There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised 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 was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.

He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with 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 war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down: they have digged a pit before me; they are fallen into the midst thereof. 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-pot; upon Edom will I cast my sandal; Philistia, shout aloud because of me.

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

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work. A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.

{A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

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 have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled 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.

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was 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 kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.

God’s chariots are tens of thousands,
thousands and thousands;
the Lord is among them in the sanctuary
as He was at Sinai.

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 chastened my soul with fasting, that was to 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 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.

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

For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.

Upon you I have leaned {from birth}. [It was] you who {took} me from the womb of my mother. My praise [is] of you continually.

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

O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

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 my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes;

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

My heart was made bitter, and I was pained by the bite of grief:

As for me, I was foolish, and without knowledge; I was like a beast 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.

In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not 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 your thunder went rolling on; the world was flaming with the light of the storm; the earth was shaking.

Your way was in the sea, and your road in the great waters; there was no knowledge of your footsteps.

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 not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to 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?

So these things came to the Lord's ears, and he was angry; and a fire was lighted against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel;

But they were not turned from their desires; and while the food was still in their mouths,

In the memory that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their saviour.

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

But he [was] compassionate; he pardoned [their] guilt and did not destroy [them]. And many [times] he turned back his anger and did not stir up all his wrath,

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 this came to God's ears he was very angry, and gave up Israel completely;

He gave his people up to the sword, and was angry with his heritage.

Then was the Lord like one awaking from sleep, and like a strong man crying out because of wine.

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

So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands. A Psalm by Asaph.

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.

It was cut down and burned up;
they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

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 mention those who know Me:
Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—
each one 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.

When He registers the peoples,
the Lord will record,
“This one 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 have been troubled and in fear of death from the time when I was young; your wrath is hard on me, and I have no strength.

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: