Now think of this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part You shall make me to know wisdom.

To the Chief Musician on Mahalath. A contemplation. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They acted corruptly, and have worked out abominable wickedness; there is not one doing good.

Every one has turned away; they have altogether become filthy; not one is doing good, no, not even one.

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? They eat up my people as they eat bread; they have not called on God.

There they dreaded with dread, where no dread was; for God has scattered the bones of him who camps against you; you have put them to shame because God rejects them.

God shall hear and answer them, even He who is enthroned of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they do not fear God.

When I cry, then my enemies will be turned back. This I know, for God is with me.

Consume them in wrath; consume, so that they may not be; and let them know that God rules in Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah.

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; I will seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You, as in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

O God, You know my foolishness, and my guiltiness is not hidden from You.

But I am poor and needy; make haste to me, O God; You are my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, wait no longer!

My mouth shall show forth Your righteousness and Your salvation all the day; for I do not know how many they are.

O God, You have taught me from my youth; and before now I have declared Your wonderful works.

And now when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not leave me; until I have declared Your strength to this generation, and Your power to everyone who is to come.

For He shall deliver the needy when he cries; and the poor with no helper.

For there are no bands in their death; but their strength is fat.

And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

So foolish was I, and I did not know; I was like a beast before You.

And now all its carvings too, they break down with axes and hammers.

We did not see our signs; there is no prophet any more; neither is there among us any who knows how long.

Will the Lord cast off forever? And will He be favorable no more?

so that the generation to come might know; sons shall be born, and they shall arise and tell their sons,

Blow the ram's horn in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

there shall be no strange god in you; nor shall you worship any strange god.

They neither know nor will understand; they walk on in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, so that the name Israel may be remembered no more.

so that men may know that Your name is JEHOVAH, that You alone are the Most High over all the earth.

For Jehovah God is a sun and shield; Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

I will mention Rahab and Babylon to those who know me; behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom You remember no more; and by Your hand they are cut off.

You have taken lover and friend far from me, and those who know me into darkness.

no evil shall befall You, nor shall any plague come near Your dwelling.

A beastly man does not know; nor does a fool understand this.

to show that Jehovah is upright; He is my rock, and no unrighteousness is in Him.

Oh sing to Jehovah a new song; sing to Jehovah, all the earth.

A Psalm. O sing to Jehovah a new song; for He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have saved for Him.

Know that Jehovah, He is God. He has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

I will set no wicked thing before my eyes. I have hated the work of those who turn aside; it shall not hold on to me.

A perverse heart will depart from me; I will not know the wicked.

but You are He, and Your years shall have no end.

For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place shall know it no more.

Let the sinners perish from the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Praise Jehovah!

He allowed no man to do them wrong; yea, He reproved kings for their sakes,

saying, Touch not my anointed, and do My prophets no harm.

They wandered in the wilderness, in a desert by the way; they found no city to dwell in.

He pours scorn on nobles, and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no path.

and they will know that this is Your hand; that You, Jehovah, have done it.

Why should the nations say, Where now is their God?

I will pay my vows to Jehovah now in the presence of all His people.

I will pay my vows to Jehovah now in the presence of all His people,

Let Israel now say that His mercy endures forever.

Let the house of Aaron now say that His mercy endures forever.

Let those who fear Jehovah now say that His mercy endures forever.

Save now, I beseech You, O Jehovah; O Jehovah, I beseech You, cause us to prosper now.

They also do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.

Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I have kept Your Word.

I know, O Jehovah, that Your judgments are right, and that You have afflicted me in faithfulness.

I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.

Great peace is to those who love Your Law, and there is no stumbling block for them.

For my brothers and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within you.

A Song of degrees. Many times they have afflicted me from my youth, Israel may now say;

For I know that Jehovah is great, and our LORD is above all gods.

You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.

For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Jehovah, You know it altogether.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts,

I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted and the right of the poor.

When my spirit fainted within me, then You knew my path. In the way in which I walked they have secretly laid a snare for me.

I looked on my right hand, and I watched, but no one recognized me; escape was lost to me; no man cared for my soul.

And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no one living is just.

Cause me to hear Your loving-kindness in the morning, for I do trust in You; cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to You.

I will sing a new song to You, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You.

and our oxen may be loaded; there is no breaking in nor going out and no crying in our streets.

Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised; and there is no searching out His greatness.

Do not put your trust in princes, nor in the son of man in whom there is no salvation.

Great is our LORD, and of great power; There is no limit to His understanding.

He delights not in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

Praise Jehovah! Sing to Jehovah a new song, His praise in the congregation of saints.

to know wisdom and instruction; to recognize the words of understanding;

Because I called, and you refused; I stretched out my hand, and no one paid attention;

and your barns shall be filled with plenty, and your presses shall burst with new wine.

Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

Sons, hear the instruction of a father, and listen in order to know understanding.

The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.

lest you should meditate on the path of life, her tracks are movable; you cannot know them.

And now hear me, O sons, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

My son, do this now, and deliver yourself when you have come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself and make your friend sure.

who, having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; he is quickly broken, and there is no healing.

and I saw among the simple ones, among the youths, a young man with no understanding,

now she is outside, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.

until a dart strikes through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare and does not know that it is for his soul.

And now listen to me, sons, and attend to the words of my mouth.

When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no springs heavy with water.

And now listen to me, O sons; for blessed are those who keep my ways.

But he does not know that the dead are there; her guests are in the depths of hell.

The blessing of Jehovah itself makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.

As the storm passes, so the wicked is no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing; but the mouth of the wicked what is contrary.