Harvard Classics 365: Psalms

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[1]	JEHOVAH is my shepherd; I shall not want.
[2]	He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside still ¹waters.
[3]	He restoreth my soul: He guideth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
[4]	Yea, though I walk through the valley of the ² shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
[5]	Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil; My cup runneth over.
[6]	Surely ³ goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah for ⁴ ever.

[1]	BY the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
[2]	Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.
[3]	For there they that led us captive required of us songs, ¹ And they ² that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
[4]	How shall we sing Jehovah’s song In a foreign land?
[5]	If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill.
[6]	Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
[7]	Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.
[8]	O daughter of Babylon, that ³ art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.
[9]	Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.