Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.'

In peace together I lie down and sleep, For Thou, O Jehovah, alone, In confidence dost cause me to dwell!

Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

For Thou blessest the righteous, O Jehovah, As a buckler with favour dost compass him!

An enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, And treadeth down to the earth my life, And my honour placeth in the dust. Selah.

Thou dost cause him to rule Over the works of Thy hands, All Thou hast placed under his feet.

Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,

Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? -- for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me?

Jehovah is the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou -- Thou dost uphold my lot.

For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.

A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear to my prayer, without lips of deceit.

I -- I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.

Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me.

And I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I empty them out.

Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.

My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me.

For Thou makest him blessings for ever, Thou dost cause him to rejoice with joy, By Thy countenance.

In Thee did our fathers trust -- they trusted, And Thou dost deliver them.

And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.

And the fat ones of earth have eaten, And they bow themselves, Before Him bow do all going down to dust, And he who hath not revived his soul.

The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit.

Jehovah my God, I have cried to Thee, And Thou dost heal me.

What gain is in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth?

O the happiness of a man, To whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Thou art a hiding-place for me, From distress Thou dost keep me, With songs of deliverance dost compass me. Selah.

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

Lord, how long dost thou behold? Keep back my soul from their desolations, From young lions my only one.

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

They are filled from the fatness of Thy house, And the stream of Thy delights Thou dost cause them to drink.

Because for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God.

With reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness, Only, vanity is every man. Selah.

Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,

Thou, with Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.

But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.

Stir up -- why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.

For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.

Instead of thy fathers are thy sons, Thou dost appoint them for princes in all the earth.

For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)

Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.

Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

O Lord, my lips thou dost open, And my mouth declareth Thy praise.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.

Do good in Thy good pleasure with Zion, Thou dost build the walls of Jerusalem.

Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

Mischiefs are in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.

And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee!

For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Dost Thou not my feet from falling? To walk habitually before God in the light of the living!

And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations.

To the Overseer. -- 'Concerning the Lily of Testimony,' a secret treasure of David, to teach, in his striving with Aram-Naharaim, and with Aram-Zobah, and Joab turneth back and smiteth Edom in the valley of Salt -- twelve thousand. O God, Thou hadst cast us off, Thou hadst broken us -- hadst been angry! -- Thou dost turn back to us.

Is it not Thou, O God? hast Thou cast us off? And dost Thou not go forth, O God, with our hosts!

From the end of the land unto Thee I call, In the feebleness of my heart, Into a rock higher than I Thou dost lead me.

And with Thee, O Lord, is kindness, For Thou dost recompense to each, According to his work!

Matters of iniquities were mightier than I, Our transgressions -- Thou dost cover them.

Thou hast inspected the earth, and waterest it, Thou makest it very rich, the rivulet of God is full of water, Thou preparest their corn, When thus Thou dost prepare it,

Its ridges have been filled, Deepened hath been its furrow, With showers Thou dost soften it, Its springing up Thou blessest.

In Thy righteousness Thou dost deliver me, And dost cause me to escape, Incline unto me Thine ear, and save me.

By Thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother's bowels Thou dost cut me out, In Thee is my praise continually.

Thou dost increase my greatness, And Thou surroundest -- Thou comfortest me,

Before him bow do the inhabitants of the dry places, And his enemies lick the dust.

Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.

With Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me.

Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove it.

And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas -- winged fowl,

A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring, Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it.

Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land,

And we do not go back from Thee, Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we call.

Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:

So dost Thou pursue them with Thy whirlwind, And with Thy hurricane troublest them.

To the age art Thou angry against us? Dost Thou draw out Thine anger To generation and generation?

Dost Thou not turn back? Thou revivest us, And Thy people do rejoice in Thee.

Show us, O Jehovah, thy kindness, And Thy salvation Thou dost give to us.

In a day of my distress I call Thee, For Thou dost answer me.

To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah.

For I said, 'To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'

Thou art ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.

And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,

Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou art God.

With His pinion He covereth thee over, And under His wings thou dost trust, A shield and buckler is His truth.

I act wisely in a perfect way, When dost Thou come in unto me? I walk habitually in the integrity of my heart, In the midst of my house.

He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.

From Thine indignation and Thy wrath, For Thou hast lifted me up, And dost cast me down.

For Thy servants have been pleased with her stones, And her dust they favour.

For He hath known our frame, Remembering that we are dust.

Thou dost give to them -- they gather, Thou dost open Thy hand -- they are satisfied with good.

Thou hidest Thy face -- they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit -- they expire, And unto their dust they turn back.

For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice.

He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy.

Daleth. Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word.

The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart!

How many are the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?

Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood is their deceit.

Tzade. Righteous art Thou, O Jehovah, And upright are Thy judgments.

My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes.

If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand?

In the day I called, when Thou dost answer me, Thou dost strengthen me in my soul with strength.

Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.

For Thou -- Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.

Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!