Hearing, hear ye, to the noise of his voice, and the growling going out from his mouth.

Tell us! What are we to say to him? Can we prepare our case to face him when our faces are in darkness?

Who set its measurement? Am I to assume you know? Who stretched a boundary line over it?

It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth?

“Will he make many supplications to you [begging to be spared]?
Or will he speak soft words to you [to coax you to treat him kindly]?

“Will he make a covenant or an arrangement with you?
Will you take him for your servant forever?

Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, 'My Son Thou art, I to-day have brought thee forth.

In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice;
In the morning I will prepare [a prayer and a sacrifice] for You and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart].

Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings You have ordained strength, because of ones vexing You, to cause the enemy and the avenger to cease.

Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

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.

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

He asked you to sustain his life, and you have granted him long life and an enduring dynasty.

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

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

The Lord is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live.

I cried to you, Yahweh. To Yahweh I made supplication:

I have become a reproach because of all my adversaries, yea, to my neighbors exceedingly, and a fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me outside fled from me.

I cause thee to act wisely, And direct thee in the way that thou goest, I cause mine eye to take counsel concerning thee.

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.

Shout for joy, ye righteous, in Yahweh, To the upright, seemly is praise.

Confess to Jehovah upon the harp: upon an instrument of ten strings play ye to him.

Sing ye to Him a new song, Play skilfully with shouting.

The counsel of Yahweh, to times age-abiding, shall stand, The devices of his heart, from generation to generation.

Come, you children, listen to me;
I will teach you to fear the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worship Him with obedience].

Near is Yahweh, to the broken in heart, And, the crushed in spirit, will he save.

They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

Wait for and expect the Lord and keep His way,
And He will exalt you to inherit the land;
[In the end] when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

For, I, to halt, am ready, and, my pain, is before me continually;

{To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.} I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

Blessed [is] the man who makes Yahweh his trust and does not turn to [the] proud and [to those who] fall away [to] a lie.

Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

Be pleased, O Yahweh, to deliver me. O Yahweh, hurry to help me.

And in Your majesty ride on triumphantly
For the cause of truth and humility and righteousness;
Let Your right hand guide You to awesome things.

Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.

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

But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite My statutes
Or to take My covenant on your lips?

Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you.

Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and I will reveal the salvation of God to whomever continues in my way." To the Director: A Davidic Psalm. When the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

So that together have we been wont to find sweetness in counsel, In the house of God, used we to walk in the throng.

I -- to God I call, and Jehovah saveth me.

But you, God, bring them down to the Pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I put my full confidence in you. To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "A Silent Dove Far Away," when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

You have set up a banner for those who fear You [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder—a banner to shield them from attack],
A banner that may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

How long will ye assail a man; will ye seek, all of you, to break him down as a bowing wall or a tottering fence?

How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You
To dwell in Your courts.
We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Your holy temple.

To the Overseer. -- A Song, a Psalm. Shout ye to God, all the earth.

All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.

Were I to cherish iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not listen to me.

Sing ye to God -- praise His name, Raise up a highway for Him who is riding in deserts, In Jah is His name, and exult before Him.

Kingdoms of the earth, sing ye to God, Praise ye the Lord. Selah.

More than the hairs of my head, Are they who hate me without cause, - Firmer than my bones, Are they who are my foes for false cause, - What I had not plundered, then, had I to restore.

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

Be pleased O God, to rescue me, O Yahweh, to help me - make haste.

May grain be abundant in the land all the way to the mountain tops; may its fruits flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and may the cities sprout like the grass of the earth.

{A Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

For I was envious of the boasters, At the prosperity of the lawless, used I to look.

Then thought I to understand this; but it was too hard for me,

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

Who to me in the heavens? and from thee I desired nothing in the earth.

Make Your way to the everlasting ruins,
to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary.

Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

{Maschil of Asaph.} Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

A testimony in Joseph, he appointed it, When he went forth over the land of Egypt: A language I liked not, used I to hear;

You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)

Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

LORD of Heavenly Armies, how happy are those who trust in you. To the Director: A Psalm by the descendants of Korah.

Righteousness shall go before him, And shall make his footsteps a way to walk in .

His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

Blessed be Yahweh to times age-abiding, Amen, and Amen!

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

For He will command His angels in regard to you,
To protect and defend and guard you in all your ways [of obedience and service].

{A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day.} It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

Thy testimonies, are strongly confirmed, To thy house, befitting is holiness, O Yahweh - to length of days.

O Lord God, You to whom vengeance belongs,
O God, You to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth [in judgment]!

Sing ye to Jehovah a new song: sing ye to Jehovah all the earth.

Sing ye to Jehovah, praise his name; announce glad tidings; from day to day, his salvation.

For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

Worship ye to Jehovah in the ornaments of holiness: tremble ye from his face, all the earth.

A Psalm. Sing ye to Jehovah a new song, For wonders He hath done, Given salvation to Him hath His right hand and His holy arm.

Shout ye to Jehovah, all the earth break forth into joy and rejoice, and play on the harp.

O Lord our God, you answered them. They found you to be a forgiving God, but also one who punished their sinful deeds.