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The heavens [are] telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands.
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of [the] wicked; nor does he stand in [the] way of sinners; nor does he sit in [the] assembly of mockers.
Take pleasure in Yahweh as well, and he will give to you the requests of your heart.
Be still, and know that I [am] God. I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth.
The law of Yahweh [is] perfect, reviving life. The testimony of Yahweh [is] firm, making wise [the] simple.
[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good.
Yahweh [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Yahweh [is] the refuge of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
A declaration of Yahweh to my lord, "Sit at my right [hand] until I make your enemies your footstool."
[One who] lives in the secret place of the Most High will lodge in the shadow of Shaddai.
Before [the] mountains were born and you brought forth [the] earth and [the] world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you [are] God.
I will tell the decree; Yahweh said to me: "You are my son; today I have begotten you.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your presence, O Yahweh, my rock and my redeemer.
I praise you, because I am fearfully [and] wonderfully [made]. Wonderful [are] your works, and my soul knows [it] well.
Even when I walk in a dark valley, I fear no evil because you [are] with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me
You will make known to me [the] path of life. In your presence [is] fullness of joy. At your right hand [are] pleasures forever.
Unless Yahweh builds a house, its builders labor at it in vain. Unless Yahweh guards a city, a guard watches in vain.
Be gracious to me, O God, according to your loyal love. According to your abundant mercies, blot out my transgressions.
The fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of wisdom; all who do them have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, [the] moon and [the] stars which you set in place--
My God, my God why have you forsaken me? [Why are you] far from helping me, [far from] the words of my groaning?
The words of Yahweh [are] pure words [like] silver refined in the crucible on the ground, refined seven times.
Taste and see that Yahweh [is] good; blessed [is] the man [who] takes refuge in him.
I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have magnified your word according to all your name.
I will instruct you and teach you in [the] way that you should go. I will advise [you] [with] my eye upon you.
Instead, in the law of Yahweh [is] his delight, and on his law he meditates day and night.
for you will not abandon my soul to Sheol; you will not give your faithful one to see [the] grave.
One [thing] I have asked from Yahweh; it I will seek: [that] I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to consider his temple.
For he will command his angels concerning you, to watch over you in all your ways.
Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
In you, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.
O God, you [are] my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you [as] in a dry and weary land without water.
Yahweh [is] my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I have taken refuge, my shield and the horn of my deliverance, my stronghold.
what [is] a human being that you think of him? and a child of humankind that you care for him?
for Yahweh knows [the] way of [the] righteous, but [the] way of [the] wicked will perish.
Yahweh [is] near to [those who are] heartbroken and saves [those who are] crushed in spirit.
Blessed [is] the nation whose God [is] Yahweh, the people he has chosen for his inheritance.
Because Yahweh God [is] a sun and a shield; Yahweh gives grace and honor. He does not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly.
Come, let us sing for joy to Yahweh; let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.
Therefore [the] wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of [the] righteous;
By the word of Yahweh [the] heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
I have set Yahweh before me always. Because [he is] at my right hand I will not be shaken.
And so, he is like a tree planted by streams of water that gives its fruit in its season; its leaf also does not wither. Therefore all that he does prospers.
You who revere Yahweh, praise him! Glorify him, all [you] seed of Jacob, and be in awe of him, all [you] seed of Israel,
Sing [praises] to Yahweh [who] sits [enthroned] in Zion. Tell his deeds among the peoples,
So he brought me out to a spacious place. He delivered me because he delighted in me.
My eye wastes away because of vexation; it grows old because of all my oppressors.
Yahweh judges the nations. O Yahweh, vindicate me according to my innocence and according to my integrity within me.
because he has not despised nor abhorred [the] affliction of [the] afflicted, and has not hid his face from him; but he listened to him when he cried for help.
{But as for me}, through the abundance of your steadfast love I will enter your house. I will bow down toward {your holy temple} in awe [of] you.
Depart from me, all workers of evil, for Yahweh has heard the sound of my weeping.
Many are saying, "Who will show us [something] good?" Lift up over us the light of your face, O Yahweh.
O Yahweh, lead me in your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight before me your way.
Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands he has repaid me.
Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish [the] righteous, and test the hearts and innermost being, O righteous God.
for he [who] {avenges bloodshed} remembers them. He does not forget the distressed cry of [the] afflicted.
O Yahweh, put them in fear. Let [the] nations know they [are merely] human. Selah
[But] you have seen; indeed you have noted trouble and grief to take [it] into your hand. The helpless abandons [himself] upon you; you have been [the] helper [for the] orphan.
[The] longing of [the] afflicted you have heard, O Yahweh. You will make their heart secure. You will {listen attentively}
And [the] salvation of [the] righteous [is] from Yahweh, their refuge in [the] time of trouble.
Yahweh has made himself known; he has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his hands. Higgaion Selah
[The] nations have fallen in [the] pit [that] they made; their foot is caught in [the] net that they hid.
If he does not repent, he will sharpen his sword. He has bent his bow and he has {strung} it.
Treat them as guilty, O God; let them fall because of their plans. Because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out, for they have rebelled against you.
Rise up, O Yahweh, let not humans prevail; let [the] nations be judged before you.
to render judgment [for the] fatherless and [the] oppressed [so that] a [mere] mortal from the earth will no longer cause terror.
You will break them with an iron rod. Like a potter's vessel you will shatter them."
You have put gladness in my heart more than {when} their grain and their wine abound.
My eye languishes from misery. I call on you, O Yahweh, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
Because I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not acted wickedly against my God,
They will come and tell his saving [deeds] to a people [yet] to be born, that he has done [it].
[The] afflicted will eat and will be satisfied. Those who seek him will praise Yahweh. May your heart live forever.
And he has prepared for him weapons of death. He has made his arrows fiery shafts.
Descendants will serve him. Regarding the Lord, it will be told to the [next] generation.
Be gracious to me, O Yahweh. See my suffering from [those who] hate me, [you who] lift me up from the gates of death,
Do not cast me away in the time of old age; when my strength fails do not abandon me.
He remembers his covenant forever, [the] word [that] he commanded for a thousand generations,
But let all who take shelter in you rejoice. Let them ever sing for joy, {because} you spread protection over them; And let those [who] love your name exult in you.
For there is not [anything] reliable in his mouth; their inner part [is] destruction. Their throat is an open grave; [with] their tongue they speak deceit.
so that I may tell of all your praises. In the gates of the daughter of Zion let me rejoice in your salvation.
