"*** PSALMS 01 ***" 
"Swiftly flow our lives  a psalm of Moses   1Before the mountains were O Lord , before you brought forth the earth , from everlasting to everlasting you were God . A thousand years in your sight is but one day.   3Swiftly you bear our lives away saying , Return to dust O sons of men.  Like the new grass of the morning that springs up and by evening is withered .   4The length of our days is but seventy years or eighty with strength , and they are mostly toil and trouble .   5Teach us to know the shortness of our days O Lord , that we may gain a heart of wisdom . 6Have"
"compassion on your servants and satisfy us with your love , that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days."  
"*** PSALMS 02 ***" 
"The all-knowingness of the Lord  a psalm of David   1O Lord you have searched me and you know me.   2You know when I sit and when I arise. Before a word is on my tongue you know it . O Lord you know my every thought .   4Such knowledge is too wonderful for me . Where can I go from your Spirit? If I rise to the heavens you are there . If I descend to Sheol you are there . If I sail on the wings of"
"dawn to a distant shore , your hand will guide me .   6I praise you Lord , for I am wonderfully made . You did form my inward parts and knit me together in my mother s womb . 7Nor was I hidden from you when I was made insecret , in Sheol for your eyes beheld my spirit .  And all my days were written in your book before I was born .   9How vast are your thoughts O God . Were I to count them they would outnumber the grains of sand .   10Search me O Lord . Know my heart . Test me and see if there is anything offensive in me. Lead me in the way of eternity."  
"*** PSALMS 03 ***" 
"I will shun evil - a"
"psalm of David   1To you O Lord I sing praise . I sing of your love and justice. I will be careful to lead a blameless life . I shall set before my eyes no vile thing . I will shun evil .   3The deeds of faithless men shall be far from me. Whoever slanders his neighbour I will silence . He who has a proud heart I will not tolerate .   4I shall search out the faithful in the land to dwell among them . He who practices deceit or speaks falsehood will not stand in my presence."  
"*** PSALMS 04 ***" 
"Davids integrity   1Vindicate me O"
"Lord , for I am living a blameless life . I trust in you without wavering . Examine my heart for I walk continually in your truth .   2I refuse to sit with wicked and deceitful men . I wash my hands in innocence and go before your altar with songs of thanks-giving .    I love the Tabernacle where your glory dwells . O Lord I give praise unto you." 
"*** PSALMS 05 ***" 
"A prayer of David when  Saul sent men to kill him   1O Lord , protect me from those who have risen up against me . Save me from blood- thirsty men .   2See how they lie in wait for me . They return at evening , snarling like dogs"
"and prowl- ing about . I have done no wrong yet they are ready to kill me .   3Arise and help me O God , for you are my fortress , and a loving God who will go before me and cause me to triumph overthose who slander me .    But do not slay them yet O Lord , lest my people forget . First scatter them and bring them low for the curses and lies they utter. Then consume them until they are no more .   5Then shall it be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Israel."  
"*** PSALMS 06 ***" 
"Davids prayer when he was  surrounded by Sauls army   1Hear my prayer O Lord , for it arises not from"
"deceitful lips . Though you probe my heart you will find no wrong , for I have resolved that my lips will not sin . And I have kept myself from the ways of the wicked . My steps have stayed in your path .   2I call on you O God for you will answer me . Show me your great love . Keep me as the apple of your eye .   3Hide me from the violent men who have surrounded me , for they have tracked me down to throw me to the ground . They arelike a lion hungry for its prey , and their mouths speak with arrogance .   4O Lord save me from such men . From men who belong to this world and whose reward is"
"in this life .   5But as for me , when I am resurrected in righteousness I will see your face and have joy in your presence."  
"*** PSALMS 07 ***" 
"A psalm against Doeg when  he betrayed David to Saul   1Why do you boast , you man mighty in evil? You who are a disgrace in the eyes ofGod. Your tongue is like a sharpened razor , it plots destruction . You love false- hood rather than good .    Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin. He will uproot you from the land of the living .   3Then will the righteous say , Here is a man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his"
"wealth . He grew strong by destroying others .   4But I am like an olive tree , flourishing in the house of God . I trust in his unfailing love and shall praise him forever."  
