American Standard Version of 1901
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A Psalm of David.Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call:My rock, be not thou deaf unto me;Lest, if thou be silent unto me,I become like them that go down into the pit.
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee,When I lift up my hands {Or, toward the innermost place of thy sanctuary}toward thy holy oracle.
Draw me not away with the wicked,And with the workers of iniquity;That speak peace with their neighbors,But mischief is in their hearts.
Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings:Give them after the operation of their hands;Render to them their desert.
Because they regard not the works of Jehovah,Nor the operation of his hands,He will break them down and not build them up.
A Psalm of David.Jehovah is my light and my salvation;Whom shall I fear?Jehovah is the {Or, stronghold}strength of my life;Of whom shall I be afraid?
When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh,Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
Though a host should encamp against me,My heart shall not fear:Though war should rise against me, {Or, In this}Even then will I be confident.
One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after:That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life,To behold {Or, the pleasantness}the beauty of Jehovah,And to {Or, consider his temple}inquire in his temple.
For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion:In the covert of his {Hebrew: tent.}tabernacle will he hide me;He will lift me up upon a rock.
And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me;And I will offer in his {Hebrew: tent.}tabernacle sacrifices of {Or, shouting Or, trumpet-sounding}joy;I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto Jehovah.
Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice:Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee,Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.
Hide not thy face from me;Put not thy servant away in anger:Thou hast been my help;Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
{Or, For my father and my mother have forsaken me, But Jehovah &c.}When my father and my mother forsake me,Then Jehovah will take me up.
Teach me thy way, O Jehovah;And lead me in a plain path,Because of {Or, them that lie in wait for me}mine enemies.
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries:For false witnesses are risen up against me,And such as breathe out cruelty.
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of JehovahIn the land of the living.
Wait for Jehovah:Be strong, and let thy heart take courage;Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.
A Psalm of David.Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call:My rock, be not thou deaf unto me;Lest, if thou be silent unto me,I become like them that go down into the pit.
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee,When I lift up my hands {Or, toward the innermost place of thy sanctuary}toward thy holy oracle.
Draw me not away with the wicked,And with the workers of iniquity;That speak peace with their neighbors,But mischief is in their hearts.
Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings:Give them after the operation of their hands;Render to them their desert.
Because they regard not the works of Jehovah,Nor the operation of his hands,He will break them down and not build them up.
Blessed be Jehovah,Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
Jehovah is my strength and my shield;My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped:Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth;And with my song will I praise him.
Jehovah is their strength,And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance:Be their shepherd also, and bear them up for ever.
A Psalm of David.Jehovah is my light and my salvation;Whom shall I fear?Jehovah is the {Or, stronghold}strength of my life;Of whom shall I be afraid?
Jehovah is their strength,And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after:That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life,To behold {Or, the pleasantness}the beauty of Jehovah,And to {Or, consider his temple}inquire in his temple.
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee,When I lift up my hands {Or, toward the innermost place of thy sanctuary}toward thy holy oracle.
A Psalm of David.Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call:My rock, be not thou deaf unto me;Lest, if thou be silent unto me,I become like them that go down into the pit.
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee,When I lift up my hands {Or, toward the innermost place of thy sanctuary}toward thy holy oracle.
Draw me not away with the wicked,And with the workers of iniquity;That speak peace with their neighbors,But mischief is in their hearts.
Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings:Give them after the operation of their hands;Render to them their desert.
Because they regard not the works of Jehovah,Nor the operation of his hands,He will break them down and not build them up.
Blessed be Jehovah,Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
Jehovah is my strength and my shield;My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped:Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth;And with my song will I praise him.
Jehovah is their strength,And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance:Be their shepherd also, and bear them up for ever.
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased!Many are they that rise up against me.
Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock; so thou shalt give the congregation and their cattle drink.
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock; so thou shalt give the congregation and their cattle drink.
And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched not forth your hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
And they seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter followed afar off.
And when they came unto the place which is called {According to the Latin Calvary, which has the same meaning.}The skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand and the other on the left.
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bare the sin of many, and {Or, maketh}made intercession for the transgressors.
Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his {Greek: powers.}mighty works were done, because they repented not.
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the {Greek: powers.}mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
see, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the {Or, heavenly bodies}elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be {The most ancient manuscripts read discovered.}burned up.
Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:
and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.
And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:
and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.