They -- they have bowed and have fallen, And we have risen and station ourselves upright.

You have given him his heart’s desire,
And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

He asked you to sustain his life, and you have granted him long life and an enduring dynasty.

His glory is great because of your deliverance, you have given him honor and majesty.

Indeed, you have given him eternal blessings; you will make him glad with the joy of your presence.

For they have held out, against thee, a wicked thing, They have devised a scheme they cannot accomplish.

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

My God, I cry out to you throughout the day, but you do not answer; and throughout the night, but I have no rest.

"He trusted in the LORD, that he would deliver him; let him deliver him, if he will have him."

I was cast upon You from birth;
From my mother’s womb You have been my God.

Do not remain far away from me, for trouble is near and I have no one to help me.

Many [enemies like] bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.

As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels.

My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery;
And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws;
And You have laid me in the dust of death.

For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me;
A gang of evildoers has encircled me,
They pierced my hands and my feet.

Save me from the lion’s mouth;
From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.

You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel.

The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.

And the fat ones of earth have eaten, And they bow themselves, Before Him bow do all going down to dust, And he who hath not revived his soul.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You have anointed my head with oil;
My cup overflows.

My God, in Thee I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed, Let not mine enemies exult over me.

Guide me in your truth and teach me; for you are the God who delivers me. All day long I have waited for you.

Remember, O Lord, Your [tender] compassion and Your lovingkindnesses,
For they have been from of old.

Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.

His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.

The secret [of the wise counsel] of the Lord is for those who fear Him,
And He will let them know His covenant and reveal to them [through His word] its [deep, inner] meaning.

Turn toward me and have mercy on me, for I am lonely and oppressed.

The troubles of my heart have increased; bring me out of my distress!

Look how many enemies I have gained! They hate me with a vicious hatred.

Oh keep my soul, and rescue me, Let me not be put to shame, for I have sought refuge in thee.

Integrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited on Thee.

Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity;
I have [relied on and] trusted [confidently] in the Lord without wavering and I shall not slip.

For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes,
And I have walked [faithfully] in Your truth.

I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done.

LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

I have a safe resting-place for my feet; I will give praise to the Lord in the meetings of the people.

When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.

Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.

One thing I have asked of the Lord, and that I will seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life,
To gaze upon the beauty [the delightful loveliness and majestic grandeur] of the Lord
And to meditate in His temple.

Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;
Be gracious and compassionate to me and answer me.

When You said, “Seek My face [in prayer, require My presence as your greatest need],” my heart said to You,
“Your face, O Lord, I will seek [on the authority of Your word].”

Do not hide Your face from me,
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not abandon me nor leave me,
O God of my salvation!

Although my father and my mother have abandoned me,
Yet the Lord will take me up [adopt me as His child].

Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have come against me;
They breathe out violence.

I would have despaired had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.

By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit.

Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.

Jehovah is my strength, and my shield, In Him my heart trusted, and I have been helped. And my heart exulteth, And with my song I thank Him.

I will extol and praise You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up,
And have not let my enemies rejoice over me.

O Lord my God,
I cried to You for help, and You have healed me.

O Lord, You have brought my life up from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
You have kept me alive, so that I would not go down to the pit (grave).

And I -- I have said in mine ease, 'I am not moved -- to the age.

By Your favor and grace, O Lord, you have made my mountain stand strong;
You hid Your face, and I was horrified.

“Hear, O Lord, be gracious and show favor to me;
O Lord, be my helper.”

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me;
You have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

In You, O Lord, I have placed my trust and taken refuge;
Let me never be ashamed;
In Your righteousness rescue me.

You will draw me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength and my stronghold.

Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth and faithfulness.

I despise those who trust vain idols; but I have trusted in the LORD.

I will rejoice and be glad in Your steadfast love,
Because You have seen my affliction;
You have taken note of my life’s distresses,

And You have not given me into the hand of the enemy;
You have set my feet in a broad place.

Be gracious and compassionate to me, O Lord, for I am in trouble;
My eye is clouded and weakened by grief, my soul and my body also.

For my life is spent with sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My strength has failed because of my iniquity,
And even my body has wasted away.

Because of all my enemies I have become a reproach and disgrace,
Especially to my neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me on the street run from me.

I have been forgotten as dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.

For I have heard the slander and whispering of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they schemed together against me,
They plotted to take away my life.

And I on Thee -- I have trusted, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou art my God.'

Let me not be ashamed, LORD, for I have called upon you. Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in the next life.

How great is Your goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who [reverently] fear You,
Which You have prepared for those who take refuge in You,
Before the sons of man!

And I -- I have said in my haste, 'I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,' But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee.

O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.

When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Do not be like the horse or like the mule which have no understanding,
Whose trappings include bridle and rein to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.

The wicked have many sorrows, but gracious love surrounds those who trust in the LORD.

By the word of Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.

For in Him our heart rejoices,
Because we trust [lean on, rely on, and are confident] in His holy name.

Let Thy kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, As we have waited for Thee!

My soul will say great things of the Lord: the poor in spirit will have knowledge of it and be glad.

Let your eyes be turned to him and you will have light, and your faces will not be shamed.

The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe.

Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything.

Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,

The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

A righteous person will have many troubles, but the LORD will deliver him from them all.

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

And my soul will have joy in the Lord; it will be glad in his salvation.

Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.

They repay me evil for the good I have done; I am overwhelmed with sorrow.

And I -- in their sickness my clothing is sackcloth, I have humbled with fastings my soul, And my prayer unto my bosom returneth.

As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

And -- in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;

With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.

They open their mouths wide against me;
They say, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”

You have seen this, O Lord; do not keep silent.
O Lord, do not be far from me.