[A Song of degrees of David.] If {it had not been} the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, {and} let them be silent in the grave. {silent...: or, cut off for}

At my first answer no man stood with me, but all {men} forsook me: {I pray God} that it may not be laid to their charge.

Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.

The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

Consider {and} hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the {sleep of} death;

I looked on {my} right hand, and beheld, but {there was} no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. {I looked...: or, Look on the right hand, and see} {failed...: Heb. perished from me} {cared...: Heb. sought after}

[A Song of degrees.] They that trust in the LORD {shall be} as mount Zion, {which} cannot be removed, {but} abideth for ever.

For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. {his own: or, his own home}

So that we may boldly say, The Lord {is} my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

[A Song of degrees of David.] If {it had not been} the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, {and} let them be silent in the grave. {silent...: or, cut off for}

And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It {is} the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them {to depart} from him.