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Book of Psalms

Chapter 1 6 But I am appointed king by him over Sion,
his holy mountain, preahing his comandment.
Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the 7 The Lord hath said to me: Thou art my son,
counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of this day have I begotten thee.
sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence:
8 Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles
2 But his will is in the law of the Lord, and for thy inheritance, and the utmost parts of the
on his law he shall meditate day and night. earth for thy possession.
3 And he shall be like a tree which is planted
9 Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and
near the running waters, which shall bring forth
shalt break them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall
10 And now, O ye kings, understand: receive
off: and all whatsoever he shall do shall prosper.
instruction, you that judge the earth.
4 Not so the wicked, not so: but like the
11 Serve ye the Lord with fear: and rejoice
dust, which the wind driveth from the face of
unto him with trembling.
the earth.
12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the
5 Therefore the wicked shall not rise again in
Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way.
judgment: nor sinners in the council of the just.
13 When his wrath shall be kindled in a short
6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the just:
time, blessed are all they that trust in him.
and the way of the wicked shall perish.
Chapter 2 Chapter 3

Why have the Gentiles raged, and the prople de- The psalm of David when he fled from the face
vised vain things? of his son Absalom.
2 The kings of the earth stood up, and the 2 Many say to my soul: There is no salavation
princes met together, against the Lord, and for him in his God.
against his Christ. 4 But thou, O Lord, art my protector, my
3 Let us break their bonds asunder: and let glory, and the lifter up of my head.
us cast away their yoke from us. 5 I have cried to the Lord with my voice: and
4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at he hath heard me from his holy hill.
them: and the Lord shall deride them. 6 I have slept and have taken my rest: and I
5 Then shall he speak to them in his anger, have risen up, because the Lord hath protected
and trouble them in his rage. me.