He is like a tree planted beside streams of water
that bears its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.

“Let us tear off their chains
and free ourselves from their restraints.”

or they will tear me like a lion,
ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.

They are like a lion eager to tear,
like a young lion lurking in ambush.

He makes my feet like the feet of a deer
and sets me securely on the heights.

Because they do not consider
what the Lord has done
or the work of His hands,
He will tear them down and not rebuild them.

The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth
and strips the woodlands bare.

In His temple all cry, “Glory!”

Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers,
and assure me: “I am your deliverance.”

But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop.

I have seen a wicked, violent man
well-rooted like a flourishing native tree.

BOOK II
(Psalms 42–72)For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As a deer longs for streams of water,
so I long for You, God.

The daughter of Tyre, the wealthy people,
will seek your favor with gifts.

note its ramparts; tour its citadels
so that you can tell a future generation:

“Understand this, you who forget God,
or I will tear you apart,
and there will be no one to rescue you.

But I am like a flourishing olive tree
in the house of God;
I trust in God’s faithful love forever and ever.

God, knock the teeth out of their mouths;
Lord, tear out the young lions’ fangs.

for You have been a refuge for me,
a strong tower in the face of the enemy.

Draw near to me and redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies.

Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.

They were destroyed at En-dor;
they became manure for the ground.

Better a day in Your courts
than a thousand anywhere else.
I would rather be at the door of the house of my God
than to live in the tents of wicked people.

“I will mention those who know Me:
Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—
each one was born there.”

The righteous thrive like a palm tree
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.

Until the time his prediction came true,
the word of the Lord tested him.

All Your commands are true;
people persecute me with lies—help me!

Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
and Your instruction is true.

You are near, Lord,
and all Your commands are true.

Lord, set up a guard for my mouth;
keep watch at the door of my lips.