Kathisma II

I will give thanks to Thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all Thy wonderful works.

I will be glad and exult in Thee: I will sing to Thy name, O Thou Most High.

When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at Thy presence.

For Thou hast maintained my cause and my right; Thou satest on the throne, that judgest righteousness.

Thou hast rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one hath perished; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever, even for ever and ever.

The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and Thou hast destroyed cities: their memorial hath been destroyed with a noise,

but the Lord endureth for ever: He hath prepared His throne for judgment.

And He will judge the world in righteousness, He will judge the nations in uprightness.

The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.

And let them that know Thy name hope in Thee: for Thou, O Lord, hast not failed them that diligently seek Thee.

Sing praises to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare His dealings among the nations.

For He remembered them, in making inquisition for blood: He hath not forgotten the supplication of the poor.

Have mercy upon me, O Lord; look upon mine affliction which I suffer of mine enemies, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

that I may declare all Thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion: I will exult in Thy salvation.

The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.

The Lord is known as executing judgments: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. Selah.

Let sinners be driven away into Hades, even all the nations that forget God.

For the poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever.

Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before Thee.

Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men.

Why standest Thou afar off, O Lord? why dost Thou overlook us in times of need, in affliction?

While the ungodly one acteth proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: the wicked are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.

Because the sinner praiseth himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesseth himself.

The sinner hath provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after Him: God is not before him.

His ways are profane at all times; Thy judgments are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.

For he hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved, continuing without evil from generation to generation.

Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.

He lieth in wait with rich men in secret places, in order to kill the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor.

He lieth in wait in secret as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to ravish the poor, to ravish the poor when he draweth him after him: he will bring him down in his snare.

He will bow down and fall when he hath mastered the poor.

For he hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: He hath turned away His face so as never to look.

Arise, O Lord God; let Thy hand be lifted up: forget not the poor.

Therefore, hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said in his heart, He will not require it.

Thou seest it; for Thou dost observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into Thy hands: the poor hath been left to Thee; Thou wert a helper to the orphan.

Break Thou the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.

The Lord shall reign for ever, even for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish out His land.

The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: Thine ear hath inclined to the preparation of their heart;

to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth.

In the Lord I have put my trust: how will ye say to my soul,

Flee to the mountains as a sparrow?

For behold the sinners have bent their bow, they have prepared their arrows for the quiver, to shoot privily at the upright in heart.

For they have pulled down what Thou didst frame, but what hath the righteous done?

The Lord is in His holy temple, as for the Lord, His throne is in heaven: His eyes look upon the poor, His eyelids try the sons of men.

The Lord trieth the righteous and the ungodly: and he that loveth unrighteousness hateth his own soul.

He shall rain upon sinners snares, fire, and brimstone, and a stormy blast shall be the portion of their cup.

For the Lord is righteous, and loveth righteousness; His face beholdeth uprightness.

Save me, O Lord; for the godly man hath failed; for truth is diminished from among the children of men.

Every one hath spoken vanity to his neighbor: their lips are deceitful, they have spoken with a double heart.

Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh great words:

who have said, We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own: who is Lord of us?

Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly.

The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us, and shalt preserve us, from this generation, and for ever.

The ungodly walk around: according to Thy greatness Thou hast greatly exalted the sons of men.

How long, O Lord, wilt Thou forget me? for ever? how long wilt Thou turn away Thy face from me?

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrows in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Look on me, listen to me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death;

lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: my persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved.

But I have hoped in Thy mercy; my heart shall exult in Thy salvation.

I will sing to the Lord who hath dealt bountifully with me, and I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord Most High.

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in their devices; there is none that doeth goodness, there is not even so much as one.

The Lord looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any that understood, or sought after God.

They are all gone out of the way, they are together become good for nothing, there is none that doeth good, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood: destruction and misery are in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes.

Will not all the workers of iniquity know, who eat up my people as they would eat bread? they have not called upon the Lord.

There were they alarmed with fear, where there was no fear; for God is in the righteous generation.

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his hope.

Who will bring the salvation of Israel out of Sion? when the Lord bringeth back the captivity of His people, let Jacob exult, and Israel be glad.

O Lord, who shall sojourn in Thy tabernacle? and who shall dwell in Thy holy mountain?

He that walketh blameless, and worketh righteousness, who speaketh truth in his heart.

Who hath not spoken craftily with his tongue, neither hath done evil to his neighbor, nor taken up a reproach against them that lived nearest to him.

In his sight an evil-worker is set at nothing, but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He sweareth to his neighbor, and disappointeth him not.

He hath not lent his money on usury, and hath not received bribes against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

Keep me, O Lord; for I have hoped in Thee.

I said to the Lord, Thou art my Lord; for Thou hast no need of my goodness.

On behalf of the saints that are in His land, He hath magnified all His pleasure in them.

Their weaknesses have been multiplied; afterward they hasted. I will by no means assemble their bloody meetings, neither will I make mention of their names with my lips.

The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou art He that restoreth mine inheritance to me.

The lines have fallen to me in the best places, yea, I have a most excellent heritage.

I will bless the Lord who hath instructed me; my reins too have chastened me even till night.

I foresaw the Lord always before my face; for He is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

Therefore my heart rejoiced and my tongue exulted; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

because Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt Thou suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption.

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; Thou wilt fill me with joy with Thy countenance: at Thy right hand there are delights for ever.

Listen, O Lord of my righteousness, attend to my petition; give ear to my prayer not uttered with deceitful lips.

Let my judgment come forth from Thy presence; let mine eyes behold righteousness.

Thou hast tested my heart; Thou hast visited me by night; Thou hast tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness hath not been found in me: I am purposed that my mouth shall not speak amiss.

As for the works of men, by the words of Thy lips I have guarded myself from hard ways.

Direct my steps in Thy paths, that my steps slip not.

I have cried, for Thou didst hear me, O God: incline Thine ear to me, and listen to my words.

Show the marvels of Thy mercies, Thou that savest them that hope in Thee.

Keep me as the apple of the eye from those that resist Thy right hand: Thou shalt screen me by the covering of Thy wings,

from the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me: mine enemies have compassed about my soul.

They have enclosed themselves with their own fat: their mouth hath spoken pride.

They have now cast me out and compassed me round about: they have set their eyes so as to bow them down to the ground.

They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey, and like a lion's whelp dwelling in secret places.

Arise, O Lord, prevent them, and cast them down: deliver my soul from the ungodly: draw Thy sword,

because of the enemies of Thy hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly hath been filled with Thy hidden treasures: they have been satisfied with uncleanness, and have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes.

But I shall appear in righteousness before Thy face: I shall be satisfied when Thy glory appeareth.