American Standard Version of 1901
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Is there not a {Or, time of service}warfare to man upon earth?And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow,And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:
So am I made to possess months of misery,And wearisome nights are appointed to me.
When I lie down, I say,When shall I arise, and the night be gone?And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust;My skin {Or, is broken and become loathsome}closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle,And are spent without hope.
Oh remember that my life is a breath:Mine eye shall no more see good.
The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more;Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away,So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.
He shall return no more to his house,Neither shall his place know him any more.
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth;I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster,That thou settest a watch over me?
When I say, My bed shall comfort me,My couch shall ease my complaint;
Then thou scarest me with dreams,And terrifiest me through visions:
So that my soul chooseth strangling,And death rather than these my bones.
{Or, I waste away}I loathe my life; I {Or, shall}would not live alway:Let me alone; for my days are {Or, as a breath}vanity.
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him,And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning,And try him every moment?
How long wilt thou not look away from me,Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
If I have sinned, what {Or, can I do}do I unto thee, O thou {Or, preserver}watcher of men?Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee,So that I am a burden to myself?
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity?For now shall I lie down in the dust;And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David.O Jehovah, our Lord,How excellent is thy name in all the earth,Who hast set thy glory {Or, above}upon the heavens!
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength,Because of thine adversaries,That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
What is man, that thou art mindful of him?And the son of man, that thou visitest him?
For thou hast made him but little lower than {Or, the angels Hebrew: Elohim.}God,And crownest him with glory and honor.
Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;Thou hast put all things under his feet:
All sheep and oxen,Yea, and the beasts of the field,
The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
O Jehovah, our Lord,How excellent is thy name in all the earth!
A Psalm of David.Blessed be Jehovah my rock,Who teacheth my hands to war,And my fingers to fight:
My lovingkindness, and my fortress,My high tower, and my deliverer;My shield, and he in whom I take refuge;Who subdueth my people under me.
Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him?Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?
Man is like to {Hebrew: a breath.}vanity:His days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Bow thy heavens, O Jehovah, and come down:Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them;Send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.
Stretch forth thy hand from above;Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters,Out of the hand of aliens;
Whose mouth speaketh deceit,And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God:Upon a psaltery of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
Thou art he that giveth salvation unto kings;Who rescueth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of aliens,Whose mouth speaketh deceit,And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth,And our daughters as corner-stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;
When our garners are full, affording all manner of store,And our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;
When our oxen are well laden;When there is no breaking in, and no {Or, sallying}going forth,And no outcry in our streets:
Happy is the people that is in such a case;Yea, happy is the people whose God is Jehovah.
For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David.O Jehovah, our Lord,How excellent is thy name in all the earth,Who hast set thy glory {Or, above}upon the heavens!
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength,Because of thine adversaries,That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
What is man, that thou art mindful of him?And the son of man, that thou visitest him?
For thou hast made him but little lower than {Or, the angels Hebrew: Elohim.}God,And crownest him with glory and honor.
Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;Thou hast put all things under his feet:
All sheep and oxen,Yea, and the beasts of the field,
The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
O Jehovah, our Lord,How excellent is thy name in all the earth!
A Psalm of David.Blessed be Jehovah my rock,Who teacheth my hands to war,And my fingers to fight:
My lovingkindness, and my fortress,My high tower, and my deliverer;My shield, and he in whom I take refuge;Who subdueth my people under me.
Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him?Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?
Man is like to {Hebrew: a breath.}vanity:His days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Bow thy heavens, O Jehovah, and come down:Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them;Send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.
Stretch forth thy hand from above;Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters,Out of the hand of aliens;
Whose mouth speaketh deceit,And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God:Upon a psaltery of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
Thou art he that giveth salvation unto kings;Who rescueth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of aliens,Whose mouth speaketh deceit,And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth,And our daughters as corner-stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;
When our garners are full, affording all manner of store,And our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;
When our oxen are well laden;When there is no breaking in, and no {Or, sallying}going forth,And no outcry in our streets:
Happy is the people that is in such a case;Yea, happy is the people whose God is Jehovah.