Psalms 16-20

Psalms 16

Psa 16:1 Mich´-tam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in Thee do I put my trust.

Psa 16:2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to Thee;

Psa 16:3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

Psa 16:4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.

Psa 16:5 The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.

Psa 16:6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Psa 16:7 I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

Psa 16:8 I have set the Lord always before me: because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Psa 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

Psa 16:10 For Thou wilt not leave My soul in Hell; neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption.

Psa 16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Psalms 17

Psa 17:1 A Prayer of David Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

Psa 17:2 Let my sentence come forth from Thy presence; let Thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

Psa 17:3 Thou hast proved mine heart; Thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Psa 17:4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of Thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

Psa 17:5 Hold up my goings in Thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

Psa 17:6 I have called upon Thee, for Thou wilt hear me, O God: incline Thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

Psa 17:7 Shew Thy marvellous lovingkindness, O Thou that savest by Thy right hand them which put their trust in Thee from those that rise up against them.

Psa 17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of Thy wings,

Psa 17:9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

Psa 17:10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

Psa 17:11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

Psa 17:12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

Psa 17:13 Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is Thy sword:

Psa 17:14 From men which are Thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly Thou fillest with Thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Psa 17:15 As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness.

Psalms 18

Psa 18:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength.

Psa 18:2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

Psa 18:3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

Psa 18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

Psa 18:5 The sorrows of Hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

Psa 18:6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry came before Him, even into His ears.

Psa 18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because He was wroth.

Psa 18:8 There went up a smoke out of His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

Psa 18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under His feet.

Psa 18:10 And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind.

Psa 18:11 He made darkness His secret place; His pavilion round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Psa 18:12 At the brightness that was before Him His thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

Psa 18:13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave His voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

Psa 18:14 Yea, He sent out His arrows, and scattered them; and He shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

Psa 18:15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at Thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of Thy nostrils.

Psa 18:16 He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters.

Psa 18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

Psa 18:18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.

Psa 18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because He delighted in me.

Psa 18:20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.

Psa 18:21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Psa 18:22 For all His judgments were before me, and I did not put away His statutes from me.

Psa 18:23 I was also upright before Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

Psa 18:24 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyesight.

Psa 18:25 With the merciful Thou wilt shew Thyself merciful; with an upright man Thou wilt shew Thyself upright;

Psa 18:26 With the pure Thou wilt shew Thyself pure; and with the froward Thou wilt shew Thyself froward.

Psa 18:27 For Thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

Psa 18:28 For Thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

Psa 18:29 For by Thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

Psa 18:30 As for God, His way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: He is a buckler to all those that trust in Him.

Psa 18:31 For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?

Psa 18:32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

Psa 18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

Psa 18:34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

Psa 18:35 Thou hast also given me the shield of Thy salvation: and Thy right hand hath holden me up, and Thy gentleness hath made me great.

Psa 18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

Psa 18:37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

Psa 18:38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

Psa 18:39 For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

Psa 18:40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

Psa 18:41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but He answered them not.

Psa 18:42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

Psa 18:43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and Thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

Psa 18:44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

Psa 18:45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

Psa 18:46 The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

Psa 18:47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

Psa 18:48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, Thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: Thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

Psa 18:49 Therefore will I give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto Thy name.

Psa 18:50 Great deliverance giveth He to His king; and sheweth mercy to His anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

Psalms 19

Psa 19:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth His handywork.

Psa 19:2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

Psa 19:3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

Psa 19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath He set a tabernacle for the sun,

Psa 19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

Psa 19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

Psa 19:7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

Psa 19:8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Psa 19:9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

Psa 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Psa 19:11 Moreover by them is Thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

Psa 19:12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse Thou me from secret faults.

Psa 19:13 Keep back Thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

Psa 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

Psalms 20

Psa 20:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

Psa 20:2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

Psa 20:3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.

Psa 20:4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

Psa 20:5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.

Psa 20:6 Now know I that the Lord saveth His anointed; He will hear him from His holy Heaven with the saving strength of His right hand.

Psa 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

Psa 20:8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

Psa 20:9 Save, Lord: let the King hear us when we call.