Psalms 11-20 (Translated)

## Contents

* 1 Psalm 11
* 2 Psalm 12
* 3 Psalm 13
* 4 Psalm 14
* 5 Psalm 15
* 6 Psalm 16
* 7 Psalm 17
* 8 Psalm 18
* 9 Psalm 19
* 10 Psalm 20

## Psalm 11[edit]

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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.  |  |

## Psalm 12[edit]

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1  | Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.  |  |
2  | They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.  |  |
3  | The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:  |  |
4  | Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?  |  |
5  | For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.  |  |
6  | The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.  |  |
7  | Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.  |  |
8  | The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.  |  |

## Psalm 13[edit]

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1  | How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?  |  |
2  | How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?  |  |
3  | Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;  |  |
4  | Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.  |  |
5  | But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.  |  |
6  | I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.  |  |

## Psalm 14[edit]

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1  | The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.  |  |
2  | The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.  |  |
3  | They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.  |  |
4  | Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.  |  |
5  | There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.  |  |
6  | Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.  |  |
7  | Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.  |  |

## Psalm 15[edit]

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1  | LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?  |  |
2  | He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.  |  |
3  | He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.  |  |
4  | In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.  |  |
5  | He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.  |  |

## Psalm 16[edit]

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1  | Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.  |  |
2  | O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;  |  |
3  | But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.  |  |
4  | Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.  |  |
5  | The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.  |  |
6  | The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.  |  |
7  | I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.  |  |
8  | I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.  |  |
9  | Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.  |  |
10  | For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.  |  |
11  | Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.  |  |

## Psalm 17[edit]

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1  | Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.  |  |
2  | Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.  |  |
3  | Thou has proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou has tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.  |  |
4  | Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.  |  |
5  | Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.  |  |
6  | I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.  |  |
7  | Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.  |  |
8  | Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,  |  |
9  | From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.  |  |
10  | They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.  |  |
11  | They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;  |  |
12  | Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.  |  |
13  | Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:  |  |
14  | From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.  |  |
15  | As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.  |  |

## Psalm 18[edit]

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1  | I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.  |  |
2  | The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.  |  |
3  | I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.  |  |
4  | The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.  |  |
5  | The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.  |  |
6  | In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.  |  |
7  | Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.  |  |
8  | There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.  |  |
9  | He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.  |  |
10  | And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.  |  |
11  | He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.  |  |
12  | At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.  |  |
13  | The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.  |  |
14  | Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.  |  |
15  | Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.  |  |
16  | He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.  |  |
17  | He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.  |  |
18  | They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.  |  |
19  | He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.  |  |
20  | The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.  |  |
21  | For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.  |  |
22  | For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.  |  |
23  | I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.  |  |
24  | Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.  |  |
25  | With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;  |  |
26  | With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.  |  |
27  | For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.  |  |
28  | For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.  |  |
29  | For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.  |  |
30  | As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.  |  |
31  | For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?  |  |
32  | It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.  |  |
33  | He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.  |  |
34  | He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.  |  |
35  | Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.  |  |
36  | Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.  |  |
37  | I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.  |  |
38  | I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.  |  |
39  | For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.  |  |
40  | Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.  |  |
41  | They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.  |  |
42  | Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.  |  |
43  | Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.  |  |
44  | As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.  |  |
45  | The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.  |  |
46  | The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.  |  |
47  | It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.  |  |
48  | He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.  |  |
49  | Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.  |  |
50  | Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.  |  |

## Psalm 19[edit]

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1  | The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.  |  |
2  | Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.  |  |
3  | There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.  |  |
4  | Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,  |  |
5  | Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.  |  |
6  | His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.  |  |
7  | The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.  |  |
8  | The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.  |  |
9  | The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.  |  |
10  | More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.  |  |
11  | Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.  |  |
12  | Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.  |  |
13  | Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.  |  |
14  | Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.  |  |

## Psalm 20[edit]

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1  | The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;  |  |
2  | Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;  |  |
3  | Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.  |  |
4  | Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfill all thy counsel.  |  |
5  | We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfill all thy petitions.  |  |
6  | Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.  |  |
7  | Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.  |  |
8  | They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.  |  |
9  | Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.  |  |