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Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth."
Yahweh's law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh's testimony is sure, making wise the simple.
The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who does good.
Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
Yahweh says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet."
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
Before the mountains were brought forth, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, "You are my son. Today I have become your father.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore. A Prayer by David.
Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
The words of Yahweh are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh. By David.
One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to see Yahweh's beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.
God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?
For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.
Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Death of the Son." A Psalm by David.
For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
By Yahweh's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.
I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!
You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it."
For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.
But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.
Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.
Many say, "Who will show us any good?" Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.
Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.
Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,
But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.
to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more. For the Chief Musician. By David.
You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."
You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.
My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.
They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it. A Psalm by David.
The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death;
He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.
Day after day they pour forth speech, and night after night they display knowledge.
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.
that I may show forth all your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.
I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side.
Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul!
With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!
Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, "God won't call me into account?"
Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.
Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
Salvation belongs to Yahweh. Your blessing be on your people. Selah. For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm by David.
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.
Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Of you comes my praise in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.
Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
Yahweh examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.
In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain!"
May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly. A meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.
Stand in awe, and don't sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.
Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.
For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield. For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David.
For you will save the afflicted people, but the haughty eyes you will bring down.
For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face. For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.
The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
"Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."
On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.
But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.
All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.
But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself him who is godly: Yahweh will hear when I call to him.
who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?"
The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.
He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble."
His ways are prosperous at all times. He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.
I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High. For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.
He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.
Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."
Don't fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.
Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens!
For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Yahweh helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them, Because they have taken refuge in him. A Psalm by David, for a memorial.
Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine forth.
let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh's house forever. A Psalm by David.
Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.
All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND SHIN
For you have made him a little lower than God, and crowned him with glory and honor.
For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.
that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth. For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, to sing praises to your name, Most High;
Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.
Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth's sake.
Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!
From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.
Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty! Yahweh is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can't be moved.
I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
Your loving kindness, Yahweh, is in the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.
But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Against you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.
Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him. A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety. For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David.
I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the assembly, I will praise you.
With God is my salvation and my honor. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.
But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.
Yahweh's precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh's commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.
Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:
As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who did understand, who did seek after God.
For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.
I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn't hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does good.
Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don't forsake the works of your own hands. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh. By David. A contemplative psalm.
Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, even the God who is our salvation. Selah.
Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.
Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.
Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!
Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him.
The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever. Yahweh's ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust the name of Yahweh our God.
For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: "There is no fear of God before his eyes."
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations. A Psalm by David.
Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock. By David.
The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.
"Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.
My frame wasn't hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.
Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: to Yah, his name! Rejoice before him!
Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,
You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.
Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!
Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form. For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said,
While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.
His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.
He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren't they in your book?
My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.
Oh love Yahweh, all you his saints! Yahweh preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.
Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word.
Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.
I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.
Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.
He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.
Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out of deceitful lips.
When you said, "Seek my face," my heart said to you, "I will seek your face, Yahweh."
You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer; in the night season, and am not silent.
My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Praise Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints.
I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust."
"Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh! We have blessed you out of the house of Yahweh.
Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.
Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can't be moved, but remains forever.
I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.
I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.
The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
But Yahweh's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children's children;
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.
Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.
Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.
For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
Yahweh, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.
How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
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. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.
We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old.
He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth:
Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can't keep his soul alive.
But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.
May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don't be deaf to me; lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.
Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yes, let them say continually, "Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!"
The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh; but the earth has he given to the children of men.
In whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't change;
Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents.
Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.
Then I said, "Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.
I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.
wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.
One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.
"Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.
Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!
I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."
He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!
Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God's loving kindness endures continually.
Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:
I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
Blessed are those whose strength is in you; who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace. A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David.
Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him." For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
My soul, you have said to Yahweh, "You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing."
You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.
Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.
Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who rewards you, as you have served us.
With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander from your commandments.
When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then I will be upright. I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.
