In divers colours she is brought to the king, Virgins -- after her -- her companions, Are brought to thee.

They are brought with joy and gladness, They come into the palace of the king.

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

Roar -- troubled are its waters, Mountains they shake in its pride. Selah.

Nobles of peoples have been gathered, With the people of the God of Abraham, For to God are the shields of earth, Greatly hath He been exalted!

Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.

My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart are things of understanding.

Their heart is: Their houses are to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.

This their way is folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.

Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings Are before Me continually.

Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

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

By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness are in its midst,

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

Desolations are upon them, They go down to Sheol -- alive, For wickedness is in their dwelling, in their midst.

Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart is war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they are drawn swords.

Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many are fighting against me, O most High,

All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts are for evil,

My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou -- place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book?

On me, O God, are Thy vows, I repay thank-offerings to Thee.

My soul is in the midst of lions, I lie down among flames -- sons of men, Their teeth are a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.

For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.

Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords are in their lips, for 'Who heareth?'

The sin of their mouth is a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah.

They -- they wander for food, If they are not satisfied -- then they murmur.

Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down.

Only -- vanity are the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity are lighter.

They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are.

They search out perverse things, 'We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart are deep.

O the happiness of him whom Thou choosest, And drawest near, he inhabiteth Thy courts, We are satisfied with the goodness of Thy house, Thy holy temple.

And the inhabitants of the uttermost parts From Thy signs are afraid, The outgoings of morning and evening Thou causest to sing.

Clothed have lambs the flock, And valleys are covered with corn, They shout -- yea, they sing!

Say to God, 'How fearful are Thy works, By the abundance of Thy strength, Thine enemies feign obedience to Thee.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm, a song of David. Rise doth God -- scattered are His enemies! And those hating Him flee from His face.

The Lord doth give the saying, The female proclaimers are a numerous host.

The chariots of God are myriads, thousands of changes, The Lord is among them, in Sinai, in the sanctuary.

Singers have been before, Behind are players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.

Thou -- Thou hast known my reproach, And my shame, and my blushing, Before Thee are all mine adversaries.

Darkened are their eyes from seeing, And their loins continually shake Thou.

They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written.

Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil.

Let them turn back because of their shame, Who are saying, 'Aha, aha.'

They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered with reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil,

The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,

In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.

Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them.

Lo, these are the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.

And all horns of the wicked I cut off, Exalted are the horns of the righteous!

The waters have seen Thee, O God, The waters have seen Thee, They are afraid -- also depths are troubled.

In the sea is Thy way, And Thy paths are in many waters, And Thy tracks have not been known.

So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,

And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God is its spirit.

And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them.

And He remembereth that they are flesh, A wind going on -- and it returneth not.

O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.

God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.

Covered have been hills with its shadow, And its boughs are cedars of God.

O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved!

They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.

I -- I have said, 'Gods ye are, And sons of the Most High -- all of you,

They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.

O the happiness of a man whose strength is in Thee, Highways are in their heart.

There is none like Thee among the gods, O Lord, And like Thy works there are none.

Do with me a sign for good, And those hating me see and are ashamed, For Thou, O Jehovah, hast helped me, Yea, Thou hast comforted me!

Honourable things are spoken in Thee, O city of God. Selah.

Singers also as players on instruments, All my fountains are in Thee!

Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Thine are the heavens -- the earth also is Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.

Righteousness and judgment Are the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.

In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,

And My faithfulness and kindness are with him, And in My name is his horn exalted.

Where are Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness,

For a thousand years in Thine eyes are as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.

Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.

Days of our years, in them are seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet is their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.

Still they bring forth in old age, Fat and flourishing are they,

He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

In whose hand are the deep places of earth, And the strong places of hills are His.

For all the gods of the peoples are nought, And Jehovah made the heavens.

Honour and majesty are before Him, Strength and beauty in His sanctuary.

Cloud and darkness are round about Him, Righteousness and judgment the basis of His throne.

Ashamed are all servants of a graven image, Those boasting themselves in idols, Bow yourselves to him, all ye gods.

Zion hath heard and rejoiceth, And daughters of Judah are joyful, Because of Thy judgments, O Jehovah.

Moses and Aaron among His priests, And Samuel among those proclaiming His name. They are calling unto Jehovah, And He doth answer them.

Know that Jehovah He is God, He made us, and we are His, His people -- and the flock of His pasture.

Mine eyes are on the faithful of the land, To dwell with me, Whoso is walking in a perfect way, he serveth me.

My days as a shadow are stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered.

I say, 'My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,' Through all generations are Thine years.

Beforetime the earth Thou didst found, And the work of Thy hands are the heavens.

They -- They perish, and Thou remainest, And all of them as a garment become old, As clothing Thou changest them, And they are changed.

And Thou art the same, and Thine years are not finished.

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

Mortal man! as grass are his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth;

Satisfied are the trees of Jehovah, Cedars of Lebanon that He hath planted,

Where birds do make nests, The stork -- the firs are her house.

The high hills are for wild goats, Rocks are a refuge for conies,

The young lions are roaring for prey, And to seek from God their food.

The sun riseth, they are gathered, And in their dens they crouch.