As the kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers conspire together against the LORD and his anointed one, they say,

Ask of me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your possession.

But as for the wicked, they do not speak truth at all. Inside them there is only wickedness. Their throat is an open grave, on their tongue is deceitful flattery.

As for all my enemies, they will be put to shame; they will be greatly frightened and suddenly turn away ashamed. A Davidic psalm, which he sang to the LORD, because of the words of Cush the descendant of Benjamin.

But as for me, I will praise the LORD for his righteousness, and I will sing to the name of the LORD Most High. To the Director: On a stringed instrument. A Davidic Psalm.

As an avenger of blood, he remembers them; he has not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

As for me, I have trusted in your gracious love, my heart will rejoice in your deliverance.

The LORD looks down from the heavens upon humanity to see if anyone shows discernment as he searches for God.

As for the saints that are in the land, they are noble, and all my delight is in them.

As for the ways of mankind, I have, according to the words of your lips, avoided the ways of the violent.

Protect me as the most precious part of the eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings

from men, LORD, by your hand from men who belong to this world, whose reward is only in this life. But as for your treasured ones, may their stomachs be full, may their children have an abundance, and may they leave wealth to their offspring.

But as for me, justified, I will behold your face; when I awake, your presence will satisfy me. To the Director: By the servant of the LORD, David, who spoke the words of this song to the LORD on the day when the LORD delivered him from the hands of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

As for God, his way is upright; the word of God is pure; he is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

who makes my feet swift as the deer; who makes me stand on high places;

But as for me, I am only a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by people.

But as for you, LORD, do not be far away from me; My Strength, come quickly to help me.

But as for me, I walk in my integrity. Redeem me and be gracious to me!

Hear the sound of my supplications when I cry to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.

The LORD sat enthroned over the flood, and the LORD sits as king forever.

As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I will never be moved."

By your favor, LORD, you established me as a strong mountain; Then you hid your face, and I was dismayed.

I have heard the slander of many; it is like terror all around me, as they conspire together and plot to take my life.

For your hand was heavy upon me day and night; my strength was exhausted as in a summer drought. Interlude

How blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he has chosen as his own inheritance.

LORD, may your gracious love be upon us, even as we hope in you. By David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away. So David left.

Make them like the chaff before the wind, as the messenger of the LORD pushes them aside.

May their path be dark and slippery, as the messenger of the LORD tracks them down.

I paced about as for my friend or my brother, and fell down mourning as one weeps for one's mother.

He will bring forth your righteousness as a light, and your justice as the noonday sun.

The LORD helps and delivers them; he will deliver them from the wicked, and he will save them because they have sought refuge in him. A Davidic Psalm: As a Reminder.

As for my friends and my neighbors, they stand aloof from my distress; even my close relatives stand at a distance.

For I said, "Do not let them gloat over me, as they congratulate themselves when my foot slips."

I was as silent as a mute person; I said nothing, not even something good, and my distress deepened.

My heart within me became incensed; as I thought about it, the fire burned. Then I spoke out:

In fact, people walk around as shadows. Surely, they busy themselves for nothing, heaping up possessions but not knowing who will get them.

You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities; you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth. Indeed, every person is a puff of wind. Interlude

In the great congregation I have proclaimed the righteous good news. Behold, I did not seal my lips, LORD, as you know.

As for me, I said, "LORD, be gracious to me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you!"

As for my enemies, with malice they said, "When will he die and memory of his name perish?"

As for all who hate me, they whisper together against me; they desire to do me harm.

As for my best friend, the one in whom I trusted, the one who ate my bread, even he has insulted me!

As for me, you will maintain my just cause, and you will cause me to stand in your presence forever.

As an antelope pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, God.

These things I will recall as I pour out my troubles within me: I used to go with the crowd in a procession to the house of God, accompanied with shouts of joy and thanksgiving.

I will ask God, my Rock, "Why have you forsaken me? Why do I go around mourning under the enemy's oppression?"

For your sake we are being killed all day long. We are thought of as sheep to be slaughtered.

Your sons will take the place of your ancestors, and you will set them up as princes in all the earth.

