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

who said, "Let's take over the pastures of God!"

For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O Lord who rules over all!

Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O Lord who rules over all, my king and my God.

Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence;
They will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah.

How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!

Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.

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.

Protect me, for I am loyal! O my God, deliver your servant, who trusts in you!

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.

All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.

Show me a sign of [Your] goodwill,
That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,
Because You, O Lord, helped and comforted me.

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

Then those who sing as well as those who play the flutes shall say,
“All my springs of joy are in you.”

A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O Lord God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you.

I am counted among those who go down to the pit (grave);
I am like a man who has no strength [a mere shadow],

Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.

Will thou show wonders to the dead? Shall those who are deceased arise and praise thee? Selah.

You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.

"I will establish your dynasty forever, and I will lift up one who will build your throne from generation to generation." Interlude

For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

A God greatly feared and reverently worshiped in the council of the holy [angelic] ones,
And awesome above all those who are around Him?

O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain;
You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

Blessed and happy are the people who know the joyful sound [of the trumpet’s blast]!
They walk, O Lord, in the light and favor of Your countenance!

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.

With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.

“I will crush his adversaries before him,
And strike those who hate him.

He will call out to me, 'You are my father, my God, and the protector who delivers me.'

All who pass along the road rob him;
He has become the scorn of his neighbors.

You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.

Who is the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.

Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually,

I say this about the Lord, my shelter and my stronghold, my God in whom I trust --

For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper
And from the deadly pestilence.

Because thou hast made the LORD who is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation;

Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed.

Look at your enemies, LORD! Look at your enemies, for they are destroyed; everyone who practices iniquity will be scattered.

I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me.

They who are planted in the house of Yahweh, In the courts of our God, shall flourish;

They will proclaim: "The LORD is upright; my rock, in whom there is no injustice."

O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

When they speak, they spew arrogance. Everyone who practices iniquity brags about it.

They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?

He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge is Jehovah.

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws.

They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

Come! Let's sing for joy to the Lord! Let's shout out praises to our protector who delivers us!

For the Lord is a great God, a great king who is superior to all gods.

The sea is His, for it was He who made it,
And His hands formed the dry land.

Come! Let us worship and bow down; let us kneel in the presence of the LORD, who made us.

For he is our God; and we are the people to whom he gives food, and the sheep of his flock. Today, if you would only give ear to his voice!

“For forty years I loathed that generation,
And said they are a people who err in their heart,
And they do not know My ways.

Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

Tell it out among the Heathen, that the LORD is king: and that it is he who hath made the round world so fast, that it can not be moved, and how that he shall judge the people righteously. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad. {TYNDALE: He established the earth that it cannot move. The heaven rejoice and the earth be glad. And let men tell among the nations that the LORD is a king.}

Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are against him round about.

All who serve carved images and those who praise idols will be humiliated. Worship him, all you "gods"!

Ye who love Jehovah, hate evil, He is keeping the souls of His saints, From the hand of the wicked he delivereth them.

Let the sea thunder and roar, and all the things it contains,
The world and those who dwell in it.

in the LORD's presence, who comes to judge the earth; He'll judge the world righteously; and its people fairly.

A mighty king who loves justice, you have established fairness. You have exercised justice and righteousness over Jacob.

Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel also was among those who invoked his name. When they called on the LORD, he answered them.

LORD our God, you answered them; you were their God who forgave them, but also avenged their evil deeds.

Know and fully recognize with gratitude that the Lord Himself is God;
It is He who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His].
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

I will set no worthless or wicked thing before my eyes.
I hate the practice of those who fall away [from the right path];
It will not grasp hold of me.

Who so privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy. Whoso hath also a proud look and high stomach, I will not suffer him.

My eyes are looking at the faithful of the land, so they may live with me; The one who lives a life of integrity will serve me.

He who practices deceit will not dwell in my house;
He who tells lies and half-truths will not continue [to remain] in my presence.

Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, eliminating everyone who practices iniquity from the LORD's city. A prayer by the afflicted man who is overwhelmed and talks about his troubles with the LORD.

My enemies revile me all day long; those who ridicule me use my name to curse.

This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people who shall be created shall praise the LORD.

To hear the sighing of the prisoner,
To set free those who were doomed to death,

Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infirmities?

Who saveth thy life from destruction, and crowneth thee with mercy, and loving-kindness?

Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, making thee young and lusty as an Eagle?

The Lord executes righteousness
And justice for all the oppressed.

Who made known his ways unto Moses, unto the sons of Israel, his doings.

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].

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

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

To those who honor and keep His covenant,
And remember to do His commandments [imprinting His word on their hearts].

Bless the Lord, you His angels,
You mighty ones who do His commandments,
Obeying the voice of His word!

Bless the Lord, all you His hosts,
You who serve Him and do His will.

Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds thy chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.

Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

Who is sending forth fountains in valleys, Between hills they go on.