Welcome to Restful Journeys.
In this track,
I will be reading the Book of Psalms,
King James Version.
This will be Psalms 1 through 920.
Please find a comfortable place to sit or lie down and relax.
Take a few moments to clear your mind and allow yourself to listen to these words.
Let's begin the Book of Psalms.
Blessed is the man that walketh not into the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor standeth in the way of sinners,
Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in his law doth he meditate day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
That bringeth forth his fruit in his season.
His leaf also shall not wither,
And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
The ungodly are not so,
But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Why do the heathen rage,
And the people imagine a vain thing?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the rulers take counsel together against the Lord,
And against his anointed saying.
Let us break their bands asunder,
And cast away their cords from us.
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh.
The Lord shall have them in derision.
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath,
And vex them in his sore displeasure.
Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
I will declare the decree the Lord hath said unto me,
Thou art my son,
This day have I begotten thee.
Ask of me,
And I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance,
And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron.
Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Be wise now,
O ye kings,
Be instructed,
Ye judges of the earth.
Serve the Lord with fear,
And rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the son,
Lest he be angry,
And ye perish from the way,
When his wrath is kindled,
But a little.
Blessed are all that they put their trust in him.
Lord,
How are they increased that trouble me?
Many are they that rise up against me.
Many there be which say of my soul,
There is no help for him in God.
Selah,
But thou,
O Lord,
Art a shield for me,
My glory,
And the lifter up of mine head.
I cried unto the Lord with my voice,
And he heard me out of his holy hill.
Selah.
I laid me down and slept.
I awaked,
For the Lord sustained me.
I would not be afraid of ten thousands of people that have set themselves against me round about.
Arise,
O Lord,
Save me,
O my God.
For thou hast smitten all my enemies upon the cheekbone.
Thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
Salvation belongeth unto the Lord.
Thy blessing is upon thy people.
Selah.
Hear me when I call,
O God of my righteousness.
Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress.
Have mercy upon me,
And hear my prayer.
O ye sons of men,
How long will you turn my glory into shame?
How long will you love vanity and seek after leasing?
Selah.
But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself.
The Lord will hear when I call unto him.
Stand in awe,
And sin not.
Commune with your own heart upon your bed,
And be still.
Selah.
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,
And put your trust in the Lord.
There may be many that say,
Who will shew us any good?
Lord,
Lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Thou hast put gladness in my heart,
More than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
I will both lay me down in peace and sleep.
For thou,
Lord,
Only makest me dwell in safety.
Give ear to my words,
O Lord.
Consider my meditation.
Hearken unto the voice of my cry,
My King,
And my God.
For unto thee I will pray.
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning,
O Lord.
In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee,
And will look up.
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness.
Neither shall evil dwell with thee.
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight.
Thou hatest all workers' iniquity.
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing.
The Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
But as for me,
I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy,
And in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
Lead me,
O Lord,
In thy righteousness,
Because of mine enemies.
Make thy way straight before my face.
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth.
Their inward part is very wickedness.
Their throat is an open sepulcher.
They flatter with their tongue.
Destroy thou them,
O God.
Let them fall by their own counsels.
Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions,
For they have rebelled against thee.
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice.
Let them ever shout for joy,
Because thou defendest them.
Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
For thou,
Lord,
Wilt bless the righteous.
With favor wilt thou compass them as with a shield.
O Lord,
Rebuke me,
Not denying anger.
Neither chastise me in thy hot displeasure.
Have mercy upon me,
O Lord,
For I am weak.
O Lord,
Heal me,
For my bones are vexed.
My soul is also sore vexed.
But thou,
O Lord,
How long?
Return,
O Lord,
Deliver my soul.
O save me for thy mercy's sake,
For in death there is no remembrance of thee.
In the grave,
Who shall give thee thanks?
I am weary with my groaning.
All the night make I my bed to swim.
I water my couch with my tears.
Mine eye is consumed because of grief.
I waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
Depart from me,
All ye workers of inequity,
For the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.
The Lord hath heard my supplication.
The Lord will receive my prayer.
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed.
Let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
O Lord my God,
In thee do I put my trust.
Save me from all them that persecute me and deliver me.
Lest he tear my soul like a lion,
Rending it in pieces,
While there is none to deliver.
O Lord my God,
If I have done this,
If there be inequity in my hands,
If I have rewarded evil unto him,
That was at peace with me.
Yea,
I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy.
Let the enemy persecute my soul and take it.
Yea,
Let him tread down my life upon the earth and lay mine honor in the dust.
Selah Arise,
O Lord,
In thine anger.
Lift up thyself because of rage of mine enemies and awaken me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about.
For their sakes,
Therefore,
Return thou on high.
The Lord shall judge the people.
Judge me,
O Lord,
According to my righteousness and according to mine integrity that is in me.
O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,
But establish the just.
For the righteous God trieth the hearts and reigns.
My defense of God,
Which saveth the upright heart.
God judges the righteous,
And God is angry with the wicked every day.
If he turn not,
He will wet his sword.
He hath bent his bow and made it ready.
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death.
He ordaineth the arrows against the persecutors.
Behold,
He traveleth with inequity and hath conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood.
He made a pit and digged it,
And his fallen into the ditch which he made.
His mischief shall return upon his own head,
And his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the Lord,
Most High.
O Lord,
Our Lord,
How excellent is thy name in all the earth,
Who hast set thy glory above the heavens!
Out of the mouth of babies and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies,
That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
When I consider thy heavens,
The work of thy fingers,
The moon and the stars which thou hast ordained,
What is man that thou art mindful of him,
And the son of man that thou visitest him?
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels,
And hast crowned him with glory and honor.
Thou maddest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands.
Thou hast put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen,
Yea,
And the beast of the field,
The fowl in the air,
And the fish in the sea,
And whatever passeth through the paths of the sea.
O Lord,
Our Lord,
How excellent is thy name in all the earth!
I will praise thee,
O Lord,
With my whole heart.
I will shew forth all thy marvelous works.
I will be glad and rejoice thee.
I will sing praise to thy name,
O thou Most High.
When mine enemies are turned back,
They shall fall and perish at thy presence.
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause.
Thou settest in the throne judging right.
Thou hast rebuked the heathen.
Thou hast destroyed the wicked.
Thou hast put out their name forever and ever.
O thou enemy,
Destructions are come to a perpetual end,
And thou hast destroyed cities,
Their memorial,
And perish with them.
But the Lord shall endure forever.
He hath prepared his throne for judgment,
And he shall judge the world in righteousness.
He shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed,
A refuge in times of trouble.
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee.
For thou,
Lord,
Hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Sing praises to the Lord,
Which dwelleth in Zion.
Declare among the people his doings.
When he maketh inquisition for blood,
He remembereth them.
He forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
Have mercy upon me,
O Lord.
Consider my trouble which I have suffered of them that hate me.
Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death,
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
I will rejoice in my salvation.
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they have made,
And the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth.
The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
Haggaion,
Saliah.
The wicked shall be turned into hell,
And all the nations that forget God.
For the needy shall not always be forgotten.
The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.
Arise,
O Lord.
Let not man prevail.
Let the heathen be judged in eyesight.
Put them in fear,
O Lord,
That the nations may know themselves to be but men.
Salah.
That concludes Psalms 1-9.
Thank you for listening.
I hope that you have enjoyed this reading,
Become relaxed,
Found solace,
And possibly fallen asleep.
