They are desolate because of their shame, Who are saying to me, 'Aha, aha.'

Let them rejoice and be glad in you, all those who seek you. Let them say continually, "Yahweh is great!" --those who love your salvation.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

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 speak together against me. Against me they assume the {worst} for me:

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

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against 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 art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?

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 art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

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

By you we push down our enemies; by your name we tread down those who rise up against us.

Rather you have saved us from our enemies, and have humiliated those who hate us.

You have caused us to pull back from [the] enemy, and [so] those who hate us have plundered for themselves.

You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.

At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.

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.

She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.

Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

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 ye, see the works of Jehovah, Who hath done astonishing things in 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 shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

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

For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.Hear this, all you peoples;
listen, all who inhabit the world,

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

What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?

those who trust their wealth and boast about 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 journey [of those who] have foolish [confidence], and those after them [who] accept their sayings. Selah

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

Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!

"Gather to me my loyal ones, [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.

Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on 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.

'Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt and they have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.

God looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who seeks God.

{All of them} have turned back. They are altogether corrupt. There is none who does good; there is not even one.

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

There they feared a fear -- there was no fear, For God hath scattered the bones of him Who is encamping against thee, Thou hast put to shame, For God hath despised 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)

See, God [is] my helper; The Lord [is] with those who sustain my life.

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,

For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear it, He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.

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

[We] who would take sweet counsel together; in the house of God we would walk with [the] throng.

He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were 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.

He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.

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

My enemies want to swallow me up 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 call to God Most High, To God who is perfecting for me.

He sendeth from the heaven, and saveth me, He reproached -- who is panting after me. Selah. God sendeth forth His kindness and His truth.

My soul [is] among lions. I lie down [among those who] devour-- the children of humankind whose teeth [are] spears and arrows and whose tongues [are] sharp swords.

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.

that does not listen to the sound of the charmers
who skillfully weave spells.

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

Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.

And people will say, "Surely [there is] a {reward} for the righteous. Surely there is a God [who] judges in the land."

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God. Protect me from those who rise up against me.

Deliver me from those who practice sin,
and save me from men of bloodshed.

And you, Yahweh, God [of] hosts, [are] the God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations. Do not be gracious to any [who] treacherously plot evil. Selah

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

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 rallied those who fear you round a banner {out of bowshot}, Selah

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

Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

Wilt not thou, O God, who didst cast us off? and didst not go forth, O God, with our armies?

Through God we will do {valiantly}, and [it is] he [who] will tread down our enemies.

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

For you, O God, you have heard my vows. You have given [me] the heritage of those who fear your name.

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.

And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth.

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

However, the king will rejoice in God. Everyone who swears an oath by him will boast, because [the] mouth of [the] liars will be stopped.

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 evildoers, from [the] unrest of [those who] do iniquity,

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: