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!

How blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord and does not seek help from the proud or from liars!

O Lord, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. No one can thwart you! I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount!

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.

I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts."

I have told the great assembly about your justice. Look! I spare no words! O Lord, you know this is true.

I have not failed to tell about your justice; I spoke about your reliability and deliverance; I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness.

O Lord, you do not withhold your compassion from me. May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me!

May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

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!"

I am oppressed and needy! May the Lord pay attention to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O my God, do not delay!

By this I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

As for me, you uphold me because of my integrity; you allow me permanent access to your presence.

I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me, "Where is your God?"

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.

My enemies' taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

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

Reveal your light and your faithfulness! They will lead me, they will escort me back to your holy hill, and to the place where you live.

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

For the music director; by the Korahites, a well-written song. O God, we have clearly heard; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in ancient times.

You, by your power, defeated nations and settled our fathers on their land; you crushed the people living there and enabled our ancestors to occupy it.

For they did not conquer the land by their swords, and they did not prevail by their strength, but rather by your power, strength and good favor, for you were partial to them.

You are my king, O God! Decree Jacob's deliverance!

By your power we will drive back our enemies; by your strength we will trample down our foes!

For you deliver us from our enemies; you humiliate those who hate us.

In God I boast all day long, and we will continually give thanks to your name. (Selah)

But you rejected and embarrassed us! You did not go into battle with our armies.

You sold your people for a pittance; you did not ask a high price for them.

You made us an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.

All this has happened to us, even though we have not rejected you or violated your covenant with us.

We have not been unfaithful, nor have we disobeyed your commands.

If we had rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god,

Yet because of you we are killed all day long; we are treated like sheep at the slaughtering block.

Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?

For we lie in the dirt, with our bellies pressed to the ground.

Rise up and help us! Rescue us because of your loyal love!

You are the most handsome of all men! You speak in an impressive and fitting manner! For this reason God grants you continual blessings.

Strap your sword to your thigh, O warrior! Appear in your majestic splendor!

Appear in your majesty and be victorious! Ride forth for the sake of what is right, on behalf of justice! Then your right hand will accomplish mighty acts!

Your arrows are sharp and penetrate the hearts of the king's enemies. Nations fall at your feet.

Your throne, O God, is permanent. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.

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

Princesses are among your honored guests, your bride stands at your right hand, wearing jewelry made with gold from Ophir.

Listen, O princess! Observe and pay attention! Forget your homeland and your family!

Then the king will be attracted by your beauty. After all, he is your master! Submit to him!

Rich people from Tyre will seek your favor by bringing a gift.

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

They are bubbling with joy as they walk in procession and enter the royal palace.

Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors; you will make them princes throughout the land.

I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years, then the nations will praise you forever.

For the music director; by the Korahites; according to the alamoth style; a song. God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble.

Nations are in uproar, kingdoms are overthrown. God gives a shout, the earth dissolves.

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

For the music director; by the Korahites; a psalm. All you nations, clap your hands! Shout out to God in celebration!

He subdued nations beneath us and countries under our feet.

Sing to God! Sing! Sing to our king! Sing!

A song, a psalm by the Korahites. The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise in the city of our God, his holy hill.

As soon as they see, they are shocked; they are terrified, they quickly retreat.

We heard about God's mighty deeds, now we have seen them, in the city of the Lord, the invincible Warrior, in the city of our God. God makes it permanently secure. (Selah)

We reflect on your loyal love, O God, within your temple.

The praise you receive as far away as the ends of the earth is worthy of your reputation, O God. You execute justice!

Mount Zion rejoices; the towns of Judah are happy, because of your acts of judgment.

For God, our God, is our defender forever! He guides us!

but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.

Wealthy people do not understand; they are like animals that perish.

Our God approaches and is not silent; consuming fire goes ahead of him and all around him a storm rages.

He says: "Listen my people! I am speaking! Listen Israel! I am accusing you! I am God, your God!

I am not condemning you because of your sacrifices, or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me.

I do not need to take a bull from your household or goats from your sheepfolds.

I keep track of every bird in the hills, and the insects of the field are mine.

Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all it contains belong to me.

Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the sovereign One!

Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!"

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

You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

You plot against your brother; you slander your own brother.

For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David's affair with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts!

Against you -- you above all -- I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.

Hide your face from my sins! Wipe away all my guilt!

Do not reject me! Do not take your Holy Spirit away from me!

Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!

Then I will teach rebels your merciful ways, and sinners will turn to you.

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.

Certainly you do not want a sacrifice, or else I would offer it; you do not desire a burnt sacrifice.

The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit -- O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.

Then you will accept the proper sacrifices, burnt sacrifices and whole offerings; then bulls will be sacrificed on your altar.

For the music director; a well-written song by David. It was written when Doeg the Edomite went and informed Saul: "David has arrived at the home of Ahimelech." Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God's loyal love protects me all day long!

Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

I will continually thank you when you execute judgment; I will rely on you, for your loyal followers know you are good.

Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one!

All those who behave wickedly do not understand -- those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to God.

They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.

For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. It was written when the Ziphites came and informed Saul: "David is hiding with us." O God, deliver me by your name! Vindicate me by your power!

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