} who took sweet foodtogether with me. In the house ofGod, we walked side-by-side.{54:16} Let death come upon them,and let them descend alive intoHellfire. For there is wickednessin their dwellings, in theirmidst.{54:17} But I have cried out toGod, and the Lord will save me.{54:18} Evening and morning andmidday, I will discourse andannounce, and he will heed myvoice.{54:19} He will redeem my soul inpeace from those who draw near tome. For, among the many, they werewith me.{54:20} God will hear, and He whois before time will humble them.For there is no change with them,and they have not feared God.{54:21} He has stretched forth hishand in retribution. They havecontaminated his covenant.{54:22} They were divided by thewrath of his countenance, and hisheart has drawn near. His wordsare smoother than oil, and theyare arrows.{54:23} Cast your cares upon theLord, and he will nurture you. Hewill not allow the just to betossed about forever.{54:24} Truly, O God, you willlead them away into the well ofdeath. Bloody and deceitful menwill not divide their days inhalf. But I will hope in you, OLord.[Psalm 55] (56){55:1} Unto the end. For thepeople who have become far removedfrom the Sacred. Of David, withthe inscription of a title, whenthe Philistines held him in Gath.{55:2} Have mercy on me, O God,because man has trampled over me.All day long, he has afflicted meby fighting against me.{55:3} My enemies have trampledover me all day long. For thosewho make war against me are many.{55:4} From the height of the day,I will be afraid. But truly, Iwill hope in you.{55:5} In God, I will praise mywords. In God, I have put mytrust. I will not fear what fleshcan do to me.{55:6} All day long, they curse mywords. All their intentions arefor evil against me.{55:7} They will dwell and hidethemselves. They will watch myheel, just as they waited for mysoul;{55:8} because of this, nothingwill save them. In your anger, youwill crush the people.{55:9} O God, I have announced mylife to you. You have placed mytears in your sight, and even inyour promise.{55:10} Then my enemies will beturned back. On whatever day thatI call upon you, behold, I knowthat you are my God.{55:11} In God, I will praise theword. In the Lord, I will praisehis speech. In God, I have hoped.I will not fear what man can do tome.{55:12} My vows to you, O God, arein me. I will repay them. Praisesbe to you.{55:13} For you have rescued mysoul from death and my feet fromslipping, so that I may bepleasing in the sight of God, inthe light of the living.[Psalm 56] (57){56:1} Unto the end. May you notdestroy. Of David, with theinscription of a title, when hefled from Saul into a cave.{56:2} Be merciful to me, O God,be merciful to me. For my soultrusts in you. And I will hope inthe shadow of your wings, untiliniquity passes away.{56:3} I will cry out to God MostHigh, to God who has been kind tome.{56:4} He sent from heaven andfreed me. He has surrendered intodisgrace those who trampled me.God has sent his mercy and histruth.{56:5} And he has rescued my soulfrom the midst of the young lions.I slept troubled. The sons of men:their teeth are weapons andarrows, and their tongue is asharp sword.{56:6} Be exalted above theheavens, O God, and your gloryabove all the earth.{56:7} They prepared a snare formy feet, and they bowed down mysoul. They dug a pit before myface, yet they have fallen intoit.{56:8} My heart is prepared, OGod, my heart is prepared. I willsing, and I will compose a psalm.{56:9} Rise up, my glory. Rise up,psaltery and harp. I will arise inearly morning.{56:10} I will confess to you, OLord, among the peoples. I willcompose a psalm to you among thenations.{56:11} For your mercy has beenmagnified, even to the heavens,and your truth, even to theclouds.{56:12} Be exalted above theheavens, O God, and your gloryabove all the earth.[Psalm 57] (58){57:1} Unto the end. May you notdestroy. Of David, with theinscription of a title.{57:2} If, truly and certainly,you speak justice, then judge whatis right, you sons of men.{57:3} For, even in your heart,you work iniquity. Your handsconstruct injustice on the earth.{57:4} Sinners have becomeforeigners from the womb; theyhave gone astray from conception.They have been speakingfalsehoods.{57:5} Their fury is similar tothat of a serpent; it is like adeaf asp, who even blocks herears,{57:6} who will not listen to thevoice of charmers, nor even to theenchanter who chants wisely.{57:7} God will crush their teethwithin their own mouth. The Lordwill break the molars of thelions.{57:8} They will come to nothing,like water flowing away. He hasaimed his bow, while they arebeing weakened.{57:9} Like wax that flows, theywill be carried away. Fire hasfallen upon them, and they willnot see the sun.{57:10} Before your thorns couldknow the brier, he consumes themalive, as if in rage.{57:11} The just one will rejoicewhen he sees vindication. He willwash his hands in the blood of thesinner.{57:12} And man will say, “If thejust one is fruitful, then, truly,there is a God judging them onearth.”[Psalm 58] (59){58:1} Unto the end. May you notdestroy. Of David, with theinscription of a title, when Saulsent and watched his house, inorder to execute him.{58:2} Rescue me from my enemies,my God, and free me from those whorise up against me.{58:3} Rescue me from those whowork iniquity, and save me frommen of blood.{58:4} For behold, they haveseized my soul. The strong haverushed upon me.{58:5} And it is neither myiniquity, nor my sin, O Lord. Ihave run and gone directly,without iniquity.{58:6} Rise up to meet me, andsee: even you, O Lord, the God ofhosts, the God of Israel. Reachout to visit all nations. Do nottake pity on all those who workiniquity.{58:7} They will return towardevening, and they will sufferhunger like dogs, and they willwander around the city.{58:8} Behold, they will speakwith their mouth, and a sword isin their lips: “For who has heardus?”{58:9} And you, O Lord, will laughat them. You will lead all theGentiles to nothing.{58:10} I will guard my strengthtoward you, for you are God, mysupporter.{58:11} My God, his mercy willprecede me.{58:12} God will oversee myenemies for me. Do not slay them,lest at times my people may forgetthem. Scatter them by your virtue.And depose them, O Lord, myprotector,{58:13} by the offense of theirmouth and by the speech of theirlips. And may they be caught intheir arrogance. And, for theircursing and lying, they will bemade known{58:14} at the consummation, inthe fury of the consummation, andso they will be no more. And theywill know that God will rule overJacob, even to the ends of theearth.{58:15} They will return towardevening, and they will sufferhunger like dogs, and they willwander around the city.{58:16} They will be dispersed inorder to gnaw, and truly, whenthey will not have been satisfied,they will murmur.{58:17} But I will sing yourstrength, and I will extol yourmercy, in the morning. For youhave been my supporter and myrefuge in the day of mytribulation.{58:18} To you, my helper, I willsing psalms. For you are God, mysupporter. My God is my mercy.[Psalm 59] (60){59:1} Unto the end. For those whowill be changed, with theinscription of a title, of Davidhimself, for instruction:{59:2} when he set fire toMesopotamia of Syria and Sobal,and Joab turned back and struckIdumea, in the valley of the saltpits, twelve thousand men.{59:3} O God, you have rejectedus, and you have ruined us. Youbecame angry, and yet you havebeen merciful to us.{59:4} You have moved the earth,and you have disturbed it. Healits breaches, for it has beenmoved.{59:5} You have revealed to yourpeople difficulties. You have madeus drink the wine of remorse.{59:6} You have given a warningsign to those who fear you, sothat they may flee from before theface of the bow, so that yourbeloved may be delivered.{59:7} Save me with your righthand, and hear me.{59:8} God has spoken in his holyplace: I will rejoice, and I willdivide Shechem, and I will measurethe steep valley of thetabernacles.{59:9} Gilead is mine, andManasseh is mine. And Ephraim isthe strength of my head. Judah ismy king.{59:10} Moab is the cooking pot ofmy hope. Into Idumea, I willextend my shoe. To me, theforeigners have been made subject.{59:11} Who will lead me into thefortified city? Who will lead meall the way to Idumea?{59:12} Will not you, O God, whohas rejected us? And will not you,O God, go out with our armies?{59:13} Grant us help fromtribulation. For salvation fromman is empty.{59:14} In God, we will actvirtuously. And those who troubleus, he will lead to nothing.[Psalm 60] (61){60:1} Unto the end. With hymns,of David.{60:2} O God, pay attention to mysupplication. Be attentive to myprayer.{60:3} I cried out to you from theends of the earth. When my heartwas in anguish, you exalted me ona rock. You have led me,{60:4} for you have been my hope,a tower of strength before theface of the enemy.{60:5} I will dwell in yourtabernacle forever. I will beprotected under the cover of yourwings.{60:6} For you, my God, havelistened to my prayer. You havegranted an inheritance to thosewho fear your name.{60:7} You will add days to thedays of the king, to his years,even to the time of generationafter generation.{60:8} He remains in eternity, inthe sight of God. Who will longfor his mercy and truth?{60:9} So I will compose a psalmto your name, forever and ever, sothat I may repay my vows from dayto day.[Psalm 61] (62){61:1} Unto the end. For Jeduthun.A Psalm of David.{61:2} Will my soul not be subjectto God? For from him is mysalvation.{61:3} Yes, he himself is my Godand my salvation. He is mysupporter; I will be moved nomore.{61:4} How is it that you rushagainst a man? Every one of youputs to death, as if you werepulling down a ruined wall,leaning over and falling apart.{61:5} So, truly, they intended toreject my price. I ran in thirst.They blessed with their mouth andcursed with their heart.{61:6} Yet, truly, my soul will besubject to God. For from him is mypatience.{61:7} For he is my God and mySavior. He is my helper; I willnot be expelled.{61:8} In God is my salvation andmy glory. He is the God of myhelp, and my hope is in God.{61:9} All peoples gatheredtogether: trust in him. Pour outyour hearts in his sight. God isour helper for eternity.{61:10} So, truly, the sons of menare untrustworthy. The sons of menare liars in the scales, so that,by emptiness, they may deceiveamong themselves.{61:11} Do not trust in iniquity,and do not desire plunder. Ifriches flow toward you, do not bewilling to set your heart on them.{61:12} God has spoken once. Ihave heard two things: that powerbelongs to God,{61:13} and that mercy belongs toyou, O Lord. For you will repayeach one according to his works.[Psalm 62] (63){62:1} A Psalm of David, when hewas in the desert of Idumea.{62:2} O God, my God: to you, Ikeep vigil until first light. Foryou, my soul has thirsted, to youmy body, in so many ways.{62:3} By a deserted land, bothinaccessible and waterless, so Ihave appeared in the sanctuarybefore you, in order to beholdyour virtue and your glory.{62:4} For your mercy is betterthan life itself. It is you mylips will praise.{62:5} So will I bless you in mylife, and I will lift up my handsin your name.{62:6} Let my soul be filled, asif with marrow and fatness; and mymouth will give praise withexultant lips.{62:7} When I have remembered youon my bed in the morning, I willmeditate on you.{62:8} For you have been myhelper. And I will exult under thecover of your wings.{62:9} My soul has clung close toyou. Your right hand has supportedme.{62:10} Truly, these ones havesought my soul in vain. They willenter into the lower parts of theearth.{62:11} They will be deliveredinto the hand of the sword. Theywill be the portions of foxes.{62:12} Truly, the king willrejoice in God: all those whoswear by him will be praised,because the mouth of those whospeak iniquity has been blocked.[Psalm 63] (64){63:1} Unto the end. A Psalm ofDavid.{63:2} Hear, O God, my prayer ofsupplication. Rescue my soul fromthe fear of the enemy.{63:3} You have protected me fromthe assembly of the malignant,from a multitude of workers ofiniquity.{63:4} For they have sharpenedtheir tongues like a sword; theyhave formed their bow into abitter thing,{63:5} so that they may shootarrows from hiding at theimmaculate.{63:6} They will suddenly shootarrows at him, and they will notbe afraid. They are resolute intheir wicked talk. They havediscussed hidden snares. They havesaid, “Who will see them?”{63:7} They have been searchingcarefully for iniquities. Theirexhaustive search has failed. Manwill approach with a deep heart,{63:8} and God will be exalted.The arrows of the little ones havebecome their wounds,{63:9} and their tongues have beenweakened against them. All thosewho saw them have been troubled;{63:10} and every man was afraid.And they announced the works ofGod, and they understood his acts.{63:11} The just will rejoice inthe Lord, and they will hope inhim. And all the upright of heartwill be praised.[Psalm 64] (65){64:1} Unto the end. A Psalm ofDavid. A Canticle of Jeremiah andEzekiel to the people of thecaptivity, when they began to gointo exile.{64:2} O God, a hymn adorns you inZion, and a vow will be repaid toyou in Jerusalem.{64:3} Hear my prayer: all fleshwill come to you.{64:4} Words of iniquity haveprevailed over us. And you willpardon our impieties.{64:5} Blessed is he whom you havechosen and taken up. He will dwellin your courts. We will be filledwith the good things of yourhouse. Holy is your temple:{64:6} wonderful in equity. Hearus, O God our Savior, the hope ofall the ends of the earth and of asea far away.{64:7} You prepare the mountainsin your virtue, wrapped withpower.{64:8} You stir up the depths ofthe sea, the noise of its waves.The nations will be troubled,{64:9} and those who dwell at thelimits will be afraid, before yoursigns. You will make the passingof morning and evening enjoyable.{64:10} You have visited theearth, and you have saturated it.You have enriched it in so manyways. The river of God has beenfilled with water. You haveprepared their food. For thus isits preparation.{64:11} Drench its streams,multiply its fruits; it willspring up and rejoice in itsshowers.{64:12} You will bless the crownof the year with your kindness,and your fields will be filledwith abundance.{64:13} The beauty of the desertwill fatten, and the hills will bewrapped with exultation.{64:14} The rams of the sheep havebeen clothed, and the valleys willabound with grain. They will cryout; yes, they will even utter ahymn.[Psalm 65] (66){65:1} Unto the end. A CanticlePsalm of the Resurrection. Shoutjoyfully to God, all the earth.{65:2} Proclaim a psalm to hisname. Give glory to his praise.{65:3} Exclaim to God, “Howterrible are your works, O Lord!”According to the fullness of yourvirtue, your enemies will speaklies about you.{65:4} Let all the earth adore youand sing psalms to you. May itsing a psalm to your name.{65:5} Draw near and see the worksof God, who is terrible in hiscounsels over the sons of men.{65:6} He converts the sea intodry land. They will cross theriver on foot. There, we willrejoice in him.{65:7} He rules by his virtue foreternity. His eyes gaze upon thenations. May those who exasperatehim, not be exalted in themselves.{65:8} Bless our God, youGentiles, and make the voice ofhis praise be heard.{65:9} He has set my soul towardlife, and he has granted that myfeet may not be shaken.{65:10} For you, O God, havetested us. You have examined us byfire, just as silver is examined.{65:11} You have led us into asnare. You have placedtribulations on our back.{65:12} You have set men over ourheads. We have crossed throughfire and water. And you have ledus out to refreshment.{65:13} I will enter your housewith holocausts. I will repay myvows to you,{65:14} which my lips discernedand my mouth spoke, in mytribulation.{65:15} I will offer to youholocausts full of marrow, withthe burnt offerings of rams. Iwill offer to you bulls as well asgoats.{65:16} Draw near and listen, allyou who fear God, and I willdescribe to you how much he hasdone for my soul.{65:17} I cried out to him with mymouth, and I extolled him under mybreath.{65:18} If I have seen iniquity inmy heart, the Lord would not heedme.{65:19} And yet, God has heeded meand he has attended to the voiceof my supplication.{65:20} Blessed is God, who hasnot removed my prayer, nor hismercy, from me.[Psalm 66] (67){66:1} Unto the end. With hymns, aCanticle Psalm of David.{66:2} May God have mercy on usand bless us. May he shine hiscountenance upon us, and may hehave mercy on us.{66:3} So may we know your wayupon the earth, your salvationamong all nations.{66:4} Let the peoples confess toyou, O God. Let all the peoplesconfess to you.{66:5} May the nations rejoice andexult. For you judge the peopleswith equity, and you direct thenations on earth.{66:6} Let the peoples confess toyou, O God. Let all the peoplesconfess to you.{66:7} The earth has provided herfruit. May God, our God, bless us.{66:8} May God bless us, and mayall the ends of the earth fearhim.[Psalm 67] (68){67:1} Unto the end. A CanticlePsalm of David himself.{67:2} May God rise up, and mayhis enemies be scattered, and maythose who hate him flee frombefore his face.{67:3} Just as smoke vanishes, somay they vanish. Just as wax flowsaway before the face of fire, somay sinners pass away before theface of God.{67:4} And so, let the just feast,and let them exult in the sight ofGod and be delighted in gladness.{67:5} Sing to God, sing a psalmto his name. Make a path for him,who ascends over the west. TheLord is his name. Exult in hissight; they will be stirred upbefore his face,{67:6} the father of orphans andthe judge of widows. God is in hisholy place.{67:7} It is God who makes mendwell in a house under one custom.He leads out those who arestrongly bound, and similarly,those who exasperate, who dwell insepulchers.{67:8} O God, when you departed inthe sight of your people, when youpassed through the desert,{67:9} the earth was moved, forthe heavens rained down before theface of the God of Sinai, beforethe face of the God of Israel.{67:10} You will set aside foryour inheritance, O God, a willingrain. And though it was weak,truly, you have made it perfect.{67:11} Your animals will dwell init. O God, in your sweetness, youhave provided for the poor.{67:12} The Lord will give theword to evangelizers, along withgreat virtue.{67:13} The King of virtue isbeloved among the beloved. And thebeauty of the house will dividespoils.{67:14} If you take your rest inthe midst of the clergy, you willbe like a dove whose wings arecovered with fine silver and edgedwith pale gold.{67:15} When heaven discerns kingsto be over her, they will bewhitened with the snows of Zalmon.{67:16} The mountain of God is afat mountain, a dense mountain, athick mountain.{67:17} So then, why are youdistrustful of dense mountains?The mountain on which God is wellpleased to dwell, even there, theLord will dwell until the end.{67:18} The chariot of God is tenthousand fold: thousands rejoice.The Lord is with them in Sinai, inthe holy place.{67:19} You have ascended on high;you have taken captivity captive.You have accepted gifts among men.For even those who do not believedwell with the Lord God.{67:20} Blessed is the Lord, dayafter day. The God of oursalvation will make our journeyprosper for us.{67:21} Our God is the God whowill bring about our salvation,and our Lord is the Lord who hasbrought an end to death.{67:22} So then, truly, God willbreak the heads of his enemies,the hairy skull of those whowander around in their offenses.{67:23} The Lord said: I will turnthem away from Bashan, I will turnthem into the depths of the sea,{67:24} so that your feet may besoaked in the blood of yourenemies, so that the tongue ofyour dogs may be soaked with thesame.{67:25} O God, they have seen yourarrival, the arrival of my God, ofmy king who is in a holy place.{67:26} The leaders went ahead,united with the singers of psalms,in the midst of girls playing ontimbrels.{67:27} In the churches, bless theLord God from the fountains ofIsrael.{67:28} In that place, Benjamin isa youth in ecstasy of mind. Theleaders of Judah are theirgovernors: the leaders of Zebulun,the leaders of Naphtali.{67:29} Command by your virtue, OGod. Confirm in this place, O God,what you have wrought in us.{67:30} Before your temple inJerusalem, kings will offer giftsto you.{67:31} Rebuke the wild beasts ofthe reeds, a congregation of bullswith the cows of the people, forthey seek to exclude those whohave been tested like silver.Scatter the nations that arepleased by wars.