Paul, a  ¹called apostle of Christ Jesus through the  ²will of God, and  ³Sosthenes the brother,

To the  ¹church of God which is  ²in Corinth,  ³to those who have been  ⁴sanctified  ⁵in Christ Jesus, the  ⁶called saints,  ⁷with all those who  ⁸call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, who is  ⁹theirs and ours:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I thank my God always concerning you  ¹based upon the grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus,

That in everything you were enriched in Him, in all  ¹utterance and all knowledge,

Even as the  ¹testimony of Christ was confirmed  ²in you,

So that you do not lack in any  ¹gift, eagerly awaiting the  ²revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

 ¹Who will also  ²confirm you until the end unreprovable in the  ³day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 ¹God is faithful, through whom you were called  ²into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

To the choir director: according to  ¹Shoshannim. Of David

 ¹Save me, O God; for the waters
Threaten my life.

I sink in deep mire,
And there is no place to stand;
I have come to the depths of water,
And the flood flows over me.

I am weary of my crying;
My throat is parched;
My eyes fail
While I wait for my God.

More numerous than the hairs of my head
Are those who hate me without cause;
Mighty are those who would destroy me,
Those who are wrongly my enemies.
What I did not steal,
I must then restore.

O God, You know my foolishness,
And my sins of guilt are not hidden from You.

Do not let those who wait on You be put to shame because of me,
O Lord Jehovah of hosts;
Do not let those who seek You be humiliated because of me,
O God of Israel.

Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Humiliation has covered my face.

I have become a stranger to my brothers,
And a foreigner to my mother's children.

For the zeal of Your house has devoured me,
And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

When I wept, when my soul was in fasting,
That became a reproach to me.

When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a proverb to them.

Those who sit in the gate talk about me,
And I am the mocking song of those who drink liquor.

But as for me, my prayer is to You,
O Jehovah, in an acceptable time;
O God, in the abundance of Your lovingkindness answer me,
In the faithfulness of Your salvation.

Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink;
May I be delivered from those who hate me,
And out of the depths of water.

Do not let the flood of water flow over me,
Nor let the deep swallow me,
Nor let the pit close its mouth over me.

Answer me, O Jehovah; for Your lovingkindness is good;
According to the abundance of Your compassions turn to me.

And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in distress; hurry and answer me.

Draw near to my soul; redeem it;
Ransom me because of my enemies.

You know my reproach
And my shame and my humiliation;
All my adversaries are before You.

Reproach has broken my heart,
And I am sick;
I looked for pity, but there was none;
And for comforters, but I found none.

But they gave me gall for my food,
And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

 ¹May their table become a snare before them
And a trap when they are at peace.

May their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see;
And make their loins shake continually.

Pour out Your indignation upon them;
And may the burning fierceness of Your anger overtake them.

May their camp be desolate;
May there be no one to dwell in their tents.

For they persecute him whom You have stricken,
And they recount the pain of those whom You have wounded.

Add iniquity to their iniquity,
And do not let them come into Your righteousness.

May they be blotted out of the book of life,
And may they not be written with the righteous.

But I am poor and pained;
May Your salvation, O God, set me on high.

I will praise the name of God with a song
And will magnify Him with thanksgiving;

And it will be better to Jehovah than an ox
Or a bull with horns and hooves.

The meek have seen it; they rejoice.
You who seek God, let your heart revive.

For Jehovah listens to the needy,
And He does not despise His prisoners.

Let the heavens and the earth praise Him,
The seas and everything that moves in them.

For God will save Zion
And build the cities of Judah;
And they will abide there and possess it.

And the seed of His servants will inherit it,
And those who love His name will dwell in it.

To the choir director. Of David, for remembrance

O God, hasten to deliver me;
O Jehovah, hasten to help me.

May those who seek my life
Be put to shame and confounded;
May those who take delight in my misfortune
Be turned back and humiliated;

May those who say, Aha! Aha!
Turn away because of their shame;

May all those who seek You
Be glad and rejoice in You;
And may those who love Your salvation
Say continually,
May God be magnified!

