To shoot from ambush at the blameless [one];
Suddenly they shoot at him, without fear.

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

And they [who] would cause him to stumble, their [own] tongue [will be] against them. All who gaze on them will shake.

The righteous man shall rejoice Yahweh, and seek refuge in him, Then shall glory - all who are upright in heart.

O [you who] hear prayer, to you all flesh will come.

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

[who] established the mountains by his strength, [the one who] is girded with might,

[who] stills [the] roar of [the] seas, the roar of their waves, and [the] commotion of [the] peoples,

They also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders. You call the morning's dawn and the evening with songs of joy.

Come and see the works of God,
Who is awesome in His deeds toward the sons of men.

Who ruleth, in his might, unto times age abiding, His eyes, over the nations, keep watch, The rebellious, let them not exalt themselves. Selah.

Who hath placed our soul in life, And suffered not our feet to be moved.

Come, hear, all ye who fear God, And I recount what he did for my soul.

Blessed is God, Who hath not turned aside my prayer, And His loving-kindness, from me!

God will arise; his enemies will be scattered, and those who hate him will flee from before him.

Sing ye to God -- praise His name, Raise up a highway for Him who is riding in deserts, In Jah is His name, and exult before Him.

A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

God sets the solitary in families: he brings out those who are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

[the] earth shook; [the] heavens also dripped [rain] at the presence of God who [was] at Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

The Lord gives [the] word. Great is the company of women who announce:

"[The] kings of armies flee, they flee, and she [who] remains at home divides [the] spoil.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

Our God is a God who delivers; the Lord, the sovereign Lord, can rescue from death.

But God will shatter the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp [of the one who] {continues on} in his guilt.

They see your processions, O God -- the processions of my God, my king, who marches along in holy splendor.

The singers are in front, the musicians follow, strumming their stringed instruments among the maidens who are playing their tambourines.

Give praise to God in the great meeting; even the Lord, you who come from the fountain of Israel.

God has decreed that you will be powerful. O God, you who have acted on our behalf, demonstrate your power,

Rebuke [the] beasts in [the] reeds, [the] herd of bulls with [the] calves of [the] peoples, trampling the pieces of silver. Scatter [the] nations [who] delight in battles.

To him who is riding on the heavens of the heavens of old, Lo, He giveth with His voice a strong voice.

Awesome [are you], O God, from your sanctuary. The God of Israel, [it is] he who gives strength and might to the people. Blessed be God.

More numerous than the hairs of my head are [those] hating me without a cause. [Those who are] destroying me--my enemies wrongfully-- are mighty. What I did not steal, I then must restore.

O God, it is You who knows my folly,
And my wrongs are not hidden from You.

Let those who wait for you not be put to shame because of me, O Lord Yahweh [of] hosts. Let those who seek you not be disgraced because of me, O God of Israel.

For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.

Deliver me from [the] mud and do not let me sink. Let me be delivered from [those who] hate me and from [the] watery depths.

Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me.

For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

The humble have seen -- they rejoice, Ye who seek God -- and your heart liveth.

because Yahweh hears [the] needy and does not despise his [own who are] prisoners.

And the offspring of his servants will inherit it, and [those who] love his name will abide in it.

Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil.

Let those who say Aha, aha! be turned back as a reward of their shame.

Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May God be great.

Upon you I have leaned {from birth}. [It was] you who {took} me from the womb of my mother. My praise [is] of you continually.

For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

They say, "God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!"

Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.

Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don't forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.

Your righteousness, O God, is very high; you have done great things; O God, who is like you?

You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.

My lips would fain sing praises unto thee; and so would my soul whom thou hast delivered.

My tongue also will speak of your righteousness all the day, because they have been put to shame, because they have been humiliated who seek my harm.

May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust.

For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.

He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need.

Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.

Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

Whom have I in heaven but you? and having you I have no desire for anything on earth.

For those who are far away from you will come to destruction: you will put an end to all those who have not kept faith with you.

Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?

Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.

Those who are opposing you roar where we were meeting with you; they unfurl their war banners as signs.

They are known [to be] like [those who] {wield} axes in a thicket of trees.

We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.

O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?

Yet God is my king from of old,
Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth.

You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you fed him to the people who live along the coast.

O let not he who is oppressed return ashamed. Let a poor and needy man praise thy name.

Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day.

To you, O God, we give praise, to you we give praise: and those who give honour to your name make clear your works of power.

“When I select an appointed time,
It is I who judge with equity.

When the earth and all its inhabitants shake,
I am the One who steadies its pillars.Selah

You, you are to be feared; who may keep his place before you in the time of your wrath?

Give to the Lord your God what is his by right; let all who are round him give offerings to him who is to be feared.

Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?

You are the God who does works of power: you have made your strength clear to the nations.

So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children;

Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.

His raging anger lashed out against them, He sent fury, rage, and trouble as messengers who bring disaster.

Then the Lord awoke like [one who had been] asleep, [awoke] like a warrior who had been drunk with wine.

Then he chose his servant David, whom he took from the sheepfold.

We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.

Pour Thy fury on the nations who have not known Thee, And on kingdoms that have not called in Thy name.

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.

Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.

Why have You broken down its walls
so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

and the place of the vineyard that thy righthand hath planted, and the son whom thou madest so strong for thyself.

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

He established it for a testimony in Joseph
When He went throughout the land of Egypt.
I heard the language [of One whom] I did not know, saying,

I am Yahweh your God,
who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them.

Those who hate the Lord
would pretend submission to Him;
their doom would last forever.

Arise, O God, judge the earth!
For it is You who possesses all the nations.

See how Your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate You have acted arrogantly.