{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hand of Saul. And he said,} I will love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

I cried out to the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I was delivered from my enemies.

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

And it will be moved and the earth will tremble, and the foundations of the mountains will be moved and they will shake, for it was kindled to him.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.

Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

And He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, because He delighted in me.

For I have an eye unto all his laws, and will not cast out his commandments from me. {TYNDALE: But I had all his laws in my sight, and I turned my face from none of his ordinances.}

For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.

For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

For in thee I can discomfit a host of men, and with the help of my God I shall leap over the wall. {TYNDALE: With thy help I will run through a host of men, and by the aid of my God will spring over a wall.}

It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.

I pursue my enemies and overtake them;
I do not turn back until they are wiped out.

I beat them to death; they fall at my feet.

For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.

They cried out but there was no rescuer, [even] to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me.

The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and setteth me up against mine adversaries: thou shalt rid me from the wicked man. {TYNDALE: And delivereth me from mine enemies: thou liftest me up on high from them that rise against me, and deliverest me from the wicked men.}

It is he who giveth great deliverances to his king, and sheweth loving-kindness to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

Day after day they pour out speech;
night after night they communicate knowledge.

There is no speech and there are no words, yet their voice is heard.

Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

May He give you what your heart desires
and fulfill your whole purpose.

We will sing joyously over your victory,
And in the name of our God we will set up our banners.
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.

Now, do I know that Yahweh, hath saved, his Anointed One, - He answereth him out of his holy heavens, by the mighty saving deeds of his own right hand.

Deliver us, LORD! Answer us, our King, on the day we cry out! To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

You have granted him the desire of his heart, and have not withheld what his lips requested. Interlude

He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

His glory is great because of Your victory;
Splendor and majesty You bestow upon him.

Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

Thou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them.

Their fruit - out of the earth, wilt thou destroy, and their seed, from among the sons of men;

For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

For You will make them turn their backs [in defeat];
You will aim Your bowstring [of divine justice] at their faces.

My God, I cry by day, but You do not answer,
by night, yet I have no rest.

Yet you [are] holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

They cried out to you and escaped; they trusted in you and were not put to shame.

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

Commit it to Jehovah let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him!

But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

I was given over to You at birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

Do not be so distant from me, for trouble is at hand; indeed, there is no deliverer.

They open wide their mouths against me,
Like a ravening and a roaring lion.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

Because dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has encircled me. Like the lion [they are at] my hands and my feet.

I can count all my bones;
They look, they stare at me.

But You, O Lord, do not be far from me;
O You my help, come quickly to my assistance.

For he does not despise nor detest the afflicted person; he does not hide his face from him, but he hears him when he cries out to him."

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.

All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.

He refreshes and restores my soul (life);
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
for His name’s sake.

A Psalm of David. To Jehovah is the earth and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it.

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to what is false,
Nor has sworn [oaths] deceitfully.

This the generation seeking him, searching out thy face O Jacob. Silence.

Who is this King of glory? It is the LORD strong and mighty, even the LORD mighty in battle.

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

He leads the humble in justice,
And He teaches the humble His way.

For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.

O keep my soul, and take me out of danger: let me not be shamed, for I have put my faith in you.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

Examine me, O LORD, and prove me: try out my reins and my heart.

I do not sit with those committed to what is false, nor do I travel with hypocrites.

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

When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Though an army deploys against me,
my heart is not afraid;
though a war breaks out against me,
still I am confident.

One thing I asked of Jehovah -- it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, And to inquire in His temple.

Hear my voice, LORD, when I cry out! Be gracious to me and answer me.

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

Teach me Your way, O Lord,
And lead me on a level path
Because of my enemies [who lie in wait].

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

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

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

To you, LORD, I cry out! My Rock, do not refuse to answer me. If you remain silent, I will become like those who descend into the Pit.

Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy temple!

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, yet evil is in their hearts.

Repay them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices;
Repay them according to the deeds of their hands;
Repay them what they deserve.

Because they do not consider
what the Lord has done
or the work of His hands,
He will tear them down and not rebuild them.

Deliver your people! Empower the nation that belongs to you! Care for them like a shepherd and carry them in your arms at all times!