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

For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.

I lie down and sleep, I wake up, because the LORD 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 I, because of the abundance of your gracious love, may come into your house. In awe of you, I will worship in your holy Temple.

LORD, lead me in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your path straight before me.

Declare them guilty, God! Let them fall by their own schemes. Drive them away because of their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

But let all who take refuge and put their trust in You rejoice,
Let them ever sing for joy;
Because You cover and shelter them,
Let those who love Your name be joyful and exult in You.

Be gracious to me, LORD, because I am fading away. Heal me, because my body is distressed.

Return, LORD, save my life! Deliver me, because of your gracious love.

My eyesight has faded because of grief, it has dimmed because of all my enemies.

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.

Get up, LORD, in your anger! Rise up, because of the fury of my enemies; Arouse yourself for me; you have ordained justice.

The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

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

And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.

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,

So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.

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 violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the Lord. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire."

Then my enemy will say, "I have defeated him!" Then my foes will rejoice because I am upended.

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 seized with terror, because God is with those who are righteous.

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

I constantly trust in the Lord; because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended.

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.

I call on You, God,
because You will answer me;
listen closely to me; hear what I say.

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

The earth heaved and shook; the roots of the mountains trembled; they heaved because he was angry.

Then the channels of the sea could be seen, and the foundations of the earth were uncovered because of your rebuke, LORD, because of the blast from the breath of your nostrils.

He delivered me from my strong enemies, from those who hated me because they were stronger than I.

He brought me out into a wide open place; he delivered me because he was pleased with me.

The LORD will reward me because I am righteous; because my hands are clean he will restore me;

because I have kept the ways of the LORD, and I have not wickedly departed from my God;

because all his judgments were always before me, and I did not cast off his statutes.

So the LORD restored me according to my righteousness, because my hands were clean in his sight.

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

His glory is great because of Your victory;
Splendor and majesty You bestow upon him.

The king trusts in the LORD; because of the gracious love of the Most High, he will stand firm.

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.

“Commit yourself to the Lord; let Him deliver him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”

Do not be far from me, because distress is near
and there is no one to help.

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.

My praise in the great congregation is because of you; I will pay 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 through a valley of deep darkness, I will not be afraid 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 keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my wrongdoing: let your memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord, because of your righteousness.

Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.

My eyes look to the LORD continuously, because he's the one who releases my feet from the trap.

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

Preserve my life and deliver me; do not let me be ashamed, because I take refuge in you.

Integrity and justice will preserve me, because I wait on you.

Vindicate me, LORD, because I have walked in integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

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 Your way, O Lord,
And lead me on a level path
Because of my enemies [who lie in wait].

Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.

Because they have no regard for the works of the Lord
Nor the deeds of His hands,
He will tear them down and not rebuild them.

Blessed be the Lord,
Because He has heard the voice of my supplication.

I will give you praise and honour, O Lord, because through you I have been lifted up; you have not given my haters cause to be glad over me.

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

Because, my mountain crag and my stronghold, thou art, Therefore, for the sake of thine own Name, wilt thou lead me and guide me?

I will rejoice and be glad in Your steadfast love,
Because You have seen my affliction;
You have taken note of my life’s distresses,

Be gracious to me, Lord,
because I am in distress;
my eyes are worn out from angry sorrow—
my whole being as well.

For my life is spent with sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My strength has failed because of my iniquity,
And even my body has wasted away.

Because of all my adversaries, I have become a reproach,
Especially to my neighbors,
And an object of 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!

May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.

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 in Him our heart rejoices,
Because we trust [lean on, rely on, and are confident] in His holy name.

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

Do not worry because of evildoers,
Nor be envious toward wrongdoers;

Be still before the Lord; wait patiently for Him and entrust yourself to Him;
Do not fret (whine, agonize) because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

But the Lord laughs at him because he sees that his day is coming!

When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong,
Because the Lord is the One who holds his hand.

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

The Lord helps them and rescues them;
He rescues them from the wicked and saves them,
Because they take refuge 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 Your indignation;
There is no health in my bones because of my sin.

My wounds are loathsome and foul
Because of my foolishness.

I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.

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.