Covered have been hills with its shadow, And its boughs are cedars of God.

Why are its walls broken down by your hands, so that all who go by may take its fruit?

It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.

O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved!

There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god.

They do not know or understand;
they wander in darkness.
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

I said, “You are gods;
you are all sons of the Most High.

For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.

They say, "Come on, let's annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more."

For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah.

They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.

May they know that You alone—
whose name is Yahweh—
are the Most High over all the earth.

How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies!

The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.

How happy are those who reside in Your house,
who praise You continually.Selah

Happy are the people whose strength is in You,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

who going through the vale of misery use it for a well; and the pools are filled with water.

They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.

The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.

O Lord who rules over all, how blessed are those who trust in you!

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.

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Protect my life, for I am faithful.
You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.

For You, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive,
rich in faithful love to all who call on You.

Lord, there is no one like You among the gods,
and there are no works like Yours.

For You are great and perform wonders;
You alone are God.

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth.

Do with me a sign for good, And those hating me see and are ashamed, For Thou, O Jehovah, hast helped me, Yea, Thou hast comforted me!

{A Psalm and song of the sons of Korah} Her foundations are upon the holy hills;

Glorious things are said about you,
city of God.Selah

I mention Rahab and Babylon to my followers. Here are Philistia and Tyre, along with Ethiopia. It is said of them, "This one was born there."

Singers and dancers alike will say,
“My whole source of joy is in you.”

abandoned among the dead.
I am like the slain lying in the grave,
whom You no longer remember,
and who are cut off from Your care.

My eyes are worn out from crying.
Lord, I cry out to You all day long;
I spread out my hands to You.

Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are decreased arise and praise thee? Selah

Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me.

You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am gone from the memory of those who are dear to me.

God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.

You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.

The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours.
The world and everything in it—You founded them.

You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name.

Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of Your throne;
faithful love and truth go before You.

Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;
Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your presence.

They rejoice in Your name all day long,
and they are exalted by Your righteousness.

For You are their magnificent strength;
by Your favor our horn is exalted.

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

I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.

And My faithfulness and kindness are with him, And in My name is his horn exalted.

He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, the rock of my salvation.’

If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;

If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;

But you have spurned and rejected; you are very angry with your anointed one.

All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.

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

Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful love
that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted, and of how I must bear so many insults from people!

Before the mountains were born,
before You gave birth to the earth and the world,
from eternity to eternity, You are God.

For in Your sight a thousand years
are like yesterday that passes by,
like a few hours of the night.

You end their lives; they sleep.
They are like grass that grows in the morning—

For we are consumed by Your anger;
we are terrified by Your wrath.

You are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins.

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

Our lives last seventy years
or, if we are strong, eighty years.
Even the best of them are struggle and sorrow;
indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.

O satisfy us with Your lovingkindness in the morning [now, before we grow older],
That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

I will say to Yahweh, "[You are] my refuge and my fortress, my God [in whom] I trust."

He will cover you and completely protect you with His pinions,
And under His wings you will find refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.

Only observe it with your eyes, and you will see how the wicked are paid back.

For you, O Yahweh, [are] my refuge. You have made the Most High your dwelling place.

How magnificent are Your works, Lord,
how profound Your thoughts!

that the ungodly are green as grass, and that all the works of wickedness do flourish, to be destroyed forever.

But You, Lord, are exalted forever.

Indeed, look at your enemies, O Lord! Indeed, look at how your enemies perish! All the evildoers are scattered!

Those that are planted in the house of Jehovah shall flourish in the courts of our God:

Still they bring forth in old age, Fat and flourishing are they,

[They are living memorials] to declare that the Lord is upright and faithful [to His promises];
He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

Your throne has been established
from the beginning;
You are from eternity.

The floods are risen, O LORD. The floods have lift up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

With the sounds of many waters, Majestic are the breakers of the sea, Majestic on high, is Yahweh.

Lord, Your testimonies are completely reliable;
holiness is the beauty of Your house
for all the days to come.

Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,

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

The Lord knows man’s thoughts;
they are meaningless.

in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed.

But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.

Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.

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.

The depths of the earth are in His hand,
and the mountain peaks are His.

For He is our God,
and we are the people of His pasture,
the sheep under His care.

Today, if you hear His voice:

For 40 years I was disgusted with that generation;
I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray;
they do not know My ways.”

So in my anger I declared an oath: "They are not to enter my place of rest."

For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.

Splendor and majesty are before Him;
strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.

Clouds and thick darkness surround Him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

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

Ashamed are all servants of a graven image, Those boasting themselves in idols, Bow yourselves to him, all ye gods.

Zion hath heard and rejoiceth, And daughters of Judah are joyful, Because of Thy judgments, O Jehovah.