The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.

Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.

They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.

When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him." For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar. For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, "David has come to Abimelech's house."

Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back his people from captivity, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, "Isn't David hiding himself among us?"

They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.

Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.

He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.

He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number,

Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.

It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron's beard; that came down on the edge of his robes;