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And the expanse [of heaven] is declaring the work of His hands.
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit [down to rest] in the seat of
Delight yourself in the Lord,
And He will give you the desires and petitions of your heart.
And all that is [deep] within me, bless His holy name.
“Be still and know (recognize, understand) that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth.”
A very present and well-proved help in trouble.
Behold, children are a heritage and gift from the Lord,
The fruit of the womb a reward.
The law of the Lord is perfect (flawless), restoring and refreshing the soul;
The statutes of the Lord are reliable and trustworthy, making wise the simple.
They are corrupt, they have committed repulsive and unspeakable deeds;
There is no one who does good.
Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the refuge and fortress of my life—
Whom shall I dread?
The world, and those who dwell in it.
I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness;
In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].
“Sit at My right hand
Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet [subjugating them into complete submission].”
Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a right and steadfast spirit within me.
Before the mountains were born
Or before You had given birth to the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are [the eternal] God.
“I will declare the decree of the Lord:
He said to Me, ‘You are My Son;
This day [I proclaim] I have begotten You.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable and pleasing in Your sight,
O Lord, my [firm, immovable] rock and my Redeemer.
I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
Even though I walk through the [sunless]
I fear no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me.
You will show me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.
Beth.
How can a young man keep his way pure?
By keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to Your precepts].
According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.
The [reverent] fear of the Lord is the beginning (the prerequisite, the absolute essential, the alphabet) of wisdom;
A good understanding and a teachable heart are possessed by all those who do the will of the Lord;
His praise endures forever.
When I see and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have established,
Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart;
Test me and know my anxious thoughts;
Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
The words and promises of the Lord are pure words,
Like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times.
So my
This [day in which God has saved me] is the day which the Lord has made;
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good;
How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who takes refuge in Him.
I will bow down [in worship] toward Your holy temple
And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth;
For You have magnified Your word together with Your name.
And whose sin is covered.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you [who are willing to learn] with My eye upon you.
Lamedh.
Forever, O Lord,
Your word is settled in heaven [standing firm and unchangeable].
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And on His law [His precepts and teachings] he [habitually] meditates day and night.
“Let us break apart their [divine] bands [of restraint]
And cast away their cords [of control] from us.”
For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
Wait for and confidently expect the Lord;
Be strong and let your heart take courage;
Yes, wait for and confidently expect the Lord.
One thing I have asked of the Lord, and that I will seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life,
To gaze upon the beauty [the delightful loveliness and majestic grandeur] of the Lord
And to meditate in His temple.
For He will command His angels in regard to you,
To protect and defend and guard you in all your ways [of obedience and service].
The wicked [those who live in disobedience to God’s law] are not so,
But they are like the chaff [worthless and without substance] which the wind blows away.
Cast your burden on the Lord [release it] and He will sustain and uphold you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken (slip, fall, fail).
Let me never be
My
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
So teach us to number our days,
That we may cultivate and bring to You a heart of wisdom.
Who walk in the law [and who are guided by the precepts and revealed will] of the Lord.
The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and the One who rescues me;
My God, my rock and strength in whom I trust and take refuge;
My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower—my stronghold.
What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?
For the Lord knows and fully approves the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked shall perish.
And He inclined to me and heard my cry.
The Lord is near to the heartbroken
And He saves those who are crushed in spirit (contrite in heart, truly sorry for their sin).
O come, let us worship and bow down,
Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker [in reverent praise and prayer].
Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people whom He has chosen as His own inheritance.
O Lord, our Lord,
How majestic and glorious and excellent is Your name in all the earth!
For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord bestows grace and favor and honor;
No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
For His compassion and lovingkindness endure forever!
Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.
Let everything that has breath and every breath of life praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
Therefore the wicked will not stand [unpunished] in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?
Bless and affectionately praise the Lord, O my soul,
And do not forget any of His benefits;
I sought the Lord [on the authority of His word], and He answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears.
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made,
And all their host by the breath of His mouth.
If I regard sin and baseness in my heart [that is, if I know it is there and do nothing about it],
The Lord will not hear [me];
I have set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
And he will be like a tree firmly planted [and fed] by streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season;
Its leaf does not wither;
And in whatever he does, he prospers [and comes to maturity].
You who fear the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence], praise Him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him.
Fear Him [with submissive wonder], all you descendants of Israel.
You destroy those who tell lies;
The Lord detests and rejects the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
With my voice I was crying to the Lord,
And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah.
Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;
Declare among the peoples His [great and wondrous] deeds.
He brought me out into a broad place;
He rescued me because He was pleased with me and delighted in me.
The Lord judges the peoples;
Judge me, O Lord, and grant me justice according to my righteousness and according to the integrity within me.
He says to himself, “God has [quite] forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see my deed.”
For He has not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He listened.
But as for me, I will enter Your house through the abundance of Your steadfast love and tender mercy;
At Your holy temple I will bow [obediently] in reverence for You.
Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand [in judgment];
Do not forget the suffering.
Depart from me, all you who do evil,
For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.
Many are saying, “Oh, that we might see some good!”
Lift up the light of Your face upon us, O Lord.
Then He will speak to them in His [profound] anger
And terrify them with His displeasure, saying,
O Lord, lead me in Your righteousness because of my enemies;
Make Your way straight (direct, right) before me.
The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness (moral character, spiritual integrity);
According to the cleanness of my hands He has rewarded me.
Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous [those in right standing with You];
For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
For He who avenges blood [unjustly shed] remembers them (His people);
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted and abused.
Put them in [reverent]
So that the nations may know they are but [frail and mortal] men. Selah.
You have seen it, for You have noted mischief and vexation (irritation) to take it into Your hand.
The unfortunate commits himself to You;
You are the helper of the fatherless.
O Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble and oppressed;
You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear to hear,
But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
He is their refuge and stronghold in the time of trouble.
The Lord has made Himself known;
He executes judgment;
The wicked are trapped by the work of their own hands. Higgaion (meditation) Selah.
The Lord has heard my supplication [my plea for grace];
The Lord receives my prayer.
The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
If a man does not repent, God will sharpen His sword;
He has strung and bent His [mighty] bow and made it ready.
Hold them guilty, O God;
Let them fall by their own designs and councils!
Cast them out because of the abundance of their transgressions,
For they are mutinous and have rebelled against You.
To vindicate and obtain justice for the fatherless and the oppressed,
So that man who is of the earth will no longer terrify them.
‘You shall break them with a rod of iron;
You shall shatter them [in pieces] like earthenware.’”
You have put joy in my heart,
More than [others know] when their wheat and new wine have yielded abundantly.
My eye grows dim with sorrow.
O Lord, I have called on You every day;
I have spread out my hands to You [in prayer].
They will come and declare His righteousness
To a people yet to be born—that He has done it [and that it is finished].
The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;
Those who [diligently] seek Him and require Him [as their greatest need] will praise the Lord.
May your hearts live forever!
He has also prepared [other] deadly weapons for Himself;
He makes His arrows fiery shafts [aimed at the unrepentant].
Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord;
See how I am afflicted by those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death,
Do not cast me off nor send me away in the time of old age;
Do not abandon me when my strength fails and I am weak.
He has remembered His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded and established to a
Now therefore, O kings, act wisely;
Be instructed and take warning, O leaders (judges, rulers) of the earth.
