Troubled have been nations, Moved have been kingdoms, He hath given forth with His voice, earth melteth.

Nobles of peoples have been gathered, With the people of the God of Abraham, For to God are the shields of earth, Greatly hath He been exalted!

They have seen -- so they have marvelled, They have been troubled, they were hastened away.

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 it for ever. Selah.

We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

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?

So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.

For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

Their graves are their eternal homes,
their homes from generation to generation,
though they have named estates after themselves.

And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

This [is] the journey [of those who] have foolish [confidence], and those after them [who] accept their sayings. Selah

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

Have no fear when wealth comes to a man, and the glory of his house is increased;

He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive: "May men praise you, for you have done well!"

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

Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

Now have the heavens declared his righteousness, Because, God, is, about to judge. Selah.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.

I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field is with Me.

But to the wicked God says, "What [right] have you to recite my statutes and {mention my covenant with your mouth},

When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.

These [things] you have done, and I have been silent; You imagined that I was just like you. I will rebuke you and present [an argument] before your eyes.

Consider this, you who have forgotten God Otherwise, I will tear you in pieces and there will be no deliverer:

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.} Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.

Behold, thou wilt have truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.

Make me hear joy and gladness; let [the] bones you have crushed rejoice.

For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.

Then shalt thou have sacrifices of righteousness, burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering; then shall they offer up bullocks upon thine altar.

You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)

And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,

I will give thanks to you forever, because [of what] you have done, and I will wait on your name, because [it is] good, in the presence of your faithful ones.

{To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

{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 are very fearful} [where] no fear had been, because God has scattered the bones of him who encamps [against] you. You have put [them] to shame, because God has rejected them.

6 May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! When the fate of his people is changed by God, Jacob will have joy, and Israel will be glad.

For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

Because it has been my saviour from all my trouble; and my eyes have seen the punishment of my haters.

Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;

My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.

Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

We used to have close fellowship;
we walked with the crowd into the house of God.

At evening and morning and high noon, have I been wont to lament and complain, And he hath heard my voice!

God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.

Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart is war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they are drawn swords.

But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.

For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rechovim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.

Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many are fighting against me, O most High,

In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.

In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

You have kept count of my wonderings. Put my tears in your bottle; [are they] not in your book?

Then turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God is for me.

In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

God, I have taken vows before you; therefore I will offer thanksgiving sacrifices to you.

because you have delivered my soul from death. [Have you] not [kept] my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

[To the Chief Musician, altaschith. A michtam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave.] Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusts in you: yea, in the shadow of your wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities have passed.

I will call unto the Most High God, even unto the God that shall perform the cause which I have in hand.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

They have venom like the venom of a snake,
like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,

As a snail that melteth he goeth on, As an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.

For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord.

I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me!

You, O Lord God, the invincible warrior, the God of Israel, rouse yourself and punish all the nations! Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah)

But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

Let them go wandering up and down in search of food, and be there all night if they have not enough.

But as for me, I will sing [of] your strength, and I will hail your loyal love in the morning, because you have been my [high] stronghold and a refuge in my {time} of trouble.

O God, you have rejected us. You have broken us. You have been angry. Restore us!

You have made [the] land quake. You have split it open. Heal its fissures, because it totters.

You have shown your people hard [things]; You have given us wine that staggers.

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

Have not you put us away, O God? and you have not gone out with our armies.

Have not you yourself rejected us, O God, and not gone out with our armies, O God?

For you have been my refuge, a strong tower from the enemy.

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

Only -- from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah.

Have faith in him at all times, you people; let your hearts go flowing out before him: God is our safe place. (Selah.)

Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.

God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.

To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches -- I meditate on Thee.

Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;

They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'

{They carefully plot} injustices [saying], "We have perfected {the perfect plot}!" Both [the] {inner thought} and heart of man [are] deep.

And God doth shoot them with an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

When they were to have ruined another, their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight.

And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.

The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in him; and all the lovers of righteousness will give him glory.

It is right for you, O God, to have praise in Zion: to you let the offering be made.

Iniquities have prevailed against me: our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.

Who creates the mountains by His strength,
Being clothed with power,

Those in the farthest parts of the earth have fear when they see your signs: the outgoings of the morning and evening are glad because of you.