I am not afraid of the ten thousands of people who all around have set themselves against me.
Bless Yahweh, all his works, in all the places of his dominion. Bless Yahweh, O my soul.
To [the] loyal you show yourself loyal. To [the] blameless you show yourself blameless.
My lips will sing for joy when I sing praises to you, and my soul, which you have redeemed.
Why does the wicked treat God with contempt? He says in his heart, "You will not call [me] to account."
Lift up your heads, O gates, and rise up, O ancient doorways, that the king of glory may enter.
When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness. In trouble {deliver me}. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
for [the] needy shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall never perish.
Rise up, O Yahweh; deliver me, O my God; for you strike all my enemies [on the] cheek. [The] teeth of [the] wicked you break.
Save, O Yahweh, for [the] pious have ceased [to be]; for [the] faithful have vanished from [among the] children of humankind.
From you [is] my praise. In [the] great assembly, I will pay my vows before those who revere him.
And Yahweh will be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of distress.
Yahweh tests [the] righteous, but [the] wicked and [the] lover of violence his soul hates.
In Yahweh I have taken refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee to your mountain [like] a bird"?
All my enemies shall be ashamed and shall be very terrified. They shall turn back; they shall suddenly be ashamed.
Be disturbed but do not sin. Commune in your heart on your bed and be silent. Selah
{With bald-faced pride} [the] wicked will not seek [God]. There is no God in any of his thoughts.
Break [the] arm of [the] wicked, and [as for the] evil [man]-- seek out his wickedness [until] you find none.
Yahweh [is] in his holy temple; Yahweh [is] in the heavens [on] his throne. His eyelids see; they test [the] children of humankind.
I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing [the praise of] your name, O Most High.
For you bless [the] righteous. O Yahweh, like a shield you surround him [with] good favor.
For Yahweh [is] righteous; he loves righteous deeds. [The] upright shall see his face.
[the] birds of [the] sky and the fish of the sea, [everything] that passes along the paths of seas.
"Because of [the] oppression of [the] afflicted, because of [the] groaning of [the] poor, now I will rise up," Yahweh says. "I shall put [them] in [the] safety [for which] they long."
He will rain coals on [the] wicked. Burning sulfur and scorching wind [will be] the portion of their cup.
O Yahweh, my God, in you I have taken refuge. Save me from all [who] pursue me, and deliver me.
for [the] wicked boasts about the desire of his {heart}, and [the] one greedy for gain curses [and] treats Yahweh with contempt.
But you, O God, you will bring them down to [the] pit of corruption. [The] men of bloodshed and deceit will not live half their days, but I will trust you.
Many [are] saying about my soul, "There is no deliverance for him from God. Selah
They speak falseness {to each other}. [With] flattering lips, [with] {a double heart} they speak.
You, O Yahweh, will protect them. You will preserve him from this generation always.
You have rebuked [the] nations; you have destroyed [the] wicked. Their name you have blotted out forever and ever.
The enemies are destroyed [in] ruins forever, and you have uprooted [their] cities; their very memory has perished.
O Yahweh, do not rebuke me in your anger, and do not discipline me in your wrath.
For there is no remembrance of you in death. In Sheol, who will give thanks to you?
In arrogance [the] wicked persecutes [the] poor. Let them be caught in [the] schemes that they devised,
You also gave me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your humility made me great.
When my enemies turn back, they will stumble and perish because of your presence.
sheep and cattle, all of them, and also [the] wild animals of [the] field,
His mouth is filled with cursing, with deceits and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and evil.
See, he travails with evil. He is pregnant with trouble, and he gives birth to deception.
And he will judge [the] world with righteousness. He will judge [the] peoples with equity.
For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on [the] throne judging correctly.
For look: The wicked {string the bow}. They have fitted their arrow to [the] string, to shoot from [the] darkness at the upright of heart.
O sons of man, how long will my honor be a disgrace? [How long] will you love vanity? [How long] will you seek lies? Selah
But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself [the] faithful one. Yahweh hears when I call to him.
[those] who say, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips [are] on our side. Who [is] master over us?"
[The] wicked prowl about when vileness [is] exalted among [the] children of humankind.
Will [the] one who planted [the] ear not hear? Will [the] one who formed [the] eye not see?
And you girded me [with] strength for the battle; [those] rising against me you made to kneel under me.
He lies in ambush {secretly,} like a lion in a thicket. He lies in ambush to seize [the] poor; he seizes [the] poor by catching him in his net.
He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved {throughout all generations}, [during] which [I will have] no trouble."
His ways endure at all times. Your judgments are aloof from him. [As for] all his enemies, he scoffs at them.
All [the] ends of [the] earth will remember and turn to Yahweh. All [the] families of [the] nations will worship before you.
I will thank Yahweh according to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of Yahweh, [the] Most High.
He sits in ambush in villages; in the hiding places he kills [the] innocent. His eyes {lurk} for [the] helpless.
because all his ordinances [are] before me, and his statutes I have not removed from me,
I am weary with my groaning; {I flood} my bed every night. With my tears {I drench} my couch.
Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, because I am feeble. Heal me, O Yahweh, for my bones are terrified.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise. Give thanks to him; bless his name.
if I have repaid {my ally} [with] harm, or [if] I have plundered my enemy without cause,
Because dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has encircled me. Like the lion [they are at] my hands and my feet.
Your eyes saw my embryo, and in your book they all were written-- days fashioned [for me] when [there was] not one of them.
The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit; A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
As far as east [is] from west, [so] he has removed far from us [the guilt of] our transgressions.
Yahweh has sworn and he will not change [his mind], "You [are] a priest forever according to the manner of Melchizedek."
Even {my close friend}, whom I trusted, [who] ate my bread, has lifted [his] heel against me.
Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic [is] your name in all the earth, who put your splendor above the heavens.
For [there is] a moment in his anger; [there is] a lifetime in his favor. Weeping lodges for the evening, but in the morning [comes] rejoicing.
Or else he will tear me apart like a lion, ripping to pieces, with none [to] deliver.
And Yahweh helps them and he rescues them. He rescues them from [the] wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.
Give ear, O shepherd of Israel, [who] leads Joseph like a flock. Shine forth, [you who] sits [enthroned above] the cherubim.
let the enemy of my soul pursue, and overtake and trample my life into the ground, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah
Surely goodness and loyal love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will stay in the house of Yahweh {for a very long time}.