But let all who take refuge and put their trust in You rejoice,
Let them ever sing for joy;
Because You cover and shelter them,
Let those who love Your name be joyful and exult in You.
For there is nothing trustworthy or reliable or truthful in what they say;
Their heart is destruction [just a treacherous chasm, a yawning gulf of lies].
Their throat is an open grave;
They [glibly] flatter with their [silken] tongue.
That I may tell aloud all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion (Jerusalem)
I may rejoice in Your salvation and Your help.
I will not be intimidated or afraid of the ten thousands
Who have set themselves against me all around.
Bless the Lord, all you works of His, in all places of His dominion;
Bless and affectionately praise the Lord, O my soul!
With the kind (merciful, faithful, loyal) You show Yourself kind,
With the blameless You show Yourself blameless,
My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You,
And my soul, which You have redeemed.
Why has the wicked spurned and shown disrespect to God?
He has said to himself, “You will not require me to account.”
Lift up your heads, O gates,
And be lifted up, ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in.
You have freed me when I was hemmed in and relieved me when I was in distress;
Be gracious to me and hear [and respond to] my prayer.
Why do You hide [Yourself, veiling Your eyes] in times of trouble?
The boastful and the arrogant will not stand in Your sight;
You hate all who do evil.
For the poor will not always be forgotten,
Nor the hope of the burdened perish forever.
Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God!
For You have struck all my enemies on the cheek;
You have shattered the teeth of the wicked.
For the faithful vanish from among the sons of men.
My praise will be of You in the great assembly.
I will pay my vows [made in the time of trouble] before those who [reverently] fear Him.
The Lord also will be a refuge and a stronghold for the oppressed,
A refuge in times of trouble;
The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked,
And His soul hates the [malevolent] one who loves violence.
How can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to your mountain;
Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly horrified;
Let them turn back, let them suddenly be ashamed [of what they have done].
Tremble [with anger or fear], and do not sin;
Meditate in your heart upon your bed and be still [reflect on your sin and repent of your rebellion].
The wicked, in the haughtiness of his face, will not seek nor inquire for Him;
All his thoughts are, “There is no God [so there is no accountability or punishment].”
Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,
Seek out his wickedness until You find no more.
For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine;
The Lord my God illumines my darkness.
The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven.
His eyes see, His eyelids test the children of men.
For You, O Lord, bless the righteous man [the one who is in right standing with You];
You surround him with favor as with a shield.
But the Lord will remain and sit enthroned forever;
He has prepared and established His throne for judgment.
For You save an afflicted and humble people,
But bring down those [arrogant fools] with haughty eyes.
For the Lord is [absolutely] righteous, He loves righteousness (virtue, morality, justice);
The upright shall see His face.
The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
Upon the wicked (godless) He will rain coals of fire;
Fire and
Save me and rescue me from all those who pursue me,
For the wicked boasts and sings the praises of his heart’s desire,
And the greedy man curses and spurns [and even despises] the Lord.
But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;
Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.
For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;
No evil [person] dwells with You.
They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
You, O Lord, will preserve and keep them;
You will protect him from this [evil] generation forever.
You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked and unrepentant;
You have wiped out their name forever and ever.
The enemy has been cut off and has vanished in everlasting ruins,
You have uprooted their cities;
The very memory of them has perished.
Nor discipline me in Your wrath.
For in death there is no mention of You;
In Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) who will praise You and give You thanks?
In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,
And Your right hand upholds and sustains me;
Your gentleness [Your gracious response when I pray] makes me great.
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].
He makes my feet like
He sets me [securely] upon my high places.
All sheep and oxen,
And also the beasts of the field,
His mouth is full of curses and deceit (fraud) and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness [injustice and sin].
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things [in boasting];
Behold, the [wicked and irreverent] man is pregnant with sin,
And he conceives mischief and gives birth to lies.
And He will judge the world in righteousness;
He will execute judgment for the nations with fairness (equity).
For You have maintained my right and my cause;
You have sat on the throne judging righteously.
For look, the wicked are bending the bow;
They take aim with their arrow on the string
To shoot [by stealth] in darkness at the upright in heart.
O sons of men, how long will my honor and glory be [turned into] shame?
How long will you [my enemies] love worthless (vain, futile) things and seek deception and lies? Selah.
But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself [and dealt wonderfully with] the godly man [the one of honorable character and moral courage—the one who does right].
The Lord hears and responds when I call to Him.
Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord and master over us?”
The wicked strut about [in pompous self-importance] on every side,
As vileness is exalted and baseness is prized among the sons of men.
For You have encircled me with strength for the battle;
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in his lair;
He lies in wait to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.
He says to himself, “I will not be moved;
For throughout all generations I will not be in adversity [for nothing bad will happen to me].”
His ways prosper at all times;
Your judgments [Lord] are on high, out of his sight [so he never thinks about them];
As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.
My soul [as well as my body] is greatly dismayed.
But as for You, O Lord—how long [until You act on my behalf]?
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the families of the nations will bow down and worship before You,
I will give thanks to the Lord according to His righteousness and justice,
And I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
He lurks in ambush in the villages;
In hiding places he kills the innocent;
He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless].
For all His ordinances were before me,
And I did not put away His statutes from me.
I am weary with my groaning;
Every night I soak my bed with tears,
I drench my couch with my weeping.
Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am weak (faint, frail);
Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are dismayed and anguished.
His mischief will return on his own head,
And his violence will come down on the top of his head [like loose dirt].
Enter His gates with a song of thanksgiving
And His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, bless and praise His name.
Return, O Lord, rescue my soul;
Save me because of Your [unfailing] steadfast love and mercy.
If I have done evil to him who was at peace with me,
Or without cause robbed him who was my enemy,
For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me;
A gang of evildoers has encircled me,
They pierced my hands and my feet.
Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were appointed for me,
When as yet there was not one of them [even taking shape].
My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit;
A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.
As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
The Lord has sworn [an oath] and will not change His mind:
“
According to the order of Melchizedek.”
The unfolding of Your [glorious] words give light;
Their unfolding gives understanding to the simple (childlike).
For His lovingkindness endures forever.
My voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs).
Even my own close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me [betraying me].
How majestic and glorious and excellent is Your name in all the earth!
You have displayed Your splendor above the heavens.
For His anger is but for a moment,
Weeping may endure for a night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
Let the assembly of the nations be gathered around You,
And return on high over them.
So that my enemy will not tear me like a lion,
Dragging me away while there is no one to rescue [me].
The Lord helps them and rescues them;
He rescues them from the wicked and saves them,
Because they take refuge in Him.
Open my eyes [to spiritual truth] so that I may behold
Wonderful things from Your law.
You who lead Joseph like a flock;
You who sit enthroned above the cherubim [of the ark of the covenant], shine forth!
Trust [rely on and have confidence] in the Lord and do good;
Dwell in the land and feed [securely] on His faithfulness.
Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me;
And let him trample my life to the ground
And lay my honor in the dust. Selah.
The
And He rescues [each of] them.
He heals the brokenhearted
And binds up their wounds [healing their pain and comforting their sorrow].
Surely goodness and mercy and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life,
And I shall dwell forever [throughout all my days] in the house and in the presence of the Lord.
