Psalms Sixty - two| A Psalm of David - His Soul Wait upon the Lord

Psalms 89:1 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

Psalms 89:2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

Psalms 89:3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

Psalms 89:4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

Psalms 89:5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

Psalms 89:6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

Psalms 89:7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

Psalms 89:8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

Psalms 89:9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

Psalms 89:10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

Psalms 89:11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

Psalms 89:12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

Psalms 89:13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

Psalms 89:14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

Psalms 89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

Psalms 89:16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

Psalms 89:17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

Psalms 89:18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

Psalms 89:19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

Psalms 89:20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

Psalms 89:21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

Psalms 89:22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

Psalms 89:23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

Psalms 89:24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

Psalms 89:25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

Psalms 89:26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

Psalms 89:27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

Psalms 89:28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

Psalms 89:29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

Psalms 89:30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

Psalms 89:31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

Psalms 89:32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

Psalms 89:33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

Psalms 89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Psalms 89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

Psalms 89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

Psalms 89:37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

Psalms 89:38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

Psalms 89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

Psalms 89:40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

Psalms 89:41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

Psalms 89:42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Psalms 89:43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

Psalms 89:44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

Psalms 89:45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

Psalms 89:46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

Psalms 89:47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

Psalms 89:48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Psalms 89:49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

Psalms 89:50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

Psalms 89:51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

Psalms 89:52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
 (KJV)

Psalms Fifty-four : Save me, O God, by Thy Name, and Judge me by Thy Strength.

To the chief (overseer)Musician on Neginoth, Maschil (instructions)

 A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, 

Doth not David hide himself with us?

 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.

Psalms 54:2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

Psalms 54:3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

Psalms 54:4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.

Psalms 54:5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.

Psalms 54:6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good.

Psalms 54:7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.
 (KJV)

Psalms Fifty-five | Give ear to my prayer, O God;

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil

 A Psalm of David.

 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

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

 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah
 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company
 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.   As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.

 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah.
Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
 (KJV)

Psalms Fifty-six | A golden Psalm of David

To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David

(A golden Psalm of David) 

 when the Philistines took him in Gath.

Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppress me.

Psalms 56:2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

Psalms 56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.



Psalms 56:4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

Psalms 56:5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

Psalms 56:6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

Psalms 56:7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

Psalms 56:8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

Psalms 56:9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

Psalms 56:10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.

Psalms 56:11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

Psalms 56:12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

Psalms 56:13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
 (KJV)

Psalms for the Soul: Psalms Fifty-eight

To the chief Musician, Altaschith,(Destroy Not)

 Michtam of David

Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge uprightly, O you sons of men?

Psalms 58:2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

Psalms 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Psalms 58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; {like the poison: Heb. according to the likeness, etc} {adder: or, asp}

Psalms 58:5
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. {charming...: or, be the charmer never so cunning}

Psalms 58:6
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Psalms 58:7
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

Psalms 58:8
As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

Psalms 58:9
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. {both...: Heb. as living as wrath}

Psalms 58:10
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Psalms 58:11
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. {a reward...: Heb. fruit of the, etc}
 (KJV)

Psalms 57 | When David fled from Saul in the cave.

To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, 

When David  fled from Saul in the cave.

When David fled from King Saul, he hid for a time in the Cave of Adullam.  He was surrounded by enemies, and he feared for his very life.  Just as the cave was a place of refuge for his body, so he believed God was a refuge for his spirit.  Therefore, his heart was strong with courage.

Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trust
in you: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.  I will cry unto God most high; unto God that perform all things for me.

 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.  My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.  They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.  I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.  For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.
 (KJV)