Ye sons of men, till when is my glory to be put to shame? How long will ye love vanity, will ye seek after a lie? Selah.

Let the enemy pursue after my soul, and take it, and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another: their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, and I will not take up their names into my lips.

One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire of him in his temple.

Give them according to their doing, and according to the wickedness of their deeds; give them after the work of their hands, render to them their desert.

Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek after my life; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that devise my hurt:

And they that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;

{To the chief Musician. An instruction; of the sons of Korah.} As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever,their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.

This their way is their folly, yet they that come after them delight in their sayings. Selah.

For when he dieth, he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.} Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

For strangers are risen up against me, and the violent seek after my life: they have not set God before them. Selah.

My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets.

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;

Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.

And they did eat, and were well filled; for that they lusted after, he brought to them.

When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after God;

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' stubbornness: they walked after their own counsels.

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assembly of the violent seek after my soul, and they have not set thee before them.

The young lions roar after the prey, and to seek their food from God.

Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek.

My soul breaketh for longing after thy judgments at all times.

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

They have drawn nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul, as a parched land, thirsteth after thee. Selah.

That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace: