Thou sufferest us to turn back from the adversary, And, they who hate us, have plundered at will:

Thou wilt give us as sheep for food, and thou didst scatter us among the nations.

Thou wilt sell thy people without riches, and thou didst not increase by their price.

Thou wilt set us a reproach to our neighbors, and a derision and scorn to them round about us.

Thou wilt set us a parable among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

Our heart drew not back, and thou wilt not incline our going from thy path;

Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.

Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.

Awake, why wilt thou sleep, O Jehovah? awake, thou wilt not reject forever.

Why wilt thou hide thy face? wilt thou forget our affliction and our oppression?

Overflowed hath my heart, with an excellent theme, I will recite my poem concerning the king, Be, my tongue, like the pen of a scribe who is skilled.

Appear in your majesty and be victorious! Ride forth for the sake of what is right, on behalf of justice! Then your right hand will accomplish mighty acts!

Your arrows are sharpened to penetrate the hearts of the king's enemies. People will fall under you.

Thou lovedst justice, and thou wilt hate injustice: for this, God thy God anointed thee with the oil of joy above thy companions.

Then the king will be attracted by your beauty. After all, he is your master! Submit to him!

Rich people from Tyre will seek your favor by bringing a gift.

In embroidered garments she is presented to the king. Her virgin companions who follow her train will be presented to you.

With gladness and rejoicing will they be led;
They will enter into the King’s palace.

Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors; you will make them princes throughout the land.

I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years, then the nations will praise you forever.

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains be shaken and slip into the heart of the seas,

Its waters will roar, they will foam; the mountains will tremble in its pride. Silence.

A river, its streams will gladden the city of God, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

God is in the midst of her [His city], she will not be moved;
God will help her when the morning dawns.

Nations raged, kingdoms were moved: he gave with his voice, the earth will melt

Causing wars to cease even to the end of the earth; he will break the bow, and be cut off the spear, and he will burn the cars in fire.

He says, "Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!"

He will subjugate, Peoples under us, and, Tribes of men beneath our feet.

He will give us our heritage, the glory of Jacob who is dear to him. (Selah.)

With an east wind, wilt thou shatter the ships of Tarshish.

As we have heard, so have we seen
In the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God:
God will establish her forever. Selah.

Mount Zion will be glad; the towns of Judah will rejoice because of your judgments.

For this is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will be our guide even until death.

I will declare a wise saying; I will share my profound thoughts.

I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp.

Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the perversity of my ambushers will surround me?

They trusting upon their wealth, and they will glory in the multitude of their riches.

Indeed, he will see wise people die; the stupid and the senseless will meet their doom and leave their wealth to others.

Their inward thought is that their houses will continue forever,
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have named their lands after their own names [ignoring God].

But humanity cannot last, despite its conceit; it will pass away just like the animals.

This their way folly to them: and those after them will delight in their mouth. Silence.

They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.

But God will redeem my life from the power of Sheol,
For He will receive me. Selah.

For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
His glory will not descend after him.

Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They shall never again see the light.

Humanity, despite its conceit, does not understand that it will perish, just like the animals. A song of Asaph.

chanting to Asaph. The God of gods, Jehovah spike, and he will call the earth from the rising of the sun even to its going down.

Our God will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

He will call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:

“Hear, O My people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you:
I am God, your God.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

“I will accept no young bull from your house
Nor male goat from your folds.

For every wild animal in the forest belongs to me, as well as the cattle that graze on a thousand hills.

“I know every bird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is Mine.

If I be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the whole world is mine, and all that therein is.

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

Call on Me in the day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.”

And to the unjust one God said, What to thee to recount my law, and thou wilt lift up my covenant upon thy mouth?

And thou hatedst instruction, and thou wilt cast my words behind thee.

If thou sawest a thief, and thou wilt run with him, and thy portion with those committing adultery.

Thou sentest thy month into evil, and thy tongue will contrive deceit

Thou wilt sit, and thou wilt speak against thy brother; against the son of thy, mother thou wilt give a stumbling-block.

“These things you have done and I kept silent;
You thought that I was just like you.
Now I will reprimand and denounce you and state the case in order before your eyes.

Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you.

“He who offers a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who orders his way rightly [who follows the way that I show him],
I shall show the salvation of God.”

Against thee, thee alone, did I sin, and I did evil in thine eyes: so that thou wilt be justified in thy speaking, and thou wilt be pure in thy judging.

Indeed, you are pleased with truth in the inner person, and you will teach me wisdom in my innermost parts.

Sprinkle me with water and I will be pure; wash me and I will be whiter than snow.

Wilt thou cause me to hear joy and gladness? The bones thou hast crushed would exult.

Thou wilt not cast me away from thy face, and thou wilt not take thy holy spirit from me.

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, And, with a willing spirit, wilt thou uphold me: -

Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted and return to You.

Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance.

O Lord, give me the words! Then my mouth will praise you.

For thou wilt not desire sacrifice - that I should give it, Ascending-offering, will not please:

My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit;
A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.

Do good, in thy good-pleasure, unto Zion, Wilt thou build the walls of Jerusalem!

Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,
In burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

To the overseer instruction to David: In the coming of Doeg the Edomite to Saul, and he will say to him, David came to the house of Ahimelech. Why wilt thou boast in evil, thou strong one? the mercy of God is all the day.

Thy tongue will purpose mischief as a razor being sharpened, working deceit.

But God will break you down forever;
He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

The righteous will see it and fear,
And will [scoffingly] laugh, saying,

Behold, the man will not set God his strength, and he will trust in the multitude of his riches he will be strengthened in his mischief.

But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I will confide in the loving-kindness of God for ever and ever.

I will thank You forever, because You have done it, [You have rescued me and kept me safe].
I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on God.

Then they will be filled with terror—
terror like no other—
because God will scatter
the bones of those who besiege you.
You will put them to shame,
for God has rejected them.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When God restores [the fortunes of] His people,
Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

O God! by thine own Name, save me, And, by thine own strength, wilt thou vindicate me?

He will pay back the evil to my enemies;
In Your faithfulness destroy them.

With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to You;
I will give thanks and praise Your name, O Lord, for it is good.

To the overseer upon the stringed instrument, instruction to David. Give ear O God, to my prayer; thou wilt not hide thyself from my supplication.

From the voice of the enemy, from the face of the oppression of the unjust one: for they will bring down vanity upon me, for in anger they will lie in wait for me.

My heart will be pained within me, and the terrors of death fell upon me.

Fear and trembling will come upon me, and horror will cover me.

I said, "O, who will give me the wings of a dove, so that I could fly away and live somewhere else?

Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah)

I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind and the gale."