It is not concerning [a lack of] your sacrifices [that] I rebuke you, and your burnt offerings [are] before me continually.

I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and everything in it is Mine.

Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

You have done these things, and I kept silent;
you thought I was just like you.
But I will rebuke you
and lay out the case before you.

{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 what is evil in thy sight; that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, be clear when thou judgest.

Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.

Thou wilt purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: thou wilt wash me and I shall be white above snow.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her! Fortify the walls of Jerusalem!

To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, 'David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God is all the day.

Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

You love evil more than good, a lie more than speaking {what is right}. Selah

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

Fools say to themselves "There is no God." They are corrupt and commit iniquity; not one of them practices what is good.

God, out of the heavens, looked down upon the sons of men, - To see whether there was one that showed wisdom, Enquiring after God.

All of them have fallen away; together they have become corrupt; no one does what is good, 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.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

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!

O God, listen to my prayer! Pay attention to what I say!

For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)

But lo, God is my helper: it is he that upholdeth my soul.

He will turn the evil upon those who lie in wait for me. Cut them off with your truth.

I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good.

For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.

Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the pressure of the wicked;
For they bring down trouble on me,
And in anger they persecute me.

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

Destruction is within her;
Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets and market places.

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:

But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.

Desolations on them! Let them go down into hades alive, For, wicked doings, are at home within them.

As for me, I will call out to God, and the Lord will deliver me.

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

He has taken my soul away from the attack which was made against me, and given it peace; for great numbers were against me.

He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

Cast your burden on the Lord [release it] and He will sustain and uphold you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken (slip, fall, fail).

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

My enemies have trampled upon me all day long,
For they are many who fight proudly against me.

What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

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

All day long people distort what I say; all their schemes against me are for evil purposes.

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call;
This I know, that God is for me.

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

I cry out to God Most High, to God who accomplishes my requests for me.

He will send from heaven, and save me, he rebukes the one who is pursuing me. Selah. God will send out his loving kindness and his truth.

My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down among them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

They set a net for my steps;
My very life was bowed down.
They dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.

Wake up, my soul, wake up, lyre and harp! I will awaken at dawn.

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam.} Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?

Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.

so that it does not hear [the] voice of charmers [or the] skilled caster of spells.

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Let them fall away like water that runneth a pace; and when they shoot their arrows, let them be rooted out.

Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; like the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun.

Before your pots can feel [the heat of] a thornbush, whether green [or] {dry}, he will sweep it away.

The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

Take me out of the hands of the cruel ones, O my God; keep me safe from those who come up against me.

Take me out of the power of the workers of evil, and keep me safe from the men of blood.

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

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

They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

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

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

Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

My God in His [steadfast] lovingkindness will meet me;
God will let me look triumphantly on my enemies [who lie in wait for me].

Slay them not, lest my people forget it: but scatter them abroad with thy power, and put them down, O LORD our defense.

Go ahead and destroy them in anger! Wipe them out, and they will know to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Interlude

And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

They shall wander up and down for food, and wait all night if they aren't satisfied.

And I -- I sing of Thy strength, And I sing at morn of Thy kindness, For thou hast been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity.

For the choir director: according to “The Lily of Testimony.” A Davidic Miktam for teaching. When he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck Edom in the Valley of Salt, killing 12,000.God, You have rejected us;
You have broken out against us;
You have been angry. Restore us!

Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

That Thy beloved ones may be drawn out, Save with Thy right hand, and answer us.

God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I put out my shoe; over Philistia will a glad cry be sounded.

Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.

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

Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?

Give us aid against the foe,
for human help is worthless.

Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to an inaccessible rocky summit!

Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years shall be as many generations.

For the choir director: according to Jeduthun. A Davidic psalm.I am at rest in God alone;
my salvation comes from Him.

How long will ye shout at a man? Ye shall be crushed all of you, - Like a wall that bulgeth, - a fence pushed in!

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.

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.

Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.