Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.

And -- in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;

Mine enemies rejoice not over me with falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye.

For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, Be not silent, O Lord -- be not far from me,

Judge me according to Thy righteousness, O Jehovah my God, And they do not rejoice over me.

They do not say in their heart, 'Aha, our desire.' They do not say, 'We swallowed him up.'

To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David. The transgression of the wicked Is affirming within my heart, 'Fear of God is not before his eyes,

Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'

Let not a foot of pride meet me, And a hand of the wicked let not move me.

There have workers of iniquity fallen, They have been overthrown, And have not been able to arise!

By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity,

Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.

They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And in days of famine they are satisfied.

The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

When he falleth, he is not cast down, For Jehovah is sustaining his hand.

Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.

For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.

The law of his God is his heart, His steps do not slide.

Jehovah doth not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him in his being judged.

And he passeth away, and lo, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not found!

A Psalm of David, 'To cause to remember.' Jehovah, in Thy wrath reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.

Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Thine indignation, Peace is not in my bones because of my sin.

For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.

Lord, before Thee is all my desire, And my sighing from Thee hath not been hid.

My heart is panting, my power hath forsaken me, And the light of mine eyes, Even they are not with me.

And I, as deaf, hear not. And as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth.

Yea, I am as a man who heareth not, And in his mouth are no reproofs.

Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me,

Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, in vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

From all my transgressions deliver me, A reproach of the fool make me not.

I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done it.

Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And to my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I am with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.

Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not!

O the happiness of the man Who hath made Jehovah his trust, And hath not turned unto the proud, And those turning aside to lies.

Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked.

I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness In the great assembly, lo, my lips I restrain not, O Jehovah, Thou hast known.

Thy righteousness I have not concealed In the midst of my heart, Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation I have told, I have not hidden Thy kindness and Thy truth, To the great assembly.

Thou, O Jehovah, restrainest not Thy mercies from me, Thy kindness and Thy truth do continually keep me.

For compassed me have evils innumerable, Overtaken me have mine iniquities, And I have not been able to see; They have been more than the hairs of my head, And my heart hath forsaken me.

And I am poor and needy, The Lord doth devise for me. My help and my deliverer art Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not.

Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.

A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.

By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.

My tear hath been to me bread day and night, In their saying unto me all the day, 'Where is thy God?'

By day Jehovah commandeth His kindness, And by night a song is with me, A prayer to the God of my life.

Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,

For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.

For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.

In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.

Thou sellest Thy people -- without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.

All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.

We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.

Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Stir up -- why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.

Therefore we fear not in the changing of earth, And in the slipping of mountains Into the heart of the seas.

God is in her midst -- she is not moved, God doth help her at the turn of the morn!

A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.

And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.

And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,

For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.

It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!

Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.

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

I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.

If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine is the world and its fulness.

Cast me not forth from Thy presence, And Thy Holy Spirit take not from me.

For Thou desirest not sacrifice, or I give it, Burnt-offering Thou acceptest not.

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

'Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

Every one went back, together they became filthy, There is none doing good -- not even one.

Have not workers of iniquity known, Those eating my people have eaten bread, God they have not called.

To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of the Ziphim, and they say to Saul, 'Is not David hiding himself with us?' O God, by Thy name save me, and by Thy might judge me.

For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah.

To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- An instruction, by David. Give ear, O God, to my prayer, And hide not from my supplication.

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.

For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear it, He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.

God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God,

Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.

And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee!

In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth to me.

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

In God I trusted, I fear not what man doth to me,

For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Dost Thou not my feet from falling? To walk habitually before God in the light of the living!

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure of David, in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave. Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities pass over.

A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?

Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.

As a snail that melteth he goeth on, As an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not,' by David. -- A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.

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

And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah.

Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.

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.