Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

Give sincere homage! Otherwise he will be angry, and you will die because of your behavior, when his anger quickly ignites. How blessed are all who take shelter in him!

I lay down and slept; I woke up because Yahweh sustains me.

Rise, O Jehovah! save me, my God. Because Thou hast smitten All mine enemies on the cheek. The teeth of the wicked Thou hast broken.

I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you only, Lord, keep me safe.

But as for me, because of your great faithfulness I will enter your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple as I worship you.

O Jehovah, lead me in Thy righteousness, Because of those observing me, Make straight before me Thy way,

Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall from their own counsels, In the abundance of their transgressions Drive them away, Because they have rebelled against Thee.

But let all who take shelter in you rejoice. Let them ever sing for joy, {because} you spread protection over them; And let those [who] love your name exult in you.

Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, because I am feeble. Heal me, O Yahweh, for my bones are terrified.

Turn, Lord! Rescue me;
save me because of Your faithful love.

Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries,

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.

Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

The Lord judges the nations. Vindicate me, Lord, because I am innocent, because I am blameless, O Exalted One!

From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

When my enemies turn back, they will stumble and perish because of your presence.

Those who know Your name trust in You
because You have not abandoned
those who seek You, Yahweh.

Be gracious to me, LORD, take note of my affliction, because of those who hate me. You snatch me away from the gates of death,

Then I will tell about all your praiseworthy acts; in the gates of Daughter Zion I will rejoice because of your deliverance."

Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

He says to himself, "I will never be upended, because I experience no calamity."

So he is oppressed and beaten down;
the helpless fall because of his strength.

Lord, you have heard the request of the oppressed; you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer.

Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety him who doth breathe for it.

[and] lest my enemy should say, "I have overcome him," [lest] my enemies rejoice because I am shaken.

But I trust in your faithfulness. May I rejoice because of your deliverance!

I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

There {they are very fearful} because God [is] with [the] generation of [the] righteous.

The counsel of the poor ye cause to stink, Because Jehovah is his refuge.

I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because -- at my right hand I am not moved.

Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.

Because of men's works that are done against the words of thy lips, I have kept me from the ways of the destroyer.

Because my steps have held fast to your paths, my footsteps have not faltered.

As for me, I have called on you because you will answer me, O God. Incline your ear to me. Hear my words.

As for me, because I am innocent I will see your face; when I awake you will reveal yourself to me.

And shake and tremble doth the earth, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake -- because He hath wrath.

Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from [those who] hated me because they were stronger than I.

And He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, because He delighted in me.

The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.

Because I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not acted wickedly against my God,

because all his ordinances [are] before me, and his statutes I have not removed from me,

Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.

Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.

His honor [is] great because of your help. Splendor and majesty you have bestowed upon him.

Because the king trusts Yahweh, and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved.

Rise up, LORD, because you are strong; we will sing and praise your power. To the Director: To the tune of "Doe of the Dawn".A Davidic Psalm.

"{He trusts Yahweh}. Let him rescue him. Let him deliver him because he delights in him."

Do not be far from me because trouble [is] near; because there is no helper.

Because dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has encircled me. Like the lion [they are at] my hands and my feet.

because he has not despised nor abhorred [the] affliction of [the] afflicted, and has not hid his face from him; but he listened to him when he cried for help.

I will give praise in the great congregation
because of You;
I will fulfill my vows
before those who fear You.

Because the kingship belongs to Yahweh, and [he] rules over the nations.

They will come and make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this.

Even when I walk in a dark valley, I fear no evil because you [are] with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me

because he has founded it on [the] seas, and has established it on [the] rivers.

Cause me to walk in your truth and teach me, because you [are] the God of my salvation. I await you {all day long}.

Remember your compassion, O Yahweh, and your acts of loyal love, because they [are] from of old.

Do not remember the sins of my youth
or my acts of rebellion;
in keeping with Your faithful love, remember me
because of Your goodness, Lord.

Also, for the sake of your name, O Yahweh, forgive my sin, because it [is] great.

My eyes [are] continually toward Yahweh, because he will take my feet from [the] net.

Turn to me and have mercy on me because I [am] lonely and afflicted.

Protect my life and deliver me. Let me not be put to shame, because I take shelter in you.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for you.

Judge me, O Yahweh, because I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted Yahweh and not wavered.

Because your loyal love [is] before my eyes, and I walk about in your faithfulness.

Because he will hide me in his shelter in [the] day of trouble. He will conceal me in the hiding place of his tent. He will set me high upon a rock.

And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord.

Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.

Do not give me over to the desire of my enemies, because false witnesses have arisen against me, and [each] breathing out violence.

Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

I will exalt you, O Yahweh, because you have drawn me up, and have not made my enemies rejoice over me.

In you, LORD, I have taken refuge. Let me never be ashamed. Because you are righteous, deliver me!

For You are my rock and my fortress;
You lead and guide me
because of Your name.

I will exult and rejoice in your loyal love. Because you have seen my misery, you know the distresses of my life.

Be gracious [to] me, O Yahweh, because I have distress. My eye wastes away because of vexation, [along with] my soul and my {body}.

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

Because of all my adversaries I have become a disgrace, especially to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances. [Those who] see me in the street flee from me.

For I have heard the slander of many; fear is on every side; because of their plottings together against me, they planned to take away my life.

Smile on your servant! Deliver me because of your faithfulness!

Blessed [is] Yahweh, because he has worked marvelously his loyal love to me in a besieged city.

When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.

You godly ones, shout for joy because of the Lord! It is appropriate for the morally upright to offer him praise.

because he spoke and it came to be, because he commanded, it stood firm.

For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

Then I will rejoice in the Lord and be happy because of his deliverance.

{A Psalm of David.} Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

The Lord laughs at him
because He sees that his day is coming.

Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed,
because the Lord holds his hand.

Give attention to the good man, and take note of the upright; because the end of that man is peace.

And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

because your arrows have sunk deep into me, and your hand has come down hard on me.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

I am faint and crushed greatly; I groan because of the roaring of my heart.

Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.

Because for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God.