The steps of a [good and righteous] man are directed and established by the Lord,
And He delights in his way [and blesses his path].
O Lord, how many and varied are Your works!
In wisdom You have made them all;
The earth is full of Your riches and Your creatures.
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth [and be willing to learn].
Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;
Lift up Yourself against the rage of my enemies;
Rise up for me; You have commanded judgment and vindication.
“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.
The sum of Your word is truth [the full meaning of all Your precepts],
And every one of Your righteous ordinances endures forever.
Yet You have made him a little lower than
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in compassion and lovingkindness.
For a
Are like yesterday when it is past,
Or as a watch in the night.
The Lord is near to all who call on Him,
To all who call on Him in truth (without guile).
That they may know that You alone, whose name is the Lord,
Are the Most High over all the earth.
A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
Is the death of His godly ones [so He watches over them].
The wicked will turn to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
Even all the nations who forget God.
Make known His deeds among the people.
For He is our God
And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.
Today, if you will hear His voice,
For His lovingkindness (graciousness, mercy, compassion) endures forever.
Praise is becoming and appropriate for those who are upright [in heart—those with moral integrity and godly character].
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
You have anointed and refreshed my head with
My cup overflows.
The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
The earth, O Lord, is full of Your lovingkindness and goodness;
Teach me Your statutes.
Who may ascend onto the
And who may stand in His holy place?
To sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
But to Your name give glory
Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth and faithfulness.
Know and fully recognize with gratitude that the Lord Himself is God;
It is He who has made us,
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
Call on Me in the day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.”
Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
Because of Your adversaries,
That You might silence the enemy and make the revengeful cease.
And make His face shine [with favor] on us— Selah.
I would have despaired had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.
“If the foundations [of a godly society] are destroyed,
What can the righteous do?”
Just as a father loves his children,
So the Lord loves those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].
The Lord has clothed and encircled Himself with strength;
the world is firmly established, it cannot be moved.
He established the earth on its foundations,
So that it will not be moved forever and ever.
Serve the Lord with gladness and delight;
Come before His presence with joyful singing.
With my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation.
‘Ask of Me, and I will assuredly give [You] the nations as Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth as Your possession.
Shout to God with the voice of triumph and songs of joy.
The Lord is the portion of my inheritance, my cup [He is all I need];
You support my lot.
Be still before the Lord; wait patiently for Him and entrust yourself to Him;
Do not fret (whine, agonize) because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
Your lovingkindness and graciousness, O Lord, extend to the skies,
Your faithfulness [reaches] to the clouds.
And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting [from east to west].
Many hardships and perplexing circumstances confront the righteous,
But the Lord rescues him from them all.
And [the spirit of] Your righteousness to the king’s son [to guide all his ways].
Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them;
You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word];
Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require.
Teach me Your way, O Lord,
I will walk and live in Your truth;
Direct my heart to fear Your name [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder].
But the humble will [at last] inherit the land
And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity and peace.
He refreshes and restores my soul (life);
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
for His name’s sake.
Against You, You only, have I sinned
And done that which is evil in Your sight,
So that You are justified when You speak [Your sentence]
And faultless in Your judgment.
The Lord has established His throne in the heavens,
And His sovereignty rules over all [the universe].
Kiss (pay respect to) the
For His wrath may soon be kindled and set aflame.
How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] are all those who take refuge in Him!
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His mercy and lovingkindness endure forever!
I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul.
“Yet as for Me, I have anointed and firmly installed My King
Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
The days of our life are
Or even, if because of strength, eighty years;
Yet their pride [in additional years] is only labor and sorrow,
For it is soon gone and we fly away.
The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
For God alone my soul waits in silence and quietly submits to Him,
For my hope is from Him.
Who walks in His ways and lives according to His commandments.
Purify me with
Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name;
Worship the Lord in the beauty and majesty of His holiness [as the creator and source of holiness].
He lets me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still and quiet waters.
In peace [and with a tranquil heart] I will both lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety and confident trust.
I will tell of Your name to my countrymen;
In the midst of the congregation I will praise You.
On God my salvation and my glory rest;
He is my rock of [unyielding] strength, my refuge is in God.
Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,
And in the hidden part [of my heart] You will make me know wisdom.
I am greatly afflicted;
Renew and revive me [giving me life], O Lord, according to Your word.
You have ascended on high, You have led away captive Your captives;
You have received gifts among men,
Even from the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.
But I am [treated as] a worm [insignificant and powerless] and not a man;
I am the scorn of men and despised by the people.
But You, O Lord, are a shield for me,
My glory [and my honor], and the One who lifts my head.
There we [captives] sat down and wept,
When we remembered Zion [the city God imprinted on our hearts].
For my soul finds shelter and safety in You,
And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge and be confidently secure
Until destruction passes by.
The precepts of the Lord are right, bringing joy to the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
The Lord will save him in the day of trouble.
O Lord my God, You are very great;
You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
Who trains my hands for war
And my fingers for battle;
As for God, His way is
The word of the Lord is tested [it is perfect, it is faultless];
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,
The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the children of men
To see if there are any who understand (act wisely),
Who [truly] seek after God, [longing for His wisdom and guidance].
For You, O Lord, are good, and ready to forgive [our sins, sending them away, completely letting them go forever and ever];
And abundant in lovingkindness and overflowing in mercy to all those who call upon You.
I sing praises to You before the [pagan] gods.
I acknowledged my sin to You,
And I did not hide my wickedness;
I said, “I will confess [all] my transgressions to the Lord”;
And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah.
All who see me laugh at me and mock me;
They [insultingly] open their lips, they shake their head, saying,
Yet their voice [in quiet evidence] has gone out through all the earth,
Their words to the end of the world.
In them and in the heavens He has made a tent for the sun,
They are corrupt and evil, and have committed repulsive injustice;
There is no one who does good.
He who sits [enthroned] in the heavens laughs [at their rebellion];
The [Sovereign]
You know when I sit down and when I rise up [my entire life, everything I do];
You understand my thought from afar.
And those who know Your name [who have experienced Your precious mercy] will put their confident trust in You,
For You, O Lord, have not abandoned those who seek You.
God makes a home for the lonely;
He leads the prisoners into prosperity,
Only the stubborn and rebellious dwell in a parched land.
I will tell aloud all Your wonders and marvelous deeds.
They (self-righteous hypocrites) also gave me gall [poisonous and bitter] for my food,
And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
The Lord will accomplish that which concerns me;
Your [unwavering] lovingkindness, O Lord, endures forever—
Do not abandon the works of Your own hands.
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Be strong and let your hearts take courage,
All you who wait for and confidently expect the Lord.
Be gracious and compassionate to me, O Lord, for I am in trouble;
My eye is clouded and weakened by grief, my soul and my body also.
Worship the Lord and serve Him with reverence [with awe-inspired fear and submissive wonder];
Rejoice [yet do so] with trembling.
Blessed be the Lord, who bears our burden day by day,
The God who is our salvation! Selah.
Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.
The Lord is my strength and my [impenetrable] shield;
My heart trusts [with unwavering confidence] in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,
And with my song I shall thank Him and praise Him.
Let them praise His name with dancing;
Let them sing praises to Him with the tambourine and lyre.
For He has done marvelous and wonderful things;
His right hand and His holy arm have
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are true, they are righteous altogether.
