Give sincere homage! Otherwise he will be angry, and you will die because of your behavior, when his anger quickly ignites. How blessed are all who take shelter in him!

But as for me, because of your great faithfulness I will enter your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple as I worship you.

Lord, lead me in your righteousness because of those who wait to ambush me, remove the obstacles in the way in which you are guiding me!

Condemn them, O God! May their own schemes be their downfall! Drive them away because of their many acts of insurrection, for they have rebelled against you.

Relent, Lord, rescue me! Deliver me because of your faithfulness!

My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.

The Lord judges the nations. Vindicate me, Lord, because I am innocent, because I am blameless, O Exalted One!

Then I will tell about all your praiseworthy acts; in the gates of Daughter Zion I will rejoice because of your deliverance."

Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the Lord.

He says to himself, "I will never be upended, because I experience no calamity."

Lord, you have heard the request of the oppressed; you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer.

"Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the Lord. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire."

Then my enemy will say, "I have defeated him!" Then my foes will rejoice because I am upended.

But I trust in your faithfulness. May I rejoice because of your deliverance!

I constantly trust in the Lord; because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended.

As for me, because I am innocent I will see your face; when I awake you will reveal yourself to me.

The earth heaved and shook; the roots of the mountains trembled; they heaved because he was angry.

He brought me out into a wide open place; he delivered me because he was pleased with me.

For the king trusts in the Lord, and because of the sovereign Lord's faithfulness he is not upended.

Do not hold against me the sins of my youth or my rebellious acts! Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O Lord!

For the sake of your reputation, O Lord, forgive my sin, because it is great.

Teach me how you want me to live; lead me along a level path because of those who wait to ambush me!

I will be happy and rejoice in your faithfulness, because you notice my pain and you are aware of how distressed I am.

For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.

Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering -- those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me.

Smile on your servant! Deliver me because of your faithfulness!

You godly ones, shout for joy because of the Lord! It is appropriate for the morally upright to offer him praise.

Then I will rejoice in the Lord and be happy because of his deliverance.

My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin.

My wounds are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins.

I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.

Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.

I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me.

I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.

As for me, you uphold me because of my integrity; you allow me permanent access to your presence.

I will pray to God, my high ridge: "Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?"

For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?

Yet because of you we are killed all day long; we are treated like sheep at the slaughtering block.

Rise up and help us! Rescue us because of your loyal love!

Mount Zion rejoices; the towns of Judah are happy, because of your acts of judgment.

I am not condemning you because of your sacrifices, or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me.

For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David's affair with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts!

Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance.

Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her! Fortify the walls of Jerusalem!

They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.

because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! In your anger bring down the nations, O God!

For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord.

Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!

Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you.

Say to God: "How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you.

Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me, O sovereign Lord and king! Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me, O God of Israel!

O Lord, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me! O God, because of your great loyal love, answer me with your faithful deliverance!

Answer me, O Lord, for your loyal love is good! Because of your great compassion, turn toward me!

Come near me and redeem me! Because of my enemies, rescue me!

because they did not have faith in God, and did not trust his ability to deliver them.

It is burned and cut down. They die because you are displeased with them.

My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O Lord, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.

The Lord says, "Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me.

For you, O Lord, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done.

He will pay them back for their sin. He will destroy them because of their evil; the Lord our God will destroy them.

Zion hears and rejoices, the towns of Judah are happy, because of your judgments, O Lord.

Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.

because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away.

They made him angry by the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered because of them,

He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.

because they had rebelled against God's commands, and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king.

They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, and suffered because of their sins.

They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors' strength left them because the danger was so great.

The sailors rejoiced because the waves grew quiet, and he led them to the harbor they desired.

and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.

As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.

O sovereign Lord, intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation! Because your loyal love is good, deliver me!

Help me, O Lord my God! Because you are faithful to me, deliver me!

because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.

I love the Lord because he heard my plea for mercy,

Rage takes hold of me because of the wicked, those who reject your law.

I know, Lord, that your regulations are just. You disciplined me because of your faithful devotion to me.

My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments.

I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commands.

Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law.

Listen to me because of your loyal love! O Lord, revive me, as you typically do!

I take note of the treacherous and despise them, because they do not keep your instructions.

Seven times a day I praise you because of your just regulations.

A song of ascents, by David. I was glad because they said to me, "We will go to the Lord's temple."

I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky.

I will give you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing. You knew me thoroughly;

Free me from prison, that I may give thanks to your name. Because of me the godly will assemble, for you will vindicate me.

A psalm of David. O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for help! Because of your faithfulness and justice, answer me!

May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you.

O Lord, for the sake of your reputation, revive me! Because of your justice, rescue me from trouble!

Let the godly rejoice because of their vindication! Let them shout for joy upon their beds!