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{"book": "Psalms","chapters": [{"chapter": "1", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish."}]}, {"chapter": "2", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?"}, {"verse": "2", "text": "The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,"}, {"verse": "3", "text": "Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter\u2019s vessel."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him."}]}, {"chapter": "3", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah."}]}, {"chapter": "4", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety."}]}, {"chapter": "5", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield."}]}, {"chapter": "6", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?"}, {"verse": "4", "text": "Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies\u2019 sake."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?"}, {"verse": "6", "text": "I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly."}]}, {"chapter": "7", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:"}, {"verse": "2", "text": "Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;"}, {"verse": "4", "text": "If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)"}, {"verse": "5", "text": "Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors."}, {"verse": "14", "text": "Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood."}, {"verse": "15", "text": "He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made."}, {"verse": "16", "text": "His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate."}, {"verse": "17", "text": "I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high."}]}, {"chapter": "8", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;"}, {"verse": "4", "text": "What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?"}, {"verse": "5", "text": "For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:"}, {"verse": "7", "text": "All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;"}, {"verse": "8", "text": "The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!"}]}, {"chapter": "9", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:"}, {"verse": "14", "text": "That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation."}, {"verse": "15", "text": "The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken."}, {"verse": "16", "text": "The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah."}, {"verse": "17", "text": "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God."}, {"verse": "18", "text": "For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever."}, {"verse": "19", "text": "Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight."}, {"verse": "20", "text": "Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah."}]}, {"chapter": "10", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?"}, {"verse": "2", "text": "The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "For the wicked boasteth of his heart\u2019s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it."}, {"verse": "14", "text": "Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless."}, {"verse": "15", "text": "Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none."}, {"verse": "16", "text": "The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land."}, {"verse": "17", "text": "LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:"}, {"verse": "18", "text": "To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress."}]}, {"chapter": "11", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?"}, {"verse": "2", "text": "For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?"}, {"verse": "4", "text": "The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD\u2019s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright."}]}, {"chapter": "12", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:"}, {"verse": "4", "text": "Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?"}, {"verse": "5", "text": "For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted."}]}, {"chapter": "13", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?"}, {"verse": "2", "text": "How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?"}, {"verse": "3", "text": "Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;"}, {"verse": "4", "text": "Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me."}]}, {"chapter": "14", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad."}]}, {"chapter": "15", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?"}, {"verse": "2", "text": "He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved."}]}, {"chapter": "16", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;"}, {"verse": "3", "text": "But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "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."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore."}]}, {"chapter": "17", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "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."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "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."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,"}, {"verse": "9", "text": "From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;"}, {"verse": "12", "text": "Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:"}, {"verse": "14", "text": "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."}, {"verse": "15", "text": "As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness."}]}, {"chapter": "18", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "I will love thee, O LORD, my strength."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "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."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "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."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire."}, {"verse": "14", "text": "Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them."}, {"verse": "15", "text": "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."}, {"verse": "16", "text": "He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters."}, {"verse": "17", "text": "He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me."}, {"verse": "18", "text": "They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay."}, {"verse": "19", "text": "He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me."}, {"verse": "20", "text": "The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me."}, {"verse": "21", "text": "For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God."}, {"verse": "22", "text": "For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me."}, {"verse": "23", "text": "I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity."}, {"verse": "24", "text": "Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight."}, {"verse": "25", "text": "With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;"}, {"verse": "26", "text": "With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward."}, {"verse": "27", "text": "For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks."}, {"verse": "28", "text": "For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness."}, {"verse": "29", "text": "For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall."}, {"verse": "30", "text": "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."}, {"verse": "31", "text": "For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?"}, {"verse": "32", "text": "It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect."}, {"verse": "33", "text": "He maketh my feet like hinds\u2019 feet, and setteth me upon my high places."}, {"verse": "34", "text": "He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms."}, {"verse": "35", "text": "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."}, {"verse": "36", "text": "Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip."}, {"verse": "37", "text": "I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed."}, {"verse": "38", "text": "I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet."}, {"verse": "39", "text": "For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me."}, {"verse": "40", "text": "Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me."}, {"verse": "41", "text": "They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not."}, {"verse": "42", "text": "Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets."}, {"verse": "43", "text": "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."}, {"verse": "44", "text": "As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me."}, {"verse": "45", "text": "The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places."}, {"verse": "46", "text": "The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted."}, {"verse": "47", "text": "It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me."}, {"verse": "48", "text": "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."}, {"verse": "49", "text": "Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name."}, {"verse": "50", "text": "Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore."}]}, {"chapter": "19", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "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,"}, {"verse": "5", "text": "Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "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."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "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."}, {"verse": "14", "text": "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer."}]}, {"chapter": "20", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;"}, {"verse": "2", "text": "Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;"}, {"verse": "3", "text": "Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "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."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "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."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call."}]}, {"chapter": "21", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!"}, {"verse": "2", "text": "Thou hast given him his heart\u2019s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power."}]}, {"chapter": "22", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?"}, {"verse": "2", "text": "O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,"}, {"verse": "8", "text": "He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother\u2019s breasts."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother\u2019s belly."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion."}, {"verse": "14", "text": "I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels."}, {"verse": "15", "text": "My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death."}, {"verse": "16", "text": "For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet."}, {"verse": "17", "text": "I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me."}, {"verse": "18", "text": "They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture."}, {"verse": "19", "text": "But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me."}, {"verse": "20", "text": "Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog."}, {"verse": "21", "text": "Save me from the lion\u2019s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns."}, {"verse": "22", "text": "I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee."}, {"verse": "23", "text": "Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel."}, {"verse": "24", "text": "For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard."}, {"verse": "25", "text": "My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him."}, {"verse": "26", "text": "The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever."}, {"verse": "27", "text": "All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee."}, {"verse": "28", "text": "For the kingdom is the LORD\u2019s: and he is the governor among the nations."}, {"verse": "29", "text": "All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul."}, {"verse": "30", "text": "A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation."}, {"verse": "31", "text": "They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this."}]}, {"chapter": "23", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name\u2019s sake."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever."}]}, {"chapter": "24", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "The earth is the LORD\u2019s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?"}, {"verse": "4", "text": "He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah."}]}, {"chapter": "25", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness\u2019 sake, O LORD."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "For thy name\u2019s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth."}, {"verse": "14", "text": "The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant."}, {"verse": "15", "text": "Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net."}, {"verse": "16", "text": "Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted."}, {"verse": "17", "text": "The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses."}, {"verse": "18", "text": "Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins."}, {"verse": "19", "text": "Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred."}, {"verse": "20", "text": "O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee."}, {"verse": "21", "text": "Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee."}, {"verse": "22", "text": "Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles."}]}, {"chapter": "26", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:"}, {"verse": "7", "text": "That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:"}, {"verse": "10", "text": "In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD."}]}, {"chapter": "27", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?"}, {"verse": "2", "text": "When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living."}, {"verse": "14", "text": "Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD."}]}, {"chapter": "28", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever."}]}, {"chapter": "29", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace."}]}, {"chapter": "30", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?"}, {"verse": "10", "text": "Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;"}, {"verse": "12", "text": "To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever."}]}, {"chapter": "31", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an hou