Let my lips be flowing with praise, because you have given me knowledge of your rules.

Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy commandments.

I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.

Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Meshech, and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar!

I have resided too long with those who hate peace.

A Song of the Ascents, by David. I have rejoiced in those saying to me, 'To the house of Jehovah we go.'

Our feet have been standing in thy gates, O Jerusalem!

For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah.

For there have sat thrones of judgment, Thrones of the house of David.

A Song of the Ascents. Unto Thee I have lifted up mine eyes, O dweller in the heavens.

Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hands of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hands of her mistress, even so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until he have mercy upon us.

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are utterly despised.

We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.

then they would have devoured us alive, when their anger burned against us.

Then the flood waters would have overwhelmed us, the torrent would have flooded over us;

the swollen waters would have swept us away.

Our soul as a bird hath escaped from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have escaped.

A Song of the Ascents. In Jehovah's turning back to the captivity of Zion, We have been as dreamers.

Jehovah did great things with us, We have been joyful.

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked.

You will surely eat
what your hands have worked for.
You will be happy,
and it will go well for you.

{A song of the stairs} Many a time have they fought against me from my youth up, may Israel now say.

Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up, but they have not overcome me.

Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.

All them that have an evil will to Zion shall be confounded, and made to turn back from it.

And the passers by have not said, 'The blessing of Jehovah is on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!'

{A song of the stairs} Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O LORD; LORD, hear my voice.

I hoped for Jehovah -- hoped hath my soul, And for His word I have waited.

I have hoped, O my soul, for My Lord, more than they who watch for the morning, who watch for the morning.

{A song of the stairs} LORD, I am not high-minded; I have no proud looks. I do not exercise myself in great matters which are too high for me.

Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.

Until I find a place for the Lord,
A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob (Israel).”

'Lo, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest.

"This shall be my rest; here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein.

There shall I make the horn of David to flourish; I have ordained a lantern for mine anointed.

For I have known that great is Jehovah, Yea, our Lord is above all gods.

O Lord, your name is eternal; and the memory of you will have no end.

For Yahweh will vindicate his people, - and, on his servants, have compassion.

They have mouths, and speak not; eyes have they, but they see not.

They have ears, and yet they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

The sun to have rule by day: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

The moon and the stars to have rule by night: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Daughter of Babylon! You devastator! How blessed will be the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.

I will bow down in worship toward your holy Temple and give thanks to your name for your gracious love and truth, for you have done great things to carry out your word consistent with your name.

O Jehovah, all kings of earth confess Thee, When they have heard the sayings of Thy mouth.

The Lord avenges me. O Lord, your loyal love endures. Do not abandon those whom you have made!

LORD, you have examined me; you have known me.

You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away.

You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways.

Even before I have formed a word with my tongue, you, LORD, know it completely!

You have enclosed me behind and before,
And [You have] placed Your hand upon me.

For you have formed my inward parts: you have covered me in my mother's womb.

I confess Thee, because that with wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful are Thy works, And my soul is knowing it well.

Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.

And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!

I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.

I hate them with the utmost hatred;
They have become my enemies.

Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble for wars.

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
Preserve me from violent men
Who have purposed to trip up my feet.

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set snares for me. Selah.

I have said to Jehovah, 'My God art Thou, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of my supplications.'

“O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation,
You have covered my head in the day of battle.

Let not the ungodly have his desire, O LORD; let not his mischievous imagination prosper, lest they be too proud. Selah.

I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

Truly, the upright will give praise to your name: the holy will have a place in your house.

A Psalm, by David. O Jehovah, I have called Thee, haste to me, Give ear to my voice when I call to Thee.

Do not let me have evil desires, or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies.

Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.

As when one plows and breaks open the earth,
Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

But to Thee, O Jehovah, my Lord, are mine eyes, In Thee I have trusted, Make not bare my soul.

Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the snares of those who do iniquity.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have hidden a trap for me.

I look upon my righthand, and see there is no man that will know me. I have no place to flee unto, no man careth for my soul.

I have cried unto thee, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.'

Attend Thou unto my loud cry, For I have become very low, Deliver Thou me from my pursuers, For they have been stronger than I.

Take my soul out of prison, so that I may give praise to your name: the upright will give praise because of me; for you have given me a full reward.

For the enemy has persecuted my soul;
He has crushed my life to the ground;
He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.

I remember the former times, meditating on everything you have done. I think about the work of your hands.

I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul is as a weary land for Thee. Selah.

Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down to the pit.

In the morning let me hear of your gracious love, for in you I trust. Cause me to know the way I should take, because I have set my hope on you.

Deliver me from my enemies, LORD. I have taken refuge in you.

My kind one, and my bulwark, My tower, and my deliverer, My shield, and in whom I have trusted, Who is subduing my people under me!

Happy are the people that be in such a case; yea, blessed are the people, which have the LORD for their God.

LORD, everything you have done will praise you, and your holy ones will bless you.

I will praise the Lord while I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

He has not dealt thus with any nation;
And as for His ordinances, they have not known them.
Praise the Lord!

Let Israel have joy in his maker; let the children of Zion be glad in their King.

Let the saints have joy and glory: let them give cries of joy on their beds.

that they may be avenged of them, as it is written. Such honour have all his saints. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!