God

As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.

My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

Show thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that take refuge in thee From those that rise upagainst them.

Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;

From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is inthislife, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with beholding thy form.

I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.

In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.

Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.

He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.

Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.

Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.

They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.

He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.