And [with gratitude and submissive wonder] I will bless Your name forever and ever.
Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
But we will remember and trust in the name of the Lord our God.
For zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And the [mocking] insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
There is no fear (dread) of God before his eyes.
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else];
I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my God
Than to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.
For the Lord is good;
His mercy and lovingkindness are everlasting,
His faithfulness [endures] to all generations.
How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones
Against the rock.
The secret [of the wise counsel] of the Lord is for those who fear Him,
And He will let them know His covenant and reveal to them [through His word] its [deep, inner] meaning.
“Because he set his love on Me, therefore I will save him;
I will set him [securely] on high, because he knows My name [he confidently trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never abandon him, no, never].
He has not dealt with us according to our sins [as we deserve],
Nor rewarded us [with punishment] according to our wickedness.
He.
Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes,
And I will [steadfastly] observe it to the end.
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was being formed in secret,
And intricately and skillfully formed [as if embroidered with many colors] in the depths of the earth.
The Lord is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created].
Sing to God, sing praises to His name;
Lift up a song for Him who rides through the desert—
His name is the Lord—be in good spirits before Him.
Trust [confidently] in Him at all times, O people;
Pour out your heart before Him.
God is a refuge for us. Selah.
The kings of the earth take their stand;
And the rulers take counsel together
Against the Lord and His Anointed (the Davidic King, the Messiah, the Christ), saying,
Who may dwell [continually] on Your holy hill?
You who love the Lord, hate evil;
He protects the souls of His godly ones (believers),
He rescues them from the hand of the wicked.
Evening and morning and at noon I will complain and murmur,
And He will hear my voice.
In the city of our God, His holy mountain.
Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth;
Shout [in jubilation] and sing for joy and sing praises.
In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice;
In the morning I will prepare [a prayer and a sacrifice] for You and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart].
O [reverently] fear the Lord, you His saints (believers, holy ones);
For to those who fear Him there is no want.
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will silence;
The one who has a haughty look and a proud (arrogant) heart I will not tolerate.
For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].
Teach me to do Your will [so that I may please You],
For You are my God;
Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
Listen to my supplications!
Answer me in Your faithfulness, and in Your righteousness.
For with You is the fountain of life [the fountain of life-giving water];
In Your light we see light.
The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous [those with moral courage and spiritual integrity]
And His ears are open to their cry.
As for me, I shall see Your face in righteousness;
I will be [fully] satisfied when I awake [to find myself] seeing Your likeness.
You have redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth and faithfulness.
While I live I will praise the Lord;
I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.
Who is the man who fears the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with submissive wonder]?
He will teach him [through His word] in the way he should choose.
When his spirit leaves him, he returns to the earth;
In that very day his thoughts and plans perish.
He will cover you and completely protect you with His pinions,
And under His wings you will find refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.
You have taken account of my wanderings;
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not recorded in Your book?
My voice rises to God, and He will hear me.
But You are holy,
O You who are enthroned in [the holy place where] the praises of Israel [are offered].
I address my psalm to the King.
My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
We were like those who dream [it seemed so unreal].
Although my father and my mother have abandoned me,
Yet the Lord will take me up [adopt me as His child].
O love the Lord, all you His godly ones!
The Lord preserves the faithful [those with moral and spiritual integrity]
And fully repays the [self-righteousness of the] arrogant.
For it is good to sing praises to our [gracious and majestic] God;
Praise is becoming and appropriate.
Bless the Lord, you His angels,
You mighty ones who do His commandments,
Obeying the voice of His word!
Why are you in despair, O my soul?
Why have you become restless and disquieted within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him,
The
I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous (those in right standing with God) abandoned
Or his descendants pleading for bread.
For the waters have threatened my life [they have come up to my neck].
Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who fears the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with obedience],
Who delights greatly in His commandments.
Great is our [majestic and mighty] Lord and abundant in strength;
His understanding is inexhaustible [infinite, boundless].
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will see and fear [with great reverence]
And will trust confidently in the Lord.
Let me never be
In Your righteousness rescue me.
Who can understand his errors or omissions? Acquit me of hidden (unconscious, unintended) faults.
Listen to my prayer, that comes from guileless lips.
When You said, “Seek My face [in prayer, require My presence as your greatest need],” my heart said to You,
“Your face, O Lord, I will seek [on the authority of Your word].”
You have turned my mourning into dancing for me;
You have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
O my God, I call out by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but I find no rest nor quiet.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the rock and strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Sing to the Lord a new song,
And praise Him in the congregation of His godly ones (believers).
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
My God, in whom I trust [with great confidence, and on whom I rely]!”
Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice and maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute.
Let the many islands and coastlands be glad.
For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter;
In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;
He will lift me up on a rock.
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord;
We have blessed you from the house of the Lord [you who come into His sanctuary under His guardianship].
Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power;
In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn,
Your young men are to You as the dew.
Therefore my heart is glad and my glory [my innermost self] rejoices;
My body too will dwell [confidently] in safety,
Are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever.
But I have trusted and relied on and been confident in Your lovingkindness and faithfulness;
My heart shall rejoice and delight in Your salvation.
I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint.
My heart is like wax;
It is melted [by anguish] within me.
And have not let my enemies rejoice over me.
Let those who hate Him flee before Him.
The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].
If You, Lord, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly,
O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?
You have loved righteousness (virtue, morality, justice) and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, your God, has anointed You
Above Your companions with the oil of jubilation.
But the lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who [reverently] fear Him,
And His righteousness to children’s children,
He brought me up out of a horrible pit [of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay,
And He set my feet upon a rock, steadying my footsteps and establishing my path.
I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples];
I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]—
I will set no worthless or wicked thing before my eyes.
I hate the practice of those who fall away [from the right path];
It will not grasp hold of me.
You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And You are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
They have defiled Your sacred temple;
They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
When the righteous cry [for help], the Lord hears
And rescues them from all their distress and troubles.
They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.
Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For I trust in You.
Teach me the way in which I should walk,
For I lift up my soul to You.
Declare His glory among the nations,
His marvelous works and wonderful deeds among all the peoples.
You are my hiding place; You, Lord, protect me from trouble;
You surround me with songs and shouts of deliverance. Selah.
Therefore the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness (moral character, spiritual integrity),
According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
We will not hide them from their children,
But [we will] tell to the generation to come the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord,
And [tell of] His great might and power and the wonderful works that He has done.
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Lovingkindness and truth go before You.
[God has said] “I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn to David My servant,
For He established a testimony (a specific precept) in Jacob
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers
That they should teach to their children [the great facts of God’s transactions with Israel],
You have restored [from Babylon] the captives of Jacob (Israel).
How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
The children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
It is vain for you to rise early,
To retire late,
To eat the bread of anxious labors—
For He gives [blessings] to His beloved even in his sleep.
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all the day long.
Praise Him with tambourine and dancing;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flute.
Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God, my exceeding joy;
With the lyre I will praise You, O God, my God!
For I am conscious of my transgressions and I acknowledge them;
My sin is always before me.
For the Lord takes pleasure in His people;
He will beautify the humble with salvation.
Zayin.
Remember [always] the word and promise to Your servant,
In which You have made me hope.
Yet You are He who pulled me out of the womb;
You made me trust when on my mother’s breasts.
I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart,
In the company of the upright and in the congregation.
