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.

For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. It was written when the Ziphites came and informed Saul: "David is hiding with us." O God, deliver me by your name! Vindicate me by your power!

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

But it is you, a man my equal and my counsel,
My companion and my familiar friend;

He has redeemed my life in peace from the battle that was against me,
For there were many against me.

He hath thrust forth his hands, against them he was wont to salute, he hath violated his covenant;

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
But his heart was hostile;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.

They set a net for my steps;
My very life was bowed down.
They dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.

My heart was prepared, O God, my heart was prepared: I will sing and play on the harp.

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a prayer of David written to instruct others. It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us!

Moab is my wash basin; over Edom I will throw my shoes; over Philistia I will celebrate my triumph."

To the overseer, to Jeduthun: chanting to David. Surely my soul was silent to God: from him my salvation.

Also to you, Lord, belongs gracious love, because you reward each person according to what he does. A Davidic Psalm, while he was in the Judean wilderness.

A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

For thy mercy was good more than life; my lips shall praise thee.

Have I not remembered thee in my bed, and thought upon thee when I was waking?

They tripped over their own tongues, and everyone who was watching ran away.

Everyone was gripped with fear and acknowledged God's deeds, understanding what he had done.

The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.

Which my lips uttered
And my mouth spoke as a promise when I was in distress.

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

The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

You, O God, sent abroad plentiful rain;
You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched and weary.

Those whose resting-place was there, even the poor, were comforted by your good things, O God.

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

When the Almighty scattered [the Canaanite] kings in the land of Canaan,
It was snowing on Zalmon.

The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands;
The Lord is among them as He was at Sinai, in holiness.

To him who goes or the clouds of heaven, the heaven which was from earliest times; he sends out his voice of power.

I was wearied in my calling, my throat was dried up: mine eyes failed waiting for my God.

I was polluted to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's sons.

When I wept and humbled myself with fasting,
It became my reproach.

I wore sackcloth as my clothing,
and I was a joke to them.

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

You have seen my shame, how I was laughed at and made low; my haters are all before you.

Reproach and insults have broken my heart and I am so sick.
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.

They gave me gall to eat, and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink.

For you give me confidence, O Lord; O Lord, I have trusted in you since I was young.

I have leaned upon thee ever since I was born; thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb, therefore is my praise always of thee.

I was as a wonder to many: and thou my refuge of strength.

O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds.

But as for me, my feet had almost gone from under me; I was near to slipping;

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,

When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me.

You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.

I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was as senseless as an animal before you.

A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

They said in their heart, "We will crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.

The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken.

Earth was melting away with all its inhabitants, I, have fixed the pillars thereof. Selah.

To the overseer upon the stringed instrument: chanting to Asaph song. In Judah was God known: great his name in Israel.

The brave-hearted have been plundered;
they have slipped into their final sleep.
None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.

Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,

I was crying to God with my voice; even to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me.

When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; my hands were raised at night and they did not grow weary. I refused to be comforted.

I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

You held my eyelids open; I was troubled and could not speak.

I said, "During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully." I tried to make sense of what was happening.

The waters saw you, O God; the waters saw you, they were in fear: even the deep was troubled.

The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

Your way [of escape for Your people] was through the sea,
And Your paths through the great waters,
And Your footprints were not traceable.

It was not hid from their sons, to a later generation recounting the praises of Jehovah and his strength, and his wonders which he did.

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

The sea was cut in two so that they might go through; the waters were massed together on this side and on that.

In the daytime he was guiding them in the cloud, and all through the night with a light of fire.

To test God was in their minds, when they demanded food to satisfy their cravings.

See, the rock was cut open by his power, so that the water came rushing out, and overflowing streams; is he able to give us bread? is he able to get meat for his people?

Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

But he was so merciful, that he forgave their misdeeds, and destroyed them not. Yea, many a time turned he his wrath away, and would not suffer his whole displeasure to arise.

Ice was rained down on their cattle; thunderstorms sent destruction among the flocks.

And he was their guide to his holy land, even to the mountain, which his right hand had made his;

When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

But then the Lord awoke from his sleep; he was like a warrior in a drunken rage.

As he was following the ewes great with young, he took him, that he might feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

So David shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart;
And guided them with his skillful hands.

Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

Why should the nations say, "Where [is] their God?" Let it be known among the nations before our eyes, [by] the avenging of the blood of your servants that was poured out.

It was sending out its branches to the sea
And its shoots to the River.

Even to the tree which was planted by your right hand, and to the branch which you made strong for yourself.

was burned with fire, cut off, and destroyed on account of your rebuke.

For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

And my people heard not to my voice; and Israel was not inclined to me.

Also Assur was joined with them: they were an arm to the sons of Lot Silence.

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.

The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

For my soul was filled with evils, and my life touched upon hades.

I was reckoned with those going down to the pit: I was as a man of no strength:

Thou didst remove far from me mine acquaintance; thou didst set me an abomination to them: I was shut up, and I shall not go forth.

I was afflicted and close to death from my youth on;
I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome.

I will declare that your gracious love was established forever; in the heavens itself, you have established your faithfulness.

Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.

Forever will I watch my mercy to him, and my covenant was firm to him.

All those passing over the way plundered him: he was a reproach to his neighbors: