American Standard Version of 1901
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For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness;Thou hast set me at large when I was in distress: {Or, Be gracious unto me}Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
And I prayed unto Jehovah, and said, O Lord Jehovah, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, that thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam. {Or, Is the righteousness ye should speak dumb?}Do ye indeed {Or, as otherwise read, O ye gods Or, O ye mighty ones}in silence speak righteousness?Do ye {Or, judge uprightly the sons of men}judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God:Set me on high from them that rise up against me.
For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.We give thanks unto thee, O God;We give thanks, {Or, for that thy name is near Thy wonderous works declare}for thy name is near:Men tell of thy wondrous works.
And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.We give thanks unto thee, O God;We give thanks, {Or, for that thy name is near Thy wonderous works declare}for thy name is near:Men tell of thy wondrous works.
When I shall {Hebrew: take.}find the set time,I will judge uprightly.
{Or, When the earth…I set up}The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved:I have {Hebrew: proportioned.}set up the pillars of it. [Selah
I said unto the {Or, fools}arrogant, Deal not arrogantly;And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Lift not up your horn on high;Speak not {Or, insolently with a haughty neck}with a stiff neck.
For neither from the east, nor from the west,Nor yet {Or, from the wilderness of mountains cometh judgment}from the {Hebrew: wilderness.}south, cometh lifting up.
But God is the judge:He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.
For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine {Or, is red}foameth;It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same:Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.
But I will declare for ever,I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off;But the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
For the Chief Musician; set to {That is, The silent dove of them that are afar off. Or, as otherwise read, The dove of the distant terebinths.}Jonath elem rehokim. A Psalm of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up:All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.
Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer.I cry with my voice unto Jehovah;With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.
David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.
And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was {Hebrew: bitter of soul.}discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.