[The] steps of a man are established by Yahweh, and he takes pleasure in his way.
How many are your works, O Yahweh; all of them you have done in wisdom. The earth is full of your creatures.
Listen, O my people, to my teaching. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Rise up, O Yahweh, in your anger, and lift yourself up against the wrath of my oppressors, and awake for me, since you have commanded judgment.
He will call upon me and I will answer him; I [will be] with him in trouble; I will rescue and honor him.
The {whole} of your word [is] truth, and your every righteous judgment [endures] forever.
And you made him a little lower than heavenly beings, and [with] glory and [with] majesty you crowned him.
Yahweh [is] compassionate and gracious, {slow to anger} and abundant in loyal love.
For a thousand years in your eyes [are] like yesterday when it passes, or [like] a watch in the night.
that they may know that you, [whose] name [is] Yahweh, you alone, [are the] Most High over the whole earth.
Give thanks to Yahweh; proclaim his name; make known his deeds among the peoples.
Great peace [is] for those who love your law, and they do not have a cause for stumbling.
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:
You prepare before me a table in the presence of my oppressors. You anoint my head with oil; my cup [is] overflowing.
Your throne, O God, [is] forever and ever. A scepter of uprightness [is] the scepter of your kingdom.
[It is] good to give thanks to Yahweh, and to sing praise concerning your name, O Most High;
Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth, and [the] heavens [are] the work of your hands.
Not to us, O Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, because of your loyal love, because of your faithfulness.
Know that Yahweh, he [is] God; he made us and we are his. [We are] his people and the sheep of his pasture.
And call me in [the] day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me."
Whom do I have in the heavens [except you]? And with you I have no [other] desire on earth.
From the mouth of children and infants you have founded strength on account of your enemies, to silence [the] enemy and [the] avenger.
May God be gracious to us and bless us. May he cause his face to shine toward us, Selah
Surely I believe [that I will] see the goodness of Yahweh in [the] land of [the] living.
Yahweh is king; he clothes himself with majesty. Yahweh clothes himself; he girds himself with might. Yes, [the] world is established [so that] it will not be moved.
He established [the] earth on her foundations, [so that] it will not be moved forever and ever.
I will sing forever of Yahweh's acts of loyal love. {From generation to generation} I will make known your faithfulness with my mouth.
Ask from me and I will make [the] nations your heritage, and your possession [the] ends of [the] earth.
Be quiet before Yahweh and wait for him. Do not fret about one who succeeds [in] his way, about a man making plots.
O Yahweh, your loyal love [extends] into [the] heavens, your faithfulness unto [the] clouds.
The Supreme God, God, Yahweh, has spoken and summoned [the] earth, from [the] rising of [the] sun to its setting.
Many [are the] distresses of [the] righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
O God, give your judgments to [the] king, and your righteousness to [the] king's son.
A sacrifice and offering you do not desire. {My ears you have opened}. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not demanded.
Teach me, O Yahweh, your way, [that] I may walk in your truth. Unite my heart to fear your name.
But [the] afflicted will possess [the] land, and they will take pleasure in an abundance of peace.
Against you, only you, I have sinned and have done this evil in your eyes, so that you are correct when you speak, you are blameless when you judge.
Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.
Kiss the Son lest he be angry and you perish [on the] way, for his anger burns quickly. Blessed are all [who] take refuge in him.
Praise Yah. Give thanks to Yahweh, for [he is] good, for his loyal love [is] forever.
My heart [is] steadfast, O God. I will sing and give praise, even [with] my glory.
As for the days of our years, within them [are] seventy years or if by strength eighty years, and their pride [is] trouble and disaster, for it passes quickly and we fly [away].
Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
In peace I will lie down and sleep {at once}, for you alone, O Yahweh, make me dwell safely.
Behold, you delight [in] truth in the inward parts, and in [the] hidden [parts] you make me to know wisdom.
You have ascended on high; you have led away captives. You have received gifts [from] among humankind, and even [from the] rebellious, so that Yah God may dwell [there].
But you, Yahweh, [are] a shield around me, my glory and the one who lifts up my head.
Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, because in you my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of your wings I will take refuge until destruction passes by.
The precepts of Yahweh [are] right, making [the] heart rejoice. The command of Yahweh [is] pure, enlightening [the] eyes.
Blessed [is the one who] has regard for [the] poor; in [the] day of disaster, Yahweh delivers him.
Bless Yahweh, O my soul. O Yahweh my God, you are very great. You clothe yourself [with] splendor and majesty,
Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, the one who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war--
This God--his way [is] blameless. The word of Yahweh [is] flawless. He [is] a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
You make him over the works of your hands; all [things] you have placed under his feet:
Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who cares about God.
For you, O Lord, [are] good and forgiving, and abundant in loyal love for all who call to you.
I made known my sin to you, and my iniquity I did not cover. I said, "I will confess concerning my transgressions to Yahweh," and you took away the guilt of my sin. Selah
All [who] see me mock me. They open wide [their] lips; they shake [the] head, [saying]:
[Yet] in all [the] world their line goes out, and their words to [the] end of [the] world. In them he has pitched a tent for the sun,
[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt and they have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.
And those who know your name will trust in you, for you do not forsake those [who] seek you, O Yahweh.
God settles the lonely in a home; he brings prisoners out into prosperity. But the rebellious abide in a barren land.
They also gave me gall for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Yahweh accomplishes [things] for my benefit. O Yahweh, your loyal love [endures] forever; do not abandon the works of your hands.
How long, O Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Be gracious [to] me, O Yahweh, because I have distress. My eye wastes away because of vexation, [along with] my soul and my {body}.
Blessed be the Lord. Daily he loads us [with benefits], the God [of] our salvation. Selah
Why are you {in despair}, O my soul, and disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I will again praise him, [for] the salvation of his presence.
Yahweh [is] my strength and my shield. My heart trusts him and I am helped. So my heart rejoices, and with my song I will give thanks to him.
Let them praise his name with dancing; let them sing praises to him with tambourine and lyre.
Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done wonders. His right hand and his holy arm have secured his victory.
The fear of Yahweh [is] pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of Yahweh [are] true; they are righteous altogether,
{Some boast in chariots and others in horses}, but we boast in the name of Yahweh, our God.
because the zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those reproaching you have fallen on me.