May he also rule from sea to sea
And from the River [Euphrates] to the ends of the earth.
Our fathers have told us
The work You did in their days,
In the days of old.
He causes grass to grow for the cattle,
And all that the earth produces for cultivation by man,
So that he may bring food from the earth—
Let my prayer be counted as incense before You;
The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.
All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship;
All those who go down to the dust (the dead) will bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
But You, O Lord, are a God [who protects and is] merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and truth.
Because you have made the Lord, [who is] my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
The thoughts and plans of His heart through all generations.
Sing to Him a new song;
Play skillfully [on the strings] with a loud and joyful sound.
For those who do evil will be cut off,
But those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land.
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips [to keep me from speaking thoughtlessly].
Steadfast love and truth and faithfulness meet together;
Righteousness and peace kiss each other.
May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high [and defend you in battle]!
Keep me [in Your affectionate care, protect me] as the
Hide me in the [protective] shadow of Your wings
The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful];
They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and stable].
The Lord gives the command [to take Canaan];
The women who proclaim the good news are a great host (army);
I was mute and silent [before my enemies],
I refrained even from good,
And my
Come, you children, listen to me;
I will teach you to fear the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worship Him with obedience].
The Lord is [unwaveringly] righteous in all His ways
And gracious and kind in all His works.
I wait [patiently] for the Lord, my soul [expectantly] waits,
And in His word do I hope.
My rock, do not be deaf to me,
For if You are silent to me,
I will become like those who go down to the pit (grave).
Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised,
And His greatness is [so vast and profound as to be] unsearchable [incomprehensible to man].
Let them shout for joy and rejoice, who favor my vindication and want what is right for me;
Let them say continually, “Let the Lord be magnified, who delights and takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.”
The heavens are the heavens of the Lord,
But the earth He has given to the children of men.
Gimel.
Deal bountifully with Your servant,
That I may live and keep Your word [treasuring it and being guided by it day by day].
In his eyes an evil person is despised,
But he honors those who fear the Lord [and obediently worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder].
He keeps his word even to his own disadvantage and does not change it [for his own benefit];
O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me;
Let them bring me to Your holy hill
And to Your dwelling places.
What will I give to the Lord [in return]
For all His benefits toward me?
[How can I repay Him for His precious blessings?]
I have [relied on and] trusted [confidently] in the Lord without wavering and I shall not slip.
Daleth.
My earthly life clings to the dust;
Revive and refresh me according to Your word.
Then I said, “Behold, I come [to the throne];
In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
I will hear [with expectant hope] what God the Lord will say,
For He will speak peace to His people, to His
But let them not turn again to folly.
Praise, O servants of the Lord,
Praise the name of the Lord.
And wine which makes the heart of man glad,
So that he may make his face glisten with oil,
And bread to sustain and strengthen man’s heart.
One generation shall praise Your works to another,
And shall declare Your mighty and remarkable acts.
“Lord, let me know my [life’s] end
And [to appreciate] the extent of my days;
Let me know how frail I am [how transient is my stay here].
Yet the Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime,
And in the night His song will be with me,
A prayer to the God of my life.
How great is Your goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who [reverently] fear You,
Which You have prepared for those who take refuge in You,
That I may not sin with my tongue;
I will muzzle my mouth
While the wicked are in my presence.”
He makes the barren woman live in the house
As a joyful mother of children.
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.
How blessed and graciously favored is he whose help is the God of Jacob (Israel),
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,
I will bless the Lord who has counseled me;
Indeed, my heart (mind) instructs me in the night.
Blessed and greatly favored is the man whose strength is in You,
In
The Lord will give [unyielding and impenetrable] strength to His people;
The Lord will bless His people with peace.
“He who offers a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who orders his way rightly [who follows the way that I show him],
I shall show the salvation of God.”
By Your favor and grace, O Lord, you have made my mountain stand strong;
You hid Your face, and I was horrified.
He sits enthroned above the cherubim, let the earth shake!
Yodh.
Your hands have made me and established me;
Give me understanding and a teachable heart, that I may learn Your commandments.
O daughter of Babylon, you devastator,
How blessed will be the one
Who repays you [with destruction] as you have repaid us.
I will not die, but live,
And declare the works and recount the illustrious acts of the Lord.
O Lord, save now, we beseech You;
O Lord, we beseech You, send now prosperity and give us success!
With all my heart I have sought You, [inquiring of You and longing for You];
Do not let me wander from Your commandments [neither through ignorance nor by willful disobedience].
When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh,
My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.
Teach me Your way, O Lord,
And lead me on a level path
Because of my enemies [who lie in wait].
My soul (my life, my inner self) thirsts for God, for the living God.
When will I come and see the face of God?
Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous (deliberate, willful) sins;
Let them not rule and have control over me.
Then I will be blameless (complete),
And I shall be acquitted of great transgression.
And in Your salvation how greatly will he rejoice!
If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), behold, You are there.
For I am distressed and needy [I long for Your help].
Guide me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
For You [and only You] I wait [expectantly] all the day long.
In my distress [when I seemed surrounded] I called upon the Lord
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry for help came before Him, into His very ears.
Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns;
Indeed, the world is firmly and securely established, it shall not be moved;
He will judge and rule the people with fairness.”
Whatever the Lord pleases, He does,
In the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all deeps—
Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon those who fear Him [and worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience],
On those who hope [confidently] in His compassion and lovingkindness,
You will not be afraid of the terror of night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
Upon You have I relied and been sustained from my birth;
You are He who took me from my mother’s womb and You have been my benefactor from that day.
My praise is continually of You.
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt;
There is no one who does good, not even one.
Blessed and happy are the people who know the joyful sound [of the trumpet’s blast]!
They walk, O Lord, in the light and favor of Your countenance!
Fight against those who fight against me.
Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
Who will take a stand for me against those who do wickedness?
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
Open to me the [temple] gates of righteousness;
I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the Lord.
But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God;
I have made the Lord God my refuge and placed my trust in Him,
That I may tell of all Your works.
I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
And I am saved from my enemies.
Nor do I involve myself in great matters,
Or in things too difficult for me.
Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre;
Sing praises to Him with the harp of ten strings.
He does not put out his money at interest [to a fellow Israelite],
And does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things will never be shaken.
Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted and return to You.
The young lions lack [food] and grow hungry,
But they who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing.
Then the earth shook and quaked,
The foundations of the mountains trembled;
They were shaken because He was indignant and angry.
Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When the Lord restores His captive people,
Then Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.
And let the [gracious] favor of the Lord our God be on us;
Confirm for us the work of our hands—
Yes, confirm the work of our hands.
For Your [wonderful works declare that Your]
People declare Your wonders.
And to You the vow shall be performed.
For yet a little while and the wicked one will be gone [forever];
Though you look carefully where he used to be, he will not be [found].
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute wickedness,
And in whose spirit there is no deceit.
I have cried out [for help] by day and in the night before You.
He who walks with integrity and strength of character, and works righteousness,
And speaks and holds truth in his heart.
Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness;
Tremble [in submissive wonder] before Him, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord, O you His godly ones,
And give thanks at the mention of His holy name.
Blessed and favored by God are those who keep His testimonies,
And who [consistently] seek Him and long for Him with all their heart.
My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast and confident!
