All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like You,
Who rescues the afflicted from him who is too strong for him [to resist alone],
And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”

They open their mouth wide against me, claiming, "Yes! Yes! We saw him do it with our own eyes!"

Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, that is what we wanted!”
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up and destroyed him.”

For it flatters him in his own eyes
Concerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it.

Commit your way to the Lord;
Trust in Him also and He will do it.

Be still before the Lord; wait patiently for Him and entrust yourself to Him;
Do not fret (whine, agonize) because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

A little while, and the wicked person will be no more;
though you look for him, he will not be there.

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

For those blessed by God will [at last] inherit the land,
But those cursed by Him will be cut off.

When he falls, he will not be hurled down,
Because the Lord is the One who holds his hand and sustains him.

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

Yet he passed away, and lo, he was no more;
I sought him, but he could not be found.

The Lord helps them and rescues them;
He rescues them from the wicked and saves them,
Because they take refuge in Him.

“With rebukes You discipline man for sin;
You consume like a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]. Selah.

He gave me reason to sing a new song, praising our God. May many see what God has done, so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the Lord!

Blessed [by God’s grace and compassion] is he who considers the helpless;
The Lord will save him in the day of trouble.

The Lord will protect him and keep him alive;
And he will be called blessed in the land;
You do not hand him over to the desire of his enemies.

The Lord will sustain and strengthen him on his sickbed;
In his illness, You will restore him to health.

And if he came to see, he will speak vanity: his heart will gather vanity to him; he will go forth without; he will speak.

“A wicked thing is poured out upon him and holds him;
And when he lies down, he will not rise up again.”

Also the man of my peace whom I trusted in him, eating my bread, magnified the heel against me.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.

The LORD hath granted his loving-kindness in the daytime; and in the night-season did I sing of him, and made my prayer unto the God of my life.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
Why have you become restless and disquieted within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why are you restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him,
The help of my [sad] countenance and my God.

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

Then the king will be attracted by your beauty. After all, he is your master! Submit to him!

And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with a gift. The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor.

He puts an end to wars over all the earth; by him the bow is broken, and the spear cut in two, and the carriage burned in the fire.

He will give us our heritage, the glory of Jacob who is dear to him. (Selah.)

For God is the King of all the earth; sing ye praises unto him with understanding.

None of them can by any means redeem [either himself or] his brother,
Nor give to God a ransom for him—

since the price of redeeming him is too costly,
one should forever stop trying—

As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form is for consumption. Sheol is a dwelling for him.

For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
His glory will not descend after him.

May our God come and not keep silent;
Fire devours before Him,
And around Him a mighty tempest rages.

“When you see a thief, you are pleased with him and condone his behavior,
And you associate with adulterers.

“He who offers a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who orders his way rightly [who follows the way that I show him],
I shall show the salvation of God.”

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!

Then you will be pleased with right sacrifices, with burnt offerings, and with whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar. To the Director: A Davidic instruction about Doeg, the Edomite, when he went to Saul and told him, "David went to the house of Abimelech."

{To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

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.

Let him turn back the mischief upon mine adversaries, In thy faithfulness, destroy them!

For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
Then I could bear it;
Nor is it one who has hated me who insolently exalts himself against me—
Then I could hide from him.

He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.

He [my companion] has put out his hands against those who were at peace with him;
He has broken his covenant [of friendship and loyalty].

But you, God, bring them down to the Pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I put my full confidence in you. To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "A Silent Dove Far Away," when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rechovim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.

He will send from heaven and save me;
He calls to account him who tramples me down. Selah.
God will send out His lovingkindness and His truth.

That will not hearken to the voice of whisperers, Though the wise one try to bind him with spells.

As a green thorn kindled with fire goeth out before your pots be made hot; even so, let a furious rage bring him to nought.

A person will say, "Certainly, the righteous are rewarded; certainly there is a God who judges the earth." To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when Saul sent men to watch the house in order to kill him.

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me from those who attack me!

Through God we will do great things, for through him our haters will be crushed under our feet.

May he reign forever before God! Decree that your loyal love and faithfulness should protect him.

For God alone my soul waits in silence;
From Him comes my salvation.

How long will you attack a man
So that you may murder him, all of you,
Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah)

For God alone my soul waits in silence and quietly submits to Him,
For my hope is from Him.

Trust in him at all times, you people! Pour out your hearts before him! God is our shelter! (Selah)

They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are.

But the king will rejoice in God;
Everyone who swears by Him [honoring the true God, acknowledging His authority and majesty] will glory,
For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.

in order to shoot down the innocent in secluded places. They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation.

And they cause him to stumble, Against them is their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

The righteous will rejoice in the Lord and take refuge in Him;
All the upright in heart will glory and offer praise.

O the happiness of him whom Thou choosest, And drawest near, he inhabiteth Thy courts, We are satisfied with the goodness of Thy house, Thy holy temple.

Sing praises about the majesty of his reputation! Give him the honor he deserves!

He turned the sea into dry land;
They crossed through the river on foot;
There we rejoiced in Him.

He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah.)

Bless our God, O peoples,
And make the sound of His praise be heard abroad,

I cried aloud to Him;
He was highly praised with my tongue.

God blesses us,
And all the ends of the earth shall fear Him [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder].

Let God arise, and His enemies be scattered;
Let those who hate Him flee before Him.

Sing to God, sing praises to His name;
Lift up a song for Him who rides through the desert—
His name is the Lord—be in good spirits before Him.

Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.

Why hop ye so, ye high hills? This is God's hill, in the which it pleaseth him to dwell. Yea, the LORD will abide in it forever.

Verily God will smite the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth on still in his trespasses.

So that thy foot shall shake in blood, the tongue of thy dogs from the enemies of him.

To Him who rides in the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,
Behold, He sends out His voice, a mighty and majestic voice.

For they have persecuted him whom You have struck,
And they tell of the pain of those whom You have pierced and wounded.

I will praise the name of God with song
And magnify Him with thanksgiving.

The humble have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God [requiring Him as your greatest need], let your heart revive and live.

Let heaven and earth praise Him,
The seas and everything that moves in them.

The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who are loyal to him will live in it.

My God, deliver me from the hand of the unjust one, from the hand of him transgressing, and the violent one.

Saying, “God has abandoned him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”

May he judge Your people with righteousness,
And Your afflicted with justice.

May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

Let him come down, Like rain on fields to be mown, Like myriad drops on land to be reaped.

So let him have dominion, From sea to sea, And from the River unto the ends of the earth;

Before him the coastlands will bow down, and his enemies will lick the dust.

All kings will bow down to him; all nations will serve him.

For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

May he live! May they offer him gold from Sheba! May they continually pray for him! May they pronounce blessings on him all day long!

May his fame endure! May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky! May they use his name when they formulate their blessings! May all nations consider him to be favored by God!

As the dream of him that waketh, O my Lord! when rousing thyself up, their shadowy being, wilt thou despise.

But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God;
I have made the Lord God my refuge and placed my trust in Him,
That I may tell of all Your works.