1 To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

<>God is our … strength, <>God is … very present, <>refuge

2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

<>though the earth be removed

3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

<>though the mountains shake

4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

<>There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, <>the city of God, <>holy place of the tabernacles of the most High

5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

<>God is in the midst of her, <>she shall not be moved

6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

<>The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved … he uttered his voice, the earth melted, <>the kingdoms were moved, <>the earth melted

7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

<>The LORD of hosts is with us

8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.

<>Come, behold the works of the LORD

9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

<>He maketh wars to cease, <>he breaketh the bow

10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

<>Be still, and know that I am God, <>I am God

11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

<>v. 2

3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

<>He shall subdue the people under us, <>subdue

4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

<>He shall choose our inheritance for us, <>inheritance, <>Jacob … he loved.

5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

<>v. 5, <>trumpet

6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

<>sing ye praises with understanding

8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

<>v. 8

9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

<>The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham … God … is greatly exalted.

1 A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

<>vv. 1,4-6, <>Great is the LORD, <>the city of our God, <>the mountain of his holiness

2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

<>vv. 2-3, <>situation, <>situation … on the sides of the north, <>mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King

3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

<>vv. 2-3, <>refuge

4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

<>vv. 1,4-6, <>the kings were assembled … together

5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.

<>vv. 1,4-6

6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

<>vv. 1,4-6

7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

<>v. 7

8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

<>the city of our God: God will establish it for ever

9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

<>thy lovingkindness

10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

<>v. 11, <>daughters

12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

<>vv. 12-13, <>tell the towers

13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

<>vv. 12-13, <>bulwarks, <>tell it to the generation following

14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

<>God … will be our guide, <>he will be our guide even unto death, <>death

1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

<>vv. 1-4, <>inhabitants

2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

<>vv. 1-4

3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

<>vv. 3-4, <>vv. 1-4

4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

<>vv. 3-4, <>vv. 1-4, <>I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying, <>I will incline mine ear to a parable, <>parable, <>dark saying

5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

<>Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, <>the iniquity of my heels

6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

<>They that trust in their wealth, <>boast

7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

<>redeem

8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

<>the redemption of their soul is precious, <>it ceaseth for ever

9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

<>wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, <>wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person, <>perish, <>leave their wealth to others

11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

<>honour

13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

<>This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings.

14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

<>the grave … the grave, <>upright

15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

<>God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave

16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

<>Be not thou afraid when one is made rich

17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

<>when he dieth he shall carry nothing away

18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

<>he blessed his soul

19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

<>they shall never see light

20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

1 A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

<>The mighty God, <>God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth, <>from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof, <>the rising of the sun

2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

<>Zion, the perfection of beauty

3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

<>Our God shall come … a fire shall devour before him, <>Our God shall come … and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

<>He shall call to the heavens from above

5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

<>Gather my saints together unto me

6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

<>the heavens shall declare his righteousness, <>God is judge himself.

7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

<>Hear, O my people, and I will speak, <>I am God

8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

<>v. 8

9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

<>I know all the fowls

12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

<>the world is mine, and the fulness thereof

13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

<>pay thy vows

15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

<>v. 15, <>call upon me

16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

<>v. 16

17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

<>instruction, <>castest my words behind thee

18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

<>When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, <>adulterers

19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

<>Thou givest thy mouth to evil

20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

<>Thou … speakest against thy brother, <>son

21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

<>These things hast thou done, and I kept silence … but I will reprove thee, <>thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself

22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

<>v. 22

23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

<>ordereth his conversation aright

1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

<>Have mercy upon me, O God, <>Have mercy upon me, <>thy lovingkindness, <>the multitude of thy tender mercies, <>thy tender mercies, <>transgressions

2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

<>Wash me throughly, <>cleanse me from my sin

3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

<>v. 3

4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

<>done this evil in thy sight

5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

<>v. 6, <>thou desirest truth in the inward parts, <>in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom

7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

<>Hide thy face from my sins

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

<>v. 10

11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

<>thy presence, <>take not thy holy spirit from me

12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

<>Restore, <>free

13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

<>v. 13, <>converted

14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

<>v. 15

16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

<>thou desirest not sacrifice … thou delightest not in burnt offering

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

<>v. 17, <>despise

18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.