I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me.

For I confess my iniquity;
I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

They repay evil for good, they attack and try to kill me,
Because I follow what is good.

I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.

“Remove Your plague from me;
Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing.

For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.

They are desolate because of their shame, Who are saying to me, 'Aha, aha.'

I said, Lord, have mercy on me; make my soul well, because my faith is in you.

A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.

By this I know that You favor and delight in me,
Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

As for me, you uphold me because of my integrity; you allow me permanent access to your presence.

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.

I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

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.

For You are the God of my strength [my stronghold—in whom I take refuge]; why have You rejected me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I will praise him once again, since his presence saves me and he is my God. To the Director: An instruction of the Sons of Korah.

For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword,
Nor did their own arm save them,
But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,
Because You favored and delighted in them.

Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves.

Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.

Yet because of you we are killed all day long; we are treated like sheep at the slaughtering block.

Rise up and help us! Rescue us because of your loyal love!

Thou art the fairest among the children of men; full of grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for ever.

And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's haters; because of them the peoples are falling under you.

Then the King will desire your beauty;
Because He is your Lord, bow down and honor Him.

I will keep the memory of your name living through all generations; and because of this the people will give you praise for ever.

The rulers of the peoples have come together, with the people of the God of Abraham; because the powers of the earth are God's: he is lifted up on high.

Mount Zion rejoices; the towns of Judah are happy, because of your acts of judgment.

Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

(Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)

Surely God will ransom my life from the {power} of Sheol, because he will receive me. Selah

because when he dies he will not take [away] any [of it]. His wealth will not follow down after him.

Now have the heavens declared his righteousness, Because, God, is, about to judge. Selah.

I am not condemning you because of your sacrifices, or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me.

because every animal of the forest is mine, [the] cattle on a thousand hills.

If I were hungry I would not tell you, because [the] world and its fullness [are] mine.

These things you did, and I kept silent, because you assumed that I was like you. But now I am going to rebuke you, and I will set forth my case before your very own eyes."

For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David's affair with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts!

Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance.

Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her! Fortify the walls of Jerusalem!

I will thank You forever, because You have done it, [You have rescued me and kept me safe].
I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.

There they were, in great terror and dread, where there had been no terror or dread;
For God scattered the bones of him who besieged you;
You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.

He will repay my adversaries for their evil.
Because of Your faithfulness, annihilate them.

With a free will offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, LORD, because it is good,

Because it has been my saviour from all my trouble; and my eyes have seen the punishment of my haters.

Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the pressure of the wicked;
For they bring down trouble on me,
And in anger they persecute me.

Confound them, Lord, and confuse their speech, because I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.

He safely redeems my life from [the] battle against me, because [those standing] against me are among many.

God will hear and humble them,
Even He who sits enthroned from old— Selah.
Because in them there has been no change [of heart],
And they do not fear God [at all].

Have mercy on me, God, because men have harassed me. Those who oppress me have fought against me all day long.

My enemies trample all day, because many [are] attacking me proudly.

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.

Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! In your anger bring down the nations, O God!

My enemies will retreat when I call on you. This has been my experience, because God is with me.

Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.

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.

Because your loyal love [is] high to [the] heavens, and your faithfulness to [the] clouds.

For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord.

Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!

Because of the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.

But I will make songs of your power; yes, I will give cries of joy for your mercy in the morning; because you have been my strength and my high tower in the day of my trouble.

To you, O my strength, will I make my song: because God is my high tower, even the God of my mercy.

You made the earth quake; you broke it open. Repair its fractures, because it has shifted.

You have set up a banner for those who fear You [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder—a banner to shield them from attack],
A banner that may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.

For Thou hast been a refuge for me, A tower of strength because of the enemy.

Only for God wait in silence, O my soul, because my hope [is] from him.

Also to you, Lord, belongs gracious love, because you reward each person according to what he does. A Davidic Psalm, while he was in the Judean wilderness.

Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you.

Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

But as for the king, he will rejoice in God. Indeed, everyone who swears by God will exult, because the mouths of liars will be silenced. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

The righteous rejoiced in the LORD, because they had fled to him for refuge. Let all the upright in heart exult. To the Director: A song. Lyrics by David.

Those living at the furthest ends of the earth are seized by fear because of your miraculous deeds. You make the going forth of the morning and the evening shout for joy.

Say to God: "How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you.

Because he gives us life, and has not let our feet be moved.

Let the nations rejoice and sing for joy, because you judge people with fairness and you govern the people of the earth. Interlude

The earth was shaking and the heavens were streaming, because God was present; even Sinai itself was moved before God, the God of Israel.

Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.

Deliver me, God, because the waters are up to my neck.

Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me, O sovereign Lord and king! Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me, O God of Israel!

Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Confusion and dishonor have covered my face.

Because, zeal for thy house, hath eaten me up, And, the reproaches of them who have reproached thee, have fallen upon me.

O Lord, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me! O God, because of your great loyal love, answer me with your faithful deliverance!

Answer me, O Lord, for your loyal love is good! Because of your great compassion, turn toward me!

and do not ignore your servant, because I am in distress. Hurry to answer me!

Draw near to my soul and redeem it;
Ransom me because of my enemies [so that they do not delight in my distress].

Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you.

because Yahweh hears [the] needy and does not despise his [own who are] prisoners.

because God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.

Let them be turned back because of their shame and disgrace
Who say, “Aha, aha!”

Rescue and deliver me, because you are righteous. Turn your ear to me and save me.

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.

because you [are] my hope, O Lord Yahweh, my confidence from my youth.

and say, "God has abandoned him. Run after him and seize him, because there's no deliverer."

I come because of the mighty acts of the Lord God;
I will proclaim Your righteousness, Yours alone.

And Thy righteousness, O God, is unto the heights, Because Thou hast done great things, O God, who is like Thee?

Because Thou hast showed me many and sad distresses, Thou turnest back -- Thou revivest me, And from the depths of the earth, Thou turnest back -- Thou bringest me up.

I also will praise you with the harp; because of your faithfulness, my God, I will praise you with the lyre Holy One of Israel.