A Prayer for Help against the Foe

1081 Prepared is my heart, O God, I sing, yea, I sing praise, also my honour. 2 Awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the dawn. 3 I thank Thee among peoples, O Jehovah, And I praise Thee among the nations. 4 For great above the heavens 'is' Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth. 5 Be Thou exalted above the heavens, O God, And above all the earth Thy honour.

6 That Thy beloved ones may be delivered, Save 'with' Thy right hand, and answer us. 7 God hath spoken in His holiness: I exult, I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure, 8 Mine 'is' Gilead, mine 'is' Manasseh, And Ephraim 'is' the strength of my head, Judah 'is' my lawgiver, 9 Moab 'is' a pot for my washing, Upon Edom I cast my shoe, Over Philistia I shout habitually. 10 Who doth bring me in to the fenced city? Who hath led me unto Edom? 11 Hast not Thou, O God, cast us off? And Thou goest not out, O God, with our hosts! 12 Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the salvation of man. 13 In God we do mightily, And He doth tread down our adversaries!

A Cry for Vengeance

1091 O God of my praise, be not silent, 2 For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me—A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred! 3 They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause. 4 For my love they oppose me, and I—prayer! 5 And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

6 Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand. 7 In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin. 8 His days are few, his oversight another taketh, 9 His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places. 11 An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour. 12 He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans. 13 His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out. 14 The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out. 15 They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial. 16 Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart—to slay, 17 And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him. 18 And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones. 19 It is to him as apparel—he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on. 20 This 'is' the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul.

21 And Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name's sake, Because Thy kindness 'is' good, deliver me. 22 For I 'am' poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst. 23 As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust. 24 My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness. 25 And I—I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head. 26 Help me, O Jehovah my God, Save me, according to Thy kindness. 27 And they know that this 'is' Thy hand, Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast done it. 28 They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice. 29 Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe 'is' their shame. 30 I thank Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I praise Him, 31 For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.

The LORD Gives Dominion to the King

1101 The affirmation of Jehovah to my Lord: 'Sit at My right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.' 2 The rod of thy strength doth Jehovah send from Zion, Rule in the midst of thine enemies. 3 Thy people 'are' free-will gifts in the day of Thy strength, in the honours of holiness, From the womb, from the morning, Thou hast the dew of thy youth. 4 Jehovah hath sworn, and doth not repent, 'Thou 'art' a priest to the age, According to the order of Melchizedek.'

5 The Lord on thy right hand smote kings In the day of His anger. 6 He doth judge among the nations, He hath completed the carcases, Hath smitten the head over the mighty earth. 7 From a brook in the way he drinketh, Therefore he doth lift up the head!

The LORD's Care for His People

1111 Praise ye Jah! I thank Jehovah with the whole heart, In the secret meeting of the upright, And of the company. 2 Great 'are' the works of Jehovah, Sought out by all desiring them. 3 Honourable and majestic is His work, And His righteousness is standing for ever. 4 A memorial He hath made of His wonders, Gracious and merciful 'is' Jehovah. 5 Prey He hath given to those fearing Him, He remembereth to the age His covenant.

6 The power of His works He hath declared to His people, To give to them the inheritance of nations. 7 The works of His hands 'are' true and just, Stedfast 'are' all His appointments. 8 They are sustained for ever to the age. They are made in truth and uprightness. 9 Redemption He hath sent to His people, He hath appointed to the age His covenant, Holy and fearful 'is' His name. 10 The beginning of wisdom 'is' fear of Jehovah, Good understanding have all doing them, His praise 'is' standing for ever!

The Prosperity of Him Who Fears the LORD

1121 Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly. 2 Mighty in the earth is his seed, The generation of the upright is blessed. 3 Wealth and riches 'are' in his house, And his righteousness is standing for ever. 4 Light hath risen in darkness to the upright, Gracious, and merciful, and righteous. 5 Good 'is' the man—gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.

6 For—to the age he is not moved; For a memorial age-during is the righteous. 7 Of an evil report he is not afraid, Prepared is His heart, confident in Jehovah. 8 Sustained is his heart—he feareth not, Till that he look on his adversaries. 9 He hath scattered—hath given to the needy, His righteousness is standing for ever, His horn is exalted with honour. 10 The wicked seeth, and hath been angry, His teeth he gnasheth, and hath melted, The desire of the wicked doth perish!

Praise for Exalting the Humble

1131 Praise ye Jah! Praise, ye servants of Jehovah. Praise the name of Jehovah. 2 The name of Jehovah is blessed, From henceforth, and unto the age. 3 From the rising of the sun unto its going in, Praised 'is' the name of Jehovah. 4 High above all nations 'is' Jehovah, Above the heavens 'is' his honour. 5 Who 'is' as Jehovah our God, He is exalting 'Himself' to sit? 6 He is humbling 'Himself' to look On the heavens and on the earth. 7 He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy. 8 To cause to sit with princes, With the princes of His people. 9 Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!

The Wonders of the Exodus

1141 In the going out of Israel from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a strange people, 2 Judah became His sanctuary, Israel his dominion. 3 The sea hath seen, and fleeth, The Jordan turneth backward. 4 The mountains have skipped as rams, Heights as sons of a flock. 5 What—to thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, thou turnest back! 6 O mountains, ye skip as rams! O heights, as sons of a flock! 7 From before the Lord be afraid, O earth, From before the God of Jacob, 8 He is turning the rock to a pool of waters, The flint to a fountain of waters!