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises [to You]!
The wicked borrows and does not pay back,
But the righteous is gracious and kind and gives.
O my God, my soul is in despair within me [the burden more than I can bear];
Therefore I will [fervently] remember You from the land of the Jordan
And the peaks of [Mount] Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
O God, You to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth [in judgment]!
Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,
And for His wonderful acts to the children of men!
Many [enemies like] bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
But there is forgiveness with You,
That You may be feared and worshiped [with submissive wonder].
From the end of the earth I call to You, when my heart is overwhelmed and weak;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I [a rock that is too high to reach without Your help].
Sing to the Lord, bless His name;
Proclaim good news of His salvation from day to day.
Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul;
Like a weaned child [resting] with his mother,
My soul is like a weaned child within me [composed and freed from discontent].
You hide Your face, they are dismayed;
You take away their breath, they die
And return to their dust.
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
As wax melts before the fire,
So let the wicked and guilty perish before [the presence of] God.
But let the righteous be glad; let them be in good spirits before God,
Yes, let them rejoice with delight.
My flesh trembles in [reverent] fear of You,
And I am afraid and in awe of Your judgments.
If I say, “My foot has slipped,”
Your compassion and lovingkindness, O Lord, will hold me up.
For he will rescue the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted and abused also, and him who has no helper.
Also to You, O Lord, belong lovingkindness and compassion,
For You compensate every man according to [the value of] his work.
Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why are you restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him,
The
He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to what is false,
Nor has sworn [oaths] deceitfully.
As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me;
You will stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
And Your right hand will save me.
He who goes back and forth weeping, carrying his bag of seed [for planting],
Will indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
The cords of death surrounded me,
And the streams of ungodliness and torrents of destruction terrified me.
Blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near
To dwell in Your courts.
We will be filled with the goodness of Your house,
Your holy temple.
But God will redeem my life from the power of Sheol,
For He will receive me. Selah.
The Lord swore to David
A truth from which He will not turn back:
“One of your
And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep and honor Your word [with loving obedience].
He has sent redemption to His people;
He has ordained His covenant forever;
Holy and awesome is His name—[inspiring reverence and godly fear].
My times are in Your hands;
Rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue and persecute me.
But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;
I trust [confidently] in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.
Come and hear, all who fear God [and worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience],
And I will tell what He has done for me.
Many, O Lord my God, are the wonderful works which You have done,
And Your thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of your wonders,
They would be too many to count.
Let my tongue sing [praise for the fulfillment] of Your word,
For all Your commandments are righteous.
The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring offerings;
The kings of Sheba and Seba will offer gifts.
Therefore will I give thanks and praise You, O Lord, among the nations,
And sing praises to Your name.
But You, O Lord, do not be far from me;
O You my help, come quickly to my assistance.
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
Within the innermost part of your house;
Your children will be like olive plants
Around your table.
Deep calls to deep at the [thundering] sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
None of them can by any means redeem [either himself or] his brother,
Nor give to God a ransom for him—
Fair and beautiful in elevation, the joy of all the earth,
Is Mount Zion [the City of David] in the far north,
The city of the great King.
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God,
Your judgments are like the great deep.
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.
Praise the name of the Lord;
Praise Him, O servants of the Lord (priests, Levites),
Let this be recorded for the generation to come,
That a people yet to be created will praise the Lord.
Let the high praises of God be in their throats,
And a two-edged sword in their hands,
From the rising of the sun to its setting
The name of the Lord is to be praised [with awe-inspired reverence].
Once You spoke in a vision to Your godly ones,
And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty [giving him the power to be a champion for Israel];
I have exalted one chosen from the people.
Passing through the Valley of Weeping (
The early rain also covers it with blessings.
Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who makes the Lord his trust,
And does not regard the proud nor those who lapse into lies.
“I will also make him My firstborn (preeminent),
The highest of the kings of the earth.
My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery;
And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws;
And You have laid me in the dust of death.
You are fairer than the sons of men;
Graciousness is poured upon Your lips;
Therefore God has blessed You forever.
Then the King will desire your beauty;
Because He is your Lord, bow down and honor Him.
Seek and deeply long for the Lord and His strength [His power, His might];
Seek and deeply long for His face and His presence continually.
For the wrath of man shall praise You;
With a remnant of wrath You will clothe and arm Yourself.
They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house;
And You allow them to drink from the river of Your delights.
O rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man!
All day long the adversary oppresses and torments me.
For all the gods of the peoples are [worthless, lifeless] idols,
But the Lord made the heavens.
He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the Lord.
The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations;
He makes the thoughts and plans of the people ineffective.
But as for me, I trust [confidently] in You and Your greatness, O Lord;
I said, “You are my God.”
The sorrows [pain and suffering] of those who have chosen another god will be multiplied [because of their idolatry];
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
Nor will I take their names upon my lips.
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth (mourning garment);
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And I prayed with my head bowed on my chest.
He will not fear bad news;
His heart is steadfast, trusting [confidently relying on and believing] in the Lord.
I will meditate on Your precepts
And [thoughtfully] regard Your ways [the path of life established by Your precepts].
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber;
It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.
He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow into pieces and snaps the spear in two;
He burns the chariots with fire.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.
Blessed [with wisdom and prosperity] is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord,
And whom You teach from Your law,
“These things you have done and I kept silent;
You thought that I was just like you.
Now I will reprimand and denounce you and state the case in order before your eyes.
You who have shown
Will revive and renew me again,
And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
Vav.
May Your lovingkindness also come to me, O Lord,
Your salvation according to Your promise;
May our God come and not keep silent;
Fire devours before Him,
And around Him a mighty tempest rages.
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters;
The God of glory thunders;
The Lord is over many waters.
The cords of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
This is my comfort in my affliction,
That Your word has revived me and given me life.
Establish my footsteps in [the way of] Your word;
Do not let any human weakness have power over me [causing me to be separated from You].
My soul (my life, my inner self) longs for and greatly desires the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
I will run the way of Your commandments [with purpose],
For You will give me a heart that is willing.
Let all the earth fear and worship the Lord;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
A God greatly feared and reverently worshiped in the council of the holy [angelic] ones,
And awesome above all those who are around Him?
All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh, aloes and cassia;
From ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad.
For the Lord Most High is to be feared [and worshiped with awe-inspired reverence and obedience];
He is a great King over all the earth.
May their table [with all its abundance and luxury] become a snare [to them];
And when they are in peace [secure at their sacrificial feasts], may it become a trap.
[You are the One] who covers Yourself with light as with a garment,
Who stretches out the heavens like a tent curtain,
For He satisfies the parched throat,
And fills the hungry appetite with what is good.
A thousand may fall at your side
And ten thousand at your right hand,
But danger will not come near you.
Set me securely on an inaccessibly high place away from those who rise up against me.
The [boundary] lines [of the land] have fallen for me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.
On the day I called, You answered me;
And You made me bold and confident with [renewed] strength in my life.
Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You [for forgiveness] in a time when You [are near and] may be found;
Surely when the great waters [of trial and distressing times] overflow they will not reach [the spirit in] him.
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous [who actively seek right standing with Him];
Shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
May they be blotted out of the book of life [and their lives come to an end]
And may they not be recorded with the righteous (those in right standing with God).
