The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.

The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the Lord and his anointed king.

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

Ask from me and I will make [the] nations your heritage, and your possession [the] ends of [the] earth.

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

{A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.} LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

Many [are] saying about my soul, "There is no deliverance for him from God. Selah

With my voice will I call to Jehovah, and he will answer me from the hill of his holiness. Selah.

I am not afraid of the multitude of people who attack me from all directions.

Deliverance comes from the LORD! May your blessing be on your people. Interlude To the Director: With stringed instruments. A Davidic Psalm

For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic psalm.Answer me when I call,
God, who vindicates me.
You freed me from affliction;
be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.

Thou hast given joy in my heart, From the time their corn and their wine Have been multiplied.

Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall from their own counsels, In the abundance of their transgressions Drive them away, Because they have rebelled against Thee.

I am weary from my groaning;
with my tears I dampen my pillow
and drench my bed every night.

Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries,

Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.

{Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.} O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

So that my enemy will not tear me like a lion,
Dragging me away while there is no one to rescue [me].

If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

My defense is from God, who saveth the upright in heart.

If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.

From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

For You have made him lack a little from God, and have crowned him with glory and honor.

In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.

For you defended my just cause; from your throne you pronounced a just decision.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.

He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

Yahweh [is] king forever and ever; the nations have perished from his land.

to render judgment [for the] fatherless and [the] oppressed [so that] a [mere] mortal from the earth will no longer cause terror.

For look: The wicked {string the bow}. They have fitted their arrow to [the] string, to shoot from [the] darkness at the upright of heart.

{To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.} Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

The words of the LORD are pure words: even as the silver, which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire.

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

How long, O Jehovah, wilt thou wholly forget me? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When Jehovah doth turn back To a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth from his heart.

He despises a reprobate, but honors the Lord's loyal followers. He makes firm commitments and does not renege on his promise.

who does not loan his money with interest, and who does not take a bribe against those who are innocent. The one who does these things will stand firm forever. A special Davidic Psalm.

[Oh my soul] you have said to Yahweh, "You [are] my Lord. I have no good apart from you."

Their sorrows will be increased who go after another god: I will not take drink offerings from their hands, or take their names on my lips.

I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night.

I have set the LORD before me continuously; because he stands at my right hand, I will stand firm.

Hear the just (righteous) cause, O Lord; listen to my loud [piercing] cry;
Listen to my prayer, that comes from guileless lips.

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.

Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with beholding thy form.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,} I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and the One who rescues me;
My God, my rock and strength in whom I trust and take refuge;
My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower—my stronghold.

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I cry. He heareth from His temple my voice, And My cry before Him cometh into His ears.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals burned forth from it.

From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed forth: hail and coals of fire.

The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.

And seen are the streams of waters, And revealed are foundations of the earth. From Thy rebuke, O Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of Thine anger.

He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

With your help I will run through an army, with help from my God I leap over walls.

For who [is] God apart from Yahweh, and who [is] a rock except our God?

You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.

Strangers have faded away, and they come trembling forth from their close places.

He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

There is no speech, nor are there [spoken] words [from the stars];
Their voice is not heard.

And he is as a bridegroom going forth from his chamber; he rejoiceth as a strong man to run the race.

His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

The law of Yahweh [is] perfect, reviving life. The testimony of Yahweh [is] firm, making wise [the] simple.

They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.

Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable and pleasing in Your sight,
O Lord, my [firm, immovable] rock and my Redeemer.

Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.

They will collapse and fall, and we will rise and stand firm.

Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever.

The king trusts in the LORD; because of the gracious love of the Most High, he will stand firm.

Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

{To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

For thou art He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother.

I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.