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

He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].

When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and perish before You.

Arise, O Lord, do not let man prevail;
Let the nations be judged before You.

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

My steps have held closely to Your paths;
My feet have not staggered.

In my distress [when I seemed surrounded] I called upon the Lord
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry for help came before Him, into His very ears.

Out of the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and coals of fire.

For all His ordinances were before me,
And I did not put away His statutes from me.

I was blameless before Him,
And I kept myself free from my sin.

Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind;
I emptied them out as the dirt of the streets.

My praise will be of You in the great assembly.
I will pay my vows [made in the time of trouble] before those who [reverently] fear Him.

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the families of the nations will bow down and worship before You,

All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship;
All those who go down to the dust (the dead) will bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
You have anointed and refreshed my head with oil;
My cup overflows.

For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes,
And I have walked [faithfully] in Your truth.

How great is Your goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who [reverently] fear You,
Which You have prepared for those who take refuge in You,
Before the sons of man!

As for me, I said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from Your eyes.”
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications (specific requests)
When I cried to You [for help].

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all the day long.

Let them be [blown away] like chaff before the wind [worthless, without substance],
With the angel of the Lord driving them on.

Transgression speaks [like an oracle] to the wicked (godless) [deep] within his heart;
There is no fear (dread) of God before his eyes.

Lord, all my desire is before You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You.

For I am ready to fall;
My sorrow is continually before me.

I said, “I will guard my ways
That I may not sin with my tongue;
I will muzzle my mouth
While the wicked are in my presence.”

“O look away from me, that I may smile and again know joy
Before I depart and am no more.”

These things I [vividly] remember as I pour out my soul;
How I used to go along before the great crowd of people and lead them in procession to the house of God [like a choirmaster before his singers, timing the steps to the music and the chant of the song],
With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a great crowd keeping a festival.

My dishonor is before me all day long,
And humiliation has covered my face,

May our God come and not keep silent;
Fire devours before Him,
And around Him a mighty tempest rages.

“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices;
Your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

“These things you have done and I kept silent;
You thought that I was just like you.
Now I will reprimand and denounce you and state the case in order before your eyes.

For I am conscious of my transgressions and I acknowledge them;
My sin is always before me.

For strangers have risen against me
And violent men have sought my life;
They have not set God before them. Selah.

For You have rescued my soul from death,
Yes, and my feet from stumbling,
So that I may walk before God
In the light of life.

Before your cooking pots can feel the fire of thorns [burning under them as fuel],
He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike.

He will sit enthroned forever before [the face of] God;
Appoint lovingkindness and truth to watch over and preserve him.

Trust [confidently] in Him at all times, O people;
Pour out your heart before Him.
God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Let God arise, and His enemies be scattered;
Let those who hate Him flee before Him.

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
As wax melts before the fire,
So let the wicked and guilty perish before [the presence of] God.

But let the righteous be glad; let them be in good spirits before God,
Yes, let them rejoice with delight.

Sing to God, sing praises to His name;
Lift up a song for Him who rides through the desert—
His name is the Lord—be in good spirits before Him.

O God, when You went out before Your people,
When You marched through the wilderness, Selah.

You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor [how I am insulted];
My adversaries are all before You [each one fully known].

The nomads of the desert will bow before him,
And his enemies will lick the dust.

Yes, all kings will bow down before him,
All nations will serve him.

May his name endure forever;
May his name continue as long as the sun;
And let men bless themselves by him;
Let all nations call him blessed.

Then I was senseless and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.

He also drove out the nations before the sons of Israel
And allotted their land as an inheritance, measured out and partitioned;
And He had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents [the tents of those who had been dispossessed].

Let the groaning and sighing of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your power keep safe those who are doomed to die.

Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your power
And come to save us!

You cleared away the ground before it,
And it took deep root and filled the land.

Those who hate the Lord would pretend obedience to Him and cringe before Him,
And their time of punishment would be forever.

O my God, make them like whirling dust,
Like chaff before the wind [worthless and without substance].

They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power];
Each of them appears before God in Zion.

Righteousness will go before Him
And will make His footsteps into a way [in which to walk].

All nations whom You have made shall come and kneel down in worship before You, O Lord,
And they shall glorify Your name.

O God, arrogant and insolent men have risen up against me;
A band of violent men have sought my life,
And they have not set You before them.

Let my prayer come before You and enter into Your presence;
Incline Your ear to my cry!

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Lovingkindness and truth go before You.

“I will crush his adversaries before him,
And strike those who hate him.

“His descendants shall endure forever
And his throne [will continue] as the sun before Me.

Before the mountains were born
Or before You had given birth to the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are [the eternal] God.

O satisfy us with Your lovingkindness in the morning [now, before we grow older],
That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Let us come before His presence with a song of thanksgiving;
Let us shout joyfully to Him with songs.

O come, let us worship and bow down,
Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker [in reverent praise and prayer].

Splendor and majesty are before Him;
Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.

Ascribe to the Lord the glory of His name;
Bring an offering and come into His courts.

Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness;
Tremble [in submissive wonder] before Him, all the earth.

Before the Lord, for He is coming,
For He is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
And the peoples in His faithfulness.

Fire goes before Him
And burns up His adversaries on all sides.

Let all those be [deeply] ashamed who serve carved images,
Who boast in idols.
Worship Him, all you gods!

With trumpets and the sound of the horn
Shout with joy before the King, the Lord.

Before the Lord, for He is coming to judge the earth;
He will judge the world with righteousness
And the peoples with fairness.

Serve the Lord with gladness and delight;
Come before His presence with joyful singing.

I will set no worthless or wicked thing before my eyes.
I hate the practice of those who fall away [from the right path];
It will not grasp hold of me.

“The children of Your servants will continue,
And their descendants will be established before You.”

He sent a man before them,
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

Therefore He said He would destroy them,
[And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the gap before Him,
To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

Let them be before the Lord continually,
That He may cut off their memory from the earth;

I will walk [in submissive wonder] before the Lord
In the land of the living.

I have chosen the faithful way;
I have placed Your ordinances before me.

I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings
And shall not be ashamed.

Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep and honor Your word [with loving obedience].

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,
For Your words are always with me.

My eyes anticipate the night watches and I awake before the call of the watchman,
That I may meditate on Your word.

I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies,
For all my ways are [fully known] before You.

Tav.
Let my [mournful] cry come before You, O Lord;
Give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart] according to Your word [of promise].

Let my supplication come before You;
Deliver me according to Your word.

Let them be like the grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,

I will give You thanks with all my heart;
I sing praises to You before the [pagan] gods.

You have enclosed me behind and before,
And [You have] placed Your hand upon me.

Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were appointed for me,
When as yet there was not one of them [even taking shape].

Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name;
The upright will dwell in Your presence.

Let my prayer be counted as incense before You;
The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.

Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips [to keep me from speaking thoughtlessly].

I pour out my complaint before Him;
I declare my trouble before Him.

He casts out His ice like fragments;
Who can stand before His cold?