O Lord, lead me in Your righteousness because of my enemies;
Make Your way straight (direct, right) before me.

Hold them guilty, O God;
Let them fall by their own designs and councils!
Cast them out because of the abundance of their transgressions,
For they are mutinous and have rebelled against You.

But let all who take refuge and put their trust in You rejoice,
Let them ever sing for joy;
Because You cover and shelter them,
Let those who love Your name be joyful and exult in You.

My eye grows dim with grief;
It grows old because of all my enemies.

Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
Because of Your adversaries,
That You might silence the enemy and make the revengeful cease.

“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

I will sing to the Lord,
Because He has dealt bountifully with me.

I have set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Then the earth shook and quaked,
The foundations of the mountains trembled;
They were shaken because He was indignant and angry.

He brought me out into a broad place;
He rescued me because He was pleased with me and delighted in me.

His glory is great because of Your victory;
Splendor and majesty You bestow upon him.

Teach me Your way, O Lord,
And lead me on a level path
Because of my enemies [who lie in wait].

Because they have no regard for the works of the Lord
Nor the deeds of His hands,
He will tear them down and not rebuild them.

Blessed be the Lord,
Because He has heard the voice of my supplication.

I will rejoice and be glad in Your steadfast love,
Because You have seen my affliction;
You have taken note of my life’s distresses,

For my life is spent with sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My strength has failed because of my iniquity,
And even my body has wasted away.

For in Him our heart rejoices,
Because we trust [lean on, rely on, and are confident] in His holy name.

Do not worry because of evildoers,
Nor be envious toward wrongdoers;

Be still before the Lord; wait patiently for Him and entrust yourself to Him;
Do not fret (whine, agonize) because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

The Lord helps them and rescues them;
He rescues them from the wicked and saves them,
Because they take refuge in Him.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation;
There is no health in my bones because of my sin.

My wounds are loathsome and foul
Because of my foolishness.

They repay evil for good, they attack and try to kill me,
Because I follow what is good.

By this I know that You favor and delight in me,
Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

For You are the God of my strength [my stronghold—in whom I take refuge]; why have You rejected me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword,
Nor did their own arm save them,
But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,
Because You favored and delighted in them.

Rise up! Come be our help,
And ransom us for the sake of Your steadfast love.

Then the King will desire your beauty;
Because He is your Lord, bow down and honor Him.

Let Mount Zion be glad,
Let the daughters of Judah rejoice
Because of Your [righteous] judgments.

I will thank You forever, because You have done it, [You have rescued me and kept me safe].
I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.

There they were, in great terror and dread, where there had been no terror or dread;
For God scattered the bones of him who besieged you;
You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.

Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the pressure of the wicked;
For they bring down trouble on me,
And in anger they persecute me.

God will hear and humble them,
Even He who sits enthroned from old— Selah.
Because in them there has been no change [of heart],
And they do not fear God [at all].

You have set up a banner for those who fear You [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder—a banner to shield them from attack],
A banner that may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips shall praise You.

Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Confusion and dishonor have covered my face.

Draw near to my soul and redeem it;
Ransom me because of my enemies [so that they do not delight in my distress].

Let them be turned back because of their shame and disgrace
Who say, “Aha, aha!”

Because they did not believe in God [they did not rely on Him, they did not adhere to Him],
And they did not trust in His salvation (His power to save).

We have become an object of taunting to our neighbors [because of our humiliation],
A derision and mockery to those who encircle us.

Show me a sign of [Your] goodwill,
That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,
Because You, O Lord, helped and comforted me.

My eye grows dim with sorrow.
O Lord, I have called on You every day;
I have spread out my hands to You [in prayer].

Because you have made the Lord, [who is] my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,

“Because he set his love on Me, therefore I will save him;
I will set him [securely] on high, because he knows My name [he confidently trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never abandon him, no, never].

Zion heard this and was glad,
And the daughters (cities) of Judah rejoiced [in relief]
Because of Your judgments, O Lord.

Because of Your indignation and Your wrath,
For You have lifted me up and thrown me away.

Because they had rebelled against the precepts of God
And spurned the counsel of the Most High.

Fools, because of their rebellious way,
And because of their sins, were afflicted.

They went up toward the heavens [on the crest of the wave], they went down again to the depths [of the watery trough];
Their courage melted away in their misery.

Then they were glad because of the calm,
And He guided them to their desired haven (harbor).

A productive land into a [barren] salt waste,
Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

Because the man did not remember to show kindness,
But persecuted the suffering and needy man,
And the brokenhearted, to put them to death.

But You, O God, the Lord, show kindness to me, for Your name’s sake;
Because Your lovingkindness (faithfulness, compassion) is good, O rescue me;

I love the Lord, because He hears [and continues to hear]
My voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs).

Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call on Him as long as I live.

Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked,
Who reject Your law.

At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You
Because of Your righteous ordinances.

May those who [reverently] fear You see me and be glad,
Because I wait for Your word.

I have better understanding and deeper insight than all my teachers [because of Your word],
For Your testimonies are my meditation.

I understand more than the aged [who have not observed Your precepts],
Because I have observed and kept Your precepts.

My eyes weep streams of water
Because people do not keep Your law.

My zeal has [completely] consumed me,
Because my enemies have forgotten Your words.

I see the treacherous and loathe them,
Because they do not respect Your law.

Seven times a day I praise You,
Because of Your righteous ordinances.

“Bring my soul out of prison (adversity),
So that I may give thanks and praise Your name;
The righteous will surround me [in triumph],
For You will look after me.”