Book One (Psalms 1-41) "Concerning Man"

A Psalm of David.


1:   In the LORD put I my trust: How say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

2:   For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

3:   If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

4:   The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven:

his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

5:   The LORD trieth the righteous:

but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
6:   Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

7:   For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.


To the chief Musician upon Sheminith.


subtitle To the chief Musician. See The Companion Bible, Appendix 64.