Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

For every wild animal in the forest belongs to me, as well as the cattle that graze on a thousand hills.

I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.

Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

while you yourself hate discipline, and cast my words behind you?

Thou sentest thy month into evil, and thy tongue will contrive deceit

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear [you] apart, and there [will be] none to deliver.

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean from evil.

Against you -- you above all -- I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.

Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation; [then] my tongue will sing aloud [of] your righteousness.

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will proclaim your praise.

For thou wilt not desire sacrifice - that I should give it, Ascending-offering, will not please:

My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit;
A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.

Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.

Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, 'David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God is all the day.

Thy tongue will purpose mischief as a razor being sharpened, working deceit.

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah

The righteous will see it and fear,
And will [scoffingly] laugh, saying,

Behold, the man will not set God his strength, and he will trust in the multitude of his riches he will be strengthened in his mischief.

But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I will confide in the loving-kindness of God for ever and ever.

I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

{All of them} have turned back. They are altogether corrupt. There is none who does good; there is not even one.

Will evildoers never understand?
They consume My people as they consume bread;
they do not call on God.

Then they will be filled with terror—
terror like no other—
because God will scatter
the bones of those who besiege you.
You will put them to shame,
for God has rejected them.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When God restores [the fortunes of] His people,
Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. It was written when the Ziphites came and informed Saul: "David is hiding with us." O God, deliver me by your name! Vindicate me by your power!

He will requite the evil unto mine enemies: Destroy thou them in thy truth.

I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good.

For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.

For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. Listen, O God, to my prayer! Do not ignore my appeal for mercy!

From the voice of the enemy, from the face of the oppression of the unjust one: for they will bring down vanity upon me, for in anger they will lie in wait for me.

My heart will be pained within me, and the terrors of death fell upon me.

Fear and trembling will come upon me, and horror will cover me.

I said, "O, who will give me the wings of a dove, so that I could fly away and live somewhere else?

Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah)

I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind and the gale."

Day and night they walk around on its walls, while wickedness and destruction are within it.

Covetings are in her midst; oppression and guile will not depart from her streets.

If it were mine enemy that reviled me, I could bear it: or if one that ought me evil will did threaten me, I would hide myself from him.

But it was you, my equal, my guide, my well-loved friend.

Who together made sweet the intercourse, we will go into the house of God with the multitude.

As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

Though many are against me,
He will redeem me from my battle unharmed.

God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, Selah The men who have no changes, And who fear not God.

He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

They stir up strife, they lurk;
they watch my steps
while they wait to take my life.

Because of iniquity will they escape? In anger cast down [the] peoples, O God.

Then my enemies will turn back {when} I call. This I know because God [is] for me.

In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.

In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

For you have delivered my soul from death: will not you deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.} Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.

He will send from heaven, and save me, When he that would swallow me up reproacheth; Selah God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.

They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it! (Selah)

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.

Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David. Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions? Do you judge people fairly?

Aye! ye all do work, perversity, - Throughout the land, your hands, weigh out, violence!

Wrath to them according to the likeness of the wrath of a serpent: as the deaf adder will stop its ear;

Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

They will vanish like water that flows by;
they will aim their useless arrows.

Like a slug that moves along in slime,
like a woman’s miscarried child,
they will not see the sun.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

The [unyieldingly] righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance [of God];
He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely there is a God who judges on the earth.”

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me from those who attack me!

For behold, they lay in wait for my soul: the strong will gather against me; not my transgression and not my sin, O Jehovah.

Not iniquity, they will run and they will prepare: be aroused to meet me, and see.

Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

They return at evening; they howl like dogs while they prowl [the] city.

Look, they spew from their mouths—
sharp words from their lips.
“For who,” they say, “will hear?”

But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.