Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!”
I will not die, but live, and declare Yah’s works.
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation.
My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your word.
So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.
I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.
For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.
I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.
I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH
Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.
In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.
My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.
if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us;
Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth.
Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.
how he swore to Yahweh, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place; you, and the ark of your strength.
I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will be resplendent.”
For I know that Yahweh is great, that our Lord is above all gods.
who struck many nations, and killed mighty kings,
With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; for his loving kindness endures forever:
But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea; for his loving kindness endures forever:
To him who struck great kings; for his loving kindness endures forever;
And has delivered us from our adversaries; for his loving kindness endures forever:
If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.
Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.
Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.
Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me.
I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.
Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.
Revive me, Yahweh, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:
my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me.
Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.
Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness.
to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.
Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.
Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.
He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?
He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!
May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him according to his excellent greatness!
It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.
When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.
The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.
A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.
One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?
A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.
The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with Yahweh.
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.
for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
A wise man has great power; and a knowledgeable man increases strength;
for by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors.
If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.
for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.
The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.
The lion, which is mightiest among animals, and doesn’t turn away for any;
the greyhound, the male goat also; and the king against whom there is no rising up.
Don’t give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.
She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.
She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.
Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.
“Many women do noble things, but you excel them all.”
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?
If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.












