Psalms

Chapter 61

  1. 2

    No rest has my soul but in God’s hands; to him I look for deliverance.

  2. 3

    I have no other stronghold, no other deliverer but him; safe in his protection, I fear no deadly fall.

  3. 4

    Still one man my enemies single out for their onslaught, not gaping hedge or ruinous wall more ripe for overthrow;

  4. 5

    from my safe fastness they would fain dislodge me, ready liars that speak me fair, but ever with a curse in their hearts.

  5. 6

    Yet even now, my soul, leave thyself in God’s hands; all my trust is in him.

  6. 7

    He is my stronghold and my deliverer, my protector, that makes me stand unmoved.

  7. 8

    God is all my defence and all my boast; my rock-fastness, my refuge is in God.

  8. 9

    Israelites, put ever your trust in him, and lay the homage of your hearts at his feet; God is our defence.

  9. 10

    Man is a breath that passes; in Adam’s sons there is no trust; high in the scales they rise, weighed all together and lighter than a breath.

  10. 11

    Put your faith in extortion no more, boast no more of plunder; set never your heed on mounting store of riches.

  11. 12

    Not once, but twice I have heard God’s voice of warning; all power is God’s.

  12. 13

    To thee, Lord, mercy belongs; thou wilt repay every man the reward of his deeds.