Psalms 65; Psalms 66; Psalms 67; Psalms 69; Psalms 70

Psalms 65

1 (64-1) <To the end, a psalm of David. The canticle of Jeremias and Ezechiel to the people of the captivity, when they began to go out.> (64-2) A hymn, O God, becometh thee in Sion: and a vow shall be paid to thee in Jerusalem.

2 (64-3) O hear my prayer: all flesh shall come to thee.

3 (64-4) The words of the wicked have prevailed over us: and thou wilt pardon our transgressions.

4 (64-5) Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and taken to thee: he shall dwell in thy courts. We shall be filled with the good things of thy house; holy is thy temple,

5 (64-6) Wonderful in justice. Hear us, O God our saviour, who art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and in the sea afar off.

6 (64-7) Thou who preparest the mountains by thy strength, being girded with power:

7 (64-8) Who troublest the depth of the sea, the noise of its waves. The Gentiles shall be troubled,

8 (64-9) And they that dwell in the uttermost borders shall be afraid at thy signs: thou shalt make the outgoings of the morning and of the evening to be joyful.

9 (64-10) Thou hast visited the earth, and hast plentifully watered it; thou hast many ways enriched it. The river of God is filled with water, thou hast prepared their food: for so is its preparation.

10 (64-11) Fill up plentifully the streams thereof, multiply its fruits; it shall spring up and rejoice in its showers.

11 (64-12) Thou shalt bless the crown of the year of thy goodness: and thy fields shall be filled with plenty.

12 (64-13) The beautiful places of the wilderness shall grow fat: and the hills shall be girded about with joy,

13 (64-14) The rams of the flock are clothed, and the vales shall abound with corn: they shall shout, yea they shall sing a hymn.

Psalms 66

1 (65-1) <Unto the end, a canticle of a psalm of the resurrection.> Shout with joy to God, all the earth,

2 (65-2) Sing ye a psalm to his name; give glory to his praise.

3 (65-3) Say unto God, How terrible are thy works, O Lord! in the multitude of thy strength thy enemies shall lie to thee.

4 (65-4) Let all the earth adore thee, and sing to thee: let it sing a psalm to thy name.

5 (65-5) Come and see the works of God; who is terrible in his counsels over the sons of men.

6 (65-6) Who turneth the sea into dry land, in the river they shall pass on foot: there shall we rejoice in him.

7 (65-7) Who by his power ruleth for ever: his eyes behold the nations; let not them that provoke him be exalted in themselves.

8 (65-8) O bless our God, ye Gentiles: and make the voice of his praise to be heard.

9 (65-9) Who hath set my soul to live: and hath not suffered my feet to be moved:

10 (65-10) For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us by fire, as silver is tried.

11 (65-11) Thou hast brought us into a net, thou hast laid afflictions on our back:

12 (65-12) Thou hast set men over our heads. We have passed through fire and water, and thou hast brought us out into a refreshment.

13 (65-13) I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

14 (65-14) Which my lips have uttered, And my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

15 (65-15) I will offer up to thee holocausts full of marrow, with burnt offerings of rams: I will offer to thee bullocks with goats.

16 (65-16) Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will tell you what great things he hath done for my soul.

17 (65-17) I cried to him with my mouth: and I extolled him with my tongue.

18 (65-18) If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.

19 (65-19) Therefore hath God heard me, and hath attended to the voice of my supplication.

20 (65-20) Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

Psalms 67

1 (66-1) <Unto the end, in hymns, a psalm of a canticle for David.> (66-2) May God have mercy on us, and bless us: may he cause the light of his countenance to shine upon us, and may he have mercy on us.

2 (66-3) That we may know thy way upon earth: thy salvation in all nations.

3 (66-4) Let people confess to thee, O God: let all people give praise to thee.

4 (66-5) Let the nations be glad and rejoice: for thou judgest the people with justice, and directest the nations upon earth.

5 (66-6) Let the people, O God, confess to thee: let all the people give praise to thee:

6 (66-7) The earth hath yielded her fruit. May God, our God bless us,

7 (66-8) May God bless us: and all the ends of the earth fear him.

Psalms 69

1 (68-1) <Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David.> (68-2) Save me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.

2 (68-3) I stick fast in the mire of the deep and there is no sure standing. I am come into the depth of the sea, and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.

3 (68-4) I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse, my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.

4 (68-5) They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, who hate me without cause. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away.

5 (68-6) O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my offences are not hidden from thee:

6 (68-7) Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for thee, O Lord, the Lord of hosts. Let them not be confounded on my account, who seek thee, O God of Israel.

7 (68-8) Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

8 (68-9) I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.

9 (68-10) For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

10 (68-11) And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me.

11 (68-12) And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.

12 (68-13) They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank wine made me their song.

13 (68-14) But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord; for the time of thy good pleasure, O God. In the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

14 (68-15) Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

15 (68-16) Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep water swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

16 (68-17) Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

17 (68-18) And turn not away thy face from thy servant: for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.

18 (68-19) Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my enemies.

19 (68-20) Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.

20 (68-21) In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none.

21 (68-22) And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 (68-23) Let their table become as a snare before them, and a recompense, and a stumblingblock.

23 (68-24) Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back bend thou down always.

24 (68-25) Pour out thy indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

25 (68-26) Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles.

26 (68-27) Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.

27 (68-28) Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice.

28 (68-29) Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the just let them not be written.

29 (68-30) But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set me up.

30 (68-31) I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will magnify him with praise.

31 (68-32) And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.

32 (68-33) Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.

33 (68-34) For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners.

34 (68-35) Let the heavens and the earth praise him; the sea, and every thing that creepeth therein.

35 (68-36) For God will save Sion, and the cities of Juda shall be built up. And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by inheritance.

36 (68-37) And the seed of his servants shall possess it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

Psalms 70

1 (69-1) <Unto the end, a psalm for David, to bring to remembrance that the Lord saved him.> (69-2) O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me.

2 (69-3) Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek my soul:

3 (69-4) Let them be turned backward, and blush for shame that desire evils to me: Let them be presently turned away blushing for shame that say to me: ’Tis well, ’tis well.

4 (69-5) Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; and let such as love thy salvation say always: The Lord be magnified.

5 (69-6) But I am needy and poor; O God, help me. Thou art my helper and my deliverer: O lord, make no delay.