An oracle: the wicked has rebellion in the midst of his heart. There is no fear of God before his eyes.
Because better [is] a day in your courtyards than a thousand [elsewhere]. I would rather be at the threshold of the house of my God than to dwell in [the] tents of wickedness.
For Yahweh [is] good; his loyal love is forever, and his faithfulness [is] {from generation to generation}.
Intimate fellowship with Yahweh [is] for those who fear him, and [he] makes known his covenant to them.
You send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of [the] ground.
Because he loves me, therefore I will deliver him; I will protect him because he knows my name.
He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us according to our iniquities.
My {frame} was not hidden from you, when I was created secretly, [and] intricately woven in [the] depths of [the] earth.
Sing to God, sing praises to his name. Lift up [a song] to [the] rider on the clouds--his name is Yah-- and rejoice before him.
Trust him at all times, O people; pour out before him your heart. God [is] a refuge for us. Selah
[The] kings of [the] earth establish themselves, and the rulers conspire together against Yahweh and his anointed:
You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He protects the lives of his faithful; he delivers them from [the] hand of [the] wicked.
{Morning, noon and night} I will lament and groan loudly, and he will hear my voice.
Yahweh [is] great and very worthy of praise in the city of our God, in his {holy mountain}.
Shout joyfully to Yahweh, all the earth. Be cheerful and sing for joy and sing praises.
O Yahweh, in [the] morning you will hear my voice. In [the] morning I will set forth [my case] to you and I will watch.
One who slanders his neighbor in secret, him I will destroy. [One] haughty of eyes and {arrogant} of heart, him I will not endure.
For as [the] heavens are high above the earth, [so] his loyal love prevails over those who fear him.
Teach me to do your will, for you [are] my God; your Spirit [is] good. Lead me onto level ground.
O Yahweh, hear my prayer; listen to my supplications. In your faithfulness answer me, [and] in your righteousness.
that this [is] God, our God forever and ever. {He himself} will guide us until death.
The eyes of Yahweh [are] toward [the] righteous, and his ears toward their cry for help.
[By contrast,] I in righteousness shall see your face. Upon awakening I will be satisfied [seeing] your form.
I will praise Yahweh while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I [am] still [alive].
God stands in the divine assembly; he administers judgment in the midst of [the] gods.
Who [is] the man fearing Yahweh? He will instruct him in [the] way he should choose.
With his feathers he will cover you, and under his wings you can take refuge. His faithfulness [will be] a shield and a buckler.
You have kept count of my wonderings. Put my tears in your bottle; [are they] not in your book?
My heart is moved [with] a good word; I recite my {compositions} to [the] king. My tongue [is the] pen [of] a skilled scribe.
Love Yahweh, all you his faithful ones. Yahweh preserves [the] faithful but repays abundantly [the] one who acts arrogantly.
Praise Yah. For [it is] good to sing praises [to] our God; for [it is] pleasant; praise is fitting.
Bless Yahweh, you his angels, [you] mighty heroes who do his word by {obeying} the sound of his word.
Why are you {in despair}, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I shall again praise him, {my salvation} and my God.
I was a youth, but I am [now] old; yet I have not seen [the] righteous forsaken or his children {begging for} bread.
Praise Yah! Blessed [is the] man [who] fears Yahweh; he takes great delight in his commands.
Do not place trust in princes, in a son of humankind with whom there is no deliverance.
Then he put a new song in my mouth, a praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and will trust Yahweh.
In you, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge. Let me not be put to shame ever. Deliver me by your righteousness.
Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
O Yahweh, hear a just cause. Hear my cry; heed my prayer [I make] without deceitful lips.
You have turned my wailing into my dancing. You have removed my sackcloth and clothed me [with] joy
O my God, I call by day and you do not answer, and [by] night but I have no rest.
My flesh and heart failed, [but] God [is] the {strength} of my heart and my reward forever.
Praise Yah. Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in [the] assembly of [the] faithful.
I will say to Yahweh, "[You are] my refuge and my fortress, my God [in whom] I trust."
Judge [on behalf of the] helpless and [the] orphan; provide justice [to the] afflicted and [the] poor.
Because he will hide me in his shelter in [the] day of trouble. He will conceal me in the hiding place of his tent. He will set me high upon a rock.
Blessed [is] he who comes in the name of Yahweh. We bless you from the house of Yahweh.
Your people {will volunteer} in the day of your power. In holy splendor, from [the] womb of [the] dawn, you will have the dew of your youth.
Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices. Yes, my body will dwell in safety,
Those who trust in Yahweh [are] like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, [but] abides forever.
But as for me, I have trusted in your steadfast love. My heart will rejoice in your deliverance.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted {within me}.
I will exalt you, O Yahweh, because you have drawn me up, and have not made my enemies rejoice over me.
God will arise; his enemies will be scattered, and those who hate him will flee from before him.
The wicked are estranged from [the] womb. They go astray from [the] belly, speaking lies.
You love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you from among your companions [with] festive oil.
But the loyal love of Yahweh [is] from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to [their] children's children,
And [so] he brought me up from [the] roaring pit, from the miry clay. And he put my feet upon a rock; he made my steps steady.
I will not set before my eyes any wicked thing. I hate the work of those who fall away; it will not cling to me.
You search out my wandering and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
Let the redeemed of Yahweh declare [it], [those] whom he has redeemed from [the] hand of [the] enemy
O God, [the] nations have entered your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have reduced Jerusalem to ruins.
more desirable than gold, even much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, even honey [in the] comb.
Cause me to hear your loyal love in the morning, for I trust you. Cause me to know the way that I should go, for I lift up my soul to you.
You [are] my hiding place; from trouble you preserve me. [With] cries of deliverance you surround me. Selah
Therefore Yahweh has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
We will not hide [them] from their children, telling the next generation the praises of Yahweh, and his power and his wonders that he has done.
For you do not delight [in] sacrifice or I would give [it]. [With] a burnt offering you are not pleased.
Righteousness and justice [are] the foundation of your throne. Loyal love and faithfulness come before your face.
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach to their children,
How precious [is] your loyal love, O God, and the children of humankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
[It is] in vain for you who rise early [and] sit late, eating the bread of anxious toil, [when] thus he provides for his beloved in [his] sleep.
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, {my surpassing joy}, and I will praise you with lyre, O God, my God.
For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people; he glorifies [the] afflicted with salvation.
