To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.

What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?

I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.

For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.

The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.

A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.