Psalms 21-30 (Translated)

## Contents

* 1 Psalm 21
* 2 Psalm 22
* 3 Psalm 23
* 4 Psalm 24
* 5 Psalm 25
* 6 Psalm 26
* 7 Psalm 27
* 8 Psalm 28
* 9 Psalm 29
* 10 Psalm 30

## Psalm 21[edit]

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1  | The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!  |  |
2  | Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.  |  |
3  | For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.  |  |
4  | He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.  |  |
5  | His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.  |  |
6  | For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.  |  |
7  | For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.  |  |
8  | Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.  |  |
9  | Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.  |  |
10  | Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.  |  |
11  | For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.  |  |
12  | Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.  |  |
13  | Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.  |  |

## Psalm 22[edit]

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1  | My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?  |  |
2  | O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.  |  |
3  | But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.  |  |
4  | Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.  |  |
5  | They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.  |  |
6  | But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.  |  |
7  | All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head saying,  |  |
8  | He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.  |  |
9  | But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.  |  |
10  | I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.  |  |
11  | Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.  |  |
12  | Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.  |  |
13  | They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.  |  |
14  | I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.  |  |
15  | My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.  |  |
16  | For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.  |  |
17  | I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.  |  |
18  | They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.  |  |
19  | But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.  |  |
20  | Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.  | Deliver my soul from the sword; my life from the grip of homosexuals.  | The Hebrew and Greek terms for "homosexuals" was "dogs", and translating as "dogs" in English would change its intended meaning. See also Deuteronomy 23:18, Philippians 3:2, and Revelation 22:15.

The pro-homosexuality movie The Power of the Dog (2021) was apparently named after this verse as translated by the KJV. It was nominated for 12 Oscars in 2022.

21  | Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.  |  |
22  | I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.  |  |
23  | Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.  |  |
24  | For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.  |  |
25  | My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.  |  |
26  | The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.  |  |
27  | All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.  |  |
28  | For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the nations.  |  |
29  | All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.  |  |
30  | A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.  |  |
31  | They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.  |  |

## Psalm 23[edit]

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1  | The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.  | The LORD is my shepherd, i shall not be left wanting.  |
2  | He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.  | he makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads be besides calm waters.  |
3  | He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.  | He restores my soul, he leads me down paths of righteousness for his name's sake.  |
4  | Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.  | even though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, i fear no evil because you are with me, your rod and your staff comfort me.  |
5  | Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.  | you prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies, you anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows.  |
6  | Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.  | goodness and mercy shall surely follow me all the days of my life, and i will be in the house of the LORD for ever.  |

## Psalm 24[edit]

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1  | The earth is the LORD's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.  |  |
2  | For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.  |  |
3  | Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?  |  |
4  | He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.  |  |
5  | He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.  |  |
6  | This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.  |  |
7  | Lift up your head, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.  |  |
8  | Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.  |  |
9  | Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.  |  |
10  | Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.  |  |

## Psalm 25[edit]

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1  | Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.  |  |
2  | O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.  |  |
3  | Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.  |  |
4  | Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.  |  |
5  | Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.  |  |
6  | Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.  |  |
7  | Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.  |  |
8  | Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.  |  |
9  | The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.  |  |
10  | All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.  |  |
11  | For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.  |  |
12  | What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.  |  |
13  | His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.  |  |
14  | The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.  |  |
15  | Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.  |  |
16  | Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.  |  |
17  | The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.  |  |
18  | Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.  |  |
19  | Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.  |  |
20  | O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.  |  |
21  | Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.  |  |
22  | Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.  |  |

## Psalm 26[edit]

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1  | Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.  |  |
2  | Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.  |  |
3  | For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.  |  |
4  | I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.  |  |
5  | I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.  |  |
6  | I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:  |  |
7  | That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.  |  |
8  | LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.  |  |
9  | Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:  |  |
10  | In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.  |  |
11  | But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.  |  |
12  | My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.  |  |

## Psalm 27[edit]

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1  | The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?  |  |
2  | When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.  |  |
3  | Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.  |  |
4  | One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.  |  |
5  | For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.  |  |
6  | And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.  |  |
7  | Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.  |  |
8  | When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.  |  |
9  | Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.  |  |
10  | When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.  |  |
11  | Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.  |  |
12  | Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.  |  |
13  | I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.  |  |
14  | Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.  |  |

## Psalm 28[edit]

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1  | Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.  |  |
2  | Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.  |  |
3  | Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.  |  |
4  | Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.  |  |
5  | Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.  |  |
6  | Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.  |  |
7  | The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.  |  |
8  | The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.  |  |
9  | Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.  |  |

## Psalm 29[edit]

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1  | Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.  |  |
2  | Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.  |  |
3  | The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.  |  |
4  | The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.  |  |
5  | The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.  |  |
6  | He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.  |  |
7  | The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.  |  |
8  | The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.  |  |
9  | The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.  |  |
10  | The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.  |  |
11  | The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.  |  |

## Psalm 30[edit]

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1  | I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.  |  |
2  | O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.  |  |
3  | O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.  |  |
4  | Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.  |  |
5  | For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.  |  |
6  | And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.  |  |
7  | LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.  |  |
8  | I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.  |  |
9  | What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?  |  |
10  | Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.  |  |
11  | Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;  |  |
12  | To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.  |  |