Holy Scripture

65:11 Thou hast crowned the year of Thy goodness, And Thy paths drop fatness.

65:12 Drop do the pastures of a wilderness, And joy of the heights Thou girdest on.

65:13 Clothed have lambs the flock, And valleys are covered with corn, They shout — yea, they sing!

66:1 To the Overseer. — A Song, a Psalm. Shout ye to God, all the earth.

66:2 Praise ye the honour of His name, Make ye honourable His praise.

66:3 Say to God, `How fearful [are] Thy works, By the abundance of Thy strength, Thine enemies feign obedience to Thee.

66:4 All the earth do bow to Thee, They sing praise to Thee, they praise Thy name.’ Selah.

66:5 Come ye, and see the works of God, Fearful acts toward the sons of men.

66:6 He hath turned a sea to dry land, Through a river they pass over on foot, There do we rejoice in Him.

66:7 Ruling by His might to the age, His eyes among the nations do watch, The refractory exalt not themselves. Selah.

66:8 Bless, ye peoples, our God, And sound the voice of His praise,

66:9 Who hath placed our soul in life, And suffered not our feet to be moved.

66:10 For Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver.

66:11 Thou hast brought us into a net, Thou hast placed pressure on our loins.

66:12 Thou hast caused man to ride at our head. We have entered into fire and into water, And Thou bringest us out to a watered place.

66:13 I enter Thy house with burnt-offerings, I complete to Thee my vows,

66:14 For opened were my lips, And my mouth spake in my distress:

66:15 `Burnt-offerings of fatlings I offer to Thee, With perfume of rams, I prepare a bullock with he-goats.’ Selah.

66:16 Come, hear, all ye who fear God, And I recount what he did for my soul.

66:17 Unto Him [with] my mouth I have called, And exaltation [is] under my tongue.

66:18 Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear.

66:19 But God hath heard, He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

66:20 Blessed [is] God, Who hath not turned aside my prayer, And His loving-kindness, from me!

67:1 To the Overseer, with stringed instruments. — A Psalm, a Song. God doth favour us and bless us, Doth cause His face to shine with us. Selah.

67:2 For the knowledge in earth of Thy way, among all nations of Thy salvation.

67:3 Praise Thee do peoples, O God, Praise Thee do peoples, all of them.

67:4 Rejoice and sing do nations, For Thou judgest peoples uprightly, And peoples on earth comfortest. Selah.

67:5 Confess Thee do peoples, O God, Confess Thee do peoples — all of them.

67:6 Earth hath given her increase, God doth bless us — our God,

67:7 God doth bless us, and all ends of earth fear Him!

68:1 To the Overseer. — A Psalm, a song of David. Rise doth God — scattered are His enemies! And those hating Him flee from His face.

63:9 And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth.

63:10 They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are.

63:11 And the king doth rejoice in God, Boast himself doth every one swearing by Him, But stopped is the mouth of those speaking lies!

64:1 To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,

64:2 Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.

64:3 Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow — a bitter word.

64:4 To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.

64:5 They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?’

64:6 They search out perverse things, `We perfected a searching search,’ And the inward part of man, and the heart [are] deep.

64:7 And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

64:8 And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

64:9 And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.

64:10 The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!

65:1 To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. A Song. To Thee, silence — praise, O God, [is] in Zion, And to Thee is a vow completed.

65:2 Hearer of prayer, to Thee all flesh cometh.

65:3 Matters of iniquities were mightier than I, Our transgressions — Thou dost cover them.

65:4 O the happiness of [him whom] Thou choosest, And drawest near, he inhabiteth Thy courts, We are satisfied with the goodness of Thy house, Thy holy temple.

65:5 By fearful things in righteousness Thou answerest us, O God of our salvation, The confidence of all far off ends of earth and sea.

65:6 Establishing mountains by His power, He hath been girded with might,

65:7 Restraining the noise of seas, the noise of their billows, And the multitude of the peoples.

65:8 And the inhabitants of the uttermost parts From Thy signs are afraid, The outgoings of morning and evening Thou causest to sing.