{67:32} Ambassadors will come outof Egypt. Ethiopia will offer inadvance her hands to God.{67:33} Sing to God, O kingdoms ofthe earth. Sing psalms to theLord. Sing psalms to God.{67:34} He ascends, up to theheaven of the heavens, toward theeast. Behold, he will utter hisvoice, the voice of virtue.{67:35} Give glory to God beyondIsrael. His magnificence and hisvirtue is in the clouds.{67:36} God is wonderful in hissaints. The God of Israel himselfwill give virtue and strength tohis people. Blessed is God.[Psalm 68] (69){68:1} Unto the end. For those whowill be changed: of David.{68:2} Save me, O God, for thewaters have entered, even to mysoul.{68:3} I have become stuck in adeep quagmire, and there is nofirm footing. I have arrived atthe height of the sea, and atempest has overwhelmed me.{68:4} I have endured hardships,while crying out. My jaws havebecome hoarse; my eyes havefailed. Meanwhile, I hope in myGod.{68:5} Those who hate me withoutcause have been multiplied beyondthe hairs of my head. My enemies,who persecuted me unjustly, havebeen strengthened. Then I wasrequired to pay for what I did nottake.{68:6} O God, you know myfoolishness, and my offenses havenot been hidden from you.{68:7} Let those who wait for you,O Lord, the Lord of hosts, not beshamed in me. Let those who seekyou, O God of Israel, not beconfounded over me.{68:8} For because of you, I haveendured reproach; confusion hascovered my face.{68:9} I have become a stranger tomy brothers and a sojourner to thesons of my mother.{68:10} For zeal for your househas consumed me, and thereproaches of those who reproachedyou have fallen upon me.{68:11} And I covered my soul withfasting, and it has become areproach to me.{68:12} And I put on a hairclothas my garment, and I became aparable to them.{68:13} Those who sat at the gatespoke against me, and those whodrank wine made me their song.{68:14} But as for me, truly, myprayer is to you, O Lord. Thistime has pleased you well, O God.In the multitude of your mercy, inthe truth of your salvation, hearme.{68:15} Rescue me from thequagmire, so that I may not becometrapped. Free me from those whohate me and from deep waters.{68:16} Do not allow the tempestof water to submerge me, nor thedeep to absorb me. And do notallow the well to close in on me.{68:17} Hear me, O Lord, for yourmercy is kind. Look upon me,according to the fullness of yourcompassion.{68:18} And do not turn your faceaway from your servant, for I amin trouble: heed me quickly.{68:19} Attend to my soul, andfree it. Rescue me, because of myenemies.{68:20} You know my reproach, andmy confusion, and my reverence.{68:21} All those who trouble meare in your sight; my heart hasanticipated reproach and misery.And I sought for one who mightgrieve together with me, but therewas no one, and for one who mightconsole me, and I found no one.{68:22} And they gave me gall formy food. And in my thirst, theygave me vinegar to drink.{68:23} Let their table be a snarebefore them, and a retribution,and a scandal.{68:24} Let their eyes bedarkened, so that they may notsee, and may their back always becrooked.{68:25} Pour out your indignationupon them, and may the fury ofyour anger take hold of them.{68:26} May their dwelling placebe deserted, and may there be noone who dwells in theirtabernacles.{68:27} For they persecutedwhomever you struck. And they haveadded to the grief of my wounds.{68:28} Assign an iniquity upontheir iniquity, and may they notenter into your justice.{68:29} Delete them from the Bookof the Living, and let them not bewritten down with the just.{68:30} I am poor and sorrowful,but your salvation, O God, hastaken me up.{68:31} I will praise the name ofGod with a canticle, and I willmagnify him with praise.{68:32} And it will please Godmore than a new calf producinghorns and hoofs.{68:33} Let the poor see andrejoice. Seek God, and your soulwill live.{68:34} For the Lord has heard thepoor, and he has not despised hisprisoners.{68:35} Let the heavens and theearth praise him: the sea, andeverything that crawls in it.{68:36} For God will save Zion,and the cities of Judah will bebuilt up. And they will dwellthere, and they will acquire it byinheritance.{68:37} And the offspring of hisservants will possess it; andthose who love his name will dwellin it.[Psalm 69] (70){69:1} Unto the end. A Psalm ofDavid, in remembrance that theLord had saved him.{69:2} O God, reach out to helpme. O Lord, hasten to assist me.{69:3} May those who seek my soulbe confounded and awed.{69:4} May those who wish evilsupon me be turned back and blushwith shame. May they be turnedaway immediately, blushing withshame, who say to me: “Well,well.”{69:5} Let all who seek you exultand rejoice in you, and let thosewho love your salvation foreversay: “The Lord be magnified.”{69:6} I am truly destitute andpoor. O God, assist me. You are myhelper and my deliverer. O Lord,do not delay.[Psalm 70] (71){70:1} A Psalm of David. Of thesons of Jonadab and the formercaptives. In you, O Lord, I havehoped; do not let me be brought toruin forever.{70:2} Free me by your justice,and rescue me. Incline your ear tome, and save me.{70:3} Be a God of protection anda place of strength for me, sothat you may accomplish mysalvation. For you are myfirmament and my refuge.{70:4} Rescue me, O my God, fromthe hand of the sinner, and fromthe hand of the unjust and thosewho act against the law.{70:5} For you, O Lord, are mypatience: my hope from my youth, OLord.{70:6} In you, I have beenconfirmed from conception. From mymother’s womb, you are myprotector. In you, I will singforever.{70:7} I have become to many as ifI were a portent, but you are astrong helper.{70:8} Let my mouth be filled withpraise, so that I may sing yourglory, your greatness all daylong.{70:9} Do not cast me off in thetime of old age. Do not abandon mewhen my strength will fail.{70:10} For my enemies have spokenagainst me. And those who watchedfor my soul have taken counsel asone,{70:11} saying: “God hasabandoned him. Pursue and overtakehim. For there is no one to rescuehim.”{70:12} O God, do not be far fromme. O my God, provide for myassistance.{70:13} May they be confounded,and may they fail, who drag downmy soul. Let them be covered withconfusion and shame, who seekevils for me.{70:14} But I will always havehope. And I will add more to allyour praise.{70:15} My mouth will announceyour justice, your salvation allday long. For I have not knownletters.{70:16} I will enter into thepowers of the Lord. I will bemindful of your justice alone, OLord.{70:17} You have taught me from myyouth, O God. And so I willdeclare your wonders continuously,{70:18} even in old age and withgrey hairs. Do not abandon me, OGod, while I announce your arm toevery future generation: yourpower{70:19} and your justice, O God,even to the highest great thingsthat you have done. O God, who islike you?{70:20} How great is thetribulation that you have revealedto me: very great and evil. Andso, turning back, you have broughtme to life, and you have led meback again from the abyss of theearth.{70:21} You have multiplied yourmagnificence. And so, turning backto me, you have consoled me.{70:22} Therefore, I will confessyour truth to you, with theinstruments of the Psalter. O God,I will sing psalms to you withstringed instruments, O Holy Oneof Israel.{70:23} My lips will exult, when Ising to you, and also my soul,which you have redeemed.{70:24} And even my tongue willmeditate on your justice all daylong, when those who seek evilsfor me have been confounded andset in awe.[Psalm 71] (72){71:1} A Psalm according toSolomon.{71:2} Give your judgment, O God,to the king, and your justice tothe king’s son, to judge yourpeople with justice and your poorwith judgment.{71:3} Let the mountains take uppeace for the people, and thehills, justice.{71:4} He will judge the poor ofthe people, and he will bringsalvation to the sons of the poor.And he will humble the falseaccuser.{71:5} And he will remain, withthe sun and before the moon, fromgeneration to generation.{71:6} He will descend like rainupon fleece, and like showersshowering upon the earth.{71:7} In his days, justice willrise like the sun, with abundanceof peace, until the moon is takenaway.{71:8} And he will rule from seato sea and from the river to thelimits of the whole world.{71:9} In his sight, theEthiopians will fall prostrate,and his enemies will lick theground.{71:10} The kings of Tarshish andthe islands will offer gifts. Thekings of Arabia and of Seba willbring gifts.{71:11} And all the kings of theearth shall adore him. All nationswill serve him.{71:12} For he will free the poorfrom the powerful, and the poorone who has no helper.{71:13} He will spare the poor andthe indigent, and he will bringsalvation to the souls of thepoor.{71:14} He will redeem their soulsfrom usuries and from iniquity,and their names shall be honorablein his sight.{71:15} And he will live, and tohim will be given from the gold ofArabia, and by him they willalways adore. They will bless himall day long.{71:16} And there will be afirmament on earth, at the summitsof mountains: its fruits will beextolled above Lebanon, and thoseof the city will flourish like thegrass of the earth.{71:17} May his name be blessedforever; may his name remainbefore the sun. And all the tribesof the earth will be blessed inhim. All nations will magnify him.{71:18} Blessed is the Lord, Godof Israel, who alone does wondrousthings.{71:19} And blessed is the name ofhis majesty in eternity. And allthe earth will be filled with hismajesty. Amen. Amen.{71:20} The praises of David, theson of Jesse, have reached an end.[Psalm 72] (73){72:1} A Psalm of Asaph. How goodis God to Israel, to those who areupright in heart.{72:2} But my feet were nearlymoved; my steps had nearlyslipped.{72:3} For I was zealous over theiniquitous, seeing thepeacefulness of sinners.{72:4} For they have no respectfor their death, nor do they havesupport in their wounds.{72:5} They are not with thehardships of men, nor will they bescourged with men.{72:6} Therefore, arrogance hasheld on to them. They have beencovered with their iniquity andimpiety.{72:7} Their iniquity hasproceeded, as if from fat. Theyhave parted from the affection ofthe heart.{72:8} They have thought andspoken wickedness. They havespoken iniquity in high places.{72:9} They have set their mouthagainst heaven, and their tonguehas traversed the earth.{72:10} Therefore, my people willbe converted here, and fullness ofdays will be found in them.{72:11} And they said, “How wouldGod know?” and, “Isn’t thereknowledge in high places?”{72:12} Behold, these are sinners,and, abounding in this age, theyhave obtained riches.{72:13} And I said: So then, it iswithout purpose that I havejustified my heart and washed myhands among the innocent.{72:14} And I have been scourgedall day long, and I have receivedmy chastisement in the mornings.{72:15} If I were to say that Iwould explain this: Behold, Iwould condemn this nation of yoursons.{72:16} I considered, so that Imight know this. It is a hardshipbefore me,{72:17} until I may enter into theSanctuary of God, and understandit to its last part.{72:18} So, because ofdeceitfulness, truly, you haveplaced it before them. While theywere being lifted up, you werecasting them down.{72:19} How have they been broughtto desolation? They have suddenlyfailed. They have perished becauseof their iniquity.{72:20} As a dream is to those whoawaken, O Lord, so will you reducetheir image to nothing in yourcity.{72:21} For my heart has beeninflamed, and my temperament hasbeen changed.{72:22} And so, I have beenreduced to nothing, and I did notknow it.{72:23} I have become like a beastof burden to you, and I am alwayswith you.{72:24} You have held my righthand. And in your will, you haveconducted me, and with your glory,you have taken me up.{72:25} For what is there for mein heaven? And what do I wish foron earth before you?{72:26} My body has failed, and myheart: O God of my heart, and Godmy portion, into eternity.{72:27} For behold, those who putthemselves far from you willperish. You have perished allthose who fornicate away from you.{72:28} But it is good for me toadhere to God, to put my hope inthe Lord God, so that I mayannounce all your prophecies, atthe gates of the daughter of Zion.[Psalm 73] (74){73:1} The understanding of Asaph.O God, why have you rejected us tothe end. Why has your fury becomeenraged over the sheep of yourpasture?{73:2} Be mindful of yourcongregation, which you havepossessed from the beginning. Youredeemed the scepter of yourinheritance, mount Zion, in whichyou have dwelt.{73:3} Lift up your hands againsttheir arrogance in the end. Howgreat the malice of the enemy hasbeen in the sanctuary!{73:4} And those who hate you havebeen glorified, in the midst ofyour solemnity. They have set uptheir own signs as a proof,{73:5} as if it had been issuedfrom on high; yet they did notunderstand. As in a forest ofchopped wood,{73:6} they have cut down theentrances themselves. With axe andhatchet, they have brought itdown.{73:7} They have set fire to yourSanctuary. They have polluted thetabernacle of your name on earth.{73:8} They have said in theirheart, the whole group of themtogether: “Let us cause all thefeast days of God to cease fromthe land.{73:9} We have not seen our proof;there is now no prophet. And hewill no longer know us.”{73:10} How long, O God, will theenemy place blame? Is theadversary to provoke your nameuntil the end?{73:11} Why do you turn your handaway, even your right hand, fromthe midst of your sinews, untilthe end?{73:12} But God is our king beforeall ages. He has wrought salvationin the midst of the earth.{73:13} In your virtue, youconfirmed the sea. You crushed theheads of the serpents in thewaters.{73:14} You have broken the headsof the serpent. You have given himas food for the people of theEthiopians.{73:15} You have disrupted thefountains and the torrents. Youhave dried up the rivers of Ethan.{73:16} Yours is the day, andyours is the night. You have madethe morning light and the sun.{73:17} You have made all thelimits of the earth. The summerand the spring were formed by you.{73:18} Be mindful of this: theenemy placed blame against theLord, and a foolish people hasincited against your name.{73:19} Do not hand over to beaststhe souls that confess to you; anddo not forget the souls of yourpoor until the end.{73:20} Consider your covenant.For those who have been darkenedupon the earth have been filled bythe iniquity of the houses.{73:21} Do not allow the humble tobe turned away in confusion. Thepoor and the needy will praiseyour name.{73:22} Rise up, O God, judge yourown case. Call to mind theaccusations against you, which aremade by the foolish all day long.{73:23} Do not forget the voicesof your adversaries. The arroganceof those who hate you rises upcontinually.[Psalm 74] (75){74:1} Unto the end. May you notbe corrupted. A Canticle Psalm ofAsaph.{74:2} We will confess to you, OGod. We will confess, and we willcall upon your name. We willdescribe your wonders.{74:3} While I have time, I willjudge justices.{74:4} The earth has beendissolved, with all who dwell init. I have confirmed its pillars.{74:5} I said to the iniquitous:“Do not act unjustly,” and tothe offenders: “Do not exalt thehorn.”{74:6} Do not exalt your horn onhigh. Do not speak iniquityagainst God.{74:7} For it is neither from theeast, nor from the west, norbefore the desert mountains.{74:8} For God is judge. This onehe humbles and that one he exalts.{74:9} For, in the hand of theLord, there is a cup of undilutedwine, full of consternation. Andhe has tipped it from here tothere. So, truly, its dregs havenot been emptied. All the sinnersof the earth will drink.{74:10} But I will announce it inevery age. I will sing to the Godof Jacob.{74:11} And I will break all thehorns of sinners. And the horns ofthe just will be exalted.[Psalm 75] (76){75:1} Unto the end. With Praises.A Psalm of Asaph. A Canticle tothe Assyrians.{75:2} In Judea, God is known. InIsrael, his name is great.{75:3} And his place has beenformed with peace. And hisdwelling place is in Zion.{75:4} In that place, he hasbroken the powers of the bows, theshield, the sword, and the battle.{75:5} You illuminate wondrouslyfrom the mountains of eternity.{75:6} All the foolish of hearthave been disturbed. They haveslept their sleep, and all the menof riches have found nothing intheir hands.{75:7} At your rebuke, O God ofJacob, those who were mounted onhorseback have fallen asleep.{75:8} You are terrible, and so,who can withstand you? From thenceis your wrath.{75:9} You have caused judgment tobe heard from heaven. The earthtrembled and was quieted,{75:10} when God rose up injudgment in order to bringsalvation to all the meek of theearth.{75:11} For the thinking of manwill confess to you, and thelegacy of his thinking will keep afeast day to you.{75:12} Make vows and pay them tothe Lord, your God. All you whosurround him bring gifts: to himwho is terrible,{75:13} even to him who takes awaythe spirit of leaders, to him whois terrible with the kings of theearth.[Psalm 76] (77){76:1} Unto the end. For Jeduthun.A Psalm of Asaph.{76:2} I cried out to the Lordwith my voice, to God with myvoice, and he attended to me.{76:3} In the days of mytribulation, I sought God, with myhands opposite him in the night,and I was not deceived. My soulrefused to be consoled.{76:4} I was mindful of God, and Iwas delighted, and I wasdistressed, and my spirit fellaway.{76:5} My eyes anticipated thevigils. I was disturbed, and I didnot speak.{76:6} I considered the days ofantiquity, and I held the years ofeternity in my mind.{76:7} And I meditated in thenight with my heart, and I wasdistressed, and I examined myspirit.{76:8} So then, will God rejectfor eternity? Will he not continueto allow himself to show favor?{76:9} Or, will he cut off hismercy in the end, from generationto generation?{76:10} And would God ever forgetto be merciful? Or, would he, inhis wrath, restrict his mercies?{76:11} And I said, “Now I havebegun. This change is from theright hand of the Most High.”{76:12} I was mindful of the worksof the Lord. For I will be mindfulfrom the beginning of yourwonders,{76:13} and I will meditate on allyour works. And I will take partin your intentions.{76:14} Your way, O God, is inwhat is holy. Which God is greatlike our God?{76:15} You are the God whoperforms miracles. You have madeyour virtue known among thepeoples.{76:16} With your arm, you haveredeemed your people, the sons ofJacob and of Joseph.{76:17} The waters saw you, O God,the waters saw you, and they wereafraid, and the depths werestirred up.{76:18} Great was the sound of thewaters. The clouds uttered avoice. For your arrows also passby.{76:19} The voice of your thunderis like a wheel. Your flashes haveilluminated the whole world. Theearth has quaked and trembled.{76:20} Your way is through thesea, and your paths are throughmany waters. And your traces willnot be known.{76:21} You have conducted yourpeople like sheep, by the hand ofMoses and Aaron.[Psalm 77] (78){77:1} The understanding of Asaph.O my people, attend to my law.Incline your ears to the words ofmy mouth.{77:2} I will open my mouth inparables. I will speak aboutconcepts that are from thebeginning.{77:3} We have heard and knownsuch great things, as our fathershave described to us.{77:4} These things have not beenhidden from their sons in anygeneration: declaring the praisesof the Lord, and his virtues, andthe wonders that he has done.{77:5} And he has receivedtestimony with Jacob, and he hasset a law within Israel. Suchgreat things, he has commanded ourfathers, so as to make thesethings known to their sons,{77:6} so that another generationmight know them, and so that thesons, who will be born and whowill grow up, shall describe themto their sons.{77:7} So then, may they put theirhope in God, and may they notforget the works of God, and maythey seek his commandments.{77:8} May they not become liketheir fathers, a perverse andexasperating generation: ageneration that does notstraighten their heart and whosespirit is not trustworthy withGod.{77:9} The sons of Ephraim, whobend and shoot the bow, have beenturned back in the day of battle.{77:10} They have not kept thecovenant of God. And they were notwilling to walk in his law.{77:11} And they have beenforgetful of his benefits, and ofhis miracle, which he revealed tothem.