Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

To do thy good-pleasure, O my God, is my delight, And, thy law, is in the midst of mine inward parts:

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;

Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

All mine enemies whisper together against me; even against me do they imagine this evil.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.

As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
Why have you become restless and disquieted within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

That I may go in unto the altar of God, Unto GOD, mine exultant joy, - That I may praise thee with the lyre, O God - mine own God!

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why are you restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him,
The help of my [sad] countenance and my God.

Thou sellest thy people for naught, and takest no money for them.

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

He will subjugate, Peoples under us, and, Tribes of men beneath our feet.

Both men of low and men of high degree, rich and poor alike.

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Why should I be afraid in times of trouble, when the sinful deeds of deceptive men threaten to overwhelm me?

Surely a man cannot redeem a brother. He cannot give to God his ransom

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

For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah

Be not afraid when a man becometh rich, when the glory of his house is increased:

Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

Gather yourselves unto me - ye my men of lovingkindness, Who have solemnised my covenant over sacrifice.

For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

But to the wicked man God says, What have thou to do to declare my statutes, and that thou have taken my covenant in thy mouth,

When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives.

{To the chanter, a Psalm of David, when the Prophet Nathan came unto him, after he was gone in to Bathsheba} Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness; according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.

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

Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom.

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

{To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

I will praise thee to times age-abiding, Because thou didst effectually work, - And I will wait on thy Name, Because it is good, In the presence of thy men of lovingkindness.

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

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

For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. Selah

Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.

For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.

Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

I would hasten mine escape, From rushing wind, from storm.

If it were mine enemy that reviled me, I could bear it: or if one that ought me evil will did threaten me, I would hide myself from him.

But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.

Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.

God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, Selah The men who have no changes, And who fear not God.

Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

{To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

In God, whose word I praise;
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not fear.
What can mere man do to me?

When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Awake, mine honour, awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the morning dawn.

I will thank thee, among the peoples, O My Lord, I will praise thee in song, among the races of men.

{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.} Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Lawless men have been estranged from birth, They have gone astray from their nativity, speaking falsehood;

Let such men flow away like waters that disperse themselves: He prepareth his arrow, Like grass let them be cut down:

The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

{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.

Look! They lie in wait for my life;
Fierce and powerful men [are uniting together to] launch an attack against me,
Not for my wrongdoing nor for any sin of mine, O Lord.

For no fault of mine,
they run and take up a position.
Awake to help me, and take notice.

The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

Bring to a full end in wrath, Bring to a full end, that they be no more, - That men may know that, God, is ruling in Jacob, Unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in man.

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

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.

Surely, towards God, be thou silent, my soul, For, from him, is mine expectation:

Upon God, depend my salvation and mine honour, My rock of strength, my refuge, are in God.

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

Thus, will I bless thee while I live, In thy Name, will I lift up mine outspread hands:

Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.

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

They search out perverse things, 'We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart are deep.

And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.

The righteous man shall rejoice Yahweh, and seek refuge in him, Then shall glory - all who are upright in heart.

You who hear prayer, to you all men will come.

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

Who stilleth, The noise of the seas, The noise of their rolling waves, and The tumult of races of men?

You have given your blessing to the earth, watering it and making it fertile; the river of God is full of water: and having made it ready, you give men grain.

Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.

Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.

So that men may see your way on the earth, and your salvation among all nations.