Psalms 21-26

Psalm 21

¹To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, Jehovah; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice.

²Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

³For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness; thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head.

⁴He asked life of thee; thou gavest it him, length of days for ever and ever.

⁵His glory is great through thy salvation; majesty and splendour hast thou laid upon him.

⁶For thou hast made him to be blessings for ever; thou hast filled him with joy by thy countenance.

⁷For the king confideth in Jehovah: and through the loving-kindness of the Most High he shall not be moved.

⁸Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

⁹Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thy presence; Jehovah shall swallow them up in his anger, and the fire shall devour them:

¹⁰Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

¹¹For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.

¹²For thou wilt make them turn their back; thou wilt make ready thy bowstring against their face.

¹³Be thou exalted, Jehovah, in thine own strength: we will sing and celebrate thy power.

Psalm 22

¹To the chief Musician. Upon Aijeleth-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou far from my salvation, from the words of my groaning?

²My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:

³And thou art holy, thou that dwellest amid the praises of Israel.

⁴Our fathers confided in thee: they confided, and thou didst deliver them.

⁵They cried unto thee, and were delivered; they confided in thee, and were not confounded.

⁶But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the despised of the people.

⁷All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying:

⁸Commit it to Jehovah -- let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him!

⁹But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou didst make me trust, upon my mother's breasts.

¹⁰I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my God from my mother's belly.

¹¹Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

¹²Many bulls have encompassed me; Bashan's strong ones have beset me round.

¹³They gape upon me with their mouth, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

¹⁴I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

¹⁵My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death.

¹⁶For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

¹⁷I may count all my bones. They look, they stare upon me;

¹⁸They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

¹⁹But thou, Jehovah, be not far from me; O my strength, haste thee to help me.

²⁰Deliver my soul from the sword; my only one from the power of the dog;

²¹Save me from the lion's mouth. Yea, from the horns of the buffaloes hast thou answered me.

²²I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

²³Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and revere him, all ye the seed of Israel.

²⁴For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him: but when he cried unto him, he heard.

²⁵My praise is from thee, in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

²⁶The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise Jehovah that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

²⁷All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah, and all the families of the nations shall worship before thee:

²⁸For the kingdom is Jehovah's, and he ruleth among the nations.

²⁹All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and he that cannot keep alive his own soul.

³⁰A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

³¹They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.

Psalm 23

¹A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.

²He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside still waters.

³He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

⁴Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

⁵Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

⁶Surely, goodness and loving-kindness shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of Jehovah for the length of the days.

Psalm 24

¹Of David. A Psalm. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

²For it was he that founded it upon seas, and established it upon floods.

³Who shall ascend into the mount of Jehovah? and who shall stand in his holy place?

⁴He that hath blameless hands and a pure heart; who lifteth not up his soul unto vanity, nor sweareth deceitfully:

⁵He shall receive blessing from Jehovah, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

⁶This is the generation of them that seek unto him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

⁷Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.

⁸Who is this King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle.

⁹Lift up your heads, ye gates; yea, lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.

¹⁰Who is he, this King of glory? Jehovah of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

Psalm 25

¹A Psalm of David. Unto thee, Jehovah, do I lift up my soul.

²My God, I confide in thee; let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

³Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed: they shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause.

⁴Make me to know thy ways, O Jehovah; teach me thy paths.

⁵Make me to walk in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

⁶Remember, Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy loving-kindnesses; for they are from everlasting.

⁷Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to thy loving-kindness remember thou me, for thy goodness' sake, Jehovah.

⁸Good and upright is Jehovah; therefore will he instruct sinners in the way:

⁹The meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will he teach his way.

¹⁰All the paths of Jehovah are loving-kindness and truth for such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

¹¹For thy name's sake, O Jehovah, thou wilt indeed pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

¹²What man is he that feareth Jehovah? him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.

¹³His soul shall dwell in prosperity, and his seed shall inherit the earth.

¹⁴The secret of Jehovah is with them that fear him, that he may make known his covenant to them.

¹⁵Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah; for he will bring my feet out of the net.

¹⁶Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; for I am solitary and afflicted.

¹⁷The troubles of my heart are increased: bring me out of my distresses;

¹⁸Consider mine affliction and my travail, and forgive all my sins.

¹⁹Consider mine enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with cruel hatred.

²⁰Keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I trust in thee.

²¹Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

²²Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

Psalm 26

¹A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.

²Prove me, Jehovah, and test me; try my reins and my heart:

³For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked in thy truth.

⁴I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;

⁵I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked.

⁶I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah,

⁷That I may cause the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and declare all thy marvellous works.

⁸Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

⁹Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;

¹⁰In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.

¹¹But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity. Redeem me, and be gracious unto me.

¹²My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I bless Jehovah.