Rise up, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Yes, you will strike all my enemies on the jaw; you will break the teeth of the wicked.

Stand up angrily, Lord! Rise up with raging fury against my enemies! Wake up for my sake and execute the judgment you have decreed for them!

When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,

Rise up, Lord! Don't let men be defiant! May the nations be judged in your presence!

The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.

Rise up, Lord! O God, strike him down! Do not forget the oppressed!

I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.

Rise up, Lord! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!

I chase my enemies and catch them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out.

Yes, your servant finds moral guidance there; those who obey them receive a rich reward.

You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the Lord angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.

Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.

Rise up, O Lord, in strength! We will sing and praise your power!

My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up.

They are dividing up my clothes among themselves; they are rolling dice for my garments.

Who is allowed to ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may go up to his holy dwelling place?

Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter!

Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter!

A psalm -- a song used at the dedication of the temple; by David. I will praise you, O Lord, for you lifted me up, and did not allow my enemies to gloat over me.

O Lord, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave.

How great is your favor, which you store up for your loyal followers! In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter in you.

Then I confessed my sin; I no longer covered up my wrongdoing. I said, "I will confess my rebellious acts to the Lord." And then you forgave my sins. (Selah)

Do not be like an unintelligent horse or mule, which will not obey you unless they are controlled by a bridle and bit.

He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses.

Grab your small shield and large shield, and rise up to help me!

Rouse yourself, wake up and vindicate me! My God and Lord, defend my just cause!

for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin.

I can see the evildoers! They have fallen! They have been knocked down and are unable to get up!

For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants.

But evil men will die; the Lord's enemies will be incinerated -- they will go up in smoke.

Rely on the Lord! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men.

As for you, O Lord, have mercy on me and raise me up, so I can pay them back!"

I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me, "Where is your God?"

I will remember and weep! For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God, shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.

Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up! Do not reject us forever!

Rise up and help us! Rescue us because of your loyal love!

For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David's affair with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts!

Hide your face from my sins! Wipe away all my guilt!

Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!

Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

Awake, my soul! Awake, O stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up at dawn!

Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish! Let them know that God rules in Jacob and to the ends of the earth! (Selah)

From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to an inaccessible rocky summit!

For this reason I will praise you while I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.

But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who takes oaths in his name will boast, for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up.

I will offer up to you fattened animals as burnt sacrifices, along with the smell of sacrificial rams. I will offer cattle and goats. (Selah)

Kings leading armies run away -- they run away! The lovely lady of the house divides up the loot.

I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.

Don't let the current overpower me! Don't let the deep swallow me up! Don't let the pit devour me!

Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!

Therefore they have more than enough food to eat, and even suck up the water of the sea.

They are like a dream after one wakes up. O Lord, when you awake you will despise them.

Your enemies roar in the middle of your sanctuary; they set up their battle flags.

You broke open the spring and the stream; you dried up perpetually flowing rivers.

You set up all the boundaries of the earth; you created the cycle of summer and winter.

Rise up, O God! Defend your honor! Remember how fools insult you all day long!

For the Lord holds in his hand a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices, and pours it out. Surely all the wicked of the earth will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop."

Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind; the lightning bolts lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,

so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.

Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.

They did not keep their covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law.

When the Lord heard this, he was furious. A fire broke out against Jacob, and his anger flared up against Israel,

They were not yet filled up, their food was still in their mouths,

when the anger of God flared up against them. He killed some of the strongest of them; he brought the young men of Israel to their knees.

Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.

Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands.

Their priests fell by the sword, but their widows did not weep.

May you give support to the one you have chosen, to the one whom you raised up for yourself!

I said, 'Listen, my people! I will warn you! O Israel, if only you would obey me!

But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me.

If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands!

Rise up, O God, and execute judgment on the earth! For you own all the nations.

O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!

Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)

For I say, "Loyal love is permanently established; in the skies you set up your faithfulness."

Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said: "I have energized a warrior; I have raised up a young man from the people.

You bring their lives to an end and they "fall asleep." In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;

in the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up.

The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one's best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.

They will lift you up in their hands, so you will not slip and fall on a stone.

When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

Rise up, O judge of the earth! Pay back the proud!

Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

For he is our God; we are the people of his pasture, the sheep he owns. Today, if only you would obey him!

For forty years I was continually disgusted with that generation, and I said, 'These people desire to go astray; they do not obey my commands.'

Fire goes before him; on every side it burns up his enemies.

His lightning bolts light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.

because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away.

You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. For it is time to have mercy on her, for the appointed time has come.

to those who keep his covenant, who are careful to obey his commands.

Praise the Lord, you angels of his, you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees and obey his orders!

as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down -- to the place you appointed for them.

You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.

He spread out a cloud for a cover, and provided a fire to light up the night.

He opened up a rock and water flowed out; a river ran through dry regions.

so that they might keep his commands and obey his laws. Praise the Lord!