The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!
If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!
Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.
In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.
Say among the nations, "Yahweh reigns." The world is also established. It can't be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.
Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;
I was thrown on you from my mother's womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.
Behold, Yahweh's eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness;
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day;
I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother's womb. I will always praise you.
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations. Yahweh is faithful in all his words, and loving in all his deeds.
They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is none who does good, no, not one.
Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.
Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.
Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah.
But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works. A contemplation by Asaph.
Yahweh, my heart isn't haughty, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.
Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.
he who doesn't lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken. A Poem by David.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When Yahweh restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. A Psalm by David.
Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.
We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.
For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.
Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn't impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
My heart is steadfast, God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.
My God, my soul is in despair within me. Therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar.
Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.
Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!
From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.
Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work. A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.
Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God. For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm.
He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.
He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves. A Song of Ascents. By Solomon.
Blessed is one whom you choose, and cause to come near, that he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.
But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: "I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.
Don't enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.
God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome!
My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God's house. I trust in God's loving kindness forever and ever.
Come, and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.
Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can't be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.
Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table.
Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King.
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.
This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.
May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, Yahweh's name is to be praised.
Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn't respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.
You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh.
For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.
Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips.
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.
which is as a bridegroom coming out of his room, like a strong man rejoicing to run his course.
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.
There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.
You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your salvation, according to your word.
Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.
Yahweh's voice is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters.
Establish my footsteps in your word. Don't let any iniquity have dominion over me.
My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Let all the earth fear Yahweh. Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?
All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.
Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
Save me from the lion's mouth! Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen, you have answered 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, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.
In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.
For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.
Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
His foundation is in the holy mountains.
Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.
All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.
Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!
who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.
Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in Yahweh.
God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again.
All the paths of Yahweh are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh. A praise psalm by David.
I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God.
Israel, hope in Yahweh, for with Yahweh there is loving kindness. With him is abundant redemption.
Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father's house.
Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
Therefore we won't be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;
There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.
For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,
With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn't take away.
Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.
"He trusts in Yahweh; let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him."
For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name's sake lead me and guide me.
They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.
If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night;"
But to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,
who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN
Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forth, and forevermore. A Song of Ascents. By David.
In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.
Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed. They shall be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.
As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.
For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him.
We will triumph in your salvation. In the name of our God, we will set up our banners. May Yahweh grant all your requests.
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don't forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.
They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
Exalt Yahweh, our God. Worship at his holy hill, for Yahweh, our God, is holy! A Psalm of thanksgiving.
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress -- I will never be greatly shaken.
He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.
My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Don't withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.
For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.
But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don't delay, my God. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, "Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!"
You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.
For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar.
His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it.
You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.
They will still bring forth fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,
I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation." A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.
He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
For his loving kindness is great toward us. Yahweh's faithfulness endures forever. Praise Yah!
I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.
I believed, therefore I said, "I was greatly afflicted."
You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me. For the Chief Musician. By David.
Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.
For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.
Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
"What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?
But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don't go out with our armies.
The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever! For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
Yahweh, don't I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don't call on Yahweh?
All my bones shall say, "Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?"
I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
"Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
Look! Praise Yahweh, all you servants of Yahweh, who stand by night in Yahweh's house!
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?
Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
My God, I have trusted in you. Don't let me be shamed. Don't let my enemies triumph over me.
Yahweh will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies.
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again until they are consumed.
The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever. A Psalm by David.
God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish -- vanish like smoke.
I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forevermore.
You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.
Don't harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.
Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God.
He who doesn't slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;
In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.
These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.
Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, "Yahweh has done great things for them."
But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.
Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PEY
Yahweh, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness, for they are from old times.
I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.
The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don't set your heart on them.
Show your marvelous loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.
Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: "This one was born there."
"Hear, my people, and I will speak; Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
He brought them forth with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them.
For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"
Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.
"Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.
What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness.