I will not be intimidated or afraid of the ten thousands
Who have set themselves against me all around.

Let the assembly of the nations be gathered around You,
And return on high over them.

His ways prosper at all times;
Your judgments [Lord] are on high, out of his sight [so he never thinks about them];
As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

The wicked strut about [in pompous self-importance] on every side,
As vileness is exalted and baseness is prized among the sons of men.

He made darkness His hiding place (covering); His pavilion (canopy) around Him,
The darkness of the waters, the thick clouds of the skies.

I will wash my hands in innocence,
And I will go about Your altar, O Lord,

And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,
In His tent I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
But he who trusts in and relies on the Lord shall be surrounded with compassion and lovingkindness.

I am bent over and greatly bowed down;
I go about mourning all day long.

For innumerable evils have encompassed me;
My sins have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see.
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.

All who hate me whisper together about me;
Against me they devise my hurt [imagining the worst for me], saying,

You have made us the reproach and taunt of our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to those around us.

Walk about Zion, go all around her;
Count her towers,

May our God come and not keep silent;
Fire devours before Him,
And around Him a mighty tempest rages.

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

Day and night they go around her walls;
Wickedness and mischief are in her midst.

They return at evening, they howl and snarl like dogs,
And go [prowling] around the city.

They return at evening, they howl and snarl like dogs,
And go [prowling] around the city.

They who sit in the [city’s] gate talk about me and mock me,
And I am the song of the drunkards.

For they have persecuted him whom You have struck,
And they tell of the pain of those whom You have pierced and wounded.

Therefore pride is their necklace;
Violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe].

Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them;
Let all who are around Him bring gifts to Him who is to be feared [with awe-inspired reverence].

And He let them fall in the midst of their camp,
Around their tents.

They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem,
And there was no one to bury them.

We have become an object of taunting to our neighbors [because of our humiliation],
A derision and mockery to those who encircle us.

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 like You, O mighty Lord?
Your faithfulness surrounds You [as an intrinsic, unchangeable part of Your very being].

Clouds and thick darkness surround Him [as at Sinai];
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

Fire goes before Him
And burns up His adversaries on all sides.

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And have fought against me without a cause.

All nations encompassed me;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.

They encompassed me, yes, they surrounded me [on every side];
In the name of the Lord I will cut them off.

They swarmed around me like bees;
They flare up and are extinguished like a fire of thorns;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.

This [day in which God has saved me] is the day which the Lord has made;
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
So the Lord surrounds His people
From this time forth and forever.

Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
Within the innermost part of your house;
Your children will be like olive plants
Around your table.

If I say, “Surely the darkness will cover me,
And the night will be the only light around me,”