65:9 Thou hast inspected the earth, and waterest it, Thou makest it very rich, the rivulet of God [is] full of water, Thou preparest their corn, When thus Thou dost prepare it,

65:10 Its ridges have been filled, Deepened hath been its furrow, With showers Thou dost soften it, Its springing up Thou blessest.

61:3 For Thou hast been a refuge for me, A tower of strength because of the enemy.

61:4 I sojourn in Thy tent to the ages, I trust in the secret place of Thy wings. Selah.

61:5 For Thou, O God, hast hearkened to my vows, Thou hast appointed the inheritance Of those fearing Thy name.

61:6 Days to the days of the king Thou addest, His years as generation and generation.

61:7 He dwelleth to the age before God, Kindness and truth appoint — they keep him.

61:8 So do I praise Thy name for ever, When I pay my vows day by day!

62:1 To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. — A Psalm of David. Only — toward God [is] my soul silent, From Him [is] my salvation.

62:2 Only — He [is] my rock, and my salvation, My tower, I am not much moved.

62:3 Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down.

62:4 Only — from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah.

62:5 Only — for God, be silent, O my soul, For from Him [is] my hope.

62:6 Only — He [is] my rock and my salvation, My tower, I am not moved.

62:7 On God [is] my salvation, and my honour, The rock of my strength, my refuge [is] in God.

62:8 Trust in Him at all times, O people, Pour forth before Him your heart, God [is] a refuge for us. Selah.

62:9 Only — vanity [are] the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity [are] lighter.

62:10 Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth — when it increaseth — set not the heart.

62:11 Once hath God spoken, twice I heard this, That `strength [is] with God.’

62:12 And with Thee, O Lord, [is] kindness, For Thou dost recompense to each, According to his work!

63:1 A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou [art] my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.

63:2 So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour.

63:3 Because better [is] Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee.

63:4 So I bless Thee in my life, in Thy name I lift up my hands.

63:5 As [with] milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And [with] singing lips doth my mouth praise.

63:6 If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches — I meditate on Thee.

63:7 For Thou hast been a help to me, And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing.

63:8 Cleaved hath my soul after Thee, On me hath Thy right hand taken hold.

59:6 They turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city.

59:7 Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for `Who heareth?’

59:8 And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations.

59:9 O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God [is] my tower — the God of my kindness.

59:10 God doth go before me, He causeth me to look on mine enemies.

59:11 Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.

59:12 The sin of their mouth [is] a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

59:13 Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah.

59:14 And they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go round about the city.

59:15 They — they wander for food, If they are not satisfied — then they murmur.

59:16 And I — I sing [of] Thy strength, And I sing at morn [of] Thy kindness, For thou hast been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity.

59:17 O my Strength, unto Thee I sing praise, For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness!

60:1 To the Overseer. — `Concerning the Lily of Testimony,’ a secret treasure of David, to teach, in his striving with Aram-Naharaim, and with Aram-Zobah, and Joab turneth back and smiteth Edom in the valley of Salt — twelve thousand. O God, Thou hadst cast us off, Thou hadst broken us — hadst been angry! — Thou dost turn back to us.

60:2 Thou hast caused the land to tremble, Thou hast broken it, Heal its breaches, for it hath moved.

60:3 Thou hast shewn Thy people a hard thing, Thou hast caused us to drink wine of trembling.

60:4 Thou hast given to those fearing thee an ensign. To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. Selah.

60:5 That Thy beloved ones may be drawn out, Save [with] Thy right hand, and answer us.

60:6 God hath spoken in His holiness: I exult — I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure,

60:7 Mine [is] Gilead, and mine [is] Manasseh, And Ephraim [is] the strength of my head, Judah [is] my lawgiver,

60:8 Moab [is] my pot for washing, over Edom I cast my shoe, Shout, concerning me, O Philistia.

60:9 Who doth bring me [to] a city of bulwarks? Who hath led me unto Edom?

