Psalm 141 - A Psalm of David
Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto
my voice, when I cry unto thee.
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up
of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works
with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it
shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer
also shall be in their calamities.
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear
my words; for they are sweet.
Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth
and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust;
leave not my soul destitute.
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the
gins of the workers of iniquity.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
Psalm 142 - Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave
I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the
Lord did I make my supplication.
I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path.
In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man
that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my
portion in the land of the living.
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: me from my persecutors;
for they are stronger than I.
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous
shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
Psalm 143 - A Psalm of David.
Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness
answer me, and in thy righteousness.
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight
shall no man living be justified.
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground;
he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I
muse on the work of thy hands.
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after
thee, as a thirsty land.
Selah.
Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy
face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust:
cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead
me into the land of uprightness.
Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake
bring my soul out of trouble.
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict
my soul: for I am thy servant.
Psalm 144 - A Psalm of David
Blessed be the Lord my strength teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my
shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him!
or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters,
from the hand of strange children;
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten
strings will I sing praises unto thee.
It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his
servant from the hurtful sword.
Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth
speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters
may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that
our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking
in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that
people, whose God is the Lord.
Psalm 145 - David's Psalm of praise.
I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and
his greatness is unsearchable.
One generation shall praise thy works to another, and
shall declare thy mighty acts.
I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and
I will declare thy greatness.
They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and
shall sing of thy righteousness.
The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to
anger, and of great mercy.
The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee.
They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the
glorious majesty of his kingdom.
Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth
throughout all generations.
The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all
that call upon him in truth.
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear
their cry, and will save them.
The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless
his holy name for ever and ever.