Psalm 152:12 I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, and I acknowledge mine
iniquities:
Psalm 152:13 wherefore, I humbly beseech thee, forgive me, O Lord, forgive
me, and destroy me not with mine iniquities. Be not angry with me for ever, by
reserving evil for me; neither condemn me to the lower parts of the earth. For
thou art the God, even the God of them that repent;
Psalm 152:14 and in me thou wilt shew all thy goodness: for thou wilt save me,
that am unworthy, according to thy great mercy.
Psalm 152:15 Therefore I will praise thee for ever all the days of my life: for all
the powers of the heavens do praise thee, and thine is the glory for ever and
ever. Amen.
Psalm 153
Slightly modified from W. Wright, Some Apocryphal Psalms in Syriac, Proceedings of the Society
of Biblical Archaeology, vol. 9 (1886-7) pp.257-258, 264-6
(1) O Lord, I have cried to You; hear me.
(2) I have lifted up my hands to Your holy dwelling-place; incline Your ear to me.
(3) And grant me my request; do not withhold my prayer.
(4) Build up my soul, destroy it not; lay it not bare before the wicked.
(5) Turn those that recompense evil things away from me, O judge of truth.
(6) O Lord, judge me not according to my sins, because no one is innocent before You.
(7) Make plain to me, O Lord, Your law, and teach me Your judgments;
(8) and many shall hear of Your works, and the nations shall praise Your honour.
(9) Remember me and forget me not; and lead me not into things that are too hard for me.
(10) Pass over the sins of my youth, and remember not my chastisement.
(11) Cleanse me, O Lord, from the evil leprosy, and let it come to me no more.
(12) Dry up its roots from me, and let not its leaves sprout within me.
(13) Great are You, O Lord; therefore my request shall be fulfilled in front of You.
(14) To whom shall I complain? And what can the strength of men add to me?
(15) In front of You, O Lord, is my confidence; I cried to the Lord and He heard me, and healed
my breaking heart.
(16) I slumbered and slept; I dreamed and was helped, and the Lord sustained me.
(17) They sorely pained my heart; I will return thanks because the Lord delivered me.
(18) Now will I rejoice in their shame; I have hoped in You, and I shall not be ashamed.
(19) Give You honour for ever, even for ever and ever.
(20) Deliver Israel Your elect, and them of the house of Jacob Your proved one.
O God, O God, come to my aid; help Thou me and save me; deliver
Thou my soul from the slayer. Shall I go down to Sheol by the mouth of the
lion? or shall the wolf confound me? Was it not enough for them that they
lay in wait for my father's flock, and rent in pieces a sheep of my father's
drove, but they were wishing also to destroy my soul? Have pity, O Lord,
and save Thy holy one from destruction; that he may rehearse Thy glories in
all his times, and may praise Thy great name: when Thou hast delivered
him from the hands of the destroying lion and of the ravening wolf, and
when Thou hast rescued my captivity from the hands of the wild beasts.
Quickly, O my Lord (Adonai), send from before Thee a deliverer, and draw
me out of the gaping pit, which imprisons me in its depths.
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Praise the Lord, all ye nations; glorify Him, and bless His name: Who
rescued the soul of His elect from the hands of death, and delivered His holy
one from destruction: and saved me from the nets of Sheol, and my soul
from the pit that cannot be fathomed. Because, ere my deliverance could go
forth from before Him, I was well nigh rent in two pieces by two wild beasts.
But He sent His angel, and shut up from me the gaping mouths, and
rescued my life from destruction. My soul shall glorify Him and exalt Him,
because of all His kindnesses which He hath done and will do unto me.
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O Lord, I have cried unto Thee; hearken Thou unto me. I have lifted
up my hands to Thy holy dwelling-place; incline Thine ear unto me. And
grant me my request; my prayer withhold not from me. Build up my soul,
and destroy it not; and lay it not bare before the wicked. Them that
recompense evil things turn Thou away from me, O judge of truth. O Lord,
judge me not according to my sins, because no flesh is innocent before
Thee. Make plain to me, O Lord, Thy law, and teach me Thy judgments; and
many shall hear of Thy works, and the nations shall praise Thine honour.
Remember me and forget me not; and lead me not into things that be too
hard for me. The sins of my youth make Thou to pass from me, and my
chastisement let them not remember against me. Cleanse me, O Lord, from
the evil leprosy, and let it no more come unto me. Dry up its roots in
(literally, from) me, and let not its leaves sprout within me. Great art Thou,
O Lord; therefore my request shall be fulfilled from before Thee. To whom
shall I complain that he may give unto me? and what can the strength of
men add [unto me]? From before Thee, O Lord, is my confidence; I cried
unto the Lord and He heard me, and healed the breaking of my heart. I
slumbered and slept; I dreamed and was helped, and the Lord sustained me.
They sorely pained my heart; I will return thanks because the Lord
delivered me. Now will I rejoice in their shame; I have hoped in Thee, and I
shall not be ashamed. Give Thou honour for ever, even for ever and ever.
Deliver Israel Thine elect, and them of the house of Jacob Thy proved one.
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