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

I said, “I will guard my ways
That I may not sin with my tongue;
I will muzzle my mouth
While the wicked are in my presence.”

You take no delight in sacrifices and offerings you have prepared my ears to listen you require no burnt offerings or sacrifices for sin.

Take not away your gentle mercies from me, O Lord; let your mercy and your faith keep me safe for ever.

For innumerable evils have encompassed me;
My sins have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see.
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.

Be pleased, O Lord, to take me out of danger; O Lord, come quickly and give me help.

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;

Even though I am afflicted and needy,
Still the Lord takes thought and is mindful of me.
You are my help and my rescuer.
O my God, do not delay.

As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.

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?

O send out your light and your true word; let them be my guide: let them take me to your holy hill, and to your tents.

For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.

You make us turn back from the enemy,
And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.

You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations.

The king's daughters are among your honorable women; the queen, dressed in gold from Ophir, has taken her place at your right hand."

Your sons will take the place of your ancestors, and you will set them up as princes in all the earth.

God has taken his place in her; she will not be moved: he will come to her help at the dawn of morning.

God, hath become king, over the nations, God, hath taken his seat upon his holy throne.

Take note of her ramparts; investigate her citadels; that you may speak about them to the next generation.

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

But, God, will redeem my soul, out of the hand of hades, For he will take me. Selah.

For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

I do not need to take a bull from your household or goats from your sheepfolds.

But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite My statutes
Or to take My covenant on your lips?

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

Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.

Let your face be turned from my wrongdoing, and take away all my sins.

Do not cast me away from Your presence
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

For thou wilt not delight in sacrifice, and thou wilt not take pleasure in burnt-offering.

Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

Have the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food, as they would take bread; they make no prayer to God.

For the arrogant have arisen against me; oppressors have sought to take my life. They do not keep God in mind! Interlude

Take heed unto me, and hear me, how piteously I mourn and complain.

Lo! I would take a distant flight, I would tarry in the wilderness. Selah.

I would quickly take cover from the driving storm and from the violent wind.

[We] who would take sweet counsel together; in the house of God we would walk with [the] throng.

Let death take them by surprise;
let them go down to Sheol alive,
because evil is in their homes and within them.

He has taken my soul away from the attack which was made against me, and given it peace; for great numbers were against me.

They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.

You have taken account of my wanderings;
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in Your book?

God, I have taken vows before you; therefore I will offer thanksgiving sacrifices to you.

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 and merciful to me,
For my soul finds shelter and safety in You,
And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge and be confidently secure
Until destruction passes by.

He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.

Before your cooking pots can feel the fire of thorns [burning under them as fuel],
He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike.

Take me out of the hands of the cruel ones, O my God; keep me safe from those who come up against me.

Take me out of the power of the workers of evil, and keep me safe from the men of blood.

Though I have done nothing wrong, they are anxious to attack. Spring into action and help me! Take notice of me!

O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God is my tower -- the God of my kindness.

For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips,
Let them even be trapped in their pride,
And on account of the curses and lies which they tell.

To the Chief Musician. On the Lily of Testimony. A secret treasure of David, to teach; when he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram of Zobah, when Joab returned and struck twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. O God, You have cast us off, You have scattered us, You were angry; take us back.

Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my guide into Edom?

From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me.

Let me dwell in Your tent forever;
Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah.

Surely, from his elevation, they have taken counsel to thrust him down, They accept falsehood, - With his mouth, they each of them bless, But, inwardly, they revile. Selah.

Cleaved hath my soul after Thee, On me hath Thy right hand taken hold.

But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who takes oaths in his name will boast, for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up.

When they were to have ruined another, their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight.

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

Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will take them away.

You take care of the earth, you water it, and you enrich it greatly with the river of God that overflows with water. You provide grain for them, for you have ordained it this way.

Praise be to God who has not taken away his good faith and his mercy from me.

When you lie down [to rest] among the sheepfolds,
You [Israel] are like the wings of a dove [of victory] overlaid with silver,
Its feathers glistening with gold [trophies taken from the enemy].

You ascend on high, you have taken many captives. You receive tribute from men, including even sinful rebels. Indeed the Lord God lives there!

Rebuke thou, The wild beast of the reeds, The herd of mighty oxen among the calves of the peoples - Each one bowing down with bars of silver, - Scatter thou the peoples, who in wars take delight.

Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.

Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I may not go down into it; let me be lifted up from the deep waters.

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.

Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

Let their names be taken from the book of the living, let them not be numbered with the upright.

The afflicted will watch and rejoice. May you who seek God take courage.

For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he takes thought for his prisoners.

May those who are trying to take my life be embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

In you, O Lord, I have put my trust and confidently taken refuge;
Let me never be put to shame.

O my God, take me out of the hand of the sinner, out of the hand of the evil and cruel man.

For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

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

He will take pity on the poor and needy; the lives of the needy he will save.

Take a good look! This is what the wicked are like, those who always have it so easy and get richer and richer.

Like a dream [which seems real] until one awakens,
O Lord, when stirred, [You observe the wicked], You will despise their image.

Nevertheless I am continually with You;
You have taken hold of my right hand.

By thy counsel, wilt thou guide me, And, afterwards, unto glory, wilt thou take me.

Remember thine own assembly thou didst acquire aforetime, Thou didst redeem the tribe of thine own inheritance, Mount Zion, wherein thou didst take up thy habitation.

Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them.

Surely I will take a set time, - I, with equity, will judge:

For in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is red; it is well mixed, overflowing from his hand: he will make all the sinners of the earth take of it, even to the last drop.

Thou hast taken hold of the watches of mine eyes, I have been moved, and I speak not.

He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.

And he let his strength be taken prisoner, and gave his glory into the hands of his hater.

And he will choose in David his servant, and he will take him from the folds of sheep.

Take us back again, O God; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.

Take us back again, O God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.

Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

Why are its walls broken down by your hands, so that all who go by may take its fruit?

O God, invincible warrior, come back! Look down from heaven and take notice! Take care of this vine,

Take us back, O Lord God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.

Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

God takes his stand in the divine assembly; among the divine beings he renders judgment: