Let destruction come upon my enemy by surprise;
Let the net he hid for me catch him;
Into that very destruction let him fall.

All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

Malicious witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I do not know.

I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, that is what we wanted!”
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up and destroyed him.”

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.} The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

For he flatters and deceives himself in his own eyes
Thinking that his sinfulness will not be discovered and hated [by God].

He plans wrongdoing on his bed;
He sets himself on a path that is not good;
He does not reject or despise evil.

God, Your faithful love is so valuable
that people take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

There are they fallen, all that work wickedness; they are cast down, and shall not be able to stand.

Do not worry because of evildoers,
Nor be envious toward wrongdoers;

Yea, rest thy delight on Yahweh, that he may give thee the requests of thy heart.

Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him that prospereth in his way, because of the man that bringeth mischievous devices to pass.

Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

The Lord laughs at him [the wicked one—the one who oppresses the righteous],
For He sees that his day [of defeat] is coming.

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the afflicted and needy, to slay those that are upright in the way:

Better is the little of the righteous [who seek the will of God]
Than the abundance (riches) of many wicked (godless).

Yahweh knoweth the days of the blameless, that, their inheritance, unto times age-abiding, shall continue.

But the wicked (ungodly) will perish,
And the enemies of the Lord will be like the glory of the pastures and like the fat of lambs [that is consumed in smoke],
They vanish—like smoke they vanish away.

For those blessed by God will [at last] inherit the land,
But those cursed by Him will be cut off.

Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good, and dwell for evermore.

For the LORD loveth the thing that is right; he forsaketh not his saints, but they are preserved forever. The unrighteous shall be punished; as for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out.

The righteous, shall inherit the earth, that they may settle down, to futurity, thereupon.

Wait for Yahweh, and observe thou his path, that he may exalt thee, to inherit the earth, On the cutting off of the lawless, shalt thou look.

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

I am brought into so great trouble and misery, that I go mourning all the day long.

My heart throbs, my strength fails me;
And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me.

Those who seek my life lay snares for me,
And those who seek to injure me threaten mischievous things and destruction;
They devise treachery all the day long.

But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

And I as a man that heard not, and not in his mouth confutations

My desire is that mine enemies triumph not over me; for if my foot slip, they rejoice greatly against me.

But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

They repay evil for good, they attack and try to kill me,
Because I follow what is good.

I said, “I will guard my ways
That I may not sin with my tongue;
I will muzzle my mouth
While the wicked are in my presence.”

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]! Selah.

“With rebukes You discipline man for sin;
You consume like a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]. Selah.

“O look away from me, that I may smile and again know joy
Before I depart and am no more.”

He gave me reason to sing a new song, praising our God. May many see what God has done, so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the Lord!

Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

O LORD my God, great are the wondrous works which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts, which are to us-ward; and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee. If I should declare them, and speak of them, they should be more than I am able to express.

Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern. You make that quite clear to me! You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings.

that I should fulfill thy will, O my God. I am content to do it; yea, thy law is within my heart."

I have given news of righteousness in the great meeting; O Lord, you have knowledge that I have not kept back my words.

For innumerable evils have encompassed me;
My sins have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see.
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.

Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“The Lord be magnified!”

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

“A wicked thing is poured out upon him and holds him;
And when he lies down, he will not rise up again.”

But You, O Lord, be gracious to me and restore me [to health],
So that I may repay them.

By this I know that You favor and delight in me,
Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From the age that is past, even unto the age yet to come: Amen and Amen!

When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword, while mine enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth, daily saying unto me, "Where is now thy God?"

O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling;

Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp.

For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.
O God, we have heard with our ears,
Our fathers have told us
The work that You did in their days,
In the days of old.

You drove out the [pagan] nations with Your own hand;
Then you planted and established them (Israel);
[It was by Your power that] You uprooted the [pagan] peoples,
Then You spread them abroad.

It was not with their sword that they inherited the land, nor did their own arm deliver them. But it was by your power, your strength, and by the light of your face; because you were pleased with them.

Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

For I will not trust in my bow; it is not my sword that shall help me.

But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

In God we have boasted all the day long,
And we will praise and give thanks to Your name forever. Selah.

Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;

You sold out your people for nothing, and made no profit at that price.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

Thou makest us to be a byword among the Heathen, and that the people shake their heads at us.

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

That thou shouldst have crushed us down in the place of wild dogs, And covered us over with a deadly shadow.

Would not, God, have searched into this, Seeing that, he, knoweth the secrets of the heart?

My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

You love justice and hate wickedness. That is why God, even your God, has anointed you rather than your companions with the oil of gladness.

All your garments are perfumed with myrrh, aloes, and cassia. From the luxurious palaces comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy.

She will be brought to the King in embroidered garments;
The virgins, her companions who follow her,
Will be brought to You.

Your children will take the place of your fathers; so that you may make them rulers over all the earth.

Though its waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains tremble at its roaring. Selah.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.

He says, "Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!"

The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.

He chooses our inheritance for us,
The glory and excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah.

God is well known in her palaces, that he is the defense of the same.

Trembling seized them there,
agony like that of a woman in labor,

As we have heard, so have we seen
In the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God:
God will establish her forever. Selah.

Consider her ramparts,
Go through her palaces,
That you may tell the next generation [about her glory].

That this God is our God -- To the age and for ever, He -- he doth lead us over death!

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of the children of Korah} O Hear this, all ye people: ponder it with your ears, all ye that dwell in the world,

I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp.

They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

So costly, is the redemption of their soul, That it faileth unto times age-abiding;

So that he should live on eternally,
That he should never see the pit (grave) and undergo decay.