the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.

Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.

Restore us, LORD God of Hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

Sing aloud to God, our strength. Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.

Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.

For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I did not know.

"I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.

You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah." Selah.

"Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me.

There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.

I am the LORD, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways.

I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock."

"How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?" Selah.

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

Nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers."

Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations.

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

"Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more."

For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.

Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.

who said, "Let us take possession of God's pasturelands."

that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.

Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are ever praising you. Selah.

Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.

Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield. The LORD will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

LORD of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

LORD, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.

You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin. Selah.

You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger.

Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations?

Won't you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?

I will hear what God, the LORD, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his holy ones; but let them not turn again to folly.

Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps.

Hear, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.

Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.

Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.

There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.

All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.

For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.

Teach me your way, LORD. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.

I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forevermore.

For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they do not hold regard for you before them.

But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me.

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

I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: "This one was born there."

Those who sing as well as those who dance say, "All my springs are in you."

LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.

You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.

Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.

You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.

My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, LORD. I have spread out my hands to you.

Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Selah.

But to you, LORD, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.

LORD, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.

You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.

I will sing of the loving kindness of the LORD forever. With my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."

"I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,

'I will establish your seed forever, and build up your throne to all generations.'" Selah.

For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of God is like the LORD,

a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

LORD, God of Hosts, who is a mighty one like you, LORD? Your faithfulness is around you.

You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.

You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them.

The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

Blessed are the people who know the joyful shout. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.

For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

Then you spoke in vision to your holy ones, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.

I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

He will call to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'

I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.

I will also make his seed endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.