Old Testament
Psalms
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Chapters
Chapter I
1 Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the sea…
Chapter II
1 Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take…
Chapter III
1 Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me. 2 Many there are who say of my soul,…
Chapter IV
1 Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.…
Chapter V
1 Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation. 2 Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for I pray …
Chapter VI
1 Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath. 2 Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint…
Chapter VII
1 Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, 2 lest they tear apart my …
Chapter VIII
1 Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens! 2 From the li…
Chapter IX
1 I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works. 2 I will be glad and rejoic…
Chapter X
1 Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? 2 In arrogance, the wicked hunt down t…
Chapter XI
1 In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”? 2 For, behold, the wicked ben…
Chapter XII
1 Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men. 2 Everyone lies to his n…
Chapter XIII
1 How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2 How long shall I take counse…
Chapter XIV
1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds. There is no one …
Chapter XV
1 Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill? 2 He who walks blamelessly and does what …
Chapter XVI
1 Preserve me, God, for I take refuge in you. 2 My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I hav…
Chapter XVII
1 Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea. Give ear to my prayer that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips. 2 Let my sentence come o…
Chapter XVIII
1 I love you, Yahweh, my strength. 2 Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take r…
Chapter XIX
1 The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork. 2 Day after day they pour out speech, and night…
Chapter XX
1 May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high, 2 send you help from…
Chapter XXI
1 The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation! 2 You have given him his heart’…
Chapter XXII
1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? 2 My …
Chapter XXIII
1 Yahweh is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters…
Chapter XXIV
1 The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it. 2 For he has founded it on the seas, a…
Chapter XXV
1 To you, Yahweh, I lift up my soul. 2 My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies trium…
Chapter XXVI
1 Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering. 2 Examine me, Yah…
Chapter XXVII
1 Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? …
Chapter XXVIII
1 To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go …
Chapter XXIX
1 Ascribe to Yahweh, you sons of the mighty, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength. 2 Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to …
Chapter XXX
1 I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me. 2 Yahweh my God, I …
Chapter XXXI
1 In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness. 2 Bow down your ear to …
Chapter XXXII
1 Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute…
Chapter XXXIII
1 Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright. 2 Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre. Sing prais…
Chapter XXXIV
1 I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall boast in Yahweh. The humble s…
Chapter XXXV
1 Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me. 2 Take hold of shield and b…
Chapter XXXVI
1 A revelation is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes. 2 For h…
Chapter XXXVII
1 Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness. 2 For they shall soon be c…
Chapter XXXVIII
1 Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure. 2 For your arrows have pierced me, …
Chapter XXXIX
1 I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked…
Chapter XL
1 I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out o…
Chapter XLI
1 Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil. 2 Yahweh will preserve him, and keep…
Chapter XLII
1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God…
Chapter XLIII
1 Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men. 2 For y…
Chapter XLIV
1 We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old. 2 You …
Chapter XLV
1 My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer…
Chapter XLVI
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth chang…
Chapter XLVII
1 Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph! 2 For Yahweh Most High is awesome. He is …
Chapter XLVIII
1 Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain. 2 Beautiful in elevation, th…
Chapter XLIX
1 Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world, 2 both low and high, rich and poor together. 3 M…
Chapter L
1 The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset. 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beau…
Chapter LI
1 Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out …
Chapter LII
1 Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually. 2 Your tongue plots destruction, …
Chapter LIII
1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no on…
Chapter LIV
1 Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might. 2 Hear my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth. 3 For …
Chapter LV
1 Listen to my prayer, God. Don’t hide yourself from my supplication. 2 Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my…
Chapter LVI
1 Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me. 2 My enemies want t…
Chapter LVII
1 Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will t…
Chapter LVIII
1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men? 2 No, in your heart you plo…
Chapter LIX
1 Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me. 2 Deliver me from the workers of…
Chapter LX
1 God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again. 2 You have made the land t…
Chapter LXI
1 Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer. 2 From the end of the earth, I will call to you when my heart is overwhelmed. L…
Chapter LXII
1 My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. 2 He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will nev…
Chapter LXIII
1 God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary la…
Chapter LXIV
1 Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wic…
Chapter LXV
1 Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. Vows shall be performed to you. 2 You who hear prayer, all men will come to you. 3…
Chapter LXVI
1 Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! 2 Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise! 3 Tell God, “How a…
Chapter LXVII
1 May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah. 2 That your way may be known on earth, …
Chapter LXVIII
1 Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him. 2 As smoke is driven away, so…
Chapter LXIX
1 Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck! 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come i…
Chapter LXX
1 Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh. 2 Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul…
Chapter LXXI
1 In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed. 2 Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn y…
Chapter LXXII
1 God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son. 2 He will judge your people with righteousness, …
Chapter LXXIII
1 Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had …
Chapter LXXIV
1 God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture? 2 Remember your …
Chapter LXXV
1 We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works. 2 When I choose…
Chapter LXXVI
1 In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel. 2 His tabernacle is also in Salem. His dwelling place in Zion. 3 …
Chapter LXXVII
1 My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen to me. 2 In the day of my trouble I sought th…
Chapter LXXVIII
1 Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utte…
Chapter LXXIX
1 God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heap…
Chapter LXXX
1 Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out. 2 Before Eph…