Within her citadels God is known as a place of refuge.

as when an east wind destroyed the ships of Tarshish.

Just as we have heard, so have we seen; in the city of the LORD of the heavenly armies even in the city of our God God will establish her forever. Interlude

Like sheep, they are destined for the realm of the dead, with death as their shepherd. The upright will have dominion over them in the morning; their strength will be consumed in the afterlife, so that they have no home.

As for the wicked, God says, "How dare you recite my statutes or speak about my covenant with your lips!

Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what was evil in your sight. As a result, you are just in your pronouncement and clear in your judgment.

God looks down from the heavens upon humanity to see if anyone shows discernment as he searches for God.

but it is you a man whom I treated as my equal my personal confidant, my close friend!

His mouth is as smooth as butter, while war is in his heart. His words were as smooth as olive oil, while his sword is drawn.

They gather together and hide in ambush. They watch my every step as they lie in wait for my life.

As a matter of fact, in your heart you plan iniquities! In the land your hands are violent!

May they be like a snail that dries up as it crawls; like a woman's stillborn baby, who never saw the sun.

How long will you rage against someone? Would you attack him as if he were a leaning wall or a tottering fence?

So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in your name.

Just as I am satisfied with the choicest of foods, so my lips will praise you joyfully.

My soul clings to you, even as your right hand supports me.

But as for those who seek to destroy me, they will go down to the depths of the earth;

But as for the king, he will rejoice in God. Indeed, everyone who swears by God will exult, because the mouths of liars will be silenced. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

Hear, God, as I express my concern; protect me from fear of the enemy.

As smoke is driven away, so you drive them away. As wax melts in the presence of fire, so the wicked die in the presence of God.

The mountain of God is as the mountain of Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan.

As for me, LORD, may my prayer to you come at a favorable time. God, in the abundance of your gracious love, answer me with your sure deliverance.

As for me, I am afflicted and hurting; may your deliverance, God, establish me on high.

The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who cherish his name will live there. To the Music director. Davidic. As a memorial.

As for me, I am poor and needy. God, come quickly to me. You are my helper and my deliverer. LORD, please do not delay.

As for me, I will hope continuously and will praise you more and more.

May they fear you as long as the sun and moon shine from generation to generation.

May his fame be eternal as long as the sun may his name endure, and may they be blessed through him, and may all nations call him blessed.

Now as for me, my feet nearly stumbled, as I almost lost my step.

They do not experience problems common to ordinary people; they aren't afflicted as others are.

Just look at these wicked people! They're perpetually carefree as they increase their wealth.

As for me, how good for me it is that God is near! I have made the Lord GOD my refuge so I can tell about all your deeds. An instruction of Asaph

Those who are opposing you roar where we were meeting with you; they unfurl their war banners as signs.

As one blazes a trail through a forest with an ax,

You crushed the heads of Leviathan. You set it as food for desert creatures.

We praise you, God! We praise you your presence draws near as we declare your wonderful deeds.

But as for me, I will declare forever, singing praise to the God of Jacob.

Even human anger praises you; you will wear the survivors of your wrath as an ornament.

As I meditate on all your works, I will consider your awesome deeds.

He caused the rocks to split in the wilderness, and gave them water as from an abundant sea.

He caused meat to rain on them like dust and winged birds as the sand of the sea.

He led them to safety so they would not fear. As for their enemies, the sea covered them.

They fell away and were as disloyal as their ancestors. They became unreliable, like a defective bow;

The LORD awoke as though from sleep, like a mighty warrior stimulated by wine.

He built his sanctuary, high as the heavens, like the earth that he established forever.

to give the corpses of your servants as food for the birds of the skies and the flesh of your godly ones to the beasts of the earth;

You fed them tears as their food, and caused them to drink a full measure of tears.

However, as all human beings do, you will die, and like other rulers, you will fall.'

They say, "Let us go and erase them as a nation so the name of Israel will not be remembered anymore."

Deal with them as you did to Midian, Sisera, and Jabin at the Kishon Brook.

They were destroyed at En-dor and became as dung on the ground.

The LORD will record, as he registers the nations, "This one was born there." Interlude