{77:12} He performed miracles inthe sight of their fathers, in theland of Egypt, in the field ofTanis.{77:13} He broke the sea and heled them through. And he stationedthe waters, as if in a vessel.{77:14} And he led them with acloud by day, and withillumination by fire throughoutthe night.{77:15} He broke through the rockin the wasteland, and he gave themto drink, as if from the greatabyss.{77:16} He brought forth waterfrom the rock, and he conductedthe waters, as if they wererivers.{77:17} And yet, they continued tosin against him. In a waterlessplace, they provoked the Most Highwith resentment.{77:18} And they tempted God intheir hearts, by asking for foodaccording to their desires.{77:19} And they spoke badly aboutGod. They said, “Would God beable to prepare a table in thedesert?{77:20} He struck the rock, and sowaters flowed and the torrentsflooded, but would even he be ableto provide bread, or provide atable, for his people?”{77:21} Therefore, the Lord heard,and he was dismayed, and a firewas kindled within Jacob, and ananger ascended into Israel.{77:22} For they neither put theirtrust in God, nor did they hope inhis salvation.{77:23} And he commanded theclouds from above, and he openedthe doors of heaven.{77:24} And he rained down mannaupon them to eat, and he gave themthe bread of heaven.{77:25} Man ate the bread ofAngels. He sent them provisions inabundance.{77:26} He transferred the southwind from heaven, and, in hisvirtue, he brought in theSouthwest wind.{77:27} And he rained down fleshupon them, as if it were dust, andfeathered birds, as if they werethe sand of the sea.{77:28} And they fell down in themidst of their camp, encirclingtheir tabernacles.{77:29} And they ate until theywere greatly satisfied, and hebrought to them according to theirdesires.{77:30} They were not cheated outof what they wanted. Their foodwas still in their mouth,{77:31} and then the wrath of Godcame upon them. And he slew thefat ones among them, and heimpeded the elect of Israel.{77:32} In all these things, theycontinued to sin, and they werenot trustworthy with his miracles.{77:33} And their days faded awayinto vanity, and their years withhaste.{77:34} When he slew them, thenthey sought him. And theyreturned, and they drew near tohim in the early morning.{77:35} And they were mindful thatGod is their helper and that theMost High God is their redeemer.{77:36} And they chose him withtheir mouth, and then they lied tohim with their tongue.{77:37} For their heart was notupright with him, nor have theybeen living faithfully in hiscovenant.{77:38} Yet he is merciful, and hewill pardon their sins. And hewill not destroy them. And he hasabundantly turned aside his ownwrath. And he did not enflame hiswrath entirely.{77:39} And he remembered thatthey are flesh: with a spirit thatgoes forth and does not return.{77:40} How often did they provokehim in the desert and stir him towrath in a waterless place?{77:41} And they turned back andtempted God, and they exasperatedthe Holy One of Israel.{77:42} They did not remember hishand, in the day that he redeemedthem from the hand of the onetroubling them.{77:43} Thus, he positioned hissigns in Egypt and his wonders inthe field of Tanis.{77:44} And he turned their riversinto blood, along with their rainshowers, so that they could notdrink.{77:45} He sent among them thecommon fly, and it devoured them,and the frog, and it scatteredthem.{77:46} And he gave up theirfruits to mold and their labors tothe locust.{77:47} And he slew theirvineyards with hail and theirmulberry trees with severe frost.{77:48} And he delivered theircattle to the hail and theirpossessions to fire.{77:49} And he sent the wrath ofhis indignation among them:indignation and wrath andtribulation, sent forth by evilangels.{77:50} He made way for the pathof his anger. He did not sparetheir souls from death. And heenclosed their beasts of burden indeath.{77:51} And he struck all thefirst-born in the land of Egypt:the first-fruits of all theirlabor in the tabernacles of Ham.{77:52} And he took away his ownpeople like sheep, and he led themthrough the wilderness like aflock.{77:53} And he led them out inhope, and they did not fear. Andthe sea covered their enemies.{77:54} And he led them to themountain of his sanctification:the mountain that his right handhad acquired. And he cast out theGentiles before their face. And hedivided their land by lot to them,with a line of distribution.{77:55} And he caused the tribesof Israel to dwell in theirtabernacles.{77:56} Yet they tempted andaggravated God Most High, and theydid not keep his testaments.{77:57} And they turned themselvesaside, and they did not serve thecovenant. In the same manner astheir fathers, they were turnedbackwards, like a crooked bow.{77:58} They impelled him to angeron their hills, and they provokedhim to rivalry with their gravenimages.{77:59} God listened, and hespurned them, and he reducedIsrael greatly, almost to nothing.{77:60} And he rejected thetabernacle of Shiloh, histabernacle where he had dweltamong men.{77:61} And he delivered theirvirtue into captivity, and theirbeauty into the hands of theenemy.{77:62} And he enclosed his peoplewith the sword, and he spurned hisinheritance.{77:63} Fire consumed their youngmen, and their virgins were notlamented.{77:64} Their priests fell by thesword, and their widows did notweep.{77:65} And the Lord was awakened,as if out of sleep, and like apowerful man impaired by wine.{77:66} And he struck his enemieson the back. He gave them over toeverlasting disgrace.{77:67} And he rejected thetabernacle of Joseph, and he didnot choose the tribe of Ephraim.{77:68} But he chose the tribe ofJudah: mount Zion, which he loved.{77:69} And he built up hissanctuary, like a single-hornedbeast, in the land that he foundedfor all ages.{77:70} And he chose his servantDavid, and he took him from theflocks of the sheep: he receivedhim from following the ewes withtheir young,{77:71} in order to pasture Jacobhis servant and Israel hisinheritance.{77:72} And he fed them with theinnocence of his heart. And he ledthem with the understanding of hishands.[Psalm 78] (79){78:1} A Psalm of Asaph. O God,the Gentiles have entered intoyour inheritance; they havepolluted your holy temple. Theyhave set Jerusalem as a place totend fruit trees.{78:2} They have placed the deadbodies of your servants as foodfor the birds of the sky, theflesh of your saints for thebeasts of the earth.{78:3} They have poured out theirblood like water all aroundJerusalem, and there was no onewho would bury them.{78:4} We have become a disgraceto our neighbors, an object ofridicule and mockery to those whoare around us.{78:5} How long, O Lord? Will yoube angry until the end? Will yourzeal be kindled like a fire?{78:6} Pour out your wrath amongthe Gentiles, who have not knownyou, and upon the kingdoms thathave not invoked your name.{78:7} For they have devouredJacob, and they have desolated hisplace.{78:8} Do not remember ouriniquities of the past. May yourmercies quickly intercept us, forwe have become exceedingly poor.{78:9} Help us, O God, our Savior.And free us, Lord, for the gloryof your name. And forgive us oursins for the sake of your name.{78:10} Let them not say among theGentiles, “Where is their God?”And may your name become knownamong the nations before our eyes.For the retribution of yourservants’ blood, which has beenpoured out:{78:11} may the groans of theshackled enter before you.According to the greatness of yourarm, take possession of the sonsof those who have been killed.{78:12} And repay our neighborssevenfold within their sinews. Itis the reproach of the same oneswho brought reproach against you,O Lord.{78:13} But we are your people andthe sheep of your pasture: we willgive thanks to you in all ages.From generation to generation, wewill announce your praise.[Psalm 79] (80){79:1} Unto the end. For those whowill be changed. The testimony ofAsaph. A Psalm.{79:2} The One who reigns overIsrael: Be attentive. For you leadJoseph like a sheep. The One whosits upon the cherubim: Shineforth{79:3} in the presence of Ephraim,Benjamin, and Manasseh. Awakenyour power and draw near, so as toaccomplish our salvation.{79:4} Convert us, O God. Andreveal your face, and we will besaved.{79:5} O Lord, God of hosts, howlong will you be angry over theprayer of your servant?{79:6} How long will you feed usthe bread of tears, and give us todrink a full measure of tears?{79:7} You have set us as acontradiction to our neighbors.And our enemies have ridiculed us.{79:8} O God of hosts, convert us.And reveal your face, and we willbe saved.{79:9} You have transferred avineyard from Egypt. You have castout the Gentiles, and planted it.{79:10} You were the leader of thejourney in its sight. You plantedits roots, and it filled theearth.{79:11} Its shadow covered thehills, and its branches coveredthe cedars of God.{79:12} It extended its newbranches even to the sea, and itsnew seedlings even to the river.{79:13} So then, why have youdestroyed its walls, so that allthose who pass by the way gatherits grapes?{79:14} The wild boar of theforest has trampled it, and asingle wild beast has laid wasteto it.{79:15} Turn back, O God of hosts.Look down from heaven, and see,and visit this vineyard;{79:16} and complete what yourright hand has planted, and lookupon the son of man, whom you haveconfirmed for yourself.{79:17} Whatever has been set onfire and dug under will perish atthe rebuke of your countenance.{79:18} Let your hand be over theman on your right, and over theson of man, whom you haveconfirmed for yourself.{79:19} For we do not depart fromyou, and you will revive us. Andwe will invoke your name.{79:20} O Lord, God of hosts,convert us. And reveal your face,and we will be saved.[Psalm 80] (81){80:1} Unto the end. For the wineand oil presses. A Psalm of Asaphhimself.{80:2} Exult before God ourhelper. Sing joyfully to the Godof Jacob.{80:3} Take up a psalm, and bringforth the timbrel: a pleasingPsalter with stringed instruments.{80:4} Sound the trumpet at thenew moon, on the noteworthy day ofyour solemnity,{80:5} for it is a precept inIsrael and a judgment for the Godof Jacob.{80:6} He set it as a testimonywith Joseph, when he went out ofthe land of Egypt. He heard atongue that he did not know.{80:7} He turned the burdens awayfrom his back. His hands had beena slave to baskets.{80:8} You called upon me intribulation, and I freed you. Iheard you within the hiddentempest. I tested you with watersof contradiction.{80:9} My people, listen and Iwill call you to testify. If, OIsrael, you will pay heed to me,{80:10} then there will be no newgod among you, nor will you adorea foreign god.{80:11} For I am the Lord yourGod, who led you out of the landof Egypt. Widen your mouth, and Iwill fill it.{80:12} But my people did not hearmy voice, and Israel was notattentive to me.{80:13} And so, I sent them away,according to the desires of theirheart. They will go forthaccording to their own inventions.{80:14} If my people had heard me,if Israel had walked in my ways,{80:15} I would have humbled theirenemies, as if it were nothing,and I would have sent my hand uponthose who troubled them.{80:16} The enemies of the Lordhave lied to him, and their timewill come, in every age.{80:17} And he fed them from thefat of the grain, and he saturatedthem with honey from the rock.[Psalm 81] (82){81:1} A Psalm of Asaph. God hasstood in the synagogue of gods,but, in their midst, he decidesbetween gods.{81:2} How long will you judgeunjustly and favor the faces ofsinners?{81:3} Judge for the indigent andthe orphan. Do justice to thehumble and the poor.{81:4} Rescue the poor, and freethe needy from the hand of thesinner.{81:5} They did not know and didnot understand. They wander indarkness. All the foundations ofthe earth will be moved.{81:6} I said: You are gods, andall of you are sons of the MostHigh.{81:7} But you will die like men,and you will fall just like one ofthe princes.{81:8} Rise up, O God. Judge theearth. For you will inherit itwith all the nations.[Psalm 82] (83){82:1} A Canticle Psalm of Asaph.{82:2} O God, who will ever belike you? Do not be silent, and donot be unmoved, O God.{82:3} For behold, your enemieshave sounded off, and those whohate you have carried out a head.{82:4} They have acted with malicein counsel over your people, andthey have plotted against yourholy ones.{82:5} They have said, “Come, letus scatter them from the nationsand not allow the name of Israelto be remembered any longer.”{82:6} For they plottedunanimously. Joined togetheragainst you, they ordained acovenant:{82:7} the tabernacle of Edomitesand Ishmaelites, and Moab and theHagarites,{82:8} and Gebal, and Ammon, andAmalek, the foreigners among theinhabitants of Tyre.{82:9} For even Assur comes withthem. They have become the helpersof the sons of Lot.{82:10} Do to them as you did toMidian and Sisera, just as toJabin at the torrent of Kishon.{82:11} They perished at Endor,and they became like the dung ofthe earth.{82:12} Set their leaders to belike Oreb and Zeeb, and Zebah andZalmunna: all their leaders{82:13} who said, “Let us possessthe Sanctuary of God for aninheritance.”{82:14} My God, set them like awheel, and like stubble before theface of the wind.{82:15} Set them like a fireburning up the forest, and like aflame burning up the mountains.{82:16} So will you pursue them inyour tempest, and disturb them inyour wrath.{82:17} Fill their faces withshame, and they will seek yourname, O Lord.{82:18} Let them be ashamed andtroubled, from age to age, and letthem be confounded and perish.{82:19} And let them know that theLord is your name. You alone arethe Most High in all the earth.[Psalm 83] (84){83:1} Unto the end. For the wineand oil presses. A Psalm to thesons of Korah.{83:2} How beloved are yourtabernacles, O Lord of hosts!{83:3} My soul longs and faintsfor the courts of the Lord. Myheart and my flesh have exulted inthe living God.{83:4} For even the sparrow hasfound a home for himself, and theturtle-dove a nest for herself,where she may lay her young: youraltars, O Lord of hosts, my kingand my God.{83:5} Blessed are those who dwellin your house, O Lord. They willpraise you from age to age.{83:6} Blessed is the man whosehelp is from you. In his heart, heis disposed to ascend{83:7} from the valley of tears,from the place which he hasdetermined.{83:8} For even the lawgiver willprovide a blessing; they will gofrom virtue to virtue. The God ofgods will be seen in Zion.{83:9} O Lord, God of hosts, hearmy prayer. Pay attention, O God ofJacob.{83:10} O God, gaze upon ourprotector, and look upon the faceof your Christ.{83:11} For one day in your courtsis better than thousandselsewhere. I have chosen to belowly in the house of my God,rather than to dwell in thetabernacles of sinners.{83:12} For God loves mercy andtruth. The Lord will give graceand glory.{83:13} He will not withhold goodthings from those who walk ininnocence. O Lord of hosts,blessed is the man who hopes inyou.[Psalm 84] (85){84:1} Unto the end. A Psalm tothe sons of Korah.{84:2} O Lord, you have blessedyour land. You have turned asidethe captivity of Jacob.{84:3} You have released theiniquity of your people. You havecovered all their sins.{84:4} You have mitigated all yourwrath. You have turned aside fromthe wrath of your indignation.{84:5} Convert us, O God, ourSavior, and turn your anger awayfrom us.{84:6} Will you be angry with usforever? And will you extend yourwrath from generation togeneration?{84:7} O God, you will turn backand revive us. And your peoplewill rejoice in you.{84:8} O Lord, reveal to us yourmercy, and grant to us yoursalvation.{84:9} I will listen to what theLord God may be saying to me. Forhe will speak peace to his people,and to his saints, and to thosewho are being converted to theheart.{84:10} So then, truly hissalvation is near to those whofear him, so that glory mayinhabit our land.{84:11} Mercy and truth have meteach other. Justice and peace havekissed.{84:12} Truth has risen from theearth, and justice has gazed downfrom heaven.{84:13} For so will the Lord givegoodness, and our earth will giveher fruit.{84:14} Justice will walk beforehim, and he will set his stepsupon the way.[Psalm 85] (86){85:1} A Prayer of David himself.Incline your ear, O Lord, and hearme. For I am needy and poor.{85:2} Preserve my soul, for I amholy. My God, bring salvation toyour servant who hopes in you.{85:3} O Lord, be merciful to me,for I have cried out to you allday long.{85:4} Give joy to the soul ofyour servant, for I have lifted upmy soul to you, Lord.{85:5} For you are sweet and mild,Lord, and plentiful in mercy toall who call upon you.{85:6} Pay attention, Lord, to myprayer, and attend to the voice ofmy supplication.{85:7} In the day of mytribulation, I cried out to you,because you heeded me.{85:8} There is no one like youamong the gods, O Lord, and thereis no one like you in your works.{85:9} All the nations, which youhave made, will draw near andadore in your presence, O Lord.And they will glorify your name.{85:10} For you are great, and youperform wonders. You alone areGod.{85:11} Lead me, O Lord, in yourway, and I will walk in yourtruth. May my heart rejoice, sothat it will fear your name.{85:12} I will confess to you, OLord my God, with my whole heart.And I will glorify your name ineternity.{85:13} For your mercy toward meis great, and you have rescued mysoul from the lower part of Hell.{85:14} O God, the iniquitous haverisen up against me, and thesynagogue of the powerful havesought my soul, and they have notplaced you in their sight.{85:15} And you, Lord God, arecompassionate and merciful, beingpatient and full of mercy andtruthful.{85:16} Look down upon me and havemercy on me. Grant your authorityto your servant, and bringsalvation to the son of yourhandmaid.{85:17} Make me a sign of what isgood, so that those who hate me,may look and be confounded. Foryou, O Lord, have helped me andconsoled me.[Psalm 86] (87){86:1} A Canticle Psalm to thesons of Korah. Its foundations arein the holy mountains:{86:2} the Lord loves the gates ofZion above all the tabernacles ofJacob.{86:3} Glorious things are beingsaid of you, O City of God.{86:4} I will be mindful of Rahaband of Babylon knowing me. Behold,the foreigners, and Tyre, and thepeople of the Ethiopians: thesehave been there.{86:5} Will not Zion say that thisman and that man were born in her?And the Most High himself hasfounded her.{86:6} The Lord will explain, inthe writings of peoples and ofleaders, about those who have beenin her.{86:7} For so the dwelling placewithin you is with all rejoicing.[Psalm 87] (88){87:1} A Canticle Psalm to thesons of Korah. Unto the end. ForMahalath, to answer theunderstanding of Heman theEzrahite.{87:2} O Lord, God of mysalvation: I have cried out, dayand night, in your presence.{87:3} Let my prayer enter in yoursight. Incline your ear to mypetition.{87:4} For my soul has been filledwith evils, and my life has drawnnear to Hell.{87:5} I am considered to be amongthose who will descend into thepit. I have become like a manwithout assistance,{87:6} idle among the dead. I amlike the wounded sleeping insepulchers, whom you no longerremember, and who have beenrepelled by your hand.{87:7} They have lain me in thelower pit: in dark places and inthe shadow of death.{87:8} Your fury has beenconfirmed over me. And you havebrought all your waves upon me.{87:9} You have sent myacquaintances far from me. Theyhave set me as an abomination tothemselves. I was handed over, yetI did not depart.{87:10} My eyes languished beforedestitution. All day long, I criedout to you, O Lord. I stretchedout my hands to you.{87:11} Will you perform wondersfor the dead? Or will physiciansraise to life, and so confess toyou?{87:12} Could anyone declare yourmercy in the sepulcher, or yourtruth from within perdition?{87:13} Will your wonders be knownin the darkness, or your justicein the land of oblivion?{87:14} And I have cried out toyou, O Lord, and in early morning,my prayer will come before you.{87:15} Lord, why do you reject myprayer? Why do you turn your faceaway from me?{87:16} I am poor, and I have beenamid hardships from my youth. And,though I have been exalted, I amhumbled and disturbed.{87:17} Your wrath has crossedinto me, and your terrors havedisturbed me.{87:18} They have surrounded melike water, all day long. Theyhave surrounded me, all at once.{87:19} Friend and neighbor, andmy acquaintances, you have sentfar away from me, away frommisery.[Psalm 88] (89){88:1} The understanding of Ethanthe Ezrahite.