“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;
So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty.

“They were disappointed for they had trusted,
They came there and were confounded.

“Desist now, let there be no injustice;
Even desist, my righteousness is yet in it.

“Is there injustice on my tongue?
Cannot my palate discern calamities?

“There is no umpire between us,
Who may lay his hand upon us both.

‘According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty,
Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand.

“Then you would trust, because there is hope;
And you would look around and rest securely.

“But the eyes of the wicked will fail,
And there will be no escape for them;
And their hope is to breathe their last.”

“Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

“For there is hope for a tree,
When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And its shoots will not fail.

“Is there no limit to windy words?
Or what plagues you that you answer?

Although there is no violence in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.

“O earth, do not cover my blood,
And let there be no resting place for my cry.

“Lay down, now, a pledge for me with Yourself;
Who is there that will be my guarantor?

“There dwells in his tent nothing of his;
Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.

“Behold, I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer;
I shout for help, but there is no justice.

“Then be afraid of the sword for yourselves,
For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
So that you may know there is judgment.”

“Is there any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous,
Or profit if you make your ways perfect?

“There the upright would reason with Him;
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

“Behold, I go forward but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

“Is there any number to His troops?
And upon whom does His light not rise?

“Surely there is a mine for silver
And a place where they refine gold.

And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men his anger burned.

“I even paid close attention to you;
Indeed, there was no one who refuted Job,
Not one of you who answered his words.

‘I am pure, without transgression;
I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.

“If there is an angel as mediator for him,
One out of a thousand,
To remind a man what is right for him,

“There is no darkness or deep shadow
Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

“There they cry out, but He does not answer
Because of the pride of evil men.

“Wait for me a little, and I will show you
That there is yet more to be said in God’s behalf.

“From there he spies out food;
His eyes see it from afar.

“His young ones also suck up blood;
And where the slain are, there is he.”

“Surely the mountains bring him food,
And all the beasts of the field play there.

“Who can open the doors of his face?
Around his teeth there is terror.

Many are saying of my soul,
“There is no deliverance for him in God.” Selah.

There is nothing reliable in what they say;
Their inward part is destruction itself.
Their throat is an open grave;
They flatter with their tongue.

For there is no mention of You in death;
In Sheol who will give You thanks?

Or he will tear my soul like a lion,
Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver.

O Lord my God, if I have done this,
If there is injustice in my hands,

The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him.
All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds;
There is no one who does good.

The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there are any who understand,
Who seek after God.

They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt;
There is no one who does good, not even one.

There they are in great dread,
For God is with the righteous generation.

You will make known to me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.

They cried for help, but there was none to save,
Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

There is no speech, nor are there words;
Their voice is not heard.

Its rising is from one end of the heavens,
And its circuit to the other end of them;
And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

Moreover, by them Your servant is warned;
In keeping them there is great reward.

Be not far from me, for trouble is near;
For there is none to help.

“What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?

How blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity,
And in whose spirit there is no deceit!

O fear the Lord, you His saints;
For to those who fear Him there is no want.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.
Transgression speaks to the ungodly within his heart;
There is no fear of God before his eyes.

There the doers of iniquity have fallen;
They have been thrust down and cannot rise.

Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more;
And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation;
There is no health in my bones because of my sin.

For my loins are filled with burning,
And there is no soundness in my flesh.

Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done,
And Your thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of them,
They would be too numerous to count.

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

Panic seized them there,
Anguish, as of a woman in childbirth.

“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.

For the choir director; according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David.
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God,”
They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice;
There is no one who does good.

God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there is anyone who understands,
Who seeks after God.

Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt;
There is no one who does good, not even one.

There they were in great fear where no fear had been;
For God scattered the bones of him who encamped against you;
You put them to shame, because God had rejected them.

God will hear and answer them—
Even the one who sits enthroned from of old— Selah.
With whom there is no change,
And who do not fear God.

And men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely there is a God who judges on earth!”

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;
My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.
There will be silence before You, and praise in Zion, O God,
And to You the vow will be performed.

He turned the sea into dry land;
They passed through the river on foot;
There let us rejoice in Him!

When the Almighty scattered the kings there,
It was snowing in Zalmon.

Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks,
At the mountain which God has desired for His abode?
Surely the Lord will dwell there forever.

You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives;
You have received gifts among men,
Even among the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.

There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them,
The princes of Judah in their throng,
The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.

Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick.
And I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.

For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and possess it.

Saying, “God has forsaken him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver.”

May there be abundance of grain in the earth on top of the mountains;
Its fruit will wave like the cedars of Lebanon;
And may those from the city flourish like vegetation of the earth.

For there are no pains in their death,
And their body is fat.

They say, “How does God know?
And is there knowledge with the Most High?”

We do not see our signs;
There is no longer any prophet,
Nor is there any among us who knows how long.

There He broke the flaming arrows,
The shield and the sword and the weapons of war. Selah.

The clouds poured out water;
The skies gave forth a sound;
Your arrows flashed here and there.

They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem;
And there was no one to bury them.

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let there be known among the nations in our sight,
Vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed.

“Let there be no strange god among you;
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord,
Nor are there any works like Yours.

“I shall mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me;
Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia:
‘This one was born there.’”

The Lord will count when He registers the peoples,
“This one was born there.” Selah.

To declare that the Lord is upright;
He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

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

There the ships move along,
And Leviathan, which You have formed to sport in it.

He spoke, and there came a swarm of flies
And gnats in all their territory.

Then He brought them out with silver and gold,
And among His tribes there was not one who stumbled.

There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Prisoners in misery and chains,

Therefore He humbled their heart with labor;
They stumbled and there was none to help.

And there He makes the hungry to dwell,
So that they may establish an inhabited city,

Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to him,
Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children.

For there thrones were set for judgment,
The thrones of the house of David.