60:10 Is it not Thou, O God? hast Thou cast us off? And dost Thou not go forth, O God, with our hosts!

60:11 Give to us help from adversity, And vain [is] the deliverance of man.

60:12 In God we do mightily, And He treadeth down our adversaries!

61:1 To the Overseer, on stringed instruments. — By David. Hear, O God, my loud cry, attend to my prayer.

61:2 From the end of the land unto Thee I call, In the feebleness of my heart, Into a rock higher than I Thou dost lead me.

57:4 My soul [is] in the midst of lions, I lie down [among] flames — sons of men, Their teeth [are] a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

57:5 Be Thou exalted above the heavens, O God, Above all the earth Thine honour.

57:6 A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.

57:7 Prepared is my heart, O God, Prepared is my heart, I sing and praise.

57:8 Awake, mine honour, awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the morning dawn.

57:9 I thank Thee among the peoples, O Lord, I praise Thee among the nations.

57:10 For great unto the heavens [is] Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth.

57:11 Be thou exalted above the heavens, O God. Above all the earth Thine honour!

58:1 To the Overseer. — `Destroy not.’ — A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?

58:2 Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.

58:3 The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

58:4 Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,

58:5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.

58:6 O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah.

58:7 They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.

58:8 As a snail that melteth he goeth on, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.

58:9 Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.

58:10 The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.

58:11 And man saith: `Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!’

59:1 To the Overseer. — `Destroy not,’ by David. — A secret treasure, in Saul’s sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.

59:2 Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me.

59:3 For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.

59:4 Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see.

59:5 And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah.

55:14 When together we sweeten counsel, Into the house of God we walk in company.

55:15 Desolations [are] upon them, They go down [to] Sheol — alive, For wickedness [is] in their dwelling, in their midst.

55:16 I — to God I call, and Jehovah saveth me.

55:17 Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice,

55:18 He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.

55:19 God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God,

55:20 He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.

55:21 Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart [is] war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they [are] drawn [swords].

55:22 Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.

55:23 And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I — I do trust in Thee!

56:1 To the Overseer. — `On the Dumb Dove far off.’ — A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines’ taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,

56:2 Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many [are] fighting against me, O most High,

56:3 The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee.

56:4 In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth to me.

56:5 All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts [are] for evil,

56:6 They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

56:7 By iniquity they escape, In anger the peoples put down, O God.

56:8 My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou — place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book?

56:9 Then turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.

56:10 In God I praise the word, In Jehovah I praise the word.

56:11 In God I trusted, I fear not what man doth to me,

56:12 On me, O God, [are] Thy vows, I repay thank-offerings to Thee.

56:13 For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Dost Thou not my feet from falling? To walk habitually before God in the light of the living!

57:1 To the Overseer. — `Destroy not.’ — A secret treasure of David, in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave. Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities pass over.

57:2 I call to God Most High, To God [who] is perfecting for me.

57:3 He sendeth from the heaven, and saveth me, He reproached — who is panting after me. Selah. God sendeth forth His kindness and His truth.

53:3 Every one went back, together they became filthy, There is none doing good — not even one.

53:4 Have not workers of iniquity known, Those eating my people have eaten bread, God they have not called.

53:5 There they feared a fear — there was no fear, For God hath scattered the bones of him Who is encamping against thee, Thou hast put to shame, For God hath despised them.

53:6 Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When God turneth back [to] a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice — Israel is glad!

54:1 To the Overseer with stringed instruments. — An instruction, by David, in the coming in of the Ziphim, and they say to Saul, `Is not David hiding himself with us?’ O God, by Thy name save me, and by Thy might judge me.

54:2 O God, hear my prayer, Give ear to the sayings of my mouth,

54:3 For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah.

54:4 Lo, God [is] a helper to me, The Lord [is] with those supporting my soul,

54:5 Turn back doth the evil thing to mine enemies, In Thy truth cut them off.

54:6 With a free will-offering I sacrifice to Thee, I thank Thy name, O Jehovah, for [it is] good,

54:7 For, from all adversity He delivered me, And on mine enemies hath mine eye looked!