{88:2} I will sing the mercies ofthe Lord in eternity. I willannounce your truth with my mouth,from generation to generation.{88:3} For you have said: Mercywill be built in the heavens, untoeternity. Your truth will beprepared there.{88:4} I have set up a covenantwith my elect. I have sworn toDavid my servant:{88:5} I will prepare youroffspring, even in eternity. And Iwill build up your throne, fromgeneration to generation.{88:6} The heavens will confessyour miracles, Lord, and also yourtruth, in the Church of thesaints.{88:7} For who among the clouds isequal to the Lord? Who among thesons of God is like God?{88:8} God is glorified by thecounsel of the saints. He is greatand terrible above all those whoare around him.{88:9} O Lord, God of hosts, whois like you? You are powerful,Lord, and your truth is all aroundyou.{88:10} You rule over the power ofthe sea, and you even mitigate themovement of its waves.{88:11} You have humbled thearrogant one, like one who hasbeen wounded. You have scatteredyour enemies with the arm of yourstrength.{88:12} Yours are the heavens, andyours is the earth. You foundedthe whole world in all itsfullness.{88:13} You created the north andthe sea. Tabor and Hermon willexult in your name.{88:14} Your arm acts with power.Let your hand be strengthened, andlet your right hand be exalted.{88:15} Justice and judgment arethe preparation of your throne.Mercy and truth will precede yourface.{88:16} Blessed is the people thatknows jubilation. They will walkin the light of your countenance,O Lord,{88:17} and they will exult inyour name all day long, and theywill be exalted in your justice.{88:18} For you are the glory oftheir virtue, and in yourgoodness, our horn will beexalted.{88:19} For our assumption is ofthe Lord, and it is of our king,the holy one of Israel.{88:20} Then you spoke in a visionto your holy ones, and you said: Ihave stationed help with thepowerful one, and I have exaltedthe elect one from my people.{88:21} I have found my servantDavid. I have anointed him with myholy oil.{88:22} For my hand will assisthim, and my arm will fortify him.{88:23} The enemy will have noadvantage over him, nor will theson of iniquity be positioned toharm him.{88:24} And I will cut down hisenemies before his face. And thosewho hate him, I will turn toflight.{88:25} And my truth and my mercywill be with him. And his hornwill be exalted in my name.{88:26} And I will place his handon the sea and his right hand onthe rivers.{88:27} He will invoke me: “Youare my father, my God, and thesupport of my salvation.”{88:28} And I will make him thefirst-born, preeminent before thekings of the earth.{88:29} I will preserve my mercyfor him eternally, and my covenantfor him faithfully.{88:30} And I will set hisoffspring from generation togeneration, and his throne likethe days of heaven.{88:31} But if his sons abandon mylaw, and if they do not walk in myjudgments,{88:32} if they profane myjustices, and if they do not keepmy commandments:{88:33} I will visit theiriniquities with a rod, and theirsins with a beating.{88:34} But I will not scatter mymercy from him, and I will not doharm to my truth.{88:35} And I will not profane mycovenant, and I will not make voidthat which proceeds from my lips.{88:36} I have sworn by myholiness one time: I will not lieto David,{88:37} his offspring will remainfor eternity. And his throne willbe like the sun in my sight,{88:38} and, like the moon, it isperfected in eternity, and it is afaithful witness in heaven.{88:39} Yet, truly, you haverejected and despised, you havepushed away, my Christ.{88:40} You have overthrown thecovenant of your servant. You haveprofaned his sanctuary on earth.{88:41} You have destroyed all hisfences. You have made histerritory dreadful.{88:42} All who pass by the wayhave plundered him. He has becomea disgrace to his neighbors.{88:43} You have exalted the righthand of those who oppress him. Youhave brought joy to all hisenemies.{88:44} You have diverted the helpof his sword, and you have notassisted him in battle.{88:45} You have torn him awayfrom cleansing, and you havesmashed his throne down to theground.{88:46} You have reduced the daysof his time. You have flooded himwith confusion.{88:47} How long, O Lord? Will youturn away unto the end? Will yourwrath flare up like a fire?{88:48} Remember what my substanceis. For could you really haveappointed all the sons of men invain?{88:49} Who is the man that willlive, and yet not see death? Whowill rescue his own soul from thehand of the underworld?{88:50} O Lord, where are yourmercies of antiquity, just as youswore to David in your truth?{88:51} Be mindful, O Lord, of thedisgrace of your servants (which Ihave sustained in my sinews) amongmany nations.{88:52} With these, your enemieshave reproached you, O Lord; withthese, they have reproached thecommutation of your Christ.{88:53} Blessed is the Lord forall eternity. Amen. Amen.[Psalm 89] (90){89:1} A prayer of Moses, the manof God. O Lord, you have been ourrefuge from generation togeneration.{89:2} Before the mountainsbecame, or the land was formedalong with the world: from agespast, even to all ages, you areGod.{89:3} And, lest man be turnedaside in humiliation, you havesaid: Be converted, O sons of men.{89:4} For a thousand years beforeyour eyes are like the days ofyesterday, which have passed by,and they are like a watch of thenight,{89:5} which was held for nothing:so their years shall be.{89:6} In the morning, he may passaway like grass; in the morning,he may flower and pass away. Inthe evening, he will fall, andharden, and become dry.{89:7} For, at your wrath, we havewithered away, and we have beendisturbed by your fury.{89:8} You have placed ouriniquities in your sight, our agein the illumination of yourcountenance.{89:9} For all our days have fadedaway, and at your wrath, we havefainted. Our years will beconsidered to be like a spider’sweb.{89:10} The days of our years inthem are seventy years. But in thepowerful, they are eighty years,and more of these are withhardship and sorrow. For mildnesshas overwhelmed us, and we shallbe corrected.{89:11} Who knows the power ofyour wrath? And, before fear, canyour wrath{89:12} be numbered? So make knownyour right hand, along with menlearned in heart, in wisdom.{89:13} Return, O Lord, how long?And may you be persuaded on behalfof your servants.{89:14} We were filled in themorning with your mercy, and weexulted and delighted all ourdays.{89:15} We have been rejoicing,because of the days in which youhumbled us, because of the yearsin which we saw evils.{89:16} Look down upon yourservants and upon their works, anddirect their sons.{89:17} And may the splendor ofthe Lord our God be upon us. Andso, direct the works of our handsover us; direct even the work ofour hands.[Psalm 90] (91){90:1} The Praise of a Canticle,of David. Whoever dwells with theassistance of the Most High willabide in the protection of the Godof heaven.{90:2} He will say to the Lord, “You are my supporter and myrefuge.” My God, I will hope inhim.{90:3} For he has freed me fromthe snare of those who go hunting,and from the harsh word.{90:4} He will overshadow you withhis shoulders, and you will hopeunder his wings.{90:5} His truth will surround youwith a shield. You will not beafraid: before the terror of thenight,{90:6} before the arrow flying inthe day, before the troubles thatwander in the darkness, nor ofinvasion and the midday demon.{90:7} A thousand will fall beforeyour side and ten thousand beforeyour right hand. Yet it will notdraw near you.{90:8} So then, truly, you willconsider with your eyes, and youwill see the retribution ofsinners.{90:9} For you, O Lord, are myhope. You have set the Most Highas your refuge.{90:10} Disaster will not drawnear to you, and the scourge willnot approach your tabernacle.{90:11} For he has given hisAngels charge over you, so as topreserve you in all your ways.{90:12} With their hands, theywill carry you, lest you hurt yourfoot against a stone.{90:13} You will walk over the aspand the king serpent, and you willtrample the lion and the dragon.{90:14} Because he has hoped inme, I will free him. I willprotect him because he has knownmy name.{90:15} He will cry out to me, andI will heed him. I am with him intribulation. I will rescue him,and I will glorify him.{90:16} I will fill him withlength of days. And I will revealto him my salvation.[Psalm 91] (92){91:1} A Canticle Psalm. On theday of the Sabbath.{91:2} It is good to confess tothe Lord and to sing psalms toyour name, O Most High:{91:3} to announce your mercy inthe morning, and your truththroughout the night,{91:4} upon the ten strings, uponthe psaltery, with a canticle,upon stringed instruments.{91:5} For you, O Lord, havedelighted me with your doings, andI will exult in the works of yourhands.{91:6} How great are your works, OLord! Your thoughts have been madeexceedingly deep.{91:7} A foolish man will not knowthese things, and a senseless onewill not understand:{91:8} when sinners will haverisen up like grass, and when allthose who work iniquity will haveappeared, that they shall passaway, age after age.{91:9} But you, O Lord, are theMost High for all eternity.{91:10} For behold your enemies, OLord, for behold your enemies willperish, and all those who workiniquity will be dispersed.{91:11} And my horn will beexalted like that of the single-horned beast, and my old age willbe exalted in fruitful mercy.{91:12} And my eye has looked downupon my enemies, and my ear willhear of the malignant rising upagainst me.{91:13} The just one will flourishlike the palm tree. He will bemultiplied like the cedar ofLebanon.{91:14} Those planted in the houseof the Lord will flourish in thecourts of the house of our God.{91:15} They will still bemultiplied in a fruitful old age,and they will endure well,{91:16} so that they may announcethat the Lord our God is righteousand that there is no iniquity inhim.[Psalm 92] (93){92:1} The Praise of a Canticle,of David himself. In the timebefore the Sabbath, when the earthwas founded.{92:2} The Lord has reigned. Hehas been clothed with beauty.{92:3} The Lord has been clothedwith strength, and he has girdedhimself. Yet he has also confirmedthe world, which will not bemoved.{92:4} My throne is prepared fromof old. You are from everlasting.{92:5} The floods have lifted up,O Lord, the floods have lifted uptheir voice. The floods havelifted up their waves,{92:6} before the noise of manywaters. Wondrous are the surges ofthe sea; wondrous is the Lord onhigh.{92:7} Your testimonies have beenmade exceedingly trustworthy.Sanctity befits your house, OLord, with length of days.[Psalm 93] (94){93:1} A Psalm of David himself.The Fourth Sabbath. The Lord isthe God of retribution. The God ofretribution acts in order todeliver.{93:2} Lift yourself up, for youjudge the earth. Repay thearrogant with retribution.{93:3} How long will sinners, OLord, how long will sinners glory?{93:4} How long will they utterand speak iniquity? How long willall who work injustice speak out?{93:5} They have humiliated yourpeople, O Lord, and they haveharassed your inheritance.{93:6} They have executed thewidow and the new arrival, andthey have slaughtered the orphan.{93:7} And they have said, “TheLord will not see, nor will theGod of Jacob understand.”{93:8} Understand, you senselessones among the people. And be wiseat last, you foolish ones.{93:9} He who formed the ear, willhe not hear? And he who forged theeye, does he not look closely?{93:10} He who chastises nations,he who teaches man knowledge, willhe not rebuke?{93:11} The Lord knows thethoughts of men: that these are invain.{93:12} Blessed is the man whomyou will instruct, O Lord. And youwill teach him from your law.{93:13} So may you soothe him fromthe evil days, until a pit may bedug for sinners.{93:14} For the Lord will notdrive away his people, and he willnot abandon his inheritance,{93:15} even until the time whenjustice is being converted intojudgment, and when those who areclose to justice are all those whoare upright of heart.{93:16} Who will rise up with meagainst the malignant? Or who willstand with me against the workersof iniquity?{93:17} Except that the Lordassisted me, my soul almost wouldhave dwelt in Hell.{93:18} If ever I said, “My footis slipping,” then your mercy, OLord, assisted me.{93:19} According to the multitudeof my sorrows in my heart, yourconsolations have given joy to mysoul.{93:20} Does the seat of iniquityadhere to you, you who contrivehardship within a commandment?{93:21} They will hunt down thesoul of the just, and they willcondemn innocent blood.{93:22} And the Lord has been madeinto a refuge for me, and my Godinto the assistance of my hope.{93:23} And he will repay themtheir iniquity, and he willdestroy them in their malice. TheLord our God will utterly destroythem.[Psalm 94] (95){94:1} The Praise of a Canticle,of David himself. Come, let usexult in the Lord. Let us shoutjoyfully to God, our Savior.{94:2} Let us anticipate hispresence with confession, and letus sing joyfully to him withpsalms.{94:3} For the Lord is a great Godand a great King over all gods.{94:4} For in his hand are all thelimits of the earth, and theheights of the mountains are his.{94:5} For the sea is his, and hemade it, and his hands formed thedry land.{94:6} Come, let us adore and fallprostrate, and let us weep beforethe Lord who made us.{94:7} For he is the Lord our God,and we are the people of hispasture and the sheep of his hand.{94:8} If today you hear hisvoice, harden not your hearts:{94:9} as in the provocation,according to the day of temptationin the wilderness, where yourfathers tempted me; they testedme, though they had seen my works.{94:10} For forty years, I wasoffended by that generation, and Isaid: These have always strayed inheart.{94:11} And these have not knownmy ways. So I swore in my wrath:They shall not enter into my rest.[Psalm 95] (96){95:1} A Canticle of Davidhimself, when the house was builtafter the captivity. Sing to theLord a new song. Sing to the Lord,all the earth.{95:2} Sing to the Lord and blesshis name. Announce his salvationfrom day to day.{95:3} Announce his glory amongthe Gentiles, his miracles amongall peoples.{95:4} For the Lord is great andgreatly to be praised. He isterrible, beyond all gods.{95:5} For all the gods of theGentiles are demons, but the Lordmade the heavens.{95:6} Confession and beauty arein his sight. Sanctity andmagnificence are in his sanctuary.{95:7} Bring to the Lord, younatives of the nations, bring tothe Lord glory and honor.{95:8} Bring to the Lord glory forhis name. Lift up sacrifices, andenter into his courts.{95:9} Adore the Lord in his holycourt. Let the entire earth beshaken before his face.{95:10} Say among the Gentiles:The Lord has reigned. For he haseven corrected the whole world,which will not be shaken. He willjudge the peoples with fairness.{95:11} Let the heavens rejoice,and let the earth exult; let thesea and all its fullness be moved.{95:12} The fields and all thethings that are in them will beglad. Then all the trees of theforest will rejoice{95:13} before the face of theLord: for he arrives. For hearrives to judge the earth. Hewill judge the whole world withfairness and the peoples with histruth.[Psalm 96] (97){96:1} This is to David, when hisland was restored to him. The Lordhas reigned, let the earth exult.Let the many islands rejoice.{96:2} Clouds and mist are allaround him. Justice and judgmentare corrections from his throne.{96:3} A fire will precede him,and it will enflame his enemiesall around.{96:4} His lightnings haveenlightened the whole world. Theearth saw, and it was shaken.{96:5} The mountains flowed likewax before the face of the Lord,before the face of the Lord of allthe earth.{96:6} The heavens announced hisjustice, and all peoples saw hisglory.{96:7} May all those who adoregraven images be confounded, alongwith those who glory in theirfalse images. All you his Angels:Adore him.{96:8} Zion heard, and was glad.And the daughters of Judah exultedbecause of your judgments, O Lord.{96:9} For you are the Most HighLord over all the earth. You aregreatly exalted above all gods.{96:10} You who love the Lord:hate evil. The Lord watches overthe souls of his holy ones. Hewill free them from the hand ofthe sinner.{96:11} The light has risen forthe just, and joy for the uprightof heart.{96:12} Rejoice in the Lord, youjust ones, and confess to thememory of his sanctuary.[Psalm 97] (98){97:1} A Psalm of David himself.Sing to the Lord a new song, forhe has performed wonders. Hisright hand has accomplishedsalvation for him, with his holyarm.{97:2} The Lord has made known hissalvation. He has revealed hisjustice in the sight of thenations.{97:3} He has remembered his mercyand his truth toward the house ofIsrael. All the ends of the earthhave seen the salvation of ourGod.{97:4} Sing joyfully to God, allthe earth. Sing and exult, andsing psalms.{97:5} Sing psalms to the Lordwith stringed instruments, withstrings and the voice of apsalmist,{97:6} with subtle windinstruments and the voice ofwoodwinds. Make a joyful noisebefore the Lord our king.{97:7} Let the sea be moved andall its fullness, the whole worldand all who dwell in it.{97:8} The rivers will clap theirhands, the mountains will exulttogether,{97:9} before the presence of theLord. For he comes to judge theearth. He will judge the wholeworld with justice, and thepeoples with fairness.[Psalm 98] (99){98:1} A Psalm of David himself.The Lord has reigned: let thepeoples be angry. He sits upon thecherubim: let the earth be moved.{98:2} The Lord is great in Zion,and he is high above all peoples.{98:3} May they confess to yourgreat name, for it is terrible andholy.{98:4} And the honor of the kingloves judgment. You have preparedguidance. You have accomplishedjudgment and justice in Jacob.{98:5} Exalt the Lord our God, andadore the footstool of his feet,for it is holy.{98:6} Moses and Aaron are amonghis priests, and Samuel is amongthose who call upon his name. Theycalled upon the Lord, and heheeded them.{98:7} He spoke to them in thepillar of the cloud. They kept histestimonies and the precept thathe gave them.{98:8} You heeded them, O Lord ourGod. You were a forgiving God tothem, though taking vengeance onall their inventions.{98:9} Exalt the Lord our God, andadore on his holy mountain. Forthe Lord our God is holy.[Psalm 99] (100){99:1} A Psalm of Confession.{99:2} Shout joyfully to God, allthe earth. Serve the Lord withrejoicing. Enter into his sight inexultation.{99:3} Know that the Lord himselfis God. He made us, and weourselves did not. We are hispeople and the sheep of hispasture.{99:4} Enter his gates withconfession, his courts with hymns,and acknowledge him. Praise hisname.{99:5} For the Lord is sweet, hismercy is in eternity, and histruth is from generation togeneration.[Psalm 100] (101){100:1} A Psalm of David himself.I will sing mercy and judgment toyou, O Lord. I will sing psalms.{100:2} And I will haveunderstanding within theimmaculate way, when you will drawnear to me. I wandered about inthe innocence of my heart, in themidst of my house.{100:3} I will not display anyunjust thing before my eyes. Ihave hated those carrying outbetrayals.{100:4} The perverse heart did notadhere to me. And the malignant,who turned away before me, I wouldnot recognize.{100:5} The one who secretlydetracted his neighbor, this one Ipursued. The one with an arroganteye and an insatiable heart, withthat one I would not eat.{100:6} My eyes looked toward thefaithful of the earth, to sit withme. The one walking in theimmaculate way, this oneministered to me.{100:7} He who has actedarrogantly will not dwell in themidst of my house. He who hasspoken iniquity was not guidedwith the sight of my eyes.{100:8} In the morning, I executedall the sinners of the earth, sothat I might scatter all theworkers of iniquity from the cityof the Lord.[Psalm 101] (102){101:1} The prayer of the pauper,when he was anxious, and so hepoured out his petition in thesight of the Lord.{101:2} O Lord, hear my prayer,and let my outcry reach you.{101:3} Do not turn your face awayfrom me. In whatever day that I amin trouble, incline your ear tome. In whatever day that I willcall upon you, heed me quickly.{101:4} For my days have fadedaway like smoke, and my bones havedried out like firewood.{101:5} I have been cut down likehay, and my heart has withered,for I had forgotten to eat mybread.{101:6} Before the voice of mygroaning, my bone has adhered tomy flesh.