Yet [you] took me from [the] belly; you made me trust [while] on my mother's breasts.
Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with all [my] heart, in [the] assembly of [the] upright and [the] congregation.
And may he rule from sea up to sea, and from [the] River to [the] edges of [the] land.
O God, we have heard with our ears; our ancestors have told us of work you worked in their days, in days of old.
[who] causes grass to grow for the cattle and herbs for the service of humankind, to bring forth food from the earth,
Let my prayer be set before you [as] incense, the lifting up of my palms [as the] evening offering.
All [the] {healthy ones} of [the] earth will eat and worship. Before him all [of] those descending [into the] dust will kneel, even he [who] cannot keep his soul alive.
But you, O Lord, [are] a compassionate and gracious God, {slow to anger} and abundant in loyal love and faithfulness.
For you, O Yahweh, [are] my refuge. You have made the Most High your dwelling place.
The plan of Yahweh stands firm forever, the intents of his heart {from one generation to the next}.
For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh-- they will possess [the] land.
Loyal love and faithfulness will meet one another; righteousness and peace will kiss.
May Yahweh answer you in [the] day of trouble. May the name of Jacob's God protect you.
[The] righteous will flourish like the date palm. They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
I was mute [with] silence. I was silent [even] from [saying] good [things], and my pain was stirred up.
To you, O Yahweh, I call. O my rock, do not be deaf to me. Or else, if you are silent to me, then I will become like those descending to [the] pit.
Let them shout for joy and be glad, who delight in my vindication; and let them say continually, "Yahweh is great, who delights in the welfare of his servant."
The heavens [are] Yahweh's heavens, but the earth he has given to [the] children of humankind.
In his eyes a rejected one [is] contemptible, but he honors those who respect Yahweh. He takes an oath to [his own] injury and does not retract it.
Send your light and your truth; they shall lead me. They shall bring me to {your holy mountain} and to your dwelling places.
Judge me, O Yahweh, because I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted Yahweh and not wavered.
Then I said, "Look, I come. In [the] scroll of [the] book it is written concerning me:
I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, because he will speak peace to his people, even his faithful [ones], but let them not return to folly.
and wine [that] makes glad [the] heart of man, so that [their] faces shine from oil, and bread [that] strengthens the heart of man.
One generation will laud your works to another, and will declare your mighty deeds.
"Let me know, O Yahweh, my end, and what is the measure of my days. Let me know how transient I [am]."
By day Yahweh commands his loyal love, and in the night his song [is] with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
How abundant [is] your goodness that you have stored up for [those who] fear you, that you perform for those who take refuge in you before [the] children of humankind.
I said, "I will guard my ways {that I may not sin} with my tongue. I will keep a muzzle over my mouth as long as [the] wicked [are] before me."
[He] causes the barren woman of the house to dwell [as] the happy mother of children. Praise Yah!
Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The loyal love of God [endures] {continually}.
Blessed [is the one] whose help [is] the God of Jacob, whose hope [is] on Yahweh [as] his God,
I will bless Yahweh who advises me; yes, [at] night my {innermost being} instructs me.
Blessed [is the] man whose strength [is] in you; in their heart [are the] highways [to Zion].
He who sacrifices a thank offering honors me, and he [who] orders [his] way; I will show him the salvation of God."
[Oh my soul] you have said to Yahweh, "You [are] my Lord. I have no good apart from you."
O Yahweh, by your favor you caused my strong mountain to stand. You hid your face. I was bewildered.
Yahweh is king; let [the] peoples tremble. [He] sits enthroned [between the] cherubim. Let the earth shake.
Your hands have made me and established me; give me understanding that I may learn your commands.
O daughter of Babylon, about to be devastated, happy [shall be he] who pays back to you {what you paid out to us}.
When evildoers drew near against me to eat my flesh-- my adversaries and my enemies [who drew near] to me-- they themselves stumbled and fell.
My soul thirsts for God, for [the] living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
Also, keep back your servant from arrogant [sins]; let them not rule over me. Then I shall be blameless, and I shall be innocent of great transgression.
O Yahweh, [the] king will rejoice in your strength, and how greatly he will delight in your help.
If I ascend to heaven, there you [are], and if I make my bed [in] Sheol, look! [There] you [are].
Cause me to walk in your truth and teach me, because you [are] the God of my salvation. I await you {all day long}.
In my trouble I called on Yahweh, and to my God I cried for help. He heard my voice from his temple, and my cry for help came up before his presence into his ears.
Say among the nations, "Yahweh is king! Yes, [the] world is established [so that] it will not be moved. He will judge [the] peoples fairly."
All that Yahweh desires, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all [the] depths.
On you I was cast from [the] womb. From my mother's belly you [have been] my God.
Behold, the eye of Yahweh [is] on those who fear him, on those who hope for his loyal love
You need not fear [the] terror of [the] night, [or the] arrow [that] flies by day,
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.
Your kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion [endures] {throughout all generations}.
All have gone astray; they are altogether corrupt. There is not one who does good; there is not even one.
Blessed [are] the people who know [the] joyful shout; O Yahweh, they walk about in the light of your countenance.
Who rose up for me against [the] wicked? Who stood up for me against [the] workers of iniquity?
Look, you have made my days [mere] handbreadths, and my lifespan as nothing next to you. Surely every person standing firm [is] complete vanity. Selah
Open to me [the] gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them [and] give thanks to Yah.
But as for me, the approach to God [is] for my good. I have set the Lord Yahweh [as] my refuge, in order to tell all your works.
I called upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised, and I was saved from my enemies.
My heart is not haughty nor my eyes {arrogant}. And I do not {concern myself} with things too great and difficult for me.
He does not lend his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against [the] innocent. He who does these [things] will never be shaken.
[The] young lions are in want and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh will not lack for any good thing.
Then the earth shook and quaked, and [the] foundations of [the] mountains trembled, and they staggered because he was angry.
{Oh that from Zion} [would come] salvation [for] Israel! When Yahweh returns the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be happy.
Out of [my] distress I called to Yah. Yah answered me, [setting me] in a broad place.
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish for us the work of our hands, yes, the work of our hands, establish it.
We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, and your name is near. Your wonderful deeds are told.
And yet a little [while] and the wicked will not be, and you will look carefully upon his place, but he will not be.
Happy [is] a person to whom Yahweh does not impute iniquity and in whose spirit there is not deceit.