Chapter LXXXI
1 Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob! 2 Raise a song, and bring here the tambourin…
Chapter LXXXII
1 God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods. 2 “How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality…
Chapter LXXXIII
1 God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God. 2 For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those …
Chapter LXXXIV
1 How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies! 2 My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart a…
Chapter LXXXV
1 Yahweh, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob. 2 You have forgiven the iniquit…
Chapter LXXXVI
1 Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. 2 Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your serva…
Chapter LXXXVII
1 His foundation is in the holy mountains. 2 Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glor…
Chapter LXXXVIII
1 Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you. 2 Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn…
Chapter LXXXIX
1 I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all genera…
Chapter XC
1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations. 2 Before the mountains were born, before you had formed th…
Chapter XCI
1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of Yahweh, “H…
Chapter XCII
1 It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, to sing praises to your name, Most High, 2 to proclaim your loving kindne…
Chapter XCIII
1 Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty! Yahweh is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can’t be m…
Chapter XCIV
1 Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out. 2 Rise up, you judge of the e…
Chapter XCV
1 Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation! 2 Let’s come before his presence with t…
Chapter XCVI
1 Sing to Yahweh a new song! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth. 2 Sing to Yahweh! Bless his name! Proclaim his salvation fro…
Chapter XCVII
1 Yahweh reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad! 2 Clouds and darkness are around him. Righ…
Chapter XCVIII
1 Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for…
Chapter XCIX
1 Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved. 2 Yahweh is grea…
Chapter C
1 Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands! 2 Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing. 3 Know th…
Chapter CI
1 I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises. 2 I will be careful to live a blamele…
Chapter CII
1 Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you. 2 Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ea…
Chapter CIII
1 Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! 2 Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all hi…
Chapter CIV
1 Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty. 2 He covers himself…
Chapter CV
1 Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples. 2 Sing to him, sing praises to him! …
Chapter CVI
1 Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. 2 Who can utter the mig…
Chapter CVII
1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. 2 Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, w…
Chapter CVIII
1 My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul. 2 Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up t…
Chapter CIX
1 God of my praise, don’t remain silent, 2 for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against …
Chapter CX
1 Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.” 2 Yahweh will …
Chapter CXI
1 Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation. …
Chapter CXII
1 Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments. 2 His offspring will be mig…
Chapter CXIII
1 Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise Yahweh’s name. 2 Blessed be Yahweh’s name, from this time forward a…
Chapter CXIV
1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language, 2 Judah became his sanctuary, Isr…
Chapter CXV
1 Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake. 2 Why …
Chapter CXVI
1 I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy. 2 Because he has turned his ear to me, therefor…
Chapter CXVII
1 Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples! 2 For his loving kindness is great toward us. Yahweh’s fai…
Chapter CXVIII
1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. 2 Let Israel now say that his loving k…
Chapter CXIX
1 Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law. 2 Blessed are those who keep his statu…
Chapter CXX
1 In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me. 2 Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue…
Chapter CXXI
1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? 2 My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and ea…
Chapter CXXII
1 I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to Yahweh’s house!” 2 Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem! 3…
Chapter CXXIII
1 I lift up my eyes to you, you who sit in the heavens. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their mast…
Chapter CXXIV
1 If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say, 2 if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, wh…
Chapter CXXV
1 Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever. 2 As the mountains surround Je…
Chapter CXXVI
1 When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream. 2 Then our mouth was filled with la…
Chapter CXXVII
1 Unless Yahweh builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman gua…
Chapter CXXVIII
1 Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways. 2 For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be h…
Chapter CXXIX
1 Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say: 2 many times they have afflicted me from my yo…
Chapter CXXX
1 Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh. 2 Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pe…
Chapter CXXXI
1 Yahweh, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderfu…
Chapter CXXXII
1 Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction, 2 how he swore to Yahweh, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: 3 “Sure…
Chapter CXXXIII
1 See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil on the head,…
Chapter CXXXIV
1 Look! Praise Yahweh, all you servants of Yahweh, who stand by night in Yahweh’s house! 2 Lift up your hands in the san…
Chapter CXXXV
1 Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh’s name! Praise him, you servants of Yahweh, 2 you who stand in Yahweh’s house, in the courts…
Chapter CXXXVI
1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. 2 Give thanks to the God of gods, for …
Chapter CXXXVII
1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 On the willows in that land, we …
Chapter CXXXVIII
1 I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you. 2 I will bow down toward your…
Chapter CXXXIX
1 Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts f…
Chapter CXL
1 Deliver me, Yahweh, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men: 2 those who devise mischief in their hearts. They con…
Chapter CXLI
1 Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you. 2 Let my prayer be set before…
Chapter CXLII
1 I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy. 2 I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him…
Chapter CXLIII
1 Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me. 2 Don’t enter into…
Chapter CXLIV
1 Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who trains my hands to war, and my fingers to battle— 2 my loving kindness, my fortress, m…
Chapter CXLV
1 I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever. 2 Every day I will praise you. I will ex…
Chapter CXLVI
1 Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul. 2 While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I e…
Chapter CXLVII
1 Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him. 2 Yahweh builds u…
Chapter CXLVIII
1 Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh from the heavens! Praise him in the heights! 2 Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all h…
Chapter CXLIX
1 Praise Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints. 2 Let Israel rejoice in him who ma…
Chapter CL
1 Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power! 2 Praise him for his mighty …
