A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk, with a song.

And David passed on a little way from Ros; and behold, Ziba the servant of Memphibosheth [came] to meet him; and he had a couple of donkeys saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves, and a hundred [cakes of] raisins, and a hundred [cakes of] dates, and a bottle of wine.

And the king said, And where [is] the son of your master? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he remains in Jerusalem; for he said, Today shall the house of Israel restore to me the kingdom of my father.

And King David came to Bahurim; and behold, there came out from there a man of the family of the house of Saul, and his name [was] Shimei, the son of Gera. He came forth and cursed as he went,

And thus Shimei said when he cursed him, Go out, go out, you bloody man, and man of sin.

Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, Why does this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over now and take off his head!

And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, Behold, my son who came forth out of my bowels seeks my life; still more now may the son of Benjamin: let him curse, because the Lord has told him.

And David and all the men with him went along the road: and Shimei went by the side of the hill next to him, cursing as he went, and casting stones at him, and sprinkling him with dirt.

And Absalom and all the men of Israel went into Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

And Absalom said to Hushai, [Is] this your kindness to your friend? Why did you not go forth with your friend?

And again, whom shall I serve? Should I not [serve] in the presence of his son? As I served in the sight of your father, so will I be in your presence.

And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines, whom he left to keep his house; and all Israel shall hear that you have dishonored your father; and the hands of all that are with you shall be strengthened.

And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in former days, [was] as if one should inquire of the word of God: so [was] all the counsel of Ahithophel both to David and also to Absalom.

Look on me, hearken to me, O Lord my God: lighten my eyes, lest I sleep in death;

But I have hoped in Your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.

For You, O Lord, shall light my lamp: my God, You shall lighten my darkness.

O Lord my God, I cried to You, and You healed me.

that my glory may sing praise to You, and I may not be pierced [with sorrow]. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

And I will go in to the altar of God, to God who gladdens my youth; I will give thanks to You on the harp, O God, my God.

He shall call upon Me, [saying], You are my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation.

My brethren that went up with me turned away the heart of the people, but I applied myself to follow the Lord my God.

I have heard the sound of Ephraim lamenting, [and saying], You have chastened me, and I was chastened; I as a calf was not [willingly] taught: turn me, and I shall turn; for You [are] the Lord my God.

And I prayed to the Lord my God, and confessed, and said, O Lord, the great and wonderful God, keeping Your covenant and Your mercy to them that love You, and to them that keep Your commandments; we have sinned;

Hearken, O Lord; be propitious, O Lord; attend, O Lord; delay not, O my God, for Your own sake; for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.

And while I was yet speaking, and praying, and confessing my sins and the sins of my people Israel, and bringing my pitiful case before the Lord my God concerning the holy mountain;

And the valley of My mountains shall be closed up, and the valley of the mountains shall be joined on to Jasod, and shall be blocked up as it was blocked up in the days of the earthquake, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah; and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with Him.

For the end, A Psalm of David. In the Lord I have put my trust: how will you say to my soul, Flee to the mountains as a sparrow?

The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my God is my helper, I will hope in Him; [He is] my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper.

O my God, I have trusted in You; let me not be confounded, neither let my enemies laugh me to scorn.

[A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence; and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved.

For the end, A Psalm of David, [an utterance] of extreme fear. O Lord, I have hoped in You; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in Your righteousness and rescue me.

Many are the scourges of the sinner; but him that hopes in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.

Trust not in princes, nor in the children of men, in whom there is no safety.

Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

Who is among you that fears the Lord? Let him hearken to the voice of His servant; you that walk in darkness, and have no light, trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon God.

who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

Arise, O Lord; deliver me, my God; for You have struck all who were my enemies without cause; You have broken the teeth of sinners.

Show the marvels of Your mercies, You that save them that trust in You.

from the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me; my enemies have compassed about my soul.

My times are in Your hands; deliver me from the hand of my enemies,

[A Psalm] of David. Judge, O Lord, those that injure me, fight against them that fight against me.

Bring forth a sword, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me; say to my soul, I am your salvation.

O Lord, remember me, and visit me, and vindicate me before them that persecute me. Do not bear long with them; know how I have met with reproach for Your sake, from those who nullify Your words.

But the Lord was with me as a mighty man of war; therefore they persecuted [me], but could not perceive [anything against me.] They were greatly confounded, for they perceived not their disgrace, which shall never be forgotten.

Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.