"*** PSALMS 08 ***" 
"A psalm of David following his  recovery from sickness   1I exalt you O Lord , for you lifted me out of the depths and did not allow my enemies to gloat over me .   2O Lord my God , I called for your help and you healed me . You spared me from going down to Sheol .   3Sing you saints of the Lord . Praise his holy name . For his anger lasts but a moment yet his favour lasts forever .   4When I felt"
"secure I said , I will never be shaken . Then you hid your face from me and I was dismayed . So I cried out for mercy for what gain was there in my destruction .   5Then O Lord you turned my wailing to gladness . You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy , so that my heart could sing to you again and not be silent . O Lord , I give thanks unto you foreve."  
"*** PSALMS 09 ***" 
"Save me from evil a prayer of David   1O Lord I call unto you . Come to me quickly . Set a guard over my mouth . Let my heart not be drawn to evil .   2Let a righteous man rebuke me for it is kindness . I will not"
"refuse it .   3Yet my prayer is ever against the wicked . Keep me from the snares they have laid for me . Let them fall into their own nets while I pass by in safety."  
"*** PSALMS 10 ***" 
"A psalm of David when  he was pursued by Saul   1O Lord my God , save and deliver me from all who pursue me , or they will tear me like a lion.   2Yet O Lord , if there is guilt on my hands , if I have done evil to one at peace with me , then let my enemy overtake me and trample my life to the ground .   3Arise O Lord in your anger . Bring to an end the violence of the wicked , and keep safe the righteous."
"*** PSALMS 11 ***" 
"A psalm David sang when the Lord  delivered him from Saul and made him king   1I love you O Jehovah my strength . You are my rock , my fortress , and my deliverer . In you I take refuge .   2The cords of death entangled me . Destruction overwhelmed me . In my distress I cried out to my God for help , and he heard me .   3The earth trembled and shook for he was angry . He parted the heavens and descended , a dark cloud his covering . He mounted the cherubim and flew , soaring on the wings of the wind .   4He thundered from heaven and cast hail- stones and great bolts of"
"lightning and rescued me from my enemy who was too strong for me .   5The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness , for I have kept his ways and not turned from his commandments .   6O Lord , you save the humble and bring low the proud . For who is the Rock but our God. It is you who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect . 7You make my feet agile , like those of a deer and my arms strong to bend a bow of bronze .   8I pursued my enemies and overtook them . I turned not back until they were all destroyed . They cried for help but there was no one to save them . You did not"
"answer them .   9You have made me the head of nations . People I did not know are subject to me . As soon as I speak they obey . Foreigners cringe before me . They come trembling from their strongholds .   10The Lord lives Praise be to my Rock Exalted be my Saviour He gives hisanointed king great victories . He shows unfailing kindness to his anointed , to David and his descendants forever."  
"*** PSALMS 12 ***" 
"Protect the helpless against the wicked O Lord   1O Lord , why do you stand far off in our time of trouble? In arrogance"
"the wicked man hunts down the weak . He boasts of the greed in his heart and reviles your holy name .   3In his proud thoughts there is no room for God. He prospers in his ways and sneers at his enemies . He says to himself , Nothing will harm me . I will glut myself and never be called to judgement .   4His tongue utters curses , lies, and threats . He lies in wait near villages , watching from his hiding place to murder the innocent . He says to himself , God is not concerned . He does not see .   5Arise O Lord Forget not the helpless . Why should a wicked man revile you"
"and sayto himself , He will not call me to judgement . For you O God are the helper of the fatherless .    Hear their cry O Lord . Call the wicked man to account that he may terrify no more."  
"*** PSALMS 13 ***" 
"The Lord to arise and protect the needy   1Help us O Lord , for the godly are vanishing from among men . Every man speaks lies to his neighbour .   2The wicked strut about freely and that which is vile is honoured among men . Cut off all flattering lips and boastful tongues OLord. Protect us from such men . Jehovah says , Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of"
"theneedy, I will now arise and protect them from their oppressors."  
