Let those be appalled and desolate because of their shame
Who say to me, “Aha, aha [rejoicing in my misfortune]!”

May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, "May the Lord be praised!"

Blessed [by God’s grace and compassion] is he who considers the helpless;
The Lord will save him in the day of trouble.

The one who comes to visit me speaks lies; in his heart he thinks slanderous things about me and goes around spreading them.

All who hate me whisper together about me;
Against me they devise my hurt [imagining the worst for me], saying,

They say, A wicked thing is poured out on him, and he who lies down shall rise no more.

Even my own close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me [betraying me].

My soul thirsteth for God, for a GOD who liveth, - When shall I enter in, and see the face of God?

Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my 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.

For You are the God of my strength [my stronghold—in whom I take refuge]; why have You rejected me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

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.

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.

You are my King, my God,
who ordains victories for Jacob.

Through You we will gore our enemies [like a bull];
Through Your name we will trample down those who rise up against us.

But You have saved us from our enemies,
And You have put them to shame and humiliated those who hate us.

You make us turn back from the enemy,
And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.

You have made us the reproach and taunt of our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to those around us.

before the vindictive enemy who ridicules and insults me.

Overflowed hath my heart, with an excellent theme, I will recite my poem concerning the king, Be, my tongue, like the pen of a scribe who is skilled.

And the daughters of Tyre will be there with an offering; those who have wealth among the people will be looking for your approval.

In embroidered robes she is escorted to the king. Her attendants, the maidens of honor who follow her, are led before you.

In place of your fathers will be your sons;
You shall make princes in all the land.

For the choir director. A song of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.God is our refuge and strength,
a helper who is always found
in times of trouble.

The Lord who commands armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah)

Come! Witness the exploits of the Lord, who brings devastation to the earth!

who makes wars to cease to the ends of the earth; He breaks the bow, and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariots in the fire.

The Lord who commands armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah)

For the sovereign Lord is awe-inspiring; he is the great king who rules the whole earth!

He picked out for us a special land to be a source of pride for Jacob, whom he loves. (Selah)

Trembling, seized them, there, Pangs. like hers who is in travail.

Listen to this, all you people! Pay attention, all you who live in the world,

High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth.

Why should I fear in the days of evil,
When the wickedness of those who would betray me surrounds me [on every side],

Even those who trust in and rely on their wealth
And boast of the abundance of their riches?

The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.

This is the fate of those who are foolishly confident,
And of those after them who approve [and are influenced by] their words. Selah.

He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They shall never again see the light.

A man [who is held] in honor,
Yet who lacks [spiritual] understanding and a teachable heart, is like the beasts that perish.

“Gather My godly ones to Me,
Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

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

“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].

“He who offers a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who orders his way rightly [who follows the way that I show him],
I shall show the salvation of God.”

I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness;
In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].

Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance.

“Look, [this is] the man who would not make God his strength [his stronghold and fortress],
But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
Taking refuge in his wealth.”

The [empty-headed] fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt and evil, and have committed repulsive injustice;
There is no one who does good.

God has looked down from heaven upon the children of men
To see if there is anyone who understands,
Who seeks after God [who requires Him, who longs for Him as essential to life].

Every one of them has turned aside and fallen away;
Together they have become filthy and corrupt;
There is no one who does good, no, not even one.

Have workers of wickedness no knowledge or no understanding?
They eat up My people as though they ate bread
And have not called upon God.

There they were, in great terror and dread, where there had been no terror or dread;
For God scattered the bones of him who besieged you;
You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.

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 foreigners attack me; ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life. (Selah)

Behold, God is my helper and ally;
The Lord is the sustainer of my soul [my upholder].

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

I said, "O, who will give me the wings of a dove, so that I could fly away and live somewhere else?

For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
Then I could bear it;
Nor is it one who has hated me who insolently exalts himself against me—
Then I could hide from him.

But it is you, a man like me, my close friend in whom I confided.

We who had sweet fellowship together
Walked in the house of God in the throng.

He has redeemed my life in peace from the battle that was against me,
For there were many against me.

God will hear and humble them,
Even He who sits enthroned from old— Selah.
Because in them there has been no change [of heart],
And they do not fear God [at all].

He [my companion] has put out his hands against those who were at peace with him;
He has broken his covenant [of friendship and loyalty].

Have mercy on me, God, because men have harassed me. Those who oppress me have fought against me all day long.

My enemies have trampled upon me all day long,
For they are many who fight proudly against me.

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

I will cry to God Most High,
Who accomplishes all things on my behalf [for He completes my purpose in His plan].

He will send from heaven and save me;
He calls to account him who tramples me down. Selah.
God will send out His lovingkindness and His truth.

My life is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe out fire—
The sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.

They have set a snare for my feet, which makes me depressed. They dug a pit in front of me, but they are the ones who fell into it! Interlude

The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These who speak lies go astray from birth.

Who will not be moved by the voice of the wonder-worker, however great are his powers.

May they flow away like rain water that runs off, may they become like someone who shoots broken arrows.

May they be like a snail that dries up as it crawls; like a woman's stillborn baby, who never saw the sun.

Men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely there is a God who judges on the earth.”

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
Set me securely on an inaccessibly high place away from those who rise up against me.

Deliver me from those who practice wrongdoing,
And save me from bloodthirsty men.

You, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,
Arise to punish all the nations;
Spare no one and do not be merciful to any who treacherously plot evil. Selah.

Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say, "Who hears?"

The God who loves me will help me; God will enable me to triumph over my enemies.

Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!

You are my source of strength! I will sing praises to you! For God is my refuge, the God who loves me.

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.

Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my guide into Edom?

Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will bring me to Edom?

Aren't you the one, God, who has cast us off? Didn't you refuse, God, to accompany our armies?

Through God we will have victory,
For He will trample down our enemies.

For you have been my secret place, and my high tower from those who made war on me.

For You have heard my vows, O God;
You have given me the inheritance of those who fear Your name [with reverence].

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me.

Their device is only how to put him out, whom God will exalt; their delight is in lies. They give good words with their mouth, but curse with their heart. Selah.

Patiently wait for God alone, my soul! For he is the one who gives me confidence.

I rely on God who is my deliverance and my glory; he is my strong rock, and my refuge is in God.

But those who seek my life to destroy it
Will [be destroyed and] go into the depths of the earth [into the underworld].

They [who] would {deliver him to the sword} will become a portion for jackals.

But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who takes oaths in his name will boast, for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up.

O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.

Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the mob of those who practice evil,

Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They aim venomous words as arrows,