soundness in my body.

It is very different with me, and I am very sore troubled. I howl with the unrest of my heart.

O LORD, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hid from thee.

My heart is troubled, my strength is gone out of me, and the light of my eyes is not with me.

My beloved and my friends stand against me, and shun my plague; and my neighbours stand afar off.

And they that are after my soul oppose me: and they that mean me harm speak as they mean to do harm, and deal in vanity.

But I am as a deaf man, and hear not; and as a dumb man, which openeth not his mouth.

And he shall be as one that heareth not, and hath no gainsaying in his mouth.

But I wait, O LORD, upon thee: thou, O LORD my God, wilt hear.

For I think that they will not rejoice over me. If my foot were shaken, they would glory in me.

For I am made to suffer, and my pain is always before me.

For I acknowledge my iniquity, and make provision for my sin.

But mine enemies live, and are mighty: they that hate me unreasonably are great.

And they that do me evil for good set themselves against me, because I hold fast that which is good.

Forsake me not, O LORD my God: be not thou far from me.
Make haste to help me, O Lord, my help!
The 39th Psalm (^)
Prayer for the right art of dying as a certain remedy against vexation.

A psalm of David, to be sung for Jeduthun.

I have purposed myself, I will take heed lest I sin with my tongue. I will bridle my mouth, because I see the wicked before me.

I am dumb and silent, and keep silence of joys, and eat my sorrows within me.

My heart is kindled in my flesh, and when I remember it, I am kindled; I speak with my tongue.

But teach me, O Lord, that there must be an end to me, and that my life must have an end, and that I must depart from it.

Behold, my days are a handbreadth unto thee, and my life is as nothing before thee. How nothing are all men, who yet live so securely! Sela.

They go therefore as a shadow, and make them much vain trouble; they gather, and know not who shall get it.

Now, O Lord, what shall I comfort myself with? I hope in thee.

Cleanse me from all my sin, and let me not be a mockery to fools.

I will hold my peace, and will not open my mouth: thou shalt do it well.

Turn away thy plague from me: for I am faint at the punishment of thine hand.

If thou chasten a man for sin, his beauty shall be devoured as by moths. Alas, how nothing are all men! Sela.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry, and be not silent over my tears: for I am both thy pilgrim and thy citizen, as are all my fathers.

Depart from me, that I may rest before I go, and be no more here.
The 40th Psalm (^)
Prophecy of Christ, his suffering and his prophetic office:

a psalm of David, to be sung.

I waited upon the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

And he drew me out of the dreadful pit, and out of the mire, and set my feet upon a rock, that I might surely tread;

And hath put a new song in my mouth, to praise our God. Many shall see it, and fear the LORD, and hope in him.

Blessed is he that putteth his hope in the LORD, and turneth not to the proud, and to them that deal in lies.

O LORD my God, great are thy wonders, and thy thoughts, which thou hast done for us.
Nothing is like unto thee. I will declare them, and tell of them, though they be not to be numbered.

Sacrifices and meat offerings are not acceptable unto thee: but thou hast opened mine ears.
Thou wilt not have burnt offerings, nor sin offerings.

And I said, Behold, I come; in the book it is written of me.

Thy will, O my God, will I gladly do; and thy law have I in mine heart.

I will preach righteousness in the great congregation: behold, I will not let my mouth be stopped, O Lord, thou knowest.

Thy righteousness will I not hide in mine heart: of thy truth and of thy salvation will I speak; I will not hide thy lovingkindness and thy faithfulness from the great congregation.

But thou, O LORD, wilt not turn away thy mercy from me: let thy lovingkindness and thy faithfulness keep me always.

For sorrows have compassed me about without number; my sins have taken hold of me, that I cannot see; theirs is more than the hair of my head, and my heart hath failed me.

Be pleased, O LORD, to save me: make haste, O LORD, to help me.

They shall be ashamed and confounded that seek my soul, that they may destroy them: they shall fall back, and be confounded that do me wrong.

They shall be afraid in their shame, which cry over me: There, there!

Let all them that seek thee rejoice and be glad; and let them that love thy salvation say alway, Blessed be the LORD.

For I am poor and wretched: but the LORD taketh care of me. Thou art my helper and my deliverer: my God, consume not.
The 41st Psalm (^)
Of charity and infidelity.

a psalm of David, to be sung.

Blessed is he that taketh care of the needy. The LORD will save him in the evil time.

The LORD shall preserve him, and keep him alive, and make him prosperous in the earth, and shall not give him into the will of his enemies.

The LORD shall refresh him in his bed of death: thou shalt save him from all his sickness.

And I said, Lord, be merciful unto me, and heal my soul: for I have sinned against thee.

Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish?

They come to look, and yet mean not in their heart, but seek something that they may blaspheme, and go and bear it.

All they that hate me murmur together against me, and think evil of me.

you have decided a knavery on me: If he lies, he shall not rise again!

My friend also, in whom I trusted, which did eat my bread, treadeth me under foot.

But thou, O LORD, be gracious unto me, and help me up, and I will pay them.

By this I know that thou delightest in me, that mine enemy shall not exult over me.

But thou hast preserved me for my righteousness’ sake, and hast set me before thy face for ever.

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from henceforth even for ever. Amen, amen.
The 42nd Psalm (^)
Misery and comfort of the persecuted.

an instruction of the children of Korah to sing aloud.

As the hart crieth for fresh water, so crieth my soul, O GOD, unto thee.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When will I come to see the face of God?

My tears are my meat day and night, because they say unto me daily, Where is now thy God?

And when I consider it, I pour out my heart unto myself: for I would go with the multitude,
and walk with them in the house of God, rejoicing and giving thanks among the multitude that feast.

Why art thou grieved, O my soul, and art troubled within me? Wait upon God; for I will yet thank him, that he will help me with his countenance.

O my God, my soul is grieved within me: therefore I remember thee in the land of Jordan and Hermonim, in the little mountain.

Thy floods roar, and thy depths roar: all thy waves and thy billows pass over me.

The LORD hath promised his goodness by day, and by night I sing unto him, and pray unto the LORD of my life.

I say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why must I walk so sadly when my enemy presses me?

It is as murder in mine legs, that mine enemies reproach me, when they say unto me daily, Where is now thy God?

Why art thou troubled, O my soul, and art troubled within me? Wait upon God; for I will yet thank him, that he is the help of my countenance, and my God.
The 43rd Psalm (^)
Recourse to God, the Supreme Judge

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against the unholy people, and deliver me from the false and wicked people.

For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou cast me off? Why hast thou let me go so sadly, when mine enemy presseth me?

Send thy light and thy truth, that they may guide me, and bring me unto thy holy mountain, and unto thy dwelling place,

that I may go in to the altar of GOD, to the GOD who is my joy and delight, and to you, GOD; on the harp give thanks, my GOD!

Why art thou grieved, O my soul, and art troubled within me? Wait upon God; for I will yet thank him, that he is the help of my countenance, and my God.
The 44th Psalm (^)
General condition and prayer of the saints.

an instruction of the children of Korah to sing aloud,

O God, we have heard with our ears; our fathers have told us what thou didst in their days of old.

Thou hast driven out the heathen with thine hand, but thou hast established them: thou hast destroyed the nations, but thou hast spread them abroad.

For they took not the land by