55:1 To the Overseer with stringed instruments. — An instruction, by David. Give ear, O God, [to] my prayer, And hide not from my supplication.

55:2 Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise,

55:3 Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

55:4 My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.

55:5 Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me.

55:6 And I say, `Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,

55:7 Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah.

55:8 I hasten escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind.

55:9 Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.

55:10 By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness [are] in its midst,

55:11 Mischiefs [are] in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.

55:12 For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear [it], He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.

55:13 But thou, a man — as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance.

51:8 Thou causest me to hear joy and gladness, Thou makest joyful bones Thou hast bruised.

51:9 Hide Thy face from my sin. And all mine iniquities blot out.

51:10 A clean heart prepare for me, O God, And a right spirit renew within me.

51:11 Cast me not forth from Thy presence, And Thy Holy Spirit take not from me.

51:12 Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And a willing spirit doth sustain me.

51:13 I teach transgressors Thy ways, And sinners unto Thee do return.

51:14 Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, My tongue singeth of Thy righteousness.

51:15 O Lord, my lips thou dost open, And my mouth declareth Thy praise.

51:16 For Thou desirest not sacrifice, or I give [it], Burnt-offering Thou acceptest not.

51:17 The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.

51:18 Do good in Thy good pleasure with Zion, Thou dost build the walls of Jerusalem.

51:19 Then Thou desirest sacrifices of righteousness, Burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering, Then they offer bullocks on thine altar!

52:1 To the Overseer. — An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.’ What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God [is] all the day.

52:2 Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

52:3 Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.

52:4 Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

52:5 Also — God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.

52:6 And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.

52:7 `Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.’

52:8 And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,

52:9 I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done [it], And I wait [on] Thy name for [it is] good before Thy saints!

53:1 To the Overseer. — `On a disease.’ — An instruction, by David. A fool said in his heart, `There is no God.’ They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good.

53:2 God from the heavens looked on the sons of men, To see if there be an understanding one, [One] seeking God.

50:5 Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.

50:6 And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself [is] judge. Selah.

50:7 Hear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee, God, thy God [am] I.

50:8 Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings [Are] before Me continually.

50:9 I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.

50:10 For Mine [is] every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.

50:11 I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field [is] with Me.

50:12 If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine [is] the world and its fulness.

50:13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?

50:14 Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows.

50:15 And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.

50:16 And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee — to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?

50:17 Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.

50:18 If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers [is] thy portion.

50:19 Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

50:20 Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.

50:21 These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.

50:22 Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

50:23 He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!

51:1 To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David, in the coming inn unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba. Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions.

51:2 Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And from my sin cleanse me,

51:3 For my transgressions I do know, And my sin [is] before me continually.

51:4 Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done the evil thing in Thine eyes, So that Thou art righteous in Thy words, Thou art pure in Thy judging.

51:5 Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.

51:6 Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.

51:7 Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter.

48:10 As [is] Thy name, O God, so [is] Thy praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness hath filled Thy right hand.

48:11 Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.

48:12 Compass Zion, and go round her, count her towers,

48:13 Set your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that ye recount to a later generation,

48:14 That this God [is] our God — To the age and for ever, He — he doth lead us over death!

49:1 To the Overseer. — By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.

49:2 Both low and high, together rich and needy.

49:3 My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding.

49:4 I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

49:5 Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.

49:6 Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

49:7 A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.

49:8 And precious [is] the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased — to the age.

49:9 And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.

49:10 For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

49:11 Their heart [is]: Their houses [are] to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.

49:12 And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

49:13 This their way [is] folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.

49:14 As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form [is] for consumption. Sheol [is] a dwelling for him.

49:15 Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.

49:16 Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,

49:17 For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.

49:18 For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)

49:19 It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

49:20 Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!

50:1 A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods — Jehovah — hath spoken, And He calleth to the earth From the rising of the sun unto its going in.

50:2 From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.

50:3 Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.

50:4 He doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people.