But I am poor and needy;
O God, hasten to me.
You are my help and my Deliverer;
O Jehovah, do not delay.

In You, O Jehovah, do I take refuge;
Never let me be put to shame.

In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
Incline Your ear to me and save me.

Be to me a rock of habitation for me to come to continually.
You have given command to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.

My God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked,
From the hand of the unjust and cruel;

For You are my hope, O Lord Jehovah,
My trust from my youth.

On You I have been sustained since birth;
It was You who took me from my mother's womb;
My praise is continually of You.

I am like a wonder to many,
But You are my strong refuge.

My mouth is filled with Your praise,
With Your  ¹glory, all day long.

Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
When my strength fails, do not forsake me.

For my enemies speak concerning me,
And those who watch for my soul take counsel together,

Saying, God has forsaken him;
Pursue and lay hold of him, for there is no one to deliver him.

O God, do not be far away from me;
My God, hasten to help me.

May those who are the adversaries to my soul
Be put to shame and consumed;
May those who seek my misfortune
Wrap themselves in reproach and humiliation.

But I will hope continually
And will add yet more to all Your praise.

My mouth will recount Your righteousness,
Your salvation, all day long;
For I do not know its full numbers.

I will come with the proof of the mighty acts of the Lord Jehovah;
I will remind men of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

O God, You have taught me from my youth;
And until now I have declared Your wondrous deeds.

So even into my old age and grayheadedness,
O God, do not forsake me,
Until I have declared Your strength
Unto the next generation,
Your might unto everyone who is to come.

And Your righteousness, O God, is so high,
You who have done great things.
O God, who is like You?

You who have shown  ¹me
Many great troubles
Will revive  ¹me again
And bring  ¹me up again
From the depths of the earth.

You will increase my greatness
And will turn and comfort me.

I will also praise You with the harp,
I will praise Your  ¹faithfulness, my God;
I will sing psalms to You with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.

My lips will give a ringing shout
When I sing psalms to You,
And my soul, which You have redeemed.

My tongue also will declare
Your righteousness all day long;
For they are put to shame, for they are confounded,
They who seek my misfortune.

Of Solomon

O God, give Your judgments to the  ¹king,
And Your righteousness to the son of the king.

He will judge Your people in  ¹righteousness,
And Your poor with justice.

The mountains will bear peace to the people,
And the hills, in righteousness.

He will judge the poor of the people;
He will save the children of the needy
And crush the oppressor.

They will fear You as long as the sun endures
And as long as the moon endures
Throughout the generations.

He will  ¹drop like rain upon mown grass,
Like abundant showers dripping on the earth.

In His days the righteous will flourish,
And there will be an abundance of peace
Until the moon is no more.

And He will have dominion from sea to sea
And from the  ¹River unto the ends of the earth.

The desert dwellers will bow down before Him,
And His enemies will lick the dust.

The kings of Tarshish and of the  ¹coastlands
Will pay tribute;
The kings of Sheba and Seba
Will present gifts.

And all the kings will bow down before Him;
All the nations will serve Him.

For He will deliver the needy man when he cries,
And the poor man who has no one to help him.

He will have pity on the weak and needy,
And the souls of the needy He will save.

From oppression and violence
He will redeem their soul,
And their blood will be precious in His sight.

So He shall live and to Him shall be given
The gold of Sheba;
And prayer shall be made continually for Him;
He shall be blessed all the day long.

There will be an abundance of grain on the earth,
Even at the tops of the mountains.
Its fruit will wave like the forests of Lebanon,
And those of the city will blossom like the foliage of the earth.

His name will be forever;
As long as the sun endures, His name will spread;
And men will be blessed in Him;
All the nations will call Him blessed.

 ¹Blessed be Jehovah God, the God of Israel,
Who alone does wondrous deeds;

And blessed be His glorious name forever;
And may His glory fill the whole earth.
Amen and Amen.

The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.