O Yahweh, God of my salvation, I cry out by day [and] through the night before you.
He who walks blamelessly and does what is right. He who speaks honestly in his heart.
Sing praises to Yahweh, you his faithful ones, and give thanks {to his holy fame}.
For {he himself spoke} and it came to pass. {He himself commanded} and it stood firm.
My heart [is] steadfast, O God; My heart [is] steadfast. I will sing and give praise.
[The] wicked borrows and does not repay, but [the] righteous [is] gracious and gives.
O my God, within me my soul is {in despair}; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and the heights of Hermon, from the mountain of Mizar.
Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love, and his wonderful deeds for [the] children of humankind,
From the end of the earth I call to you when my heart grows faint. You will lead me to a rock [that is] higher than I.
Rather I have soothed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother, like the weaned child [is] my soul with me.
You hide your face, they are terrified. You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
As smoke is driven off, you will drive [them] off. As wax melts before fire, [the] wicked will perish before God.
But [the] righteous will be glad; they will exalt before God, and will rejoice with joy.
Indeed he will deliver [the] needy [who is] crying for help, and [the] afflicted [who] has no helper.
And to you [belongs] loyal love, O Lord, because you will render to each according to his work.
Why are you {in despair}, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I will again praise him, {my salvation} and my God.
He who is innocent of hands and pure of heart, who does not lift up his soul to falseness, and does not swear deceitfully.
As for man, his days [are] like the grass. As the flower of the field, so he blossoms.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve me alive. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my enemies, and you save me [with] your right hand.
He who diligently goes [out] with weeping, carrying the seed bag, shall certainly come [in] with rejoicing, carrying his sheaves.
Blessed [is one whom] you choose and bring near, [that] he may abide in your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.
Surely God will ransom my life from the {power} of Sheol, because he will receive me. Selah
Yahweh swore [in] truth to David; he will not turn back from it. "One from the fruit of your {body} I will set on your throne.
And do not enter into judgment with your servant, because no one alive [is] righteous before you.
Why, O God, have you rejected [us] forever? [Why] does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
He has sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever; holy and fearful [is] his name.
My times [are] in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from [those who] pursue me.
But I [am] like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God. I trust the loyal love of God forever and ever.
Many things, O Yahweh my God, you have done-- your wonderful deeds and your thoughts toward us. There is none to compare with you. If I [tried to] proclaim and tell [of them], they would be too numerous to count.
Let the kings of Tarshish and [the] islands bring tribute. Let the kings of Sheba and Seba present gifts,
Therefore I will give thanks to you among the nations, O Yahweh, and I will sing [the praise] of your name:
Your wife [will be] like a fruitful vine {within} your house. Your children [will be] like olive shoots about your table.
Deep [is] calling to deep at the thunder of your waterfalls. All your breakers and your waves have passed over me.
Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] {Mount Zion}, {in the far north}, [the] city of [the] great king.
Your righteousness [is] {like the mighty mountains}, your judgments [like the] great deep. You save man and beast, O Yahweh.
Let this be written for [the] next generation, so that a people [yet] to be created may praise Yah,
Let the extolling of God [be] in their throat, and a double-edged sword in their hand,
From [the] rising of [the] sun to its setting, [let] the name of Yahweh be blessed.
Formerly you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones, and said, "I have bestowed help on a mighty man; I have exalted one chosen from [the] people.
Passing through the Valley of Baca, they make it a spring. The early rain covers [it with] blessings as well.
Blessed [is] the man who makes Yahweh his trust and does not turn to [the] proud and [to those who] fall away [to] a lie.
I will also make him [the] firstborn, [the] highest of [the] kings of [the] earth.
My strength is dry like a potsherd, and my tongue is sticking [to] my jaws; and you have placed me in [the] dust of death.
You are [the most] handsome of [the] sons of humankind; grace is poured out on your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
Let the king desire your beauty. Because he [is] your lord, therefore bow down to him.
For the anger of humankind will praise you. You will put on [the] remnant of anger.
They are refreshed with the {fullness} of your house, and you give them drink [from] the river of your delights.
Judge me, O God, and plead my case against an unfaithful nation. From a man of deceit and wickedness rescue me,
Be gracious to me, O God, because humankind has trampled me; fighting all the day he oppresses me.
[He] loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loyal love of Yahweh.
For [it is] not from [the] east or [the] west and not from [the] south [that] lifting up [comes],
Yahweh brings to nothing [the] plan of nations; he frustrates [the] intents of peoples.
Those [who] hurry [after] another [god] increase their sorrows. I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, nor take up their names on my lips.
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth. I weakened my soul with fasting, and my prayer {returned to me unanswered}.
and it [is] like a bridegroom who comes out of his bridal chamber. It is glad like a strong man to run [its] course.
[He] makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks [the] bow and cuts off [the] spear. [The] wagons [of war] he burns with fire.
[There is] a river whose streams gladden the city of God, the holiest of the dwellings of the Most High.
These [things] you have done, and I have been silent; You imagined that I was just like you. I will rebuke you and present [an argument] before your eyes.
You who have caused me to see many troubles and evils, you will again revive me. And from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.
Let your acts of loyal love also come to me, O Yahweh, your salvation according to your word.
Our God comes and he is not silent. Before him fire devours, and around him it is very tempestuous.
The voice of Yahweh [is] over the waters; the God of glory thunders. Yahweh [is] over many waters.
My soul longs and even fails for the courtyards of Yahweh. My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
Let all the earth fear Yahweh. Let all [the] inhabitants of [the] world stand in awe of him.
a God feared greatly in the council of [the] holy ones, and awesome above all surrounding him?
All your robes [are scented with] myrrh and aloes [and] cassia. From palaces of ivory stringed instruments gladden you.
[you] who cover [yourself] with light as [with] a garment, who stretch out [the] heavens like a tent curtain,
Save me from [the] mouth of [the] lion, and from [the] horns of [the] wild oxen answer me.
A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right [hand], [but] it will not come near you.
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God. Protect me from those who rise up against me.
[The] measuring lines have fallen for me in pleasant places. Yes, [my] inheritance is delightful for me.
If I lift up [the] wings of [the] dawn, [and] I alight on [the] far side of [the] sea,
{When} I called and you answered me, you emboldened me in my soul [with] strength.
Therefore let all [the] faithful pray to you at [the] time [for] finding [you]. Surely at [the] flood of many waters they will not reach him.
