For God is King of all the earth: play on the harp from understanding.

From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the thoughts of my heart will be knowledge.

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

Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever,their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

{A Psalm of Asaph.} The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.

He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.

Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.

Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

The offerings of God are a broken spirit; a broken and sorrowing heart, O God, you will not put from you.

But God will break you down forever;
He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When God turneth back to a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

For, from all adversity He delivered me, And on mine enemies hath mine eye looked!

{To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David.} Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

from the voice of the enemy, from the oppression of the wicked, for they shake trouble over me, and in wrath they hate me.

And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

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:

He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.

God will hear and answer them, [he] who [is] enthroned from of old, Selah Because they do not change, and they do not fear God.

They were divided from the wrath of his mouth, and his heart drew near: his words were soft above oil, and they drawn swords.

By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.

You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are they not in your record?

For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.} Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

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

Which will not hear to the voice of enchanters, charming with enchantments from wisdom.

{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

They run and prepare themselves apart from my fault: awake to help me, and behold.

Look, they spew from their mouths—
sharp words from their lips.
“For who,” they say, “will hear?”

The sin of their mouth is a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

Give a safe place to those who have fear of you, where they may go in flight from before the bow. (Selah.)

You have set up a banner for those who fear You [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder—a banner to shield them from attack],
A banner that may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

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

Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

So will I sing forth thy name for ever, performing my vows from day to day.

{To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.} Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

To shoot from ambush at the blameless [one];
Suddenly they shoot at him, without fear.

who by his strength sets firm the mountains, being girded about with might,

And the inhabitants of the uttermost parts From Thy signs are afraid, The outgoings of morning and evening Thou causest to sing.

The year is crowned with the good you give; life-giving rain is dropping from your footsteps,

Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble.

My voice went up to him, and I was lifted up from the underworld.

Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise You.

Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise You.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm, a song of David. Rise doth God -- scattered are His enemies! And those hating Him flee from His face.

As smoke being dispersed thou wilt disperse: as wax melting from the face of fire, the unjust shall perish from the face of God.

He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace.

Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.

the land quaked. Indeed, the heavens poured down rain from the presence of God, this God of Sinai, from the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Thou wilt scatter a rain of abundance, O God, to thine inheritance, and being weary thou didst make it firm.

Thy congregation dwelt in it. Thou, O God, prepared for the poor from thy goodness.

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].

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

You have ascended on high; you have led away captives. You have received gifts [from] among humankind, and even [from the] rebellious, so that Yah God may dwell [there].

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.

The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:

That thou mayest crush them , dipping thy foot in blood, That the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.

Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.

From thy temple at Jerusalem kings shall bring a gift to thee.

Ambassadors will come from Egypt; Cush will quickly stretch out her hands to God.

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

Awesome [are you], O God, from your sanctuary. The God of Israel, [it is] he who gives strength and might to the people. Blessed be God.

I am weary from my crying;
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail, looking for my God.

O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

I have become strange to my brothers, and like a man from a far country to my mother's children.

I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.

Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

Darkened are their eyes from seeing, And their loins continually shake Thou.

May you punish them for their crimes; may they receive no verdict of innocence from you.

Let them be erased from the book of life
and not be recorded with the righteous.

O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent.

For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.

By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.

O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

They shall fear thee as long as sun and moon endure, from generation to generation.

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

Because he Rescueth, The needy from the rich, The oppressed, who hath no helper;

He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.