All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. {destroy...: Heb. cut them off}

He shall send from heaven, and save me {from} the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. {from the...: or, he reproacheth him that}

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name {is} Holy; I dwell in the high and holy {place}, with him also {that is} of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

But thou, LORD, {art most} high for evermore.

Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, {and} bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? {of a...: Heb. sons of a year?}

O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:

[{A Psalm} of David.] Plead {my cause}, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. {abide: Heb. lodge}

[A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.] LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many {are} they that rise up against me.

The LORD on high {is} mightier than the noise of many waters, {yea, than} the mighty waves of the sea.

For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, {which} go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

[A Psalm {or} Song for the sabbath day.] {It is a} good {thing} to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth. {mine...: Heb. those that observe me}

{We are} troubled on every side, yet not distressed; {we are} perplexed, but not in despair; {in despair: or, altogether without help, or, means}

[{A Psalm} of David.] 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?

He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle {that was} against me: for there were many with me.

I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth {all things} for me.

The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see {my desire} upon mine enemies. {enemies: Heb. observers}

All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed {her} up: certainly this {is} the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen {it}.

Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. {cruel...: Heb. hatred of violence}

I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that {are} with him.

But thou, LORD, {art most} high for evermore.

Many {are} my persecutors and mine enemies; {yet} do I not decline from thy testimonies.

And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear {was} upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, {even} burnt offerings morning and evening.