Be glad in Yahweh and rejoice, [you] righteous, and shout for joy, all [you] upright of heart.
Let them be blotted out of [the] book of [the] living, and let them not be recorded with [the] righteous.
Rather, on account of you we are killed {all day long}; we are accounted as sheep for slaughter.
His foundation [is] on [the] holy mountains.
Consider [and] answer me, O Yahweh my God. Give light to my eyes lest I sleep [the sleep of] death,
For he will deliver you from [the] snare of [the] fowler, from [the] plague of destruction.
All [the] nations that you have made will come and bow down before you, O Lord, and glorify your name.
[The] wicked plans [evil] against the righteous, and gnashes at him [with] his teeth.
Satisfy us in the morning with your loyal love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
Let all who serve an image be ashamed, those who boast about idols. Worship him, all you gods.
[who] executes justice for the oppressed, [who] gives food for the hungry. Yahweh sets prisoners free;
Many are [the] pains of the wicked, but [for] the one who trusts Yahweh loyal love surrounds him.
O God, you have rejected us. You have broken us. You have been angry. Restore us!
All the paths of Yahweh [are] loyal love and faithfulness for those who keep his covenant and statutes.
Blessed [are] the people who have [it] thus. Blessed [are] the people whose God [is] Yahweh.
I will sing to Yahweh throughout my life; I will sing praise to my God while {I remain alive}.
I will remember the deeds of Yah. Surely I will remember your wonders from long ago.
Ambassadors will come from Egypt; Cush will quickly stretch out her hands to God.
[Those who] went down to the sea into ships, doing business on [the] {high seas},
O Israel, wait for Yahweh. For with Yahweh [there is] loyal love, and with him [there is] abundant redemption.
Hear, O daughter, and {discern} and incline your ear, and forget your people and your father's house.
Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, the ones who hope for his loyal love.
[His] light rises in the darkness for the upright; [he is] gracious and compassionate and righteous.
Do you really speak [what is] right [when] silent? [Do] you judge fairly the children of humankind?
Incline your ear to me. Quickly deliver me. Become my rock of refuge, {a fortified keep} to save me.
Cloud and thick darkness [are] surrounding him; righteousness and justice [are] the foundation of his throne.
Therefore we will not fear though [the] earth change, and though the mountains totter into [the] {midst} of [the] sea,
This [is] the great and {wide} sea, in which [are] moving animals without number, living things small and great.
For Yahweh loves justice and will not forsake his faithful ones. They are protected forever. But [the] children of [the] wicked will be cut off.
Wait for Yahweh and keep his way, and he will exalt you to possess [the] land. When [the] wicked are cut off, you will see [it].
For who in the sky is equal to Yahweh? [Who is] like Yahweh among the sons of God,
To [the] pure you show yourself pure. but to [the] wicked you show yourself shrewd.
When my troubled thoughts were many {within me}, your consolations cheered my soul.
[Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is set high; I cannot [prevail] against it.
More numerous than the hairs of my head are [those] hating me without a cause. [Those who are] destroying me--my enemies wrongfully-- are mighty. What I did not steal, I then must restore.
Do not give me over to the desire of my enemies, because false witnesses have arisen against me, and [each] breathing out violence.
"{He trusts Yahweh}. Let him rescue him. Let him deliver him because he delights in him."
For you [are] my rock and my fortress. So, for the sake of your name, lead me and guide me.
O God, you have taught me from my youth, and up to now I have proclaimed your wonderful deeds.
And if I should say, "Surely darkness will cover me, and [the] light around me [will be as] night,"
But to the wicked God says, "What [right] have you to recite my statutes and {mention my covenant with your mouth},
who satisfies your life with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
He made darkness his hiding place; all about him his covering [was] a darkness of waters, {thick clouds}.
God, whose word I praise, God I trust; I do not fear. What can [mere] flesh do to me?
[The] eyes of all look hopefully to you, and you give them their food in due time,
You split open [the] sea by your strength; You broke [the] heads of [the] sea monsters in the waters.
The chariots of God [are] twice ten thousand, [with] thousands doubled. The Lord [is] among them [at] Sinai, distinctive [in victory].
Indeed, none who wait for you should be put to shame. Those who betray without cause should be put to shame.
With regard to [the] saints who [are] in the land, they [are the] noble ones in [whom is] all my desire.
But Yahweh has become my [high] stronghold, and my God [has become] my rock of refuge.
But as for me, I will sing [of] your strength, and I will hail your loyal love in the morning, because you have been my [high] stronghold and a refuge in my {time} of trouble.
For [it is] not an enemy [that] taunts me, or I could bear [it]. [It is not] one who hates me [that] magnifies himself over me, or I could hide myself from him.
May we shout for joy over your victory, and in the name of our God may we set up banners. May Yahweh fulfill all your requests.
The works of his hands [are] faithfulness and justice; all his precepts [are] reliable.
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and vexed him in [the] wasteland!
And even when [I am] old and gray, O God, do not abandon me until I proclaim your {strength} to [this] generation, your power to every [one that] comes [after].
They will perish, but you will endure. And like a garment they will all wear out, you will replace them like clothing, and they will be set aside.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; with songs let us shout joyfully to him.
Exalt Yahweh our God, and worship at his holy mountain, for Yahweh our God [is] holy.
Only he [is] my rock and my salvation, my [high] stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.
the one who sets beams in the waters [for] his upper chambers, who makes clouds his chariot, who rides on [the] wings of [the] wind,
My soul will be satisfied [as with the] best and richest [food], and [with] joyful lips my mouth will praise.
I [am] Yahweh your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
As for you, O Yahweh, do not withhold your mercies from me. Let your loyal love and your faithfulness continually preserve me.
For [there is] not a word [yet] on my tongue, [but] behold, O Yahweh, you know it completely.
Bring me out of [the] net that they have secretly set for me, for you [are] my refuge.
But I [am] poor and needy. Let my Lord consider me. You [are] my help and my deliverer. O my God, do not delay.
Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem, the ones who said, "Lay [it] bare! Lay [it] bare to its foundation!"
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him [as] food to [the] desert dwelling creatures.
And Yahweh thundered from the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice [with] hail and coals of fire.
Though Yahweh [is] high, yet he sees [the] lowly, but [the] proud he perceives at a distance.
May his name endure forever. May his name increase {as long as the sun shines}, and let them be blessed in him. Let all nations call him blessed.
