A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
And awesome above all those who are around Him?

The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world and all it contains, You have founded them.

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Lovingkindness and truth go before You.

How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!
O Lord, they walk in the light of Your countenance.

In Your name they rejoice all the day,
And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

For You are the glory of their strength,
And by Your favor our horn is exalted.

“He will cry to Me, ‘You are my Father,
My God, and the rock of my salvation.’

Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord,
Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

Before the mountains were born
Or You gave birth to the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it passes by,
Or as a watch in the night.

You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep;
In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.

How great are Your works, O Lord!
Your thoughts are very deep.

But You, O Lord, are on high forever.

Your throne is established from of old;
You are from everlasting.

Your testimonies are fully confirmed;
Holiness befits Your house,
O Lord, forevermore.

The Lord knows the thoughts of man,
That they are a mere breath.

In whose hand are the depths of the earth,
The peaks of the mountains are His also.

For He is our God,
And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.
Today, if you would hear His voice,

“For forty years I loathed that generation,
And said they are a people who err in their heart,
And they do not know My ways.

For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
But the Lord made the heavens.

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

Clouds and thick darkness surround Him;
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

For You are the Lord Most High over all the earth;
You are exalted far above all gods.

Know that the Lord Himself is God;
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

My days are like a lengthened shadow,
And I wither away like grass.

When the peoples are gathered together,
And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

I say, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days,
Your years are throughout all generations.

“Of old You founded the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands.

“But You are the same,
And Your years will not come to an end.

The Lord performs righteous deeds
And judgments for all who are oppressed.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.

For He Himself knows our frame;
He is mindful that we are but dust.

As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

Bless the Lord, O my soul!
O Lord my God, You are very great;
You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

The high mountains are for the wild goats;
The cliffs are a refuge for the shephanim.

O Lord, how many are Your works!
In wisdom You have made them all;
The earth is full of Your possessions.

There is the sea, great and broad,
In which are swarms without number,
Animals both small and great.

You give to them, they gather it up;
You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.

You hide Your face, they are dismayed;
You take away their spirit, they expire
And return to their dust.

You send forth Your Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the ground.

He is the Lord our God;
His judgments are in all the earth.

How blessed are those who keep justice,
Who practice righteousness at all times!

When they are diminished and bowed down
Through oppression, misery and sorrow,

The upright see it and are glad;
But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.

My knees are weak from fasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.

Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power;
In holy array, from the womb of the dawn,
Your youth are to You as the dew.

The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind,
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

Great are the works of the Lord;
They are studied by all who delight in them.

The works of His hands are truth and justice;
All His precepts are sure.

They are upheld forever and ever;
They are performed in truth and uprightness.

Wealth and riches are in his house,
And his righteousness endures forever.

Who humbles Himself to behold
The things that are in heaven and in the earth?

Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.

The heavens are the heavens of the Lord,
But the earth He has given to the sons of men.

I said in my alarm,
“All men are liars.”

You are my God, and I give thanks to You;
You are my God, I extol You.

Aleph.
How blessed are those whose way is blameless,
Who walk in the law of the Lord.

How blessed are those who observe His testimonies,
Who seek Him with all their heart.

Blessed are You, O Lord;
Teach me Your statutes.

Your testimonies also are my delight;
They are my counselors.

Turn away my reproach which I dread,
For Your ordinances are good.

Your statutes are my songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.

You are good and do good;
Teach me Your statutes.

I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are righteous,
And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

How many are the days of Your servant?
When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?

The arrogant have dug pits for me,
Men who are not in accord with Your law.

All Your commandments are faithful;
They have persecuted me with a lie; help me!

They stand this day according to Your ordinances,
For all things are Your servants.

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,
For they are ever mine.

I have more insight than all my teachers,
For Your testimonies are my meditation.

How sweet are Your words to my taste!
Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

I have inherited Your testimonies forever,
For they are the joy of my heart.

Samekh.
I hate those who are double-minded,
But I love Your law.

You are my hiding place and my shield;
I wait for Your word.

Pe.
Your testimonies are wonderful;
Therefore my soul observes them.

Tsadhe.
Righteous are You, O Lord,
And upright are Your judgments.

Trouble and anguish have come upon me,
Yet Your commandments are my delight.

Your testimonies are righteous forever;
Give me understanding that I may live.

Those who follow after wickedness draw near;
They are far from Your law.

You are near, O Lord,
And all Your commandments are truth.

Great are Your mercies, O Lord;
Revive me according to Your ordinances.

Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
Yet I do not turn aside from Your testimonies.

I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies,
For all my ways are before You.

Let my tongue sing of Your word,
For all Your commandments are righteousness.

I am for peace, but when I speak,
They are for war.

Our feet are standing
Within your gates, O Jerusalem,

A Song of Ascents.
To You I lift up my eyes,
O You who are enthroned in the heavens!

Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious to us,
For we are greatly filled with contempt.

Our soul is greatly filled
With the scoffing of those who are at ease,
And with the contempt of the proud. Cross references: Psalm 123:1 : Ps 121:1; 141:8 Psalm 123:1 : Ps 2:4; 11:4 Psalm 123:2 : Prov 27:18; Mal 1:6 Psalm 123:2 : Ps 25:15 Psalm 123:3 : Ps 4:1; 51:1 Psalm 123:3 : Neh 4:4; Ps 119:22 Psalm 123:4 : Neh 2:19; Ps 79:4 Psalm 123:4 : Job 12:5; Is 32:9, 11; Amos 6:1 Psalm 123:4 : Neh 4:4; Ps 119:22 end of crossrefs

A Song of Ascents.
Those who trust in the Lord
Are as Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides forever.

Do good, O Lord, to those who are good
And to those who are upright in their hearts.

The Lord has done great things for us;
We are glad.

Behold, children are a gift of the Lord,
The fruit of the womb is a reward.

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
So are the children of one’s youth.

The idols of the nations are but silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.

You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.

If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.

Even the darkness is not dark to You,
And the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are alike to You.

I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!