I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.

My lips shall shout for joy. My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you.

My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.

They shall fear you while the sun endures; and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.

They shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba. Men shall pray for him continually. They shall bless him all day long.

But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.

For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.

They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.

For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.

When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;

For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.

For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.

But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.

For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.

For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.

My cry goes to God. Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen to me.

Has his loving kindness vanished forever? Does his promise fail for generations?

I will remember the works of the LORD; for I will remember your wonders of old.

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.

Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?"

Therefore the LORD heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,

For all this they still sinned, and did not believe in his wondrous works.

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.

He made a path for his anger. He did not spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,

He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.

Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.

They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your holy ones to the animals of the earth.

How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?

For they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his homeland.

Do not hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.

Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake.

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.

You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.

the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.

It's burned with fire. It's cut down. They perish at your rebuke.

Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I did not know.

Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations.

For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.

For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.

who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.

As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,

My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield. The LORD will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

I will hear what God, the LORD, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his holy ones; but let them not turn again to folly.

Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps.

Hear, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.

Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.

Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.

For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.

Teach me your way, LORD. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.

For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they do not hold regard for you before them.

For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.

For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of God is like the LORD,

For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

For our shield belongs to the LORD; our king to the Holy One of Israel.

I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.

How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

Remember how short my time is. For what vanity have you created all the children of men.

Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.

For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.

For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.

For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?

Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.

For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.

For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.

For you, LORD, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.

For, behold, your enemies, LORD, for, behold, your enemies shall perish. All the evildoers will be scattered.

that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

For the LORD won't reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.

for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice.

For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised. He is to be feared above all gods.

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.

Let the field and all that is in it exult. Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy

before the LORD; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.

A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.

For you, LORD, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods.

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things. His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him.