"*** PSALMS 14 ***" 
"David the Lords chosen king   1Why do the nations conspire and plot in vain? Kings of the earth rise up against the Lord and against his anointed king .   2They say , Let us break our bondage and throw off our chains . But he who is enthroned in heaven laughs at theirthreats .    Then he rebukes them in his anger saying , I have installed my king on my holymountain Zion.    4I will proclaim a decree of Jehovah . He said to me , You are my son. Today I have become your Father. Ask of me and I will make"
"all nations your inheritance, and you will break them with a rod ofiron.    Therefore you kings be warned . Serve Jehovah with reverence and trembling . Honour his son the king , lest he be angry and you be destroyed . 6But blessed are all who take refuge in him." 
"*** PSALMS 15 ***" 
"The Lord is my shepherd   1The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want . I lie down in green pastures , by still waters he leads me .   2He restores my soul , in paths of righteousness he leads me .   3Though I walk the dark valley , no evil I fear ."
"For you are with me and your rodand staff do comfort me .   4You spread my table in the midst of my enemies , you anoint my head and my cup overflows .   5Goodness and mercy shall follow me all my days , then shall I dwell forever in the house of the Lord . By still waters he leads me. Psalm 15 (23 in traditional Bibles) The Lord is my Shephe rd is the best loved of all the Psalms."  
"*** PSALMS 16 ***" 
"Jehovah Almighty the King of glory   1Lift up your heads O gates , be lifted up you ancient doors that the King may enter in .   2Who is he this King , strong and majestic? He is Jehovah"
"Almighty the King of glory."  
"*** PSALMS 17 ***" 
"Davids faith in Eternal Life   1Keep me safe O Lord , for in you is my refuge , in you is all my hope .   2As for the saints in the land , they are my delight , but of men who run after other gods I will not have their name on my lips . Their sorrows will increase .   3O Lord , you have made my lot secure . The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places . Surely I have a delightful inheritance .   4Therefore I praise you O Lord , you who enlighten my understanding at night . My heart is glad and my tongue rejoices . I will not be"
"shaken .   5And my body shall rest secure , for you will not leave my soul in Sheol , you will not let your faithful one be destroyed .   6You have shown me the pathway to Eternal Life and will fill me with eternal joy at your right hand."  
"*** PSALMS 18 ***" 
"How pleasant when brothers  live together in unity   1How good and pleasant when brothers live together in harmony .   2Like precious oil poured on the head until it runs down on the beard , even the beard of Aaron , even to the hem of his robe .   3Like the dew of Mount"
"Hermon descending upon Mount Zion . Mount Hermon (Psalm 18:3)."  
"*** PSALMS 19 ***" 
"The miraculous creations of the Lord   1O Lord my God , you who radiate great glory and are clothed with light as a garment .   2You stretched out the heavens like the canopy of a tent and set the earth uponits foundations .    You covered it with great waters , high as the mountains , but at your command the waters fled to the lowlands , to the places assigned for them . 4Never again will they cover the whole earth .   5You caused springs to well up in the valleys and streams to flow in the mountains , to give"
"water to the beasts of the field andthe birds of the air who nest and sing among the branches .    You sent rain upon the hills to bring forth grass for the cattle and plants for man to cultivate for food , wine to gladden his heart . 7Oil to make his face shine and bread to sustain his strength .   8The moon marks off the seasons and the sun goes down to bring darkness . Night falls and the beasts of the forest prowl , lions roar for their prey . 9The sun arises and they steal away to sleep in their dens . Then man goes out to his work to labour until evening .10How great are your works O"
"Lord . In wisdom you made them all . The earth is full of your creatures and the vast andspacious sea teems with fish beyond number , both large and small .    All creation look to you for their food at the proper time , and when you give it to them they are satisfied .   12When you take away their spirit they die and return to the dust . But when you send forth your spirit , life is again created and you renew the face of the earth .   13May the glory of the Lord endure forever . I will sing to the Lord all my days . I shall sing praise as long as I live . Praise the Lord O my soul . Praise"
"the Lord."