We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
Give light (life) to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,
All nations whom You have made shall come and kneel down in worship before You, O Lord,
And they shall glorify Your name.
O satisfy us with Your lovingkindness in the morning [now, before we grow older],
That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
You uprooted a vine (Israel) from Egypt;
You drove out the [Canaanite] nations and planted the vine [in Canaan].
Let all those be [deeply] ashamed who serve carved images,
Who boast in idols.
Worship Him, all you gods!
Who executes justice for the oppressed,
Who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets free the prisoners.
Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
But he who trusts in and relies on the Lord shall be surrounded with compassion and lovingkindness.
You have been angry; O restore us and turn again to us.
All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and goodness and truth and faithfulness
To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
How blessed and favored are the people in such circumstance;
How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored] are the people whose God is the Lord!
I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
I will [solemnly] remember the deeds of the Lord;
Yes, I will [wholeheartedly] remember Your wonders of old.
All Your works shall give thanks to You and praise You, O Lord,
And Your godly ones will bless You.
Princes and envoys shall come from Egypt;
Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands [with the offerings of submission] to God.
O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is lovingkindness,
And with Him is abundant redemption.
Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear [to my instruction]:
Forget your people and your father’s house;
The Lord favors those who fear and worship Him [with awe-inspired reverence and obedience],
Those who wait for His mercy and lovingkindness.
Light arises in the darkness for the upright;
He is gracious and compassionate and righteous (upright—in right standing with God).
Will You not revive us and bring us to life again,
That Your people may rejoice in You?
Do you judge fairly, O sons of men?
My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
The humble and downtrodden will hear it and rejoice.
Turn my eyes away from vanity [all those worldly, meaningless things that distract—let Your priorities be mine],
And restore me [with renewed energy] in Your ways.
Incline Your ear to me, deliver me quickly;
Be my rock of refuge,
And a strong fortress to save me.
Clouds and thick darkness surround Him [as at Sinai];
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
I make supplication with my voice to the Lord.
Shin.
Princes persecute me without cause,
But my heart stands in [reverent] awe of Your words [so I can expect You to help me].
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains be shaken and slip into the heart of the seas,
There is the sea, great and broad,
In which are swarms without number,
Creatures both small and great.
For the Lord delights in justice
And does not abandon His saints (faithful ones);
They are preserved forever,
But the descendants of the wicked will [in time] be cut off.
Wait for and expect the Lord and keep His way,
And He will exalt you to inherit the land;
[In the end] when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the divine beings is like the Lord,
Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;
Be gracious and compassionate to me and answer me.
With the pure You show Yourself pure,
And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.
To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.
In You our fathers trusted [leaned on, relied on, and were confident];
They trusted and You rescued them.
Such [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is too high [above me], I cannot reach it.
Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would destroy me are powerful, being my enemies wrongfully;
I am forced to restore what I did not steal.
Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have come against me;
They breathe out violence.
“He trusted and committed himself to the Lord, let Him save him.
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”
Yes, You are my rock and my fortress;
For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.
For You are my hope;
O Lord God, You are my trust and the source of my confidence from my youth.
The Lord upholds all those [of His own] who fall
And raises up all those who are bowed down.
They looked to Him and were radiant;
Their faces will never blush in shame or confusion.
O God, You have taught me from my youth,
And I still declare Your wondrous works and miraculous deeds.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will cover me,
And the night will be the only light around me,”
But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite My statutes
Or to take My covenant on your lips?
Who satisfies your years with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the [soaring] eagle.
He made darkness His hiding place (covering); His pavilion (canopy) around Him,
The darkness of the waters, the thick clouds of the skies.
The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in [everything that you do]
From this time forth and forever.
In God, whose word I praise;
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not fear.
What can mere man do to me?
The eyes of all look to You [in hopeful expectation],
And You give them their food in due time.
You divided the [Red] Sea by Your strength;
You broke the heads of the
“And now, Lord, for what do I expectantly wait?
My hope [my confident expectation] is in You.
The chariots of God are
The Lord is among them as He was at Sinai, in holiness.
Indeed, none of those who [expectantly] wait for You will be ashamed;
Those who turn away from what is right and deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed (humiliated, embarrassed).
As for the saints (godly people) who are in the land,
They are the majestic and the noble and the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
There is no speech, nor are there [spoken] words [from the stars];
Their voice is not heard.
Moreover, by them Your servant is warned [reminded, illuminated, and instructed];
In keeping them there is great reward.
But the Lord has become my high tower and defense,
And my God the rock of my refuge.
But as for me, I will sing of Your mighty strength and power;
Yes, I will sing joyfully of Your lovingkindness in the morning;
For You have been my stronghold
And a refuge in the day of my distress.
For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
Then I could bear it;
Nor is it one who has hated me who insolently exalts himself against me—
Then I could hide from him.
We will sing joyously over your victory,
And in the name of our God we will set up our banners.
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.
The works of His hands are truth and [absolute] justice;
All His precepts are sure (established, reliable, trustworthy).
How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness
And grieved Him in the desert!
And even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me,
Until I declare Your [mighty] strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.
“Even they will perish, but You endure;
Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment.
Like clothing You will change them and they shall be changed.
Let us come before His presence with a song of thanksgiving;
Let us shout joyfully to Him with songs.
Exalt the Lord our God
And worship at His holy hill [Zion, the temple mount],
For the Lord our God is holy.
He alone is my rock and my salvation,
My defense and my strong tower; I will not be shaken or disheartened.
Who lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters [above the firmament],
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind,
My
And my mouth offers praises [to You] with joyful lips.
“I am the Lord your God,
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate and thoughtfully focus on You in the night watches,
Do not withhold Your compassion and tender mercy from me, O Lord;
Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.
Ayin.
I have done justice and righteousness;
Do not leave me to those who oppress me.
Even before there is a word on my tongue [still unspoken],
Behold, O Lord, You know it all.
You will draw me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength and my stronghold.
Even though I am afflicted and needy,
Still the Lord takes thought and is mindful of me.
You are my help and my rescuer.
O my God, do not delay.
Remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom,
The day of [the fall of] Jerusalem,
Who said “Down, down [with her]
To her very foundation.”
You crushed the heads of
You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
I will cry to God Most High,
Who accomplishes all things on my behalf [for He completes my purpose in His plan].
I am a companion of all who [reverently] fear You,
And of those who keep and honor Your precepts.
Though the Lord is exalted,
He regards the lowly [and invites them into His fellowship];
But the proud and haughty He knows from a distance.
May his name endure forever;
May his name continue as long as the sun;
And let men bless themselves by him;
Let all nations call him blessed.
You have rescued me from the contentions of the people;
You have placed me as the head of the nations;
A people whom I have not known serve me.
You visit the earth and make it overflow [with water];
You greatly enrich it;
The stream of God is full of water;
You provide their grain, when You have prepared the earth.
Praise Him for His mighty acts;
Praise Him according to [the abundance of] His greatness.
You will arise and have compassion on Zion,
For it is time to be gracious and show favor to her;
Yes, the appointed time [the moment designated] has come.
[Growing in grace] they will still thrive and bear fruit and prosper in old age;
They will flourish and be
The Lord knows the thoughts of man,
That they are a mere breath (vain, empty, futile).
Guard my life from the terror of the enemy.