{101:7} I have become like apelican in solitude. I have becomelike a night raven in a house.{101:8} I have kept vigil, and Ihave become like a solitarysparrow on a roof.{101:9} All day long my enemiesreproached me, and those whopraised me swore oaths against me.{101:10} For I chewed on asheslike bread, and I mixed weepinginto my drink.{101:11} By the face of your angerand indignation, you lifted me upand threw me down.{101:12} My days have declinedlike a shadow, and I have driedout like hay.{101:13} But you, O Lord, endurefor eternity, and your memorial isfrom generation to generation.{101:14} You will rise up and takepity on Zion, for it is time forits mercy, for the time has come.{101:15} For its stones havepleased your servants, and theywill take pity on its land.{101:16} And the Gentiles willfear your name, O Lord, and allthe kings of the earth your glory.{101:17} For the Lord has built upZion, and he will be seen in hisglory.{101:18} He has noticed the prayerof the humble, and he has notdespised their petition.{101:19} Let these things bewritten in another generation, andthe people who will be createdwill praise the Lord.{101:20} For he has gazed from hishigh sanctuary. From heaven, theLord has beheld the earth.{101:21} So may he hear the groansof those in shackles, in orderthat he may release the sons ofthe slain.{101:22} So may they announce thename of the Lord in Zion and hispraise in Jerusalem:{101:23} while the people convene,along with kings, in order thatthey may serve the Lord.{101:24} He responded to him inthe way of his virtue: Declare tome the brevity of my days.{101:25} Do not call me back inthe middle of my days: your yearsare from generation to generation.{101:26} In the beginning, O Lord,you founded the earth. And theheavens are the work of yourhands.{101:27} They will perish, but youremain. And all will grow old likea garment. And, like a blanket,you will change them, and theywill be changed.{101:28} Yet you are everyourself, and your years will notdecline.{101:29} The sons of your servantswill live, and their offspringwill be guided aright in everyage.[Psalm 102] (103){102:1} To David himself. Blessthe Lord, O my soul, and bless hisholy name, all that is within me.{102:2} Bless the Lord, O my soul,and do not forget all hisrecompenses.{102:3} He forgives all youriniquities. He heals all yourinfirmities.{102:4} He redeems your life fromdestruction. He crowns you withmercy and compassion.{102:5} He satisfies your desirewith good things. Your youth willbe renewed like that of the eagle.{102:6} The Lord accomplishesmercies, and his judgment is forall who patiently endure injuries.{102:7} He has made his ways knownto Moses, his will to the sons ofIsrael.{102:8} The Lord is compassionateand merciful, patient and full ofmercy.{102:9} He will not be angryforever, and he will not threatenfor eternity.{102:10} He has not dealt with usaccording to our sins, and he hasnot repaid us according to ouriniquities.{102:11} For according to theheight of the heavens above theearth, so has he reinforced hismercy toward those who fear him.{102:12} As far as the east isfrom the west, so far has heremoved our iniquities from us.{102:13} As a father iscompassionate to his sons, so hasthe Lord been compassionate tothose who fear him.{102:14} For he knows our form. Hehas called to mind that we aredust.{102:15} Man: his days are likehay. Like the flower of the field,so will he flourish.{102:16} For the spirit in himwill pass away, and it will notremain, and he will know his placeno longer.{102:17} But the mercy of the Lordis from eternity, and even untoeternity, upon those who fear him.And his justice is with the sonsof the sons,{102:18} with those who serve hiscovenant and have been mindful ofhis commandments by doing them.{102:19} The Lord has prepared histhrone in heaven, and his kingdomwill rule over all.{102:20} Bless the Lord, all youhis Angels: powerful in virtue,doing his word, in order to heedthe voice of his discourse.{102:21} Bless the Lord, all hishosts: his ministers who do hiswill.{102:22} Bless the Lord, all hisworks: in every place of hisdominion. Bless the Lord, O mysoul.[Psalm 103] (104){103:1} To David himself. Blessthe Lord, O my soul. O Lord myGod, you are exceedingly great.You have clothed yourself withconfession and beauty;{103:2} you are dressed with lightlike a garment, while you stretchout heaven like a tent.{103:3} You cover its heights withwater. You set the clouds as yourstairs. You walk upon the wings ofthe winds.{103:4} You make your Angels abreath of life, and your ministersa burning fire.{103:5} You founded the earth uponits stable base. It will not bebent from age to age.{103:6} The abyss, like a garment,is its clothing. The waters willremain standing above themountains.{103:7} At your rebuke, they willflee. At the voice of yourthunder, they will dread.{103:8} The mountains ascend, andthe plains descend, to the placewhich you have founded for them.{103:9} You have set a limit thatthey will not cross. And they willnot return to cover the earth.{103:10} You spring forthfountains in steep valleys. Thewaters will cross through themidst of the mountains.{103:11} All the wild beasts ofthe field will drink. The wilddonkeys will anticipate in theirthirst.{103:12} Above them, the flyingthings of the air will dwell. Fromthe midst of the rocks, they willutter voices.{103:13} You irrigate themountains from your heights. Theearth will be satiated from thefruit of your works,{103:14} producing grass forcattle and herbs for the serviceof men. So may you draw bread fromthe earth,{103:15} and wine, in order tocheer the heart of man. Then hemay gladden his face with oil, andbread will confirm the heart ofman.{103:16} The trees of the fieldwill be saturated, along with thecedars of Lebanon, which heplanted.{103:17} There, the sparrows willmake their nests. The leader ofthem is the house of the heron.{103:18} The heights of the hillsare for the deer; the rock is arefuge for the hedgehog.{103:19} He has made the moon forseasons; the sun knows itssetting.{103:20} You appointed darkness,and it has become night; all thebeasts of the forest will crossthrough it.{103:21} The young lions willroar, while searching for andseizing their meal from God.{103:22} The sun arose, and theywere gathered together; and intheir dens, they will lie downtogether.{103:23} Man will go forth to hiswork and to his activities, untilthe evening.{103:24} How great are your works,O Lord! You have made all thingsin wisdom. The earth has beenfilled with your possessions.{103:25} This sea is great and itshands are spacious. There arecreeping things without number:the small animals with the great.{103:26} There, the ships willpass by this sea-serpent that youhave formed to mock them.{103:27} All these expect you togive them food in due time.{103:28} What you give to them,they will gather. When you openyour hand, they will all be filledwith goodness.{103:29} But if you turn your faceaway, they will be disturbed. Youwill take away their breath, andthey will fail, and they willreturn to their dust.{103:30} You will send forth yourSpirit, and they will be created.And you will renew the face of theearth.{103:31} May the glory of the Lordbe for all ages. The Lord willrejoice in his works.{103:32} He considers the earth,and he makes it tremble. Hetouches the mountains, and theysmoke.{103:33} I will sing to the Lordwith my life. I will sing psalmsto my God, as long as I am.{103:34} May my speech be pleasingto him. Truly, I will take delightin the Lord.{103:35} Let sinners fade awayfrom the earth, along with theunjust, so that they may not be.Bless the Lord, O my soul.[Psalm 104] (105){104:1} Alleluia. Confess to theLord, and invoke his name.Announce his works among thenations.{104:2} Sing to him, and singpsalms to him. Describe all hiswonders.{104:3} Be praised in his holyname. Let the heart of those whoseek the Lord rejoice.{104:4} Seek the Lord, and beconfirmed. Seek his face always.{104:5} Remember his miracles,which he has done, his portentsand the judgments of his mouth:{104:6} you offspring of Abrahamhis servant, you sons of Jacob hiselect.{104:7} He is the Lord our God.His judgments are throughout theentire earth.{104:8} He has remembered hiscovenant for all ages: the wordthat he entrusted to a thousandgenerations,{104:9} which he assigned toAbraham, and his oath to Isaac.{104:10} And he stationed the samefor Jacob with a precept, and forIsrael with an eternal testament,{104:11} saying: To you, I willgive the land of Canaan, theallotment of your inheritance.{104:12} Though they may have beenbut a small number, very few andforeigners there,{104:13} and though they passedfrom nation to nation, and fromone kingdom to another people,{104:14} he allowed no man to harmthem, and he reproved kings ontheir behalf.{104:15} Do not be willing totouch my Christ, and do not bewilling to malign my prophets.{104:16} And he called a famineupon the land, and he crushedevery foundation of the bread.{104:17} He sent a man beforethem: Joseph, who had been sold asa slave.{104:18} They humbled his feet inshackles; the iron pierced hissoul,{104:19} until his word arrived.The eloquence of the Lord inflamedhim.{104:20} The king sent andreleased him; he was the ruler ofthe people, and he dismissed him.{104:21} He established him asmaster of his house and ruler ofall his possessions,{104:22} so that he might instructhis princes as himself, and teachhis elders prudence.{104:23} And Israel entered intoEgypt, and Jacob became asojourner in the land of Ham.{104:24} And he helped his peoplegreatly, and he strengthened themover their enemies.{104:25} He turned their heart tohate his people, and to dealdeceitfully with his servants.{104:26} He sent Moses, hisservant, and Aaron, the one whomhe chose.{104:27} He placed with them signsof his word, and portents in theland of Ham.{104:28} He sent darkness and madeit conceal, and he did not afflictthem with his speech.{104:29} He turned their watersinto blood, and he slaughteredtheir fish.{104:30} Their land brought forthfrogs, even in the inner chambersof their kings.{104:31} He spoke, and there cameforth common flies and gnats, inevery region.{104:32} He gave them a shower ofhail and a burning fire, in thesame land.{104:33} And he struck theirvineyards and their fig trees, andhe crushed the trees of theirregion.{104:34} He spoke, and the locustcame forth, and the caterpillar,of which there was no number.{104:35} And it devoured all thegrass in their land, and itconsumed all the fruit of theirland.{104:36} And he struck all thefirst-born in their land, thefirst-fruits of all their labor.{104:37} And he led them out withsilver and gold, and there was notan infirm one among their tribes.{104:38} Egypt was joyful at theirdeparture, for the fear of themlay heavy upon them.{104:39} He spread a cloud fortheir protection, and a fire, togive them light through the night.{104:40} They petitioned, and thequail came; and he satisfied themwith the bread of heaven.{104:41} He ruptured the rock andthe waters flowed: rivers gushedin the dry land.{104:42} For he had called to mindhis holy word, which he kept nearto his servant Abraham.{104:43} And he led forth hispeople in exultation, and hiselect in rejoicing.{104:44} And he gave them theregions of the Gentiles, and theypossessed the labors of thepeoples,{104:45} so that they mightobserve his justifications, andinquire about his law.[Psalm 105] (106){105:1} Alleluia. Confess to theLord, for he is good, for hismercy is with every generation.{105:2} Who will declare thepowers of the Lord? Who make ahearing for all his praises?{105:3} Blessed are those who keepjudgment and who do justice at alltimes.{105:4} Remember us, O Lord, withgood will for your people. Visitus with your salvation,{105:5} so that we may see thegoodness of your elect, so that wemay rejoice in the joy of yournation, so that you may be praisedalong with your inheritance.{105:6} We have sinned, as haveour fathers. We have actedunjustly; we have wroughtiniquity.{105:7} Our fathers did notunderstand your miracles in Egypt.They did not remember themultitude of your mercies. Andthey provoked you, while going upto the sea, even the Red Sea.{105:8} And he saved them for thesake of his name, so that he mightmake known his power.{105:9} And he rebuked the RedSea, and it dried up. And he ledthem into the abyss, as if into adesert.{105:10} And he saved them fromthe hand of those who hated them.And he redeemed them from the handof the enemy.{105:11} And the water coveredthose who troubled them. Not oneof them remained.{105:12} And they believed hiswords, and they sang his praises.{105:13} As soon as they hadfinished, they forgot his works,and they would not endure hiscounsel.{105:14} And they coveted theirdesire in the desert, and theytempted God in a waterless place.{105:15} And he granted to themtheir request, and he sentabundance into their souls.{105:16} And they provoked Mosesin the camp, and Aaron, the holyone of the Lord.{105:17} The earth opened andswallowed Dathan, and it coveredthe congregation of Abiram.{105:18} And a fire broke out intheir congregation. A flame burnedup the sinners.{105:19} And they fashioned a calfat Horeb, and they adored a gravenimage.{105:20} And they exchanged theirglory for the likeness of a calfthat eats hay.{105:21} They forgot God, whosaved them, who did great thingsin Egypt:{105:22} miracles in the land ofHam, terrible things at the RedSea.{105:23} And he said that he woulddestroy them, yet Moses, hiselect, stood firm before him inthe breach, in order to avert hiswrath, lest he destroy them.{105:24} And they held thedesirable land to be nothing. Theydid not trust in his word.{105:25} And they murmured intheir tabernacles. They did notheed the voice of the Lord.{105:26} And he lifted up his handover them, in order to prostratethem in the desert,{105:27} and in order to casttheir offspring among the nations,and to scatter them among theregions.{105:28} And they were initiatedinto Baal of Peor, and they atethe sacrifices of the dead.{105:29} And they provoked himwith their inventions, andruination was multiplied in them.{105:30} Then Phinehas stood upand placated him: and so theviolent disturbance ceased.{105:31} And it was reputed to himunto justice, from generation togeneration, even forever.{105:32} And they provoked him atthe Waters of Contradiction, andMoses was afflicted because ofthem,{105:33} for they exasperated hisspirit. And so he divided themwith his lips.{105:34} They did not destroy thenations, about which the Lord hadspoken to them.{105:35} And they were mixed amongthe Gentiles. And they learnedtheir works,{105:36} and they served theirgraven images, and it became ascandal to them.{105:37} And they sacrificed theirsons and their daughters todemons.{105:38} And they shed innocentblood: the blood of their sons andof their daughters, which theysacrificed to the graven images ofCanaan. And the land was infectedwith bloodshed,{105:39} and was contaminated withtheir works. And they fornicatedaccording to their own inventions.{105:40} And the Lord becamefuriously angry with his people,and he abhorred his inheritance.{105:41} And he delivered theminto the hands of the nations. Andthose who hated them became rulersover them.{105:42} And their enemiesafflicted them, and they werehumbled under their hands.{105:43} Many times, he deliveredthem. Yet they provoked him withtheir counsel, and they werebrought low by their iniquities.{105:44} And he saw that they werein tribulation, and he heard theirprayer.{105:45} And he was mindful of hiscovenant, and he repentedaccording to the multitude of hismercies.{105:46} And he provided for themwith mercies, in the sight of allthose who had seized them.{105:47} Save us, O Lord our God,and gather us from the nations, sothat we may confess your holy nameand glory in your praise.{105:48} Blessed is the Lord Godof Israel, from ages past, even toall ages. And let all the peoplesay: Amen. Amen.[Psalm 106] (107){106:1} Alleluia. Confess to theLord, for he is good, for hismercy is with every generation.{106:2} Let those who have beenredeemed by the Lord say so: thosewhom he redeemed from the hand ofthe enemy and gathered from theregions,{106:3} from the rising of the sunand its setting, from the northand from the sea.{106:4} They wandered intosolitude in a waterless place.They did not find the way of thecity to be their dwelling place.{106:5} They were hungry, and theywere thirsty. Their soul faintedwithin them.{106:6} And they cried out to theLord in tribulation, and herescued them in their necessity.{106:7} And he led them in theright way, so that they might goforth to a city of habitation.{106:8} Let his mercies confess tothe Lord, and let his miraclesconfess to the sons of men.{106:9} For he has satisfied theempty soul, and he has satisfiedthe hungry soul with good things:{106:10} those sitting in darknessand in the shadow of death,shackled by extreme poverty and byiron.{106:11} For they exasperated theeloquence of God, and theyirritated the deliberation of theMost High.{106:12} And their heart wasbrought low with hardships. Theywere weakened, and there was noone to help them.{106:13} And they cried out to theLord in their tribulation, and hefreed them from their distress.{106:14} And he led them out ofdarkness and the shadow of death,and he broke apart their chains.{106:15} Let his mercies confessto the Lord, and let his miraclesconfess to the sons of men.{106:16} For he has crushed thegates of brass and broken the ironbars.{106:17} He has taken them up,from the way of their iniquity.For they were brought low, becauseof their injustices.{106:18} Their soul abhorred allfood, and they drew near even tothe gates of death.{106:19} And they cried out to theLord in their tribulation, and hedelivered them in their necessity.{106:20} He sent his word, and hehealed them, and he rescued themfrom their utter destruction.{106:21} Let his mercies confessto the Lord, and let his miraclesconfess to the sons of men.{106:22} And let them offersacrifice with the sacrifice ofpraise, and let them announce hisworks in exultation.{106:23} Those who descend to thesea in ships, making theirlivelihood in the great waters:{106:24} these have seen the worksof the Lord and his wonders in thedeep.{106:25} He spoke: and a windstormstood up, and its waves wereexalted.{106:26} They ascend even to theheavens, and they descend even tothe abyss. Their soul will wasteaway in distress.{106:27} They were troubled, andthey moved like a drunkard, andall their wisdom was consumed.{106:28} And they cried out to theLord in their tribulation, and heled them out of their distress.{106:29} And he replaced the stormwith a breeze, and its waves werestilled.{106:30} And they were joyful thatit was stilled, and he led theminto the haven that they desired.{106:31} Let his mercies confessto the Lord, and let his miraclesconfess to the sons of men.{106:32} And let them exalt him inthe Church of the people, andpraise him in the chair of theelders.{106:33} He has placed rivers inthe desert and sources of water indry places,{106:34} a fruit-bearing land inthe midst of brine, before themalice of those who dwell in it.{106:35} He has placed a desert inthe midst of pools of waters, anda land without water in the midstof sources of water.{106:36} And he has gathered thehungry together there, and theyconstructed a city of habitation.{106:37} And they sowed fields andplanted vineyards, and theyproduced the fruit of nativity.{106:38} And he blessed them, andthey were multiplied exceedingly.And he did not diminish theirbeasts of burden.{106:39} And they became few, andthey were afflicted by thetribulation of evils and ofsorrow.{106:40} Contempt was poured overtheir leaders, and he caused themto wander in an impassable place,and not on the way.{106:41} And he helped the poorout of destitution, and hestationed families like sheep.{106:42} The upright will see, andthey will rejoice. And everyiniquity will block its mouth.{106:43} Who is wise and will keepthese things? And who willunderstand the mercies of theLord?[Psalm 107] (108){107:1} A Canticle Psalm, of Davidhimself.{107:2} My heart is prepared, OGod, my heart is prepared. I willsing songs, and I will sing psalmsin my glory.{107:3} Rise up, my glory. Riseup, Psalter and harp. I will arisein early morning.{107:4} I will confess to you, OLord, among the peoples. And Iwill sing psalms to you among thenations.{107:5} For your mercy is great,beyond the heavens, and yourtruth, even to the clouds.