The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Save me from the bloodthirsty men.

God has spoken from his sanctuary: "I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.

From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.

Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.

The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.

God is to us a God of deliverance. To the LORD, the Lord, belongs escape from death.

The Lord said, "I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea;

That you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies."

God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren't hidden from you.

Deliver me out of the mire, and do not let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.

Do not hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily.

Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

For you are my hope, Lord GOD; my confidence from my youth.

I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother's womb. I will always praise you.

God, do not be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.

God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.

You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.

He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.

They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.

For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.

For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.

You pronounced judgment from heaven. The earth feared, and was silent,

We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, his strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.

He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them bread from heaven.

They did not turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,

They did not remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;

He made a path for his anger. He did not spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,

He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;

from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.

Return, we beg you, God of Hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,

So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.

"I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.

For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.

They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield. The LORD will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger.

Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.

For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.

You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.

My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, LORD. I have spread out my hands to you.

LORD, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.

You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.

I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."

Then you spoke in vision to your holy ones, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.

I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.

But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

Before the mountains were brought forth, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.

Your throne is established from long ago. You are from everlasting.

Your statutes stand firm. Holiness adorns your house, LORD, forevermore.

that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

Sing to the LORD. Bless his name. Proclaim his salvation from day to day.

A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the LORD's city.

Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.

For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, the LORD looked at the earth;

who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies;

As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

But the LORD's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children's children;

He waters the mountains from his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Save us, LORD, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise.

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. And let all the people say, "Amen." Praise the LORD.

Let the redeemed by the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

He sent his word and healed them, and delivered them from the pit.

God has spoken from his sanctuary: "In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.

Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He did not delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

This is the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my soul.

For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.

Blessed be the name of the LORD, from this time forth and forevermore.

From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, The LORD's name is to be praised.

He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;

When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;

But we will bless the LORD, from this time forth and forevermore. Praise the LORD.

For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

LORD, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Do not let me wander from your commandments.

I am a stranger on the earth. Do not hide your commandments from me.

You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.

Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.

Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your Law graciously.