God looks down from the heavens upon humanity to see if anyone shows discernment as he searches for God.

They all, have turned back, together have they become tainted, - There is none that doeth good, Not so much as, one!

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them!

And I say, 'Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,

But thou, a man -- as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance.

We took sweet counsel together, and walked in the house of God as friends.

As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.

God, the one who has reigned as king from long ago, will hear and humiliate them. (Selah) They refuse to change, and do not fear God.

He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee.

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

when you deliver my life from death. You keep my feet from stumbling, so that I might serve God as I enjoy life.

My soul, is in the midst of lions, I lie down amidst flames, As for the sons of men, Their teeth, are spear and arrows, And, their tongue, is a sharp sword.

For Your faithful love is as high as the heavens;
Your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

As a matter of fact, in your heart you plan iniquities! In the land your hands are violent!

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Their poison is as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,

Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

The just one shall rejoice as seeing vengeance: he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the unjust one.

They will turn back at evening: they will make a noise as a dog, and they will surround the city.

They shall turn back at evening; they shall make a noise as a dog, and they will surround the city.

As for them, they wander for food. If they are not satisfied, then they continue all night.

But as for me, I will sing of thy strength; yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving-kindness in the morning; for thou hast been to me a high fortress, and a refuge in the day of my trouble.

Thou hast given to those fearing thee an ensign. To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. Selah.

Gilead belongs to me, as does Manasseh! Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my royal scepter.

Who will conduct me to fortified city? Who will lead me as far as Edom!

Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.

Then I will sing praises to your name continually, as I fulfill my vows day after day.

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

As for men they are but vanity; the children of men are deceitful. Upon the weights they are altogether lighter than vanity itself.

Do not trust in extortion, Nor, with robbery, become vain, As for wealth, when it beareth fruit, Do not set thereon your heart.

O God, you [are] my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you [as] in a dry and weary land without water.

To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

So I will praise You as long as I live;
at Your name, I will lift up my hands.

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

My soul clings to you, even as your right hand supports me.

But as for them [who] seek my life for ruin, they will go into the depths of the earth.

But as for the king, he will rejoice in God. Indeed, everyone who swears by God will exult, because the mouths of liars will be silenced. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

Hear, God, as I express my concern; protect me from fear of the enemy.

Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.

Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

You answer our prayers by performing awesome acts of deliverance, O God, our savior. All the ends of the earth trust in you, as well as those living across the wide seas.

You calm the raging seas and their roaring waves, as well as the commotion made by the nations.

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

I will offer You fattened sheep as burnt offerings,
with the fragrant smoke of rams;
I will sacrifice oxen with goats.Selah

Blessed be God,
Who has not turned away my prayer
Nor His lovingkindness from me.

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

O sing unto God, sing praises to his name; magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon a horse. Praise him in his name Jah, and rejoice before him.

the earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the presence of God, even as Sinai also was moved at the presence of God, who is the God of Israel.

Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.

The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.

Why are you looking with envy, you high hills, on the hill desired by God as his resting-place? truly, God will make it his house for ever.

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

The LORD hath said, "I will bring my people again, as I did from Bashan; mine own will I bring again, as I did sometimes from the deep of the sea,

as you come out of your temple in Jerusalem! Kings bring tribute to you.

Sound your battle cry against the wild beast of the reeds, and the nations that assemble like a herd of calves led by bulls! They humble themselves and offer gold and silver as tribute. God scatters the nations that like to do battle.

As for the GOD of Israel, he, is giving strength and abundant might to the people. Blessed be God!

Save me, O God, For waters have entered as far as the life;

Do not let those who wait [confidently] for You be ashamed through me, O Lord God of hosts;
Do not let those who seek You [as necessary for life itself] be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,

My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner.

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

Those sitting at [the] gate talk about me [as] also [the] songs of [the] drunkards.

But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

But as for me, [though] I [am] afflicted and pained, your salvation will protect me, O God.

I will sing praises to God's name! I will magnify him as I give him thanks!

The humble have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God [requiring Him as your greatest need], let your heart revive and live.

The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who cherish his name will live there. To the Music director. Davidic. As a memorial.

Let those who say Aha, aha! be turned back as a reward of their shame.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

As for me, I am poor and needy. God, come quickly to me. You are my helper and my deliverer. LORD, please do not delay.

I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.

Don’t discard me in my old age;
as my strength fails, do not abandon me.

But as for me, I will hope continually, and will praise thee yet more and more.

And, as for thy righteousness, O God, up on high, Wherein thou hast wrought great things, O God! who is like unto thee?

They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

Before him, let the men of the desert kneel, But, as for his foes, the dust, let them lick;

He shall be favorable to the simple and poor; he shall preserve the souls of such as be in adversity.

There is a handful of corn in the earth, On the top of mountains, Shake like Lebanon doth its fruit, And they flourish out of the city as the herb of the earth.

His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

{A Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.

They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

They mock and speak maliciously of oppression; they speak [as though] from on high.

They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.

Just look at these wicked people! They're perpetually carefree as they increase their wealth.

As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;

Yea, I had almost also said even as they do; but lo, then should I have condemned the generation of thy children.

How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

When my heart was embittered
And I was pierced within [as with the fang of an adder],