{107:6} Be exalted, O God, beyondthe heavens, and your glory,beyond all the earth,{107:7} so that your beloved maybe freed. Save with your righthand, and heed me.{107:8} God has spoken in hisholiness. I will exult, and I willdivide Shechem, and I will divideby measure the steep valley oftabernacles.{107:9} Gilead is mine, andManasseh is mine, and Ephraim isthe supporter of my head. Judah ismy king.{107:10} Moab is the cooking potof my hope. I will extend my shoein Idumea; the foreigners havebecome my friends.{107:11} Who will lead me into thefortified city? Who will lead me,even into Idumea?{107:12} Will not you, O God, whohad rejected us? And will not you,O God, go out with our armies?{107:13} Grant us help fromtribulation, for vain is the helpof man.{107:14} In God, we will actvirtuously, and he will bring ourenemies to nothing.[Psalm 108] (109){108:1} Unto the end. A Psalm ofDavid.{108:2} O God, do not be silenttoward my praise, for the mouth ofthe sinner and the mouth of thedeceitful one have been openedagainst me.{108:3} They have spoken againstme with deceitful tongues, andthey have surrounded me withhateful words, and they foughtagainst me over nothing.{108:4} Instead of choosing to acton my behalf, they detracted me.But I gave myself to prayer.{108:5} And they set evil againstme, instead of good, and hatred,in return for my love.{108:6} Establish the sinner overhim, and let the devil stand athis right hand.{108:7} When he is judged, may hego forth in condemnation, and mayhis prayer be counted as sin.{108:8} May his days be few, andlet another take his episcopate.{108:9} May his sons be orphans,and his wife a widow.{108:10} May his sons be carriedby those who walk unsteadily, andmay they go begging. And may theybe cast out of their dwellingplaces.{108:11} May the money lendersscrutinize all his belongings, andlet foreigners plunder his labors.{108:12} May there be no one toassist him, nor anyone to becompassionate to his orphanedchildren.{108:13} May his posterity be inutter ruin. In one generation, mayhis name be wiped away.{108:14} May the iniquity of hisfathers return in memory beforethe sight of the Lord, and do notlet the sin of his mother be wipedaway.{108:15} May these be opposite theLord always, but let their memoryperish from the earth.{108:16} For certain things arenot remembered about them, inorder to be merciful.{108:17} And so the destitute manwas pursued, with the beggar andthe remorseful in heart, so as tobe put to death.{108:18} And he loved a curse, andit came to him. And he wasunwilling to have a blessing, andit went far from him. And heclothed himself with curses like agarment, and it entered his innerself like water, and it enteredhis bones like oil.{108:19} May it be to him like agarment that covers him, and likea belt that always cinches him.{108:20} This is the work of thosewho detract me with the Lord andwho speak evils against my soul.{108:21} But as for you, Lord, OLord: act on my behalf for yourname’s sake. For your mercy issweet.{108:22} Free me, for I amdestitute and poor, and my hearthas been disquieted within me.{108:23} I have been taken awaylike a shadow when it declines,and I have been shaken off likelocusts.{108:24} My knees have beenweakened by fasting, and my fleshhas been replaced by oil.{108:25} And I have become adisgrace to them. They saw me, andthey shook their heads.{108:26} Help me, O Lord, my God.Save me according to your mercy.{108:27} And let them know thatthis is your hand, and that you, OLord, have done this.{108:28} They will curse, and youwill bless. May those who rise upagainst me be confounded. But yourservant will rejoice.{108:29} May those who detract mebe clothed with shame, and maythey be covered with theirconfusion, as if with a doublecloak.{108:30} I will confessexceedingly to the Lord with mymouth. And I will praise him inthe midst of the multitude.{108:31} For he stands at theright hand of the poor, in orderto save my soul from persecutors.[Psalm 109] (110){109:1} A Psalm of David. The Lordsaid to my Lord, “Sit at my righthand, until I make your enemiesyour footstool.”{109:2} The Lord will send forththe scepter of your virtue fromZion. Rule in the midst of yourenemies.{109:3} It is with you from thebeginning, in the day of yourvirtue, in the splendor of thesaints. From conception, beforethe light-bearer, I begot you.{109:4} The Lord has sworn, and hewill not repent: “You are apriest forever, according to theorder of Melchizedek.”{109:5} The Lord is at your righthand. He has broken kings in theday of his wrath.{109:6} He will judge between thenations; he will fill upruination. He will shatter headsin the land of the many.{109:7} He will drink from thetorrent on the way. Because ofthis, he will exalt the head.[Psalm 110] (111){110:1} Alleluia. I will confessto you, O Lord, with my wholeheart, in the council of the justand in the congregation.{110:2} Great are the works of theLord, exquisite in all hisintentions.{110:3} Confession andmagnificence are his work. And hisjustice remains from age to age.{110:4} He has created a memorialto his wonders; he is a mercifuland compassionate Lord.{110:5} He has given food to thosewho fear him. He will be mindfulof his covenant in every age.{110:6} He will announce thevirtue of his works to his people,{110:7} so that he may give themthe inheritance of the nations.The works of his hands are truthand judgment.{110:8} All his commands arefaithful: confirmed from age toage, created in truth andfairness.{110:9} He has sent redemptionupon his people. He has commandedhis covenant for all eternity.Holy and terrible is his name.{110:10} The fear of the Lord isthe beginning of wisdom. A goodunderstanding is for all who doit. His praise remains from age toage.[Psalm 111] (112){111:1} Alleluia. Of the return ofHaggai and Zachariah. Blessed isthe man who fears the Lord. Hewill prefer his commandmentsexceedingly.{111:2} His offspring will bepowerful on the earth. Thegeneration of the upright will beblessed.{111:3} Glory and wealth will bein his house, and his justiceshall remain from age to age.{111:4} For the upright, a lighthas risen up in the darkness. Heis merciful and compassionate andjust.{111:5} Pleasing is the man whoshows mercy and lends. He willorder his words with judgment.{111:6} For he will not bedisturbed in eternity.{111:7} The just one will be aneverlasting memorial. He will notfear a report of disasters. Hisheart is prepared to hope in theLord.{111:8} His heart has beenconfirmed. He will not bedisturbed, until he looks downupon his enemies.{111:9} He has distributed, he hasgiven to the poor. His justiceshall remain from age to age. Hishorn shall be exalted in glory.{111:10} The sinner will see andbecome angry. He will gnash histeeth and waste away. The desireof sinners will perish.[Psalm 112] (113){112:1} Alleluia. Praise the Lord,children. Praise the name of theLord.{112:2} Blessed is the name of theLord, from this time forward andeven forever.{112:3} From the rising of thesun, even to its setting,praiseworthy is the name of theLord.{112:4} The Lord is high above allnations, and his glory is highabove the heavens.{112:5} Who is like the Lord, ourGod, who dwells on high,{112:6} and who gazes upon thehumble things in heaven and onearth?{112:7} He lifts up the needy fromthe ground, and he urges the pooraway from filth,{112:8} so that he may place himwith the leaders, with the leadersof his people.{112:9} He causes a barren womanto live in a house, as the joyfulmother of sons.[Psalm 113] (114-115){113:1} Alleluia. At the departureof Israel from Egypt, the house ofJacob from a barbarous people:{113:2} Judea was made hissanctuary; Israel was made hispower.{113:3} The sea looked, and itfled. The Jordan was turned backagain.{113:4} The mountains exulted likerams, and the hills like lambsamong the sheep.{113:5} What happened to you, Osea, so that you fled, and to you,O Jordan, so that you were turnedback again?{113:6} What happened to you, Omountains, so that you exultedlike rams, and to you, O hills, sothat you exulted like lambs amongthe sheep?{113:7} Before the face of theLord, the earth was moved, beforethe face of the God of Jacob.{113:8} He converted the rock intopools of water, and the cliff intofountains of waters.{113:9} Not to us, O Lord, not tous, but to your name give glory.{113:10} Give glory to your mercyand your truth, lest the Gentilesshould say, “Where is their God?”{113:11} But our God is in heaven.All things whatsoever that he haswilled, he has done.{113:12} The idols of the nationsare silver and gold, the works ofthe hands of men.{113:13} They have mouths, and donot speak; they have eyes, and donot see.{113:14} They have ears, and donot hear; they have noses, and donot smell.{113:15} They have hands, and donot feel; they have feet, and donot walk. Neither will they cryout with their throat.{113:16} Let those who make thembecome like them, along with allwho trust in them.{113:17} The house of Israel hashoped in the Lord. He is theirhelper and their protector.{113:18} The house of Aaron hashoped in the Lord. He is theirhelper and their protector.{113:19} Those who fear the Lordhave hoped in the Lord. He istheir helper and their protector.{113:20} The Lord has been mindfulof us, and he has blessed us. Hehas blessed the house of Israel.He has blessed the house of Aaron.{113:21} He has blessed all whofear the Lord, the small with thegreat.{113:22} May the Lord addblessings upon you: upon you, andupon your sons.{113:23} Blessed are you by theLord, who made heaven and earth.{113:24} The heaven of heaven isfor the Lord, but the earth he hasgiven to the sons of men.{113:25} The dead will not praiseyou, Lord, and neither will allthose who descend into Hell.{113:26} But we who live willbless the Lord, from this timeforward, and even forever.[Psalm 114] (116A){114:1} Alleluia. I have loved:therefore, the Lord will heed thevoice of my prayer.{114:2} For he has inclined hisear to me. And in my days, I willcall upon him.{114:3} The sorrows of death havesurrounded me, and the perils ofHell have found me. I have foundtribulation and sorrow.{114:4} And so, I called upon thename of the Lord. O Lord, free mysoul.{114:5} Merciful is the Lord, andjust. And our God iscompassionate.{114:6} The Lord is the keeper oflittle ones. I was humbled, and hefreed me.{114:7} Turn again, my soul, toyour rest. For the Lord has donegood to you.{114:8} For he has rescued my soulfrom death, my eyes from tears, myfeet from slipping.{114:9} I will please the Lord inthe land of the living.[Psalm 115] (116B){115:1} Alleluia. I hadconfidence, because of what I wassaying, but then I was greatlyhumbled.{115:2} I said in my excess,“Every man is a liar.”{115:3} What shall I repay to theLord, for all the things that hehas repaid to me?{115:4} I will take up the cup ofsalvation, and I will call uponthe name of the Lord.{115:5} I will repay my vows tothe Lord, in the sight of all hispeople.{115:6} Precious in the sight ofthe Lord is the death of his holyones.{115:7} O Lord, because I am yourservant, your servant and the sonof your handmaid, you have brokenmy bonds.{115:8} I will sacrifice to youthe sacrifice of praise, and Iwill invoke the name of the Lord.{115:9} I will repay my vows tothe Lord in the sight of all hispeople,{115:10} in the courts of thehouse of the Lord, in your midst,O Jerusalem.[Psalm 116] (117){116:1} Alleluia. All nations,praise the Lord. All peoples,praise him.{116:2} For his mercy has beenconfirmed over us. And the truthof the Lord remains for alleternity.[Psalm 117] (118){117:1} Alleluia. Confess to theLord, for he is good, for hismercy is forever.{117:2} Let Israel now say: For heis good, for his mercy is forever.{117:3} Let the house of Aaron nowsay: For his mercy is forever.{117:4} Let those who fear theLord now say: For his mercy isforever.{117:5} In my tribulation, Icalled upon the Lord. And the Lordheeded me with generosity.{117:6} The Lord is my helper. Iwill not fear what man can do tome.{117:7} The Lord is my helper. AndI will look down upon my enemies.{117:8} It is good to trust in theLord, rather than to trust in man.{117:9} It is good to hope in theLord, rather than to hope inleaders.{117:10} All the nations havesurrounded me. And, in the name ofthe Lord, I have been avenged overthem.{117:11} Surrounding me, theyclosed in on me. And, in the nameof the Lord, I have been avengedover them.{117:12} They surrounded me like aswarm, and they burned like fireamong the thorns. And, in the nameof the Lord, I have been avengedover them.{117:13} Having been pushed, I wasoverturned so as to fall. But theLord took me up.{117:14} The Lord is my strengthand my praise. And he has becomemy salvation.{117:15} A voice of exultation andsalvation is in the tabernacles ofthe just.{117:16} The right hand of theLord has wrought virtue. The righthand of the Lord has exalted me.The right hand of the Lord haswrought virtue.{117:17} I will not die, but Iwill live. And I will declare theworks of the Lord.{117:18} When chastising, the Lordchastised me. But he has notdelivered me over to death.{117:19} Open the gates of justiceto me. I will enter them, and Iwill confess to the Lord.{117:20} This is the gate of theLord. The just will enter by it.{117:21} I will confess to youbecause you have heard me. And youhave become my salvation.{117:22} The stone which thebuilders have rejected, this hasbecome the head of the corner.{117:23} By the Lord has this beendone, and it is a wonder beforeour eyes.{117:24} This is the day that theLord has made. Let us exult andrejoice in it.{117:25} O Lord, grant salvationto me. O Lord, grant goodprosperity.{117:26} Blessed is he who arrivesin the name of the Lord. We haveblessed you from the house of theLord.{117:27} The Lord is God, and hehas enlightened us. Establish asolemn day amid a dense crowd,even to the horn of the altar.{117:28} You are my God, and Iwill confess to you. You are myGod, and I will exalt you. I willconfess to you, for you haveheeded me. And you have become mysalvation.{117:29} Confess to the Lord, forhe is good, for his mercy isforever.[Psalm 118] (119){118:1} Alleluia. ALEPH. Blessedare the immaculate in the way, whowalk in the law of the Lord.{118:2} Blessed are those whoexamine his testimonies. They seekhim with their whole heart.{118:3} For those who workiniquity have not walked in hisways.{118:4} You have ordered yourcommandments to be kept mostdiligently.{118:5} I wish that my ways may bedirected so as to keep yourjustifications.{118:6} Then I will not beconfounded, when I will look intoall your commandments.{118:7} I will confess to you withhonesty of heart. In this way, Ihave learned the judgments of yourjustice.{118:8} I will keep yourjustifications. Do not utterlyabandon me.{118:9} BETH. By what does anadolescent correct his way? Bykeeping to your words.{118:10} With my whole heart, Ihave sought you. Do not let me bedriven away from yourcommandments.{118:11} I have hidden youreloquence in my heart, so that Imay not sin against you.{118:12} Blessed are you, O Lord.Teach me your justifications.{118:13} With my lips, I havepronounced all the judgments ofyour mouth.{118:14} I have been delighted inthe way of your testimonies, as ifin all riches.{118:15} I will be trained in yourcommandments, and I will consideryour ways.{118:16} I will meditate on yourjustifications. I will not forgetyour words.{118:17} GHIMEL. Repay yourservant, revive me; and I willkeep your words.{118:18} Reveal to my eyes, and Iwill consider the wonders of yourlaw.{118:19} I am a sojourner on theearth. Do not hide yourcommandments from me.{118:20} My soul has longed todesire your justifications at alltimes.{118:21} You have rebuked thearrogant. Those who decline fromyour commandments are accursed.{118:22} Take me away fromdisgrace and contempt, for I havesought your testimonies.{118:23} For even the leaders satand spoke against me. But yourservant has been trained in yourjustifications.{118:24} For your testimonies arealso my meditation, and yourjustifications are my counsel.{118:25} DALETH. My soul hasadhered to the pavement. Revive meaccording to your word.{118:26} I have declared my ways,and you have heeded me. Teach meyour justifications.{118:27} Instruct me in the way ofyour justifications, and I will betrained in your wonders.{118:28} My soul has slumberedbecause of weariness. Confirm mein your words.{118:29} Remove the way ofiniquity from me, and have mercyon me by your law.{118:30} I have chosen the way oftruth. I have not forgotten yourjudgments.{118:31} I have adhered to yourtestimonies, O Lord. Do not bewilling to confound me.{118:32} I have run by way of yourcommandments, when you enlarged myheart.{118:33} HE. O Lord, place the lawbefore me, the way of yourjustifications, and I will alwaysinquire into it.{118:34} Give me understanding,and I will examine your law. And Iwill keep it with my whole heart.{118:35} Lead me according to thepath of your commandments, for Ihave desired this.{118:36} Bend my heart with yourtestimonies, and not with avarice.{118:37} Turn my eyes away, lestthey see what is vain. Revive mein your way.{118:38} Station your eloquencewith your servant, along with yourfear.{118:39} Cut off my disgrace,which I have taken up, for yourjudgments are delightful.{118:40} Behold, I have longed foryour commandments. Revive me inyour fairness.{118:41} VAU. And let your mercyoverwhelm me, O Lord: yoursalvation according to youreloquence.{118:42} And I will respond tothose who reproach me by word, forI have hoped in your words.{118:43} And do not utterly takeaway the word of truth from mymouth. For in your judgments, Ihave hoped beyond hope.{118:44} And I will always keepyour law, in this age and foreverand ever.{118:45} And I have wandered farand wide, because I was seekingyour commandments.{118:46} And I spoke of yourtestimonies in the sight of kings,and I was not confounded.{118:47} And I meditated on yourcommandments, which I loved.{118:48} And I lifted up my handsto your commandments, which Iloved. And I was trained in yourjustifications.{118:49} ZAIN. Be mindful of yourword to your servant, by which youhave given me hope.{118:50} This has consoled me inmy humiliation, for your word hasrevived me.{118:51} The arrogant actaltogether iniquitously, but Ihave not turned aside from yourlaw.{118:52} I called to mind yourjudgments of antiquity, O Lord,and I was consoled.{118:53} Faintness has taken holdof me, because of the sinners,those who abandon your law.{118:54} Your justifications werethe subject of my worthy singing,in the place of my pilgrimage.{118:55} During the night, Iremembered your name, O Lord, andI kept your law.{118:56} This has happened to mebecause I sought yourjustifications.{118:57} HETH. O Lord, my portion,I have said that I would keep yourlaw.{118:58} I have beseeched yourface with my whole heart. Bemerciful to me according to yourword.{118:59} I have considered myways, and I have turned my feettoward your testimonies.{118:60} I have been prepared, andI have not been disturbed, so thatI may keep your commandments.{118:61} The ropes of the impioushave encircled me, and I have notforgotten your law.{118:62} I arose in the middle ofthe night to confess to you, overthe judgments of yourjustification.{118:63} I am a partaker with allthose who fear you and who keepyour commandments.{118:64} The earth, O Lord, isfull of your mercy. Teach me yourjustifications.{118:65} TETH. You have done wellwith your servant, O Lord,according to your word.{118:66} Teach me goodness anddiscipline and knowledge, for Ihave trusted your commandments.{118:67} Before I was humbled, Icommitted offenses; because ofthis, I have kept to your word.{118:68} You are good, so in yourgoodness teach me yourjustifications.{118:69} The iniquity of thearrogant has been multiplied overme. Yet I will examine yourcommandments with all my heart.{118:70} Their heart has beencurdled like milk. Truly, I havemeditated on your law.{118:71} It is good for me thatyou humbled me, so that I maylearn your justifications.{118:72} The law of your mouth isgood for me, beyond thousands ofgold and silver pieces.{118:73} IOD. Your hands havecreated me and formed me. Give meunderstanding, and I will learnyour commandments.{118:74} Those who fear you willsee me, and they will rejoice. ForI have greatly hoped in yourwords.{118:75} I know, O Lord, that yourjudgments are fairness. And inyour truth, you have humbled me.{118:76} Let it be your mercy thatconsoles me, according to youreloquence to your servant.{118:77} Let your compassion drawnear to me, and I will live. Foryour law is my meditation.{118:78} Let the arrogant beconfounded, for unjustly they havedone iniquity to me. But I will betrained in your commandments.{118:79} Let those who fear youturn to me, along with those whoknow your testimonies.{118:80} Let my heart beimmaculate in your justifications,so that I may not be confounded.{118:81} CAPH. My soul hasfaltered in your salvation, yet inyour word, I have hoped beyondhope.{118:82} My eyes have failed inyour eloquence, saying, “Whenwill you console me?”{118:83} For I have become like awineskin in the frost. I have notforgotten your justifications.{118:84} How many are the days ofyour servant? When will you bringjudgment against those whopersecute me?{118:85} The iniquitous havespoken fables to me. But these areunlike your law.{118:86} All your commandments aretruth. They have been persecutingme unjustly: assist me.{118:87} They have nearly consumedme on earth. Yet I have notforsaken your commandments.{118:88} Revive me according toyour mercy. And I will keep thetestimonies of your mouth.{118:89} LAMED. O Lord, your wordremains firm in heaven, for alleternity.{118:90} Your truth is fromgeneration to generation. You havefounded the earth, and it remainsfirm.{118:91} By your ordinance, theday perseveres. For all things arein service to you.{118:92} If your law had not beenmy meditation, then perhaps Iwould have perished in myhumiliation.{118:93} I will not forget yourjustifications, for eternity. Forby them, you have enlivened me.{118:94} I am yours. Accomplish mysalvation. For I have inquiredinto your justifications.{118:95} The sinners have waitedfor me, in order to destroy me. Ihave understood your testimonies.{118:96} I have seen the end ofthe consummation of all things.Your commandment is exceedinglybroad.{118:97} MEM. How have I lovedyour law, O Lord? It is mymeditation all day long.{118:98} By your commandment, youhave made me able to see far,beyond my enemies. For it is withme for eternity.{118:99} I have understood beyondall my teachers. For yourtestimonies are my meditation.{118:100} I have understood beyondthe elders. For I have searchedyour commandments.{118:101} I have prohibited myfeet from every evil way, so thatI may keep your words.{118:102} I have not declined fromyour judgments, because you havestationed a law for me.{118:103} How sweet is youreloquence to my palate, more sothan honey to my mouth!{118:104} I obtained understandingby your commandments. Because ofthis, I have hated every way ofiniquity.{118:105} NUN. Your word is a lampto my feet and a light to mypaths.{118:106} I have sworn it, and soI am determined to keep thejudgments of your justice.{118:107} I have been altogetherhumbled, Lord. Revive me accordingto your word.{118:108} Make the willingofferings of my mouth wellpleasing, Lord, and teach me yourjudgments.{118:109} My soul is always in myhands, and I have not forgottenyour law.{118:110} Sinners have set a snarefor me, yet I have not strayedfrom your commandments.{118:111} I have acquired yourtestimonies as an inheritance untoeternity, because they are theexultation of my heart.{118:112} I have inclined my heartto do your justifications foreternity, as a recompense.{118:113} SAMECH. I have hated theiniquitous, and I have loved yourlaw.{118:114} You are my helper and mysupporter. And in your word, Ihave greatly hoped.{118:115} Turn away from me, youmalignant ones. And I will examinethe commandments of my God.{118:116} Uphold me according toyour eloquence, and I will live.And let me not be confounded in myexpectation.{118:117} Help me, and I will besaved. And I will meditate alwayson your justifications.{118:118} You have despised allthose who fell away from yourjudgments. For their intention isunjust.{118:119} I have considered allthe sinners of the earth to betransgressors. Therefore, I haveloved your testimonies.{118:120} Pierce my flesh withyour fear, for I am afraid of yourjudgments.{118:121} AIN. I have accomplishedjudgment and justice. Do not handme over to those who slander me.{118:122} Uphold your servant inwhat is good. And do not allow thearrogant to slander me.{118:123} My eyes have failed inyour salvation and in theeloquence of your justice.{118:124} Deal with your servantaccording to your mercy, and teachme your justifications.{118:125} I am your servant. Giveme understanding, so that I mayknow your testimonies.{118:126} It is time to act, OLord. They have dissipated yourlaw.{118:127} Therefore, I have lovedyour commandments beyond gold andtopaz.{118:128} Because of this, I wasdirected toward all yourcommandments. I held hatred forevery iniquitous way.{118:129} PHE. Your testimoniesare wonderful. Therefore, my soulhas been examined by them.{118:130} The declaration of yourwords illuminates, and it givesunderstanding to little ones.{118:131} I opened my mouth anddrew breath, for I desired yourcommandments.{118:132} Gaze upon me and bemerciful to me, according to thejudgment of those who love yourname.{118:133} Direct my stepsaccording to your eloquence, andlet no injustice rule over me.{118:134} Redeem me from theslanders of men, so that I maykeep your commandments.{118:135} Make your face shineupon your servant, and teach meyour justifications.{118:136} My eyes have gushed likesprings of water, because theyhave not kept your law.{118:137} SADE. You are just, OLord, and your judgment is right.{118:138} You have commandedjustice: your testimonies and yourtruth even more so.{118:139} My zeal has caused me topine away, because my enemies haveforgotten your words.{118:140} Your eloquence has beengreatly enflamed, and your servanthas loved it.{118:141} I am young and treatedwith contempt. But I have notforgotten your justifications.{118:142} Your justice is justicefor all eternity, and your law istruth.{118:143} Tribulation and anguishhave found me. Your commandmentsare my meditation.{118:144} Your testimonies arefairness unto eternity. Give meunderstanding, and I will live.{118:145} COPH. I cried out withmy whole heart. Heed me, O Lord. Iwill ask for your justifications.{118:146} I cried out to you. Saveme, so that I may keep yourcommandments.{118:147} I arrived first inmaturity, and so I cried out. Forin your words, I have hoped beyondhope.{118:148} My eyes preceded thedawn for you, so that I mightmeditate on your eloquence.{118:149} Hear my voice accordingto your mercy, O Lord. And reviveme according to your judgment.{118:150} Those who persecute mehave drawn near to iniquity, butthey have been brought far fromyour law.{118:151} You are near, O Lord,and all your ways are truth.{118:152} I have known from thebeginning about your testimonies.For you founded them in eternity.{118:153} RES. See my humiliationand rescue me, for I have notforgotten your law.{118:154} Judge my judgment andredeem me. Revive me because ofyour eloquence.{118:155} Salvation is far fromsinners, because they have notinquired about yourjustifications.{118:156} Many are your mercies, OLord. Enliven me according to yourjudgment.{118:157} Many are those whopersecute me and who trouble me. Ihave not turned away from yourtestimonies.{118:158} I saw the prevaricators,and I pine away. For they have notkept your word.{118:159} O Lord, see how I haveloved your commandments. Revive mein your mercy.{118:160} The beginning of yourwords is truth. All the judgmentsof your justice are for eternity.{118:161} SIN. The leaders havepersecuted me without cause. Andmy heart has been awed by yourwords.{118:162} I will rejoice over youreloquence, like one who has foundmany spoils.{118:163} I have held hatred foriniquity, and I have abhorred it.Yet I have loved your law.{118:164} Seven times a day, Iuttered praise to you about thejudgments of your justice.{118:165} Those who love your lawhave great peace, and there is noscandal for them.{118:166} I have waited for yoursalvation, O Lord. And I haveloved your commandments.{118:167} My soul has kept to yourtestimonies and has loved themexceedingly.{118:168} I have served yourcommandments and your testimonies.For all my ways are before yoursight.{118:169} TAU. O Lord, let mysupplication draw near in yoursight. Grant understanding to meaccording to your eloquence.{118:170} Let my petition enterbefore you. Rescue me according toyour word.{118:171} A hymn will burst forthfrom my lips, when you will teachme your justifications.{118:172} My tongue will pronounceyour eloquence. For all yourcommandments are fairness.{118:173} Let it be your hand thatsaves me. For I have chosen yourcommandments.{118:174} O Lord, I have longedfor your salvation, and your lawis my meditation.{118:175} My soul will live andwill praise you, and yourjudgments will assist me.{118:176} I have gone astray likea sheep that is lost. Seek outyour servant, for I have notforgotten your commandments.[Psalm 119] (120){119:1} A Canticle in steps. Whentroubled, I cried out to the Lord,and he heard me.{119:2} O Lord, free my soul fromlips of iniquity and from thedeceitful tongue.{119:3} What will be given to you,or what will be added to you, fora deceitful tongue?:{119:4} the sharp arrows of thepowerful, along with the burningcoals of desolation.{119:5} Woe to me, for mysojourning has been prolonged. Ihave lived with the inhabitants ofKedar.{119:6} My soul has long been asojourner.{119:7} With those who hatedpeace, I was peaceful. When Ispoke to them, they fought againstme without cause.[Psalm 120] (121){120:1} A Canticle in steps. Ihave lifted up my eyes to themountains; from thence help willcome to me.{120:2} My help is from the Lord,who made heaven and earth.{120:3} May he not allow your footto be moved, and may he notslumber, who guards you.{120:4} Behold, he who guardsIsrael will neither sleep, norslumber.{120:5} The Lord is your keeper,the Lord is your protection, aboveyour right hand.{120:6} The sun will not burn youby day, nor the moon by night.{120:7} The Lord guards you fromall evil. May the Lord guard yoursoul.{120:8} May the Lord guard yourentrance and your exit, from thistime forward and even forever.[Psalm 121] (122){121:1} A Canticle in steps. Irejoiced in the things that weresaid to me: “We shall go into thehouse of the Lord.”{121:2} Our feet were standing inyour courts, O Jerusalem.{121:3} Jerusalem has been builtas a city, whose participation isunto itself.{121:4} For to that place, thetribes ascended, the tribes of theLord: the testimony of Israel, toconfess to the name of the Lord.{121:5} For in that place, seatshave sat down in judgment, seatsabove the house of David.{121:6} Petition for the thingsthat are for the peace ofJerusalem, and for abundance forthose who love you.{121:7} Let peace be in yourvirtue, and abundance in yourtowers.{121:8} For the sake of mybrothers and my neighbors, I spokepeace about you.{121:9} For the sake of the houseof the Lord our God, I sought goodthings for you.[Psalm 122] (123){122:1} A Canticle in steps. Ihave lifted up my eyes to you, whodwells in the heavens.{122:2} Behold, as the eyes of theservants are on the hands of theirmasters, as the eyes of thehandmaid are on the hands of hermistress, so our eyes are upon theLord our God, until he may bemerciful to us.{122:3} Have mercy on us, O Lord,have mercy on us. For we have beenfilled with utter disdain.{122:4} For our soul has beengreatly filled. We are thedisgrace of those who haveabundance and the disdain of thearrogant.[Psalm 123] (124){123:1} A Canticle in steps. Ifthe Lord had not been with us, letIsrael now say it:{123:2} if the Lord had not beenwith us, when men rose up againstus,{123:3} perhaps they would haveswallowed us alive. When theirfury was enraged against us,{123:4} perhaps the waters wouldhave engulfed us.{123:5} Our soul has passedthrough a torrent. Perhaps, oursoul had even passed throughintolerable water.{123:6} Blessed is the Lord, whohas not given us into the harm oftheir teeth.{123:7} Our soul has been snatchedaway like a sparrow from the snareof the hunters. The snare has beenbroken, and we have been freed.{123:8} Our help is in the name ofthe Lord, who made heaven andearth.[Psalm 124] (125){124:1} A Canticle in steps. Thosewho trust in the Lord will be likethe mountain of Zion. He will notbe disturbed for eternity, whodwells{124:2} in Jerusalem. Mountainssurround it. And the Lordsurrounds his people, from thistime forward and even forever.{124:3} For the Lord will notallow the rod of sinners to remainover the lot of the just, so thatthe just may not extend theirhands toward iniquity.{124:4} Do good, O Lord, to thegood and to the upright of heart.{124:5} But those who turn awayinto obligation, the Lord willlead away with the workers ofiniquity. Peace be upon Israel.[Psalm 125] (126){125:1} A Canticle in steps. Whenthe Lord turned back the captivityof Zion, we became like those whoare consoled.{125:2} Then our mouth was filledwith gladness and our tongue withexultation. Then they will sayamong the nations: “The Lord hasdone great things for them.”{125:3} The Lord has done greatthings for us. We have becomejoyful.{125:4} Convert our captivity, OLord, like a torrent in the south.{125:5} Those who sow in tearsshall reap in exultation.{125:6} When departing, they wentforth and wept, sowing theirseeds.{125:7} But when returning, theywill arrive with exultation,carrying their sheaves.[Psalm 126] (127){126:1} A Canticle in steps: ofSolomon. Unless the Lord has builtthe house, those who build it havelabored in vain. Unless the Lordhas guarded the city, he whoguards it watches in vain.{126:2} It is in vain that yourise before daylight, that yourise up after you have sat down,you who chew the bread of sorrow.Whereas, to his beloved, he willgive sleep.{126:3} Behold, the inheritance ofthe Lord is sons, the reward isthe fruit of the womb.{126:4} Like arrows in the hand ofthe powerful, so are the sons ofthose who have been cast out.{126:5} Blessed is the man who hasfilled his desire from thesethings. He will not be confoundedwhen he speaks to his enemies atthe gate.[Psalm 127] (128){127:1} A Canticle in steps.Blessed are all those who fear theLord, who walk in his ways.{127:2} For you will eat by thelabors of your hands. Blessed areyou, and it will be well with you.{127:3} Your wife is like anabundant vine on the sides of yourhouse. Your sons are like youngolive trees surrounding yourtable.{127:4} Behold, so will the man beblessed who fears the Lord.{127:5} May the Lord bless youfrom Zion, and may you see thegood things of Jerusalem, all thedays of your life.{127:6} And may you see the sonsof your sons. Peace be uponIsrael.[Psalm 128] (129){128:1} A Canticle in steps. Theyhave often fought against me frommy youth, let Israel now say:{128:2} they have often foughtagainst me from my youth, yet theycould not prevail over me.{128:3} The sinners have madefabrications behind my back. Theyhave prolonged their iniquity.{128:4} The just Lord will cut thenecks of sinners.{128:5} Let all those who hateZion be confounded and turnedbackwards.{128:6} Let them be like grass onthe rooftops, which withers beforeit can be pulled up:{128:7} with it, he who reaps doesnot fill his hand and he whogathers sheaves does not fill hisbosom.{128:8} And those who were passingby have not said to them: “Theblessing of the Lord be upon you.We have blessed you in the name ofthe Lord.”[Psalm 129] (130){129:1} A Canticle in steps. Fromthe depths, I have cried out toyou, O Lord.{129:2} O Lord, hear my voice. Letyour ears be attentive to thevoice of my supplication.{129:3} If you, O Lord, were toheed iniquities, who, O Lord,could persevere?{129:4} For with you, there isforgiveness, and because of yourlaw, I persevered with you, Lord.My soul has persevered in hisword.{129:5} My soul has hoped in theLord.{129:6} From the morning watch,even until night, let Israel hopein the Lord.{129:7} For with the Lord there ismercy, and with him there isbountiful redemption.{129:8} And he will redeem Israelfrom all his iniquities.[Psalm 130] (131){130:1} A Canticle in steps: ofDavid. O Lord, my heart has notbeen exalted, and my eyes have notbeen raised up. Neither have Iwalked in greatness, nor inwonders beyond me.{130:2} When I was not humble inthought, then I lifted up my soul.Like one who has been weaned fromhis mother, so was I recompensedin my soul.{130:3} Let Israel hope in theLord, from this time forward andeven forever.[Psalm 131] (132){131:1} A Canticle in steps. OLord, remember David and all hismeekness,{131:2} how he swore to the Lord,how he made a vow to the God ofJacob:{131:3} I shall not enter into thetabernacle of my house, nor climbinto the bed where I lie down;{131:4} I shall not give sleep tomy eyes, nor slumber to my eyelids{131:5} and rest to my temples,until I find a place for the Lord,a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.{131:6} Behold, we heard of it inEphrathah. We discovered it in thefields of the forest.{131:7} We will enter into histabernacle. We will adore in theplace where his feet stood.{131:8} Rise up, O Lord, into yourresting place. You and the ark ofyour sanctification.{131:9} Let your priests beclothed with justice, and let yoursaints exult.{131:10} For the sake of yourservant David, do not turn awaythe face of your Christ.{131:11} The Lord has sworn thetruth to David, and he will notdisappoint: I will set upon yourthrone from the fruit of yourlineage.{131:12} If your sons will keep mycovenant and these, mytestimonies, which I will teach tothem, then their sons will situpon your throne even forever.{131:13} For the Lord has chosenZion. He has chosen it as hisdwelling place.{131:14} This is my resting place,forever and ever. Here I willdwell, for I have chosen it.{131:15} When blessing, I willbless her widow. I will satisfyher poor with bread.{131:16} I will clothe her priestswith salvation, and her saintswill rejoice with great joy.{131:17} There, I will produce ahorn to David. There, I haveprepared a lamp for my Christ.{131:18} I will clothe his enemieswith confusion. But mysanctification will flourish overhim.[Psalm 132] (133){132:1} A Canticle in steps: ofDavid. Behold, how good and howpleasing it is for brothers todwell in unity.{132:2} It is like the ointment onthe head that descended to thebeard, the beard of Aaron, whichdescended to the hem of hisgarment.{132:3} It is like the dew ofHermon, which descended from mountZion. For in that place, the Lordhas commanded a blessing, andlife, even unto eternity.[Psalm 133] (134){133:1} A Canticle in steps.Behold, bless the Lord now, allyou servants of the Lord, whostand in the house of the Lord, inthe courts of the house of ourGod.{133:2} In the nights, lift upyour hands in sanctity, and blessthe Lord.{133:3} May the Lord, who madeheaven and earth, bless you fromZion.[Psalm 134] (135){134:1} Alleluia. Praise the nameof the Lord. You servants, praisethe Lord.{134:2} You who stand in the houseof the Lord, in the courts of thehouse of our God:{134:3} praise the Lord, for theLord is good. Sing psalms to hisname, for it is sweet.{134:4} For the Lord has chosenJacob for himself, Israel for hisown possession.{134:5} For I have known that theLord is great, and our God isbefore all gods.{134:6} All things whatsoever thathe willed, the Lord did: inheaven, on earth, in the sea, andin all the deep places.{134:7} He leads clouds from theends of the earth. He has createdlightnings in the rain. He hasproduced winds from hisstorehouses.{134:8} He struck the first-bornof Egypt, from man even to cattle.{134:9} He sent signs and wondersinto your midst, O Egypt: uponPharaoh and upon all his servants.{134:10} He has struck manynations, and he has slaughteredstrong kings:{134:11} Sihon, king of theAmorites, and Og, king of Bashan,and all the kingdoms of Canaan.{134:12} And he gave their land asan inheritance, as an inheritancefor his people Israel.{134:13} Your name, O Lord, is ineternity. Your memorial, O Lord,is from generation to generation.{134:14} For the Lord will judgehis people, and he will bepetitioned by his servants.{134:15} The idols of the Gentilesare silver and gold, the works ofthe hands of men.{134:16} They have a mouth, and donot speak. They have eyes, and donot see.{134:17} They have ears, and donot hear. For neither is there anybreath in their mouths.{134:18} Let those who make thembecome like them, along with allwho trust in them.{134:19} Bless the Lord, O houseof Israel. Bless the Lord, O houseof Aaron.{134:20} Bless the Lord, O houseof Levi. You who fear the Lord,bless the Lord.