Psalms 5; Psalms 38; Psalms 41; Psalms 42

Psalms 5

1 <Unto the end, for her that obtaineth the inheritance. A psalm for David.> (5-2) Give ear, O Lord, to my words, understand my cry.

2 (5-3) Hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my King and my God.

3 (5-4) For to thee will I pray: O Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear my voice.

4 (5-5) In the morning I will stand before thee, and I will see: because thou art not a God that willest iniquity.

5 (5-6) Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes.

6 (5-7) Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie. The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor.

7 (5-8) But as for me in the multitude of thy mercy, I will come into thy house; I will worship towards thy holy temple, in thy fear.

8 (5-9) Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: because of my enemies, direct my way in thy sight.

9 (5-10) For there is no truth in their mouth: their heart is vain.

10 (5-11) Their throat is an open sepulchre: they dealt deceitfully with their tongues: judge them, O God. Let them fall from their devices: according to the multitude of their wickednesses cast them out: for they have provoked thee, O Lord.

11 (5-12) But let all them be glad that hope in thee: they shall rejoice for ever, and thou shalt dwell in them. And all they that love thy name shall glory in thee.

12 (5-13) For thou wilt bless the just. O Lord, thou hast crowned us, as with a shield of thy good will.

Psalms 38

1 (37-1) <A psalm for David, for a remembrance of the sabbath.> (37-2) Rebuke me not, O Lord, in thy indignation; nor chastise me in thy wrath.

2 (37-3) For thy arrows are fastened in me: and thy hand hath been strong upon me.

3 (37-4) There is no health in my flesh, because of thy wrath: there is no peace for my bones, because of my sins.

4 (37-5) For my iniquities are gone over my head: and as a heavy burden are become heavy upon me.

5 (37-6) My sores are putrefied and corrupted, because of my foolishness.

6 (37-7) I am become miserable, and am bowed down even to the end: I walked sorrowful all the day long.

7 (37-8) For my loins are filled with illusions; and there is no health in my flesh.

8 (37-9) I am afflicted and humbled exceedingly: I roared with the groaning of my heart.

9 (37-10) Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hidden from thee.

10 (37-11) My heart is troubled, my strength hath left me, and the light of my eyes itself is not with me.

11 (37-12) My friends and my neighbours have drawn near, and stood against me. And they that were near me stood afar off:

12 (37-13) And they that sought my soul used violence. And they that sought evils to me spoke vain things, and studied deceits all the day long.

13 (37-14) But I, as a deaf man, heard not: and as a dumb man not opening his mouth.

14 (37-15) And I became as a man that heareth not: and that hath no reproofs in his mouth.

15 (37-16) For in thee, O Lord, have I hoped: thou wilt hear me, O Lord my God.

16 (37-17) For I said: Lest at any time my enemies rejoice over me: and whilst my feet are moved, they speak great things against me.

17 (37-18) For I am ready for scourges: and my sorrow is continually before me.

18 (37-19) For I will declare my iniquity: and I will think of my sin.

19 (37-20) But my enemies live, and are stronger than I: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

20 (37-21) They that render evil for good, have detracted me, because I followed goodness.

21 (37-22) For sake me not, O Lord my God: do not thou depart from me.

22 (37-23) Attend unto my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation.

Psalms 41

1 (40-1) <Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.> (40-2) Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

2 (40-3) The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth: and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.

3 (40-4) The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow: thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.

4 (40-5) I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.

5 (40-6) My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die and his name perish?

6 (40-7) And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things: his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.

7 (40-8) All my enemies whispered together against me: they devised evils to me.

8 (40-9) They determined against me an unjust word: shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?

9 (40-10) For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted me.

10 (40-11) But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise my up again: and I will requite them.

11 (40-12) By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me: because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.

12 (40-13) But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: and hast established me in thy sight for ever.

13 (40-14) Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.

Psalms 42

1 (41-1) <Unto the end, understanding for the sons of Core.> (41-2) As the hart panteth after the fountains of water; so my soul panteth after thee, O God.

2 (41-3) My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God?

3 (41-4) My tears have been my bread day and night, whilst it is said to me daily: Where is thy God?

4 (41-5) These things I remembered, and poured out my soul in me: for I shall go over into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even to the house of God: With the voice of joy and praise; the noise of one feasting.

5 (41-6) Why art thou sad, O my soul? and why dost thou trouble me? Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: the salvation of my countenance,

6 (41-7) And my God. My soul is troubled within my self: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan and Hermon, from the little hill.

7 (41-8) Deep calleth on deep, at the noise of thy flood-gates. All thy heights and thy billows have passed over me.

8 (41-9) In the daytime the Lord hath commanded his mercy; and a canticle to him in the night. With me is prayer to the God of my life.

9 (41-10) I will say to God: Thou art my support. Why hast thou forgotten me? and why go I mourning, whilst my enemy afflicteth me?

10 (41-11) Whilst my bones are broken, my enemies who trouble me have reproached me; Whilst they say to me day be day: Where is thy God?

11 (41-12) Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why dost thou disquiet me? Hope thou in God, for I will still give praise to him: the salvation of my countenance, and my God.