You rescued me from strife with people; you set me as head (over) nations. People I did not know served me;
You care for the land and water it; you greatly enrich it. The stream of God [is] filled with waters. You provide their grain, for so you have established it.
Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to the abundance of his greatness.
You rise up and take pity on Zion, because [it is] time to favor it, for [the] appointed time has come.
Hear my voice, O God, in my lamenting. Preserve my life from [the] fear of [the] enemy.
{He gives lavishly} to the needy; his righteousness endures forever. His horn rises high in honor.
For his loyal love [is] mighty on our behalf, and the faithfulness of Yahweh [is] forever. Praise Yah!
I have brought good tidings [of] righteousness in the great congregation. Look, I have not shut my lips. O Yahweh, {you surely know that}.
Yahweh knows [the] days of [the] blameless, and their inheritance will be forever.
My eyes [are] continually toward Yahweh, because he will take my feet from [the] net.
I believed when I spoke, "I am afflicted greatly."
You have tried my heart; you have examined [me] by night; you have tested me; you found nothing. I have decided [that] my mouth will not transgress.
He will call out [to] me, 'You [are] my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'
Be for me a rock of refuge to resort to always; you have ordained to save me, because you [are] my rock and my fortress.
They sharpen their tongue as [sharp as] a snake's; [the] venom of a viper [is] under their lips. Selah
For Yahweh [is] great and very worthy of praise; he [is to be] feared above all gods.
O Yahweh, you have brought my life up from Sheol. You preserved me alive from among those going down to [the] pit.
"What gain [is there] in my {death}, in my going down into [the] pit? Will [the] dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?
Surely you have rejected and disgraced us, and have not gone out with our armies.
And [so the] heavens will praise your wonderful deed, O Yahweh, even your faithfulness, in [the] assembly of [the] holy ones.
Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your holy inner sanctuary.
so that {I} may sing praises to you and not be quiet. O Yahweh, my God, I will give thanks to you forever.
Do I not hate those who hate you, O Yahweh? And do I [not] loathe those who rise up against you?
All who do evil--do they not know, [they] who eat my people [as though] they were eating bread? They do not call on Yahweh.
Also, for the sake of your name, O Yahweh, forgive my sin, because it [is] great.
All of my bones shall say, "O Yahweh, who [is] like you, who delivers [the] poor from [one] stronger than he and [the] poor and needy from [the one who] robs him?"
I have more insight than all my teachers, for your testimonies [are] my meditation.
"Gather to me my loyal ones, [those] who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
I will give attention to [the] way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will walk in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house.
Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation; [then] my tongue will sing aloud [of] your righteousness.
Look, bless Yahweh, all [you] the servants of Yahweh, who {serve} in the house of Yahweh by night.
If I were hungry I would not tell you, because [the] world and its fullness [are] mine.
How long must I take counsel in my soul, [and] sorrow in my heart [all the] day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?
I know, O Yahweh, that your judgments [are] right, and [that] in faithfulness you afflicted me.
O my God, I trust you; let me not be put to shame. Do not let my enemies exult over me.
Come and {consider} the works of God; [he is] awesome [in his] dealings with the children of humankind.
Yahweh will send out your mighty scepter from Zion; rule in the midst of your enemies.
Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice. Let the sea with its fullness roar.
I chased my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were finished [off].
Yours [is the] day, yours [is the] night also. You established light and [the] sun.
Save your people and bless your heritage. Shepherd them also and carry them always.
Our God [is] a God of deliverances, and to [the] Yahweh the Lord belong escapes from death.
But [the] wicked will perish, and the enemies of Yahweh [will be] like [the] splendor of [the] pastures. They vanish; in smoke they vanish.
As for me, I have called on you because you will answer me, O God. Incline your ear to me. Hear my words.
I will give you thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and glorify your name forever,
"Do not harden your heart as [at] Meribah, as [in] the day of Massah in the wilderness,
[It goes] well [for] a man [who] is gracious and lends, [who] conducts his {business properly}.
Like sheep they are destined to Sheol; death will shepherd them. But the upright will rule over them in the morning, and their forms [will be for] Sheol to consume, [far from] his lofty abode.
Even a bird finds a home, and a swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, near your altars, O Yahweh [of] hosts, my king and my God.
He does not slander with his tongue. He does not harm his friend, nor {bring up} a disgrace against his neighbor.
You will hide them in the protection of your presence from [the] plots of man. You will hide them in a shelter from [the] strife of tongues.
These I remember and I pour out my soul within me: that I would go with the multitude; I led them [in procession] to the house of God, with a voice of rejoicing and thanksgiving, a crowd celebrating a festival.
Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing. Then they said among the nations, "Yahweh has done great [things] for these [people]."
But you have exalted my horn like [that of] a wild ox; you have anointed me with fresh oil.
Therefore all [your] precepts of everything I regard as right; I hate every false way.
Remember your compassion, O Yahweh, and your acts of loyal love, because they [are] from of old.
My friends and companions stand aloof from my affliction, and my relatives stand afar off.
May he give to you {your heart's desire}, and your every plan may he fulfill. Selah
[The] ropes of death encircled me, and the distresses of Sheol found me. I found trouble and grief.
Do not trust in extortion, and do not put vain [confidence] in robbery. If wealth increases, do not set [your] heart [on it].
Show wondrously your acts of loyal love, O Savior of those who take refuge at your right hand from those who rise up against [them].
Smoke went forth from his nose, and fire from his mouth consumed. Burning coals blazed from him.
I will record those who know me [in] Rahab and Babylon, behold [in] Philistia and Tyre with Cush, "This one was born there."
But God [has been] my king from long ago, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
"Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
Then he brought them out with silver and gold, and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
Yahweh protects [the] strangers. He helps up [the] orphan and [the] widow, but [the] way of [the] wicked he {thwarts}.
[The] heavens are yours, [the] earth yours as well, [the] world with its fullness, [because] you founded them.
because your loyal love [is] great toward me, and you will have delivered my life from Sheol below.
Gird your sword on [your] thigh, O mighty one, [in] your splendor and your majesty.
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 [will] remain confident.
Surely a man walks about as a [mere] {shadow}; surely in vain they bustle about. He heaps up [possessions] but does not know who [will] gather them [in].
There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, and there are no works like yours.
What man can live [on] and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the {power} of Sheol? Selah
They will utter the renown of your abundant goodness, and they will proclaim with joy your righteousness.