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Bay Psalm Book: Psalm 23

A Psalm of David.

1 THe Lord to me a shepherd is,

want therefore shall not I.

2 He in the folds of tender-grass,

doth cause me down to lie:

To waters calm me gently leads

3 Restore my soul doth he:

he doth in paths of righteousness:

for his names sake lead me.

4 Yea though in valley of deaths shade

I walk, none ill I’ll fear:

because thou art with me, thy rod,

and staff my comfort are.

5 For me a table thou hast spread,

in presence of my foes:

thou dost anoint my head with oil,

my cup it over-flows.

6 Goodness and mercy surely shall

all my days follow me:

and in the Lords house I shall dwell

so long as days shall be.

psalm 66:18

Psalm 1 New International Version (NIV)

BOOK I

Psalms 1–41

Psalm 1

1 Blessed is the one
    who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
    or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
    and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
    which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
    whatever they do prospers.

4 Not so the wicked!
    They are like chaff
    that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
    nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
    but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.

PSALM 151

PSALM 151

This psalm is ascribed to David as his own composition (though it is outside the number a), after he had fought in single combat with Goliath.

1 I was small among my brothers,

and the youngest in my father’s house;

I tended my father’s sheep.

2 My hands made a harp;

my fingers fashioned a lyre.

3 And who will tell my Lord?

The Lord himself; it is he who hears.b

4 It was he who sent his messengerc

and took me from my father’s sheep,

and anointed me with his anointing oil.

5 My brothers were handsome and tall,

but the Lord was not pleased with them.

6 I went out to meet the Philistine,d

and he cursed me by his idols.

7 But I drew his own sword;

I beheaded him, and took away disgrace from the people of Israel.