I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.

Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.

Then trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases of the mountains were moved and shaking, because he was angry.

Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.

He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.

He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.

Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.

Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.

He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.

They will come and make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this.

Do not keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my wrongdoing: let your memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord, because of your righteousness.

Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.

For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.

And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord.

Make your way clear to me, O Lord, guiding me by the right way, because of my haters.

Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.

Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.

May the Lord be praised, because he has given ear to the voice of my prayer.

I will give you praise and honour, O Lord, because through you I have been lifted up; you have not given my haters cause to be glad over me.

For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name.

I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;

My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.

Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.

May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.

When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.

Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil.

Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.

Give attention to the good man, and take note of the upright; because the end of that man is peace.

And the Lord will be their help, and keep them safe: he will take them out of the hands of the evil-doers, and be their saviour, because they had faith in him.

I was quiet, and kept my mouth shut; because you had done it.

For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.

Let those who say to me, Aha, aha! be surprised because of their shame.

I said, Lord, have mercy on me; make my soul well, because my faith is in you.

By this I see that you have pleasure in me, because my hater does not overcome me.

I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

You are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them.

Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves.

Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.

Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction.

Up! and come to our help, and give us salvation because of your mercy.

And go nobly on in your power, because you are good and true and without pride; and your right hand will be teaching you things of fear.

Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's haters; because of them the peoples are falling under you.

So will the king have a great desire for you, seeing how beautiful you are; because he is your lord, give him honour.

I will keep the memory of your name living through all generations; and because of this the people will give you praise for ever.

The rulers of the peoples have come together, with the people of the God of Abraham; because the powers of the earth are God's: he is lifted up on high.

Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

(Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)

They were in great fear, where there was no cause for fear: for the bones of those who make war on you have been broken by God; you have put them to shame, because God has no desire for them.

Because it has been my saviour from all my trouble; and my eyes have seen the punishment of my haters.

I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.

God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.

Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.

For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.

O my strength, I will put my hope in you; because God is my strong tower.

Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

But I will make songs of your power; yes, I will give cries of joy for your mercy in the morning; because you have been my strength and my high tower in the day of my trouble.

To you, O my strength, will I make my song: because God is my high tower, even the God of my mercy.

Those in the farthest parts of the earth have fear when they see your signs: the outgoings of the morning and evening are glad because of you.

Say to God, How greatly to be feared are your works! because of your great power your haters are forced to put themselves under your feet.

Because he gives us life, and has not let our feet be moved.

The earth was shaking and the heavens were streaming, because God was present; even Sinai itself was moved before God, the God of Israel.

Be my saviour, O God; because the waters have come in, even to my neck.

Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of armies: let not those who are waiting for you be made low because of me, O God of Israel.

I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.

Give an answer to my words, O Lord; for your mercy is good: be turned to me, because of your great pity.

Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me.

Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you.

Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the well-being of the wrongdoers.

Because they had no faith in God, and no hope in his salvation.

Then was the Lord like one awaking from sleep, and like a strong man crying out because of wine.

My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you.

Because you have said, I am in the hands of the Lord, the Most High is my safe resting-place;

Because he has given me his love, I will take him out of danger: I will put him in a place of honour, because he has kept my name in his heart.

Zion gave ear and was glad; and the daughters of Judah were full of joy, because of your decisions, O Lord.

O make a new song to the Lord, because he has done works of wonder; with his right hand, and with his holy arm, he has overcome.

He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them,

But he was their saviour because of his name, so that men might see his great power.

They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them;

Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:

Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;

The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble.

Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he takes them to the harbour of their desire.

He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.

Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.

But, O Lord God, give me your help, because of your name; take me out of danger, because your mercy is good.

Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.

I have given my love to the Lord, because he has given ear to the voice of my cry and my prayer.

I will go quickly in the way of your teaching, because you have given me a free heart.

So that my way may be in a wide place: because my search has been for your orders.

I am burning with wrath, because of the sinners who have given up your law.

In the middle of the night I will get up to give you praise, because of all your right decisions.

Your worshippers will see me and be glad; because my hope has been in your word.

Let the men of pride be shamed; because they have falsely given decision against me; but I will give thought to your orders.

I have more knowledge than all my teachers, because I give thought to your unchanging word.

I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.

Because of it I keep straight in all things by your orders; and I am a hater of every false way.

Rivers of water are flowing from my eyes, because men do not keep your law.