For they have conspired together with one mind;
Against You they make a covenant—

Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who became like dung for the earth.

Who said, “Let us possess for ourselves
The pastures of God.”

Like fire consumes the forest,
And like the flame sets the mountains on fire,

Fill their faces with shame and disgrace,
That they may [persistently] seek Your name, O Lord.

My soul (my life, my inner self) longs for and greatly desires the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

The bird has found a house,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young—
Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
My King and my God.

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else];
I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my God
Than to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord bestows grace and favor and honor;
No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

O Lord of hosts,
How blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, relying on You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectation].

I will hear [with expectant hope] what God the Lord will say,
For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones—
But let them not turn again to folly.

Surely His salvation is near to those who [reverently] fear Him [and obey Him with submissive wonder],
That glory [the manifest presence of God] may dwell in our land.

Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me,
For I am distressed and needy [I long for Your help].

Protect my life (soul), for I am godly and faithful;
O You my God, save Your servant, who trusts in You [believing in You and relying on You, confidently committing everything to You].

Be gracious and merciful to me, O Lord,
For to You I cry out all the day long.

Make Your servant rejoice,
For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul [all that I am—in prayer].

For You, O Lord, are good, and ready to forgive [our sins, sending them away, completely letting them go forever and ever];
And abundant in lovingkindness and overflowing in mercy to all those who call upon You.

In the day of my trouble I will call upon You,
For You will answer me.

For You are great and do wondrous works!
You alone are God.

Teach me Your way, O Lord,
I will walk and live in Your truth;
Direct my heart to fear Your name [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder].

For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me;
And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].

“I will mention Rahab (Egypt) and Babylon among those who know Me—
Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia (Cush)—
‘This one was born there.’”

But of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her,”
And the Most High Himself will establish her.

O Lord, the God of my salvation,
I have cried out [for help] by day and in the night before You.

For my soul is full of troubles,
And my life draws near the grave (Sheol, the place of the dead).

You have put my friends far from me;
You have made me an object of loathing to them.
I am shut up and I cannot go out.

Lover and friend You have placed far from me;
My familiar friends are in darkness.

For I have said, “Goodness and lovingkindness will be built up forever;
In the heavens [unchangeable and majestic] You will establish Your faithfulness.”

I will establish your seed forever
And I will build up your throne for all generations.” Selah.

For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the divine beings is like the Lord,

For You are the glory of their strength [their proud adornment],
And by Your favor our horn is exalted.

For our shield belongs to the Lord,
And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

Once You spoke in a vision to Your godly ones,
And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty [giving him the power to be a champion for Israel];
I have exalted one chosen from the people.

“My lovingkindness I will keep for him forevermore,
And My covenant will be confirmed to him.

“Once [for all] I have sworn by My holiness, [My vow which cannot be violated];
I will not lie to David.

How long, O Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?

Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;
For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!

For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it is past,
Or as a watch in the night.

For we have been consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been terrified.

For all our days pass away in Your wrath;
We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.

The days of our life are seventy years—
Or even, if because of strength, eighty years;
Yet their pride [in additional years] is only labor and sorrow,
For it is soon gone and we fly away.

Who understands the power of Your anger? [Who connects this brevity of life among us with Your judgment of sin?]
And Your wrath, [who connects it] with the [reverent] fear that is due You?

For He will save you from the trap of the fowler,
And from the deadly pestilence.

For He will command His angels in regard to you,
To protect and defend and guard you in all your ways [of obedience and service].

For You, O Lord, have made me glad by Your works;
At the works of Your hands I joyfully sing.

For behold, Your enemies, O Lord,
For behold, Your enemies will perish;
All who do evil will be scattered.

My eye has looked on my foes;
My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.

That You may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity,
Until the pit is dug for the wicked and ungodly.

For the Lord will not abandon His people,
Nor will He abandon His inheritance.

For judgment will again be righteous,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.

Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
Who will take a stand for me against those who do wickedness?

For the Lord is a great God
And a great King above all gods,

The sea is His, for He made it [by His command];
And His hands formed the dry land.

For He is our God
And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.
Today, if you will 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 [worthless, lifeless] idols,
But the Lord made the heavens.

Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness;
Tremble [in submissive wonder] before Him, all the earth.

Let the field be exultant, and all that is in it.
Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy

Before the Lord, for He is coming,
For He is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
And the peoples in His faithfulness.

Fire goes before Him
And burns up His adversaries on all sides.

For You are the Lord Most High over all the earth;
You are exalted far above all gods.

Light is sown [like seed] for the righteous and illuminates their path,
And [irrepressible] joy [is spread] for the upright in heart [who delight in His favor and protection].

O sing to the Lord a new song,
For He has done marvelous and wonderful things;
His right hand and His holy arm have gained the victory for Him.

Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth;
Shout [in jubilation] and sing for joy and sing praises.

Let the rivers clap their hands;
Let the mountains sing together for joy and delight

Before the Lord, for He is coming to judge the earth;
He will judge the world with righteousness
And the peoples with fairness.

The Lord reigns, let the peoples tremble [with submissive wonder]!
He sits enthroned above the cherubim, let the earth shake!

Exalt the Lord our God
And worship at His holy hill [Zion, the temple mount],
For the Lord our God is holy.

For the Lord is good;
His mercy and lovingkindness are everlasting,
His faithfulness [endures] to all generations.

For my days have vanished in smoke,
And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.

For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And have mingled my drink with tears

Because of Your indignation and Your wrath,
For You have lifted me up and thrown me away.

You will arise and have compassion on Zion,
For it is time to be gracious and show favor to her;
Yes, the appointed time [the moment designated] has come.

For Your servants find [melancholy] pleasure in the stones [of her ruins]
And feel pity for her dust.

So the nations will fear the name of the Lord,
And all the kings of the earth [will recognize] Your glory.

Let this be recorded for the generation to come,
That a people yet to be created will praise the Lord.

For He looked down from His holy height [of His sanctuary],
From heaven the Lord gazed on the earth,

The Lord executes righteousness
And justice for all the oppressed.

For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].

As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Just as a father loves his children,
So the Lord loves those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].

For He knows our [mortal] frame;
He remembers that we are [merely] dust.

As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

For the wind passes over it and it is no more,
And its place knows it no longer.

But the lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who [reverently] fear Him,
And His righteousness to children’s children,

Who makes winds His messengers,
Flames of fire His ministers.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
To the place which You established for them.

You set a boundary [for the waters] that they may not cross over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.

He causes grass to grow for the cattle,
And all that the earth produces for cultivation by man,
So that he may bring food from the earth—

Where the birds make their nests;
As for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

The high mountains are for the wild goats;
The rocks are a refuge for the shephanim.

He made the moon for the seasons;
The sun knows the [exact] place of its setting.

May my meditation be sweet and pleasing to Him;
As for me, I will rejoice and be glad in the Lord.

Seek and deeply long for the Lord and His strength [His power, His might];
Seek and deeply long for His face and His presence continually.

He allowed no man to oppress them;
He rebuked kings for their sakes, saying,

And He called for a famine upon the land [of Egypt];
He cut off every source of bread.

The king sent and released him,
The ruler of the peoples [of Egypt], and set him free.

He gave them hail for rain,
With flaming fire in their land.

Egypt was glad when they departed,
For the dread and fear of them had fallen on the Egyptians.

The Lord spread a cloud as a covering [by day],
And a fire to illumine the night.