{134:21} The Lord is blessed fromZion, by those who dwell inJerusalem.[Psalm 135] (136){135:1} Alleluia. Confess to theLord, for he is good: for hismercy is eternal.{135:2} Confess to the God ofgods, for his mercy is eternal.{135:3} Confess to the Lord oflords, for his mercy is eternal.{135:4} He alone performs greatmiracles, for his mercy iseternal.{135:5} He made the heavens withunderstanding, for his mercy iseternal.{135:6} He established the earthabove the waters, for his mercy iseternal.{135:7} He made the great lights,for his mercy is eternal:{135:8} the sun to rule the day,for his mercy is eternal:{135:9} the moon and the stars torule the night, for his mercy iseternal.{135:10} He struck Egypt alongwith their first-born, for hismercy is eternal.{135:11} He led Israel away fromtheir midst, for his mercy iseternal:{135:12} with a powerful hand andan outstretched arm, for his mercyis eternal.{135:13} He divided the Red Seainto separate parts, for his mercyis eternal.{135:14} And he led out Israelthrough the middle of it, for hismercy is eternal.{135:15} And he shook off Pharaohand his army in the Red Sea, forhis mercy is eternal.{135:16} He led his people throughthe desert, for his mercy iseternal.{135:17} He has struck greatkings, for his mercy is eternal.{135:18} And he has slaughteredstrong kings, for his mercy iseternal:{135:19} Sihon, king of theAmorites, for his mercy iseternal:{135:20} and Og, king of Bashan,for his mercy is eternal.{135:21} And he granted their landas an inheritance, for his mercyis eternal:{135:22} as an inheritance for hisservant Israel, for his mercy iseternal.{135:23} For he was mindful of usin our humiliation, for his mercyis eternal.{135:24} And he redeemed us fromour enemies, for his mercy iseternal.{135:25} He gives food to allflesh, for his mercy is eternal.{135:26} Confess to the God ofheaven, for his mercy is eternal.{135:27} Confess to the Lord oflords, for his mercy is eternal.[Psalm 136] (137){136:1} A Psalm of David: toJeremiah. Above the rivers ofBabylon, there we sat and wept,while we remembered Zion.{136:2} By the willow trees, intheir midst, we hung up ourinstruments.{136:3} For, in that place, thosewho led us into captivityquestioned us about the words ofthe songs. And those who carriedus away said: “Sing us a hymnfrom the songs of Zion.”{136:4} How can we sing a song ofthe Lord in a foreign land?{136:5} If I ever forget you,Jerusalem, let my right hand beforgotten.{136:6} May my tongue adhere to myjaws, if I do not remember you, ifI do not set Jerusalem first, asthe beginning of my joy.{136:7} O Lord, call to mind thesons of Edom, in the day ofJerusalem, who say: “Despoil it,despoil it, even to itsfoundation.”{136:8} O daughter of Babylon,have pity. Blessed is he who willrepay you with your payment, whichyou have paid to us.{136:9} Blessed is he who willtake hold of your little ones anddash them against the rock.[Psalm 137] (138){137:1} Of David himself. O Lord,I will confess to you with mywhole heart, for you have heardthe words of my mouth. I will singpsalms to you in the sight of theAngels.{137:2} I will adore before yourholy temple, and I will confessyour name: it is above your mercyand your truth. For you havemagnified your holy name aboveall.{137:3} On whatever day that Iwill call upon you: hear me. Youwill multiply virtue in my soul.{137:4} May all the kings of theearth confess to you, O Lord. Forthey have heard all the words ofyour mouth.{137:5} And let them sing inaccordance with the ways of theLord. For great is the glory ofthe Lord.{137:6} For the Lord is exalted,and he looks with favor on thehumble. But the lofty he knowsfrom a distance.{137:7} If I wander into the midstof tribulation, you will reviveme. For you extended your handagainst the wrath of my enemies.And your right hand hasaccomplished my salvation.{137:8} The Lord will provideretribution on my behalf. O Lord,your mercy is forever. Do notdisdain the works of your hands.[Psalm 138] (139){138:1} Unto the end. A Psalm ofDavid. O Lord, you have examinedme, and you have known me.{138:2} You have known my sittingdown and my rising up again.{138:3} You have understood mythoughts from afar. My path and myfate, you have investigated.{138:4} And you have foreseen allmy ways. For there is no word inmy tongue.{138:5} Behold, O Lord, you haveknown all things: the newest andthe very old. You have formed me,and you have placed your hand overme.{138:6} Your knowledge has becomea wonder to me. It has beenreinforced, and I am not able toprevail against it.{138:7} Where will I go from yourSpirit? And where will I flee fromyour face?{138:8} If I ascend into heaven,you are there. If I descend intoHell, you are near.{138:9} If I assume my feathers inearly morning, and dwell in theutmost parts of the sea,{138:10} even there, your handwill lead me forth, and your righthand will hold me.{138:11} And I said: Perhapsdarkness will overwhelm me, andthe night will be my illumination,to my delight.{138:12} But darkness will not beimpenetrable to you, and nightwill illuminate like the day: forjust as its darkness is, so alsois its light.{138:13} For you have possessed mytemperament. You have supported mefrom the womb of my mother.{138:14} I will confess to you,for you have been magnifiedterribly. Your works aremiraculous, as my soul knowsexceedingly well.{138:15} My bone, which you havemade in secret, has not beenhidden from you, and my substanceis in accord with the lower partsof the earth.{138:16} Your eyes saw myimperfection, and all this shallbe written in your book. Days willbe formed, and no one shall be inthem.{138:17} But to me, O God, yourfriends have been greatly honored.Their first ruler has beenexceedingly strengthened.{138:18} I will number them, andthey will be more numerous thanthe sand. I rose up, and I amstill with you.{138:19} O God, if only you wouldcut down sinners. You men ofblood: depart from me.{138:20} For you say in thought:They will accept your cities invain.{138:21} Have I not hated thosewho hated you, Lord, and wastedaway because of your enemies?{138:22} I have hated them with aperfect hatred, and they havebecome enemies to me.{138:23} Examine me, O God, andknow my heart. Question me, andknow my paths.{138:24} And see if there might bein me the way of iniquity, andlead me in the way of eternity.[Psalm 139] (140){139:1} Unto the end. A Psalm ofDavid.{139:2} Rescue me, O Lord, fromthe evil man. Rescue me from theiniquitous leader.{139:3} Those who have devisediniquities in their hearts: allday long they constructedconflicts.{139:4} They have sharpened theirtongues like a serpent. The venomof asps is under their lips.{139:5} Preserve me, O Lord, fromthe hand of the sinner, and rescueme from men of iniquity. They havedecided to supplant my steps.{139:6} The arrogant have hidden asnare for me. And they havestretched out cords for a snare.They have placed a stumbling blockfor me near the road.{139:7} I said to the Lord: Youare my God. O Lord, heed the voiceof my supplication.{139:8} Lord, O Lord, the strengthof my salvation: you haveovershadowed my head in the day ofwar.{139:9} O Lord, do not hand meover to the sinner by my desire.They have plotted against me. Donot abandon me, lest they shouldtriumph.{139:10} The head of those whoencompass me, the labor of theirlips, will overwhelm them.{139:11} Burning coals will fallupon them. You will cast them downinto the fire, into miseries thatthey will not be able towithstand.{139:12} A talkative man will notbe guided aright upon the earth.Evils will drag the unjust manunto utter ruin.{139:13} I know that the Lord willaccomplish justice for the needyand vindication for the poor.{139:14} So then, truly, the justwill confess your name, and theupright will dwell with yourcountenance.[Psalm 140] (141){140:1} A Psalm of David. O Lord,I have cried out to you, hear me.Attend to my voice, when I cry outto you.{140:2} Let my prayer be guidedlike incense in your sight: thelifting up of my hands, like theevening sacrifice.{140:3} O Lord, station a guardover my mouth and a door enclosingmy lips.{140:4} Do not turn aside my heartto words of malice, to makingexcuses for sins, with men whowork iniquity; and I will notcommunicate, even with the best ofthem.{140:5} The just one will correctme with mercy, and he will rebukeme. But do not allow the oil ofthe sinner to fatten my head. Formy prayer will still be towardtheir good will.{140:6} Their judges have beenengulfed, joined to the rocks.They will hear my words, whichhave prevailed,{140:7} as when the lava of theearth has erupted above ground.Our bones have been scatteredbeside Hell.{140:8} For Lord, O Lord, my eyeslook to you. In you, I have hoped.Do not take away my soul.{140:9} Protect me from the snarethat they have set up for me andfrom the scandals of those whowork iniquity.{140:10} The sinners will fallinto his net. I am alone, until Ipass over.[Psalm 141] (142){141:1} The understanding ofDavid. A prayer, when he was inthe cave.{141:2} With my voice, I cried outto the Lord. With my voice, I madesupplication to the Lord.{141:3} In his sight, I pour outmy prayer, and before him, Ideclare my tribulation.{141:4} Though my spirit maybecome faint within me, even then,you have known my paths. Alongthis way, which I have beenwalking, they have hidden a snarefor me.{141:5} I considered toward theright, and I looked, but there wasno one who would know me. Flighthas perished before me, and thereis no one who has concern for mysoul.{141:6} I cried out to you, OLord. I said: You are my hope, myportion in the land of the living.{141:7} Attend to my supplication.For I have been humbledexceedingly. Free me from mypersecutors, for they have beenfortified against me.{141:8} Lead my soul out ofconfinement in order to confessyour name. The just are waitingfor me, until you repay me.[Psalm 142] (143){142:1} A Psalm of David, when hisson Absalom was pursuing him. OLord, hear my prayer. Incline yourear to my supplication in yourtruth. Heed me according to yourjustice.{142:2} And do not enter intojudgment with your servant. Forall the living will not bejustified in your sight.{142:3} For the enemy has pursuedmy soul. He has lowered my life tothe earth. He has stationed me indarkness, like the dead of agespast.{142:4} And my spirit has been inanguish over me. My heart withinme has been disturbed.{142:5} I have called to mind thedays of antiquity. I have beenmeditating on all your works. Ihave meditated on the workings ofyour hands.{142:6} I have extended my handsto you. My soul is like a landwithout water before you.{142:7} O Lord, heed me quickly.My spirit has grown faint. Do notturn your face away from me, lestI become like those who descendinto the pit.{142:8} Make me hear your mercy inthe morning. For I have hoped inyou. Make known to me the way thatI should walk. For I have liftedup my soul to you.{142:9} O Lord, rescue me from myenemies. I have fled to you.{142:10} Teach me to do your will.For you are my God. Your goodSpirit will lead me into therighteous land.{142:11} For the sake of yourname, O Lord, you will revive mein your fairness. You will lead mysoul out of tribulation.{142:12} And you will scatter myenemies in your mercy. And youwill destroy all those who afflictmy soul. For I am your servant.[Psalm 143] (144){143:1} A Psalm of David versusGoliath. Blessed is the Lord, myGod, who trains my hands for thebattle and my fingers for the war.{143:2} My mercy and my refuge, mysupporter and my deliverer, myprotector and him in whom I havehoped: he subdues my people underme.{143:3} O Lord, what is man thatyou have become known to him? Orthe son of man that you considerhim?{143:4} Man has been made similarto vanity. His days pass by like ashadow.{143:5} O Lord, incline yourheavens and descend. Touch themountains, and they will smoke.{143:6} Send a flash of lightning,and you will scatter them. Shootyour arrows, and you will set themin disarray.{143:7} Send forth your hand fromon high: rescue me, and free mefrom many waters, from the hand ofthe sons of foreigners.{143:8} Their mouth has beenspeaking vain things, and theirright hand is the right hand ofiniquity.{143:9} To you, O God, I will singa new song. On the psaltery, withan instrument of ten strings, Iwill sing psalms to you.{143:10} He gives salvation tokings. He has redeemed yourservant David from the malignantsword.{143:11} Rescue me, and deliver mefrom the hand of the sons offoreigners. Their mouth has beenspeaking vain things, and theirright hand is the right hand ofiniquity.{143:12} Their sons are like newplantings in their youth. Theirdaughters are dressed up: adornedall around like the idols of atemple.{143:13} Their cupboards are full:overflowing from one thing intoanother. Their sheep bear young,brought forth in abundance.{143:14} Their cattle are fat.There is no ruined wall orpassage, nor anyone crying out intheir streets.{143:15} They have called thepeople that has these things:blessed. But blessed is the peoplewhose God is the Lord.[Psalm 144] (145){144:1} The Praise of Davidhimself. I will extol you, O God,my king. And I will bless yourname, in this time and forever andever.{144:2} Throughout every singleday, I will bless you. And I willpraise your name, in this time andforever and ever.{144:3} The Lord is great andexceedingly praiseworthy. Andthere is no end to his greatness.{144:4} Generation aftergeneration will praise your works,and they will declare your power.{144:5} They will tell of themagnificent glory of yoursanctity. And they will discourseof your wonders.{144:6} And they will talk aboutthe virtue of your terrible acts.And they will describe yourgreatness.{144:7} They will shout about thememory of your abundant sweetness.And they will exult in yourjustice.{144:8} The Lord is compassionateand merciful, patient and full ofmercy.{144:9} The Lord is sweet to allthings, and his compassion is uponall his works.{144:10} O Lord, may all yourworks confess to you, and let yourholy ones bless you.{144:11} They will speak of theglory of your kingdom, and theywill declare your power,{144:12} so as to make known tothe sons of men your power and theglory of your magnificent kingdom.{144:13} Your kingdom is a kingdomfor all ages, and your dominion iswith all, from generation togeneration. The Lord is faithfulin all his words and holy in allhis works.{144:14} The Lord lifts up all whohave fallen down, and he setsupright all who have been throwndown.{144:15} O Lord, all eyes hope inyou, and you provide their food indue time.{144:16} You open your hand, andyou fill every kind of animal witha blessing.{144:17} The Lord is just in allhis ways and holy in all hisworks.{144:18} The Lord is near to allwho call upon him, to all who callupon him in truth.{144:19} He will do the will ofthose who fear him, and he willheed their supplication andaccomplish their salvation.{144:20} The Lord watches over allwho love him. And he will destroyall sinners.{144:21} My mouth will speak thepraise of the Lord, and may allflesh bless his holy name, in thistime and forever and ever.[Psalm 145] (146){145:1} Alleluia. Of Haggai andZachariah.{145:2} Praise the Lord, O mysoul. I will praise the Lord withmy life. I will sing psalms to myGod as long as I shall be. Do nottrust in the leaders,{145:3} in the sons of men, inwhom there is no salvation.{145:4} His spirit will depart,and he will return to his earth.In that day, all their thoughtswill perish.{145:5} Blessed is he whose helpis the God of Jacob: his hope isin the Lord God himself,{145:6} who made heaven and earth,the sea, and all the things thatare in them.{145:7} He preserves the truthforever. He executes judgment forthose who suffer injury. Heprovides food for the hungry. TheLord releases those who are bound.{145:8} The Lord enlightens theblind. The Lord sets upright thosewho have been thrown down. TheLord loves the just.{145:9} The Lord watches over newarrivals. He will support theorphan and the widow. And he willdestroy the ways of sinners.{145:10} The Lord shall reignforever: your God, O Zion, fromgeneration to generation.[Psalm 146] (147A){146:1} Alleluia. Praise the Lord,because the psalm is good.Delightful and beautiful praiseshall be for our God.{146:2} The Lord builds upJerusalem. He will gather togetherthe dispersed of Israel.{146:3} He heals the contrite ofheart, and he binds up theirsorrows.{146:4} He numbers the multitudeof the stars, and he calls themall by their names.{146:5} Great is our Lord, andgreat is his virtue. And of hiswisdom, there is no number.{146:6} The Lord lifts up themeek, but he brings down thesinner, even to the ground.{146:7} Sing before the Lord withconfession. Play psalms to our Godon a stringed instrument.{146:8} He covers heaven withclouds, and he prepares rain forthe earth. He produces grass onthe mountains and herbs for theservice of men.{146:9} He gives their food tobeasts of burden and to youngravens that call upon him.{146:10} He will not have goodwill for the strength of thehorse, nor will he be well pleasedwith the legs of a man.{146:11} The Lord is well pleasedwith those who fear him and withthose who hope in his mercy.[Psalm 147] (147B){147:1} Alleluia. Praise the Lord,O Jerusalem. Praise your God, OZion.{147:2} For he has reinforced thebars of your gates. He has blessedyour sons within you.{147:3} He has stationed peace atyour borders, and he has satisfiedyou with the fat of the grain.{147:4} He sends forth hiseloquence to the earth. His wordruns swiftly.{147:5} He provides snow likewool. He strews clouds like ashes.{147:6} He sends his ice crystalslike morsels. Who can stand firmbefore the face of his cold?{147:7} He will send forth hisword, and it will melt them. HisSpirit will breathe out, and thewaters will flow.{147:8} He announces his word toJacob, his justices and hisjudgments to Israel.{147:9} He has not done so muchfor every nation, and he has notmade his judgments manifest tothem. Alleluia.[Psalm 148]{148:1} Alleluia. Praise the Lordfrom the heavens. Praise him onthe heights.{148:2} Praise him, all hisAngels. Praise him, all his hosts.{148:3} Praise him, sun and moon.Praise him, all stars and light.{148:4} Praise him, heavens of theheavens. And let all the watersthat are above the heavens{148:5} praise the name of theLord. For he spoke, and theybecame. He commanded, and theywere created.{148:6} He has stationed them ineternity, and for age after age.He has established a precept, andit will not pass away.{148:7} Praise the Lord from theearth: you dragons and all deepplaces,{148:8} fire, hail, snow, ice,windstorms, which do his word,{148:9} mountains and all hills,fruitful trees and all cedars,{148:10} wild beasts and allcattle, serpents and featheredflying things,{148:11} kings of the earth andall peoples, leaders and alljudges of the earth,{148:12} young men and virgins.Let the older men with the youngermen, praise the name of the Lord.{148:13} For his name alone isexalted.{148:14} Confession of him isbeyond heaven and earth, and hehas exalted the horn of hispeople. A hymn to all his holyones, to the sons of Israel, to apeople close to him. Alleluia.[Psalm 149]{149:1} Alleluia. Sing to the Lorda new song. His praise is in theChurch of the saints.{149:2} Let Israel rejoice in himwho made them, and let the sons ofZion exult in their king.{149:3} Let them praise his namein chorus. Let them sing psalms tohim with the timbrel and thepsaltery.{149:4} For the Lord is wellpleased with his people, and hewill exalt the meek untosalvation.{149:5} The saints will exult inglory. They will rejoice upontheir couches.{149:6} The exultations of Godwill be in their throat, and two-edged swords will be in theirhands:{149:7} to obtain vindicationamong the nations, chastisementsamong the peoples,{149:8} to bind their kings withshackles and their nobles withmanacles of iron,{149:9} to obtain judgment overthem, as it has been written. Thisis glory for all his saints.Alleluia.[Psalm 150]{150:1} Alleluia. Praise the Lordin his holy places. Praise him inthe firmament of his power.{150:2} Praise him for hisvirtues. Praise him according tothe multitude of his greatness.{150:3} Praise him with the soundof the trumpet. Praise him withpsaltery and stringed instrument.{150:4} Praise him with timbreland choir. Praise him with stringsand organ.{150:5} Praise him with sweet-sounding cymbals. Praise him withcymbals of jubilation.{150:6} Let every spirit praisethe Lord. Alleluia. ................
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