Like men of deceit they put me to shame; the voice of their wrath was loud against me.

Yet a little, and no unjust one thou didst mark upon his place, and he was not

I was a youth, but I am [now] old; yet I have not seen [the] righteous forsaken or his children {begging for} bread.

For Jehovah love's judgment, and he will not forsake his godly ones; forever they were watched, and the seed of the unjust was cut off.

Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.

I was moved, I was even greatly bowed down: all the day I went darkened.

I was languid and crushed even greatly: I roared from the groaning of my heart

O Jehovah, before thee all my desire, and my sighing was not hid from thee.

But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

Remove from me thy stroke: I was finished from the contention of thy hand.

When, by rebukes for iniquity, thou hast corrected a man, Then hast thou consumed, as a moth, all that was delightful within him, Surely, a breath, are all men. Selah.

When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

Then I said, Behold, I came: in the volume of the book it was written concerning me.

For evils even not being numbered encompassed about me: mine inquities overtook me, and I was not able to see; they were numerous above the hairs of my head, and my heart forsook me.

Even my own close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me [betraying me].

I will remember and weep! For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God, shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.

You drove out the [pagan] nations with Your own hand;
Then you planted and established them (Israel);
[It was by Your power that] You uprooted the [pagan] peoples,
Then You spread them abroad.

For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them.

For our soul was bowed down to the dust: our belly was glued to the earth.

Thou wert very beautiful above the sons of man: grace was poured forth by thy lips: for this God praised thee forever.

The nobles of the peoples were gathered together, the people of the God. of Abraham: for to God the shields of the earth: he was lifted up greatly.

Though he congratulated his soul while he was living --and [people] will praise you when you do well for yourself--

When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

{To the chanter, a Psalm of David, when the Prophet Nathan came unto him, after he was gone in to Bathsheba} Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness; according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.

Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what was evil in your sight. As a result, you are just in your pronouncement and clear in your judgment.

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

For the music director; a well-written song by David. It was written when Doeg the Edomite went and informed Saul: "David has arrived at the home of Ahimelech." Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God's loyal love protects me all day long!

"Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others."

God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. It was written when the Ziphites came and informed Saul: "David is hiding with us." O God, deliver me by your name! Vindicate me by your power!

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.

He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.

He hath thrust forth his hands, against them he was wont to salute, he hath violated his covenant;

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down: they have digged a pit before me; they are fallen into the midst thereof. Selah.

My heart was prepared, O God, my heart was prepared: I will sing and play on the harp.

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a prayer of David written to instruct others. It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us!

Moab is my wash-pot; upon Edom will I cast my sandal; Philistia, shout aloud because of me.

To the overseer, to Jeduthun: chanting to David. Surely my soul was silent to God: from him my salvation.

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work. A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.

{A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

For thy mercy was good more than life; my lips shall praise thee.

Have I not remembered thee in my bed, and thought upon thee when I was waking?

They tripped over their own tongues, and everyone who was watching ran away.

Everyone was gripped with fear and acknowledged God's deeds, understanding what he had done.

The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.

Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

Those whose resting-place was there, even the poor, were comforted by your good things, O God.

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.

The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands;
The Lord is among them as He was at Sinai, in holiness.

To him who goes or the clouds of heaven, the heaven which was from earliest times; he sends out his voice of power.

I was wearied in my calling, my throat was dried up: mine eyes failed waiting for my God.

I was polluted to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's sons.

When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

I wore sackcloth as my clothing,
and I was a joke to them.

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

You have seen my shame, how I was laughed at and made low; my haters are all before you.

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

They gave me gall to eat, and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink.

For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.

Upon you I have leaned {from birth}. [It was] you who {took} me from the womb of my mother. My praise [is] of you continually.

I was as a wonder to many: and thou my refuge of strength.

O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

But as for me, my feet had almost gone from under me; I was near to slipping;

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

They said in their heart, "We will crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.

The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken.

Earth was melting away with all its inhabitants, I, have fixed the pillars thereof. Selah.

To the overseer upon the stringed instrument: chanting to Asaph song. In Judah was God known: great his name in Israel.

The brave-hearted have been plundered;
they have slipped into their final sleep.
None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.

Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,

I was crying to God with my voice; even to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted.

I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

Thou hast held, watching, mine eyes, I was driven to and fro, and could not speak;

I said, "During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully." I tried to make sense of what was happening.

The waters saw you, O God; the waters saw you, they were in fear: even the deep was troubled.

The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.