He has given freely to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever;
His horn will be exalted in honor.
Make me hear joy and gladness and be satisfied;
Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.
For His lovingkindness prevails over us [and we triumph and overcome through Him],
And the truth of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
I have proclaimed good news of righteousness [and the joy that comes from obedience to You] in the great assembly;
Behold, I will not restrain my lips [from proclaiming Your righteousness],
As You know, O Lord.
The Lord knows the days of the blameless,
And their inheritance will continue forever.
For Your arrows have sunk into me and penetrate deeply,
And Your hand has pressed down on me and greatly disciplined me.
My eyes are continually toward the Lord,
For He will bring my feet out of the net.
I believed [and clung to my God] when I said,
“I am greatly afflicted.”
You have tried my heart;
You have visited me in the night;
You have tested me and You find nothing [evil in me];
I intend that my mouth will not transgress.
“Therefore I swore [an oath] in My wrath,
‘They absolutely shall not enter My rest [the land of promise].’”
Be to me a rock of refuge and a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually come;
You have given the commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent’s;
Poison of a viper is under their lips.
For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised;
He is to be feared above all gods.
You turn man back to dust,
And say, “Return [to the earth], O children of [mortal] men!”
O Lord, You have brought my life up from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
You have kept me alive, so that I would not go down to the pit (grave).
“What profit is there in my blood (death), if I go down to the pit (grave)?
Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness [to man]?
The mouth of the righteous proclaims wisdom,
And his tongue speaks justice and truth.
But now You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor,
And You do not go out with our armies [to lead us to victory].
The heavens (angels) praise Your wonders, O Lord,
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
Hear the voice of my supplication (specific requests, humble entreaties) as I cry to You for help,
As I lift up my hands and heart toward Your innermost sanctuary (Holy of Holies).
That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
Do I not hate those who hate You, O Lord?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
Have all the workers of wickedness and injustice no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the Lord?
For Your name’s sake, O Lord,
Pardon my wickedness and my guilt, for they are great.
All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like You,
Who rescues the afflicted from him who is too strong for him [to resist alone],
And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”
I have better understanding and deeper insight than all my teachers [because of Your word],
For Your testimonies are my meditation.
“Gather My godly ones to Me,
Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence;
They will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah.
I will behave wisely and follow the way of integrity.
When will You come to me?
I will walk in my house in integrity and with a blameless heart.
Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;
Then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness and Your justice.
The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.
But as for me, I will wait and hope continually,
And will praise You yet more and more.
How great are Your works, O Lord!
Your thoughts are very deep [beyond man’s understanding].
Who stand and serve by night in the house of the Lord.
“If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
For the world and all it contains are Mine.
May He send you help from the sanctuary (His dwelling place)
And support and strengthen you from Zion!
How long must I take counsel in my soul,
Having sorrow in my heart day after day?
How long will my enemy exalt himself and triumph over me?
I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are fair,
And that in faithfulness You have disciplined me.
O my God, in You I [have unwavering] trust [and I rely on You with steadfast confidence],
Do not let me be ashamed or my hope in You be disappointed;
Do not let my enemies triumph over me.
Come and see the works of God,
He is awesome in His deeds toward the children of men.
The Lord will send the scepter of Your strength from Zion, saying,
“Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
Let the sea roar, and all the things it contains;
I pursued my enemies and overtook them;
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
The day is Yours, the night also is Yours;
You have established and prepared the [heavenly] light and the sun.
Save Your people and bless Your inheritance;
Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.
God is to us a God of acts of salvation;
And to
But the wicked (ungodly) will perish,
And the enemies of the Lord will be like the
They vanish—like smoke they vanish away.
I have called upon You, for You, O God, will answer me;
Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
I will give thanks and praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart;
And will glorify Your name forevermore.
Appoint a wicked man against him,
And let an attacker stand at his right hand [to kill him].
You will tread upon the lion and cobra;
The young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.
When my heart was embittered
And I was pierced within [as with the fang of an adder],
Do not harden your hearts and become spiritually dull as at Meribah [the place of strife],
And as at Massah [the place of testing] in the wilderness,
It is well with the man who is gracious and lends;
He conducts his affairs with justice.
Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
Death will be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form and beauty shall
So that they have no dwelling [on earth].
The bird has found a house,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young—
Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
My King and my God.
He does not slander with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
In the secret place of Your presence You hide them from the plots and conspiracies of man;
You keep them secretly in a shelter (pavilion) from the strife of tongues.
These things I [vividly] remember as I pour out my soul;
How I used to go along before the great crowd of people and lead them in procession to the house of God [like a choirmaster before his singers, timing the steps to the music and the chant of the song],
With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a great crowd keeping a festival.
Then our mouth was filled with laughter
And our tongue with joyful shouting;
Then they said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”
But my horn [my emblem of strength and power] You have exalted like that of a wild ox;
I am anointed with fresh oil [for Your service].
May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
May the Lord rejoice and be glad in His works—
Therefore I esteem as right all Your precepts concerning everything;
I hate every false way.
For He has founded it upon the seas
And established it upon the streams and the rivers.
Remember, O Lord, Your [tender] compassion and Your lovingkindnesses,
For they have been from of old.
But they quickly forgot His works;
They did not [patiently] wait for His counsel and purpose [to be revealed regarding them],
My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my neighbors stand far away.
I hate those who pay regard to vain (empty, worthless) idols;
But I trust in the Lord [and rely on Him with unwavering confidence].
I shattered them so that they were not able to rise;
They fell [wounded] under my feet.
The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.
Do not trust in oppression,
And do not vainly hope in robbery;
If riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
Woe to me, for I sojourn in Meshech,
and I live among the tents of Kedar [among hostile people]!
Wondrously show Your [marvelous and amazing] lovingkindness,
O Savior of those who take refuge at Your right hand
From those who rise up against them.
My eyes fail [with longing, watching] for [the fulfillment of] Your salvation,
And for [the fulfillment of] Your righteous word.
For God is the King of all the earth;
Sing praises in a skillful psalm and with understanding.
Smoke went up from His nostrils,
And fire from His mouth devoured;
Coals were kindled by it.
“I will mention Rahab (Egypt) and Babylon among those who know Me—
Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia (Cush)—
‘This one was born there.’”
“Hear, O My people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you:
I am God, your God.
He brought the sons of Israel out [of Egypt] with silver and gold,
And among their tribes there was not one who stumbled.
You enlarge the path beneath me and make my steps secure,
So that my feet will not slip.
Gracious is the Lord, and [consistently] righteous;
Yes, our God is compassionate.
Behold, God is my helper and ally;
The Lord is the sustainer of my soul [my upholder].
The Lord protects the strangers;
He supports the fatherless and the widow;
But He makes crooked the way of the wicked.
The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world and all that is in it, You have founded and established them.
For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me;
And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].
My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Though an army encamp against me,
My heart will not fear;
Though war arise against me,
Even in this I am confident.
“Surely every man walks around like a shadow [in a charade];
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
Each one builds up riches, not knowing who will receive them.
There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord,
Nor are there any works [of wonder and majesty] like Yours.
What man can live and not see death?
Can he rescue his soul from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Selah.
They will overflow [like a fountain] when they speak of Your great and abundant goodness
And will sing joyfully of Your righteousness.