You care for the land and water it; you greatly enrich it. The stream of God [is] filled with waters. You provide their grain, for so you have established it.

Its ridges have been filled, Deepened hath been its furrow, With showers Thou dost soften it, Its springing up Thou blessest.

You have crowned the year with Your bounty,
And Your paths drip with fatness.

Clothed have lambs the flock, And valleys are covered with corn, They shout -- yea, they sing!

The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.

He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah.)

For you have tested us, O God; you have tried us as silver is tried.

You have brought us into the net; You have laid affliction on our loins.

Thou hast caused man to ride at our head. We have entered into fire and into water, And Thou bringest us out to a watered place.

Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

Unto Him with my mouth I have called, And exaltation is under my tongue.

Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear.

Earth, will have given her increase, God, our own God, will bless us:

But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy.

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

God -- causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only -- the refractory have inhabited a dry place.

The earth hath shaken, Yea, the heavens have dropped before God, This Sinai -- before God, the God of Israel.

Thy company have dwelt in it, Thou preparest in Thy goodness for the poor, O God.

Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

You have ascended on high; you have led away captives. You have received gifts [from] among humankind, and even [from the] rebellious, so that Yah God may dwell [there].

The GOD we have, is a GOD of saving deeds, And, due to Yahweh, My Lord, are escapes from death.

so that your foot may shatter [them] bloody [for] the tongues of your dogs [to have] their share from [the] enemies."

They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

Singers have been before, Behind are players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.

Your God has commanded your strength. Strengthen, God, that which you have done for us.

To the Overseer. -- 'On the Lilies,' by David. Save me, O God, for come have waters unto the soul.

I have sunk in deep mire, And there is no standing, I have come into the depths of the waters, And a flood hath overflown me.

I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.

Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away -- I bring back.

O God, Thou -- Thou hast known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations from Thee have not been hid.

Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of armies: let not those who are waiting for you be made low because of me, O God of Israel.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother.

For zeal for Thy house hath consumed me, And the reproaches of Thy reproachers Have fallen upon me.

When I have humbled my soul with fasting, Then hath it turned to my reproach;

When I have made my clothing of sackcloth, Then have I served them for a by-word;

You have known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: my adversaries are all before you.

Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.

Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

For they have pursued him Thou hast smitten, And recount of the pain of Thy pierced ones.

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

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

The seed of his servants will have their part in it, and there the lovers of his name will have rest.

Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.

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.

In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed.

Be for me a rock of refuge to resort to always; you have ordained to save me, because you [are] my rock and my fortress.

For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.

You have been my support from the day of my birth; you took me out of my mother's body; my praise will be ever of you.

As a wonder I have been to many, And Thou art my strong refuge.

For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,

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

And I continually do wait with hope, And have added unto all Thy praise.

My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers.

O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those 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.

Joy will be on my lips when I make melody to you; and in my soul, to which you have given salvation.

My tongue will be talking of your righteousness all the day; for those whose purpose is to do me evil have been crushed and put to shame.

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.

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

May he have long life, and may gold from Sheba be given to him: may prayers be made for him at all times; may blessings be on him every day.

The prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.

A Psalm of Asaph. Only -- good to Israel is God, to the clean of heart. And I -- as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,

As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,

For they have no pain; their bodies are fat and strong.

They are not in trouble as others are; they have no part in the unhappy fate of men.

Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.

They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.

Therefore they have more than enough food to eat, and even suck up the water of the sea.

And they have said, 'How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

Lo, these are the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.

As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;

For I have been troubled all the day; every morning have I undergone punishment.

If I have said, 'I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.

You have certainly set them in slippery places; you will make them fall to their ruin.

How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended -- consumed from terrors.

And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.

But still I am ever with you; you have taken me by my right hand.

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

Failed have my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart - and my portion, is God unto times age-abiding.

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.

But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.

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?

Remember your congregation [that] you bought long ago, [when] you redeemed the tribe of your inheritance. [Remember] {Mount Zion} where you have dwelt.

Go up and see the unending destruction; all the evil which your haters have done in the holy place;

Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.

And now its carved works altogether they have smashed with axe and hammer.

They have put on fire your holy place; they have made the place of your name unclean, pulling it down to the earth.

They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to them all together; they have given over to the fire all God's places of worship in the land.

Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.

The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you have made summer and winter.

Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.

Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not.' -- A Psalm of Asaph. -- A Song. We have given thanks to Thee, O God, We have given thanks, and near is Thy name, They have recounted Thy wonders.

Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I -- I have pondered its pillars. Selah.

I have said to the boastful, 'Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, 'Raise not up a horn.'