I lie down and sleep, I wake up, because the LORD sustains me.

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.

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.

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,

"Because the poor are being oppressed, because the needy are sighing, I will now arise," says the LORD, "I will establish in safety those who yearn for it."

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

I have set the LORD before me continuously; because he stands at my right hand, I will stand firm.

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

The world shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains quaked, they shook 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.

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.

His glory is great because of your deliverance, you have given him honor and majesty.

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.

My praise in the great congregation is because of you; I will pay my vows before those who fear you.

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.

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

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.

Teach me your way, LORD, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.

Because they do not understand the deeds of the LORD or the work of his hands, He will tear them down and never build them up.

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

My life is consumed by sorrow, my years with groaning. My strength has faltered because of my iniquity; my bones have been consumed.

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

Indeed, our heart will rejoice in him, because we have placed our trust in his holy name.

Don't be angry because of those who do evil, do not be jealous because of those who commit iniquity.

Be silent in the LORD's presence and wait patiently for him. Don't be angry because of the one whose way prospers or the one who implements evil schemes.

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

The LORD helps and delivers them; he will deliver them from the wicked, and he will save them because they have sought refuge in him. A Davidic Psalm: As a Reminder.

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

My wounds have putrefied and festered because of my foolishness.

I am weak and utterly crushed; I cry out in distress because of my heart's anguish.

Because I have placed my hope in you, LORD, you will answer, Lord, my God.

They reward my good with evil, opposing me because I seek to do good.

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I will praise him once again, since his presence saves me and he is my God. To the Director: An instruction of the Sons of Korah.

It was not with their sword that they inherited the land, nor did their own arm deliver them. But it was by your power, your strength, and by the light of your face; because you were pleased with them.

because of the voice of the one who mocks and reviles, because of the enemy and the avenger.

and the king will greatly desire your beauty. Because he is your lord, you should bow in respect before him.

Mount Zion will be glad; the towns of Judah will rejoice because of your judgments.

I do not rebuke you because of your sacrifices; indeed, your burnt offerings are continuously before me.

These things you did, and I kept silent, because you assumed that I was like you. But now I am going to rebuke you, and I will set forth my case before your very own eyes."

Therefore I will praise you forever because of what you did; I will proclaim that your name is good in the midst of your faithful ones. To the Director: Upon . A Davidic instruction.

With a free will offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, LORD, because it is good,

because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the wicked. They bring down evil upon me, and in anger they hate me.

Confound them, Lord, and confuse their speech, because I have seen violence and strife in the city.

God, who is enthroned from long ago, will hear me and humble them. Interlude Because they do not repent, they do not fear God.

Have mercy on me, God, because men have harassed me. Those who oppress me have fought against me all day long.

Cast them away because of their wickedness. In wrath, God, cast down these people!

My enemies will retreat when I call on you. This has been my experience, because God is with me.

Look, they lie in ambush for my life; these violent men gather together against me, but not because of any transgression or sin of mine, LORD.

You made the earth quake; you broke it open. Repair its fractures, because it has shifted.

Also to you, Lord, belongs gracious love, because you reward each person according to what he does. A Davidic Psalm, while he was in the Judean wilderness.

Because your gracious love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you.

But as for the king, he will rejoice in God. Indeed, everyone who swears by God will exult, because the mouths of liars will be silenced. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

The righteous rejoiced in the LORD, because they had fled to him for refuge. Let all the upright in heart exult. To the Director: A song. Lyrics by David.

Those living at the furthest ends of the earth are seized by fear because of your miraculous deeds. You make the going forth of the morning and the evening shout for joy.

Say to God: "How awesome are your works! Because of your great strength your enemies cringe before you."

Let the nations rejoice and sing for joy, because you judge people with fairness and you govern the people of the earth. Interlude

Because of your Temple in Jerusalem, kings bring tribute to you.

Deliver me, God, because the waters are up to my neck.

Do not let those who look up to you be ashamed because of me, Lord God of the Heavenly Armies. Let not those who seek you be humiliated because of me, God of Israel.

I am being mocked because of you. Dishonor overwhelms me.

and do not ignore your servant, because I am in distress. Hurry to answer me!

Draw near and redeem me; ransom me because of my enemies.

May those who say "Aha! Aha!" be turned back because of their shameful deeds.

Rescue and deliver me, because you are righteous. Turn your ear to me and save me.

and say, "God has abandoned him. Run after him and seize him, because there's no deliverer."

I also will praise you with the harp; because of your faithfulness, my God, I will praise you with the lyre Holy One of Israel.

because they didn't believe in God and didn't trust in his deliverance.

So they ate and were very satisfied, because he granted their desire.

because it is a statute in Israel, an ordinance by the God of Jacob,

Your servant rejoices, because, Lord, I set my hope on you.

I will not dishonor my covenant, because I will not change what I have spoken.

Who can know the intensity of your anger? Because our fear of you matches your wrath,

"LORD, you are my refuge!" Because you chose the Most High as your dwelling place,

Because he has focused his love on me, I will deliver him. I will protect him because he knows my name.

Because you made me glad with your awesome deeds, LORD, I will sing for joy at the works of your hands.

He will repay them for their sin; he will annihilate them because of their evil. The LORD our God will annihilate them.

in the LORD's presence, because he is coming; indeed, he will come to judge the earth. He will judge the world fairly and its people reliably.

Because of the sound of my sighing, my bones cling to my skin.

because of your indignation and wrath, when you lifted and threw me away.

The Egyptians rejoiced when they left, because fear of Israel descended on them.

Therefore, they became unclean because of what they did; they have acted like whores by their evil deeds.

because they had rebelled against the command of God, despising the advice of the Most High.

Because of their rebellious ways, fools suffered for their iniquities.

Give us help against the enemy, because human help is useless.

Now you, LORD my God, defend me for your name's sake; because your gracious love is good, deliver me!

I love the LORD because he has heard my prayer for mercy;

I will praise you because you have answered me and have become my deliverer.