#first psalm

O GOD, my heart is ready, my heart is ready; * I will sing, and give praise with the best member that I have.       2 Awake, thou lute and harp; * I myself will awake right early.       3 I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the peoples; * I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.       4 For thy mercy is greater than the heavens, * and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.       5 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens, * and thy glory above all the earth;       6 That thy beloved may be delivered: * let thy right hand save them, and hear thou me.

THE LORD is King, be the people never so impatient; * he sitteth between the Cherubim, be the earth never so unquiet.    2 The LORD is great in Sion, * and high above all people.    3 They shall give thanks unto thy Name, * which is great, wonderful, and holy.    4 The King’s power loveth judgment; thou hast prepared equity, * thou hast executed judgment and righteousness in Jacob.    5 O magnify the LORD our God, and fall down before his footstool; * for he is holy.    6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among such as call upon his Name: * these called upon the LORD, and he heard them.    7 He spake unto them out of the cloudy pillar; * for  they kept his testimonies, and the law that he gave them.    8 Thou heardest them, O LORD our God; * thou forgavest them, O God, though thou didst punish their wicked doings.    9 O magnify the LORD our God, and worship him upon hisholy hill; * for the LORD our God is holy.

THE LORD is King, and hath put on glorious apparel; * the LORD hath put on his apparel, and girded himself with strength.            2 He hath made the round world so sure, * that it cannot be moved.            3 Ever since the world began, hath thy seat been prepared: * thou art from everlasting.            4 The floods are risen, O LORD, the floods have lift up their voice; * the floods lift up their waves.            5 The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly; * but yet the LORD, who dwelleth on high, is mightier.            6 Thy testimonies, O LORD, are very sure: * holiness becometh thine house for ever.

O COME, let us sing unto the LORD; * let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.       2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; * and show ourselves glad in him with psalms.      3 For the LORD is a great God; * and a great King above all gods.      4 In his hand are all the corners of the earth; * and the strength of the hills is his also.      5 The sea is his, and he made it; * and his hands prepared the dry land.      6 O come, let us worship and fall down, * and kneel before the LORD our Maker.      7 For he is the Lord our God; * and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.     8 To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts * as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness;     9 When your fathers tempted me, * proved me, and saw my works.    10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, * It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways:    11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath, * that they should not enter into my rest.

THOU, O God, art praised in Sion; * and unto thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem.        2 Thou that hearest the prayer, * unto thee shall all flesh come.        3 My misdeeds prevail against me: * O be thou merciful unto our sins.        4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and receivest unto thee: * he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy temple.        5 Thou shalt show us wonderful things in thy righteousness, O God of our salvation; * thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea.        6 Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains, * and is girded about with power.        7 Who stilleth the raging of the sea, * and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the peoples.        8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens, * thou that makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to praise thee.        9 Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it; * thou makest it very plenteous.       10 The river of God is full of water: * thou preparest their corn, for so thou providest for the earth.        11 Thou waterest her furrows; thou sendest rain into the little valleys thereof; * thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it.        12 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; * and thy clouds drop fatness.        13 They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness; * and the little hills shall rejoice on every side.        14 The folds shall be full of sheep; * the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing.

BOW  down thine ear, O LORD, and hear me; * for I am poor, and in misery.      2 Preserve thou my soul, for I am holy: * my God, save thy servant that putteth his trust in thee.      3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord; * for I will call daily upon thee.      4 Comfort the soul of thy servant; * for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.      5 For thou, Lord, art good and gracious, * and of great mercy unto all them that call upon thee.      6 Give ear, LORD, unto my prayer, * and ponder the voice of my humble desires.      7 In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee; * for thou hearest me.      8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; * there is not one that can do as thou doest.      9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee, O Lord; * and shall glorify thy Name.      10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: * thou art God alone.      11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and I will walk in thy truth: * O knit my heart unto thee, that I may fear thy Name.      12 I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart; * and will praise thy Name for evermore.      13 For great is thy mercy toward me; * and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost hell.      14 O God, the proud are risen against me; * and the congregations of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before their eyes.              15 But thou, O Lord God, art full of compassion and mercy, * long-suffering, plenteous in goodness and truth.      16 O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me; * give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine handmaid.      17 Show some token upon me for good; that they who hate me may see it, and be ashamed, * because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.

THE heavens declare the glory of God; * and the firmament showeth his handy-work.    2 One day telleth another; * and one night certifieth another.    3 There is neither speech nor language; * but their voices are heard among them.    4 Their sound is gone out into all lands; * and their words into the ends of the world.    5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun; * which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his course.    6 It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the heaven, and runneth about unto the end of it again; * and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.    7 The law of the LORD is an undefiled law, converting the soul; * the testimony of the LORD is sure, and giveth wisdom unto the simple.    8 The statutes of the LORD are right, and rejoice the heart; * the commandment of the LORD is pure, and giveth light unto the eyes.    9 The fear of the LORD is clean, and endureth for ever; * the judgments of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether.    10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; * sweeter also than honey, and the honeycomb.    11 Moreover, by them is thy servant taught; * and in keeping of them there is great reward.    12 Who can tell how oft he offendeth? * O cleanse thou me from my secret faults.    13 Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get the dominion over me; * so shall I be undefiled, and innocent from the great offence.     14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be alway acceptable in thy sight, * O LORD, my strength and my redeemer.

GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us, * and show us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us;       2 That thy way may be known upon earth, * thy saving health among all nations.       3 Let the peoples praise thee, O God; * yea, let all the peoples praise thee.       4 O let the nations rejoice and be glad; * for thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.       5 Let the peoples praise thee, O God; * yea, let all the peoples praise thee.       6 Then shall the earth bring forth her increase; * and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing.       7 God shall bless us; * and all the ends of the world shall fear him.