I laid down and slept. I awoke, for Jehovah kept me.

I am not afraid of ten thousands of people who have set against me all around.

I will lie down, both in peace and in sleep. For You alone, Jehovah, make me dwell in safety.

O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; if there is iniquity in my hands;

let the enemy persecute my soul and take it; yea, let him trample down my life on the earth and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; their foot is caught in the net which they hid.

He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den. He lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God! They acted corruptly; they have done abominable works, there is none who does good.

Jehovah looked down from Heaven on the sons of men, to see if there were any who understood and sought God.

I have called on You, for You will hear me, O God; bow down Your ear to me; hear my speech.

Arise, O Jehovah, disappoint him, bow him down; deliver my soul from the wicked by Your sword,

And He bowed the heavens and came down, and darkness was under His feet.

For You will save the afflicted people, but will bring down high looks.

As soon as they hear of Me, they shall obey Me; the sons of strangers shall bow down to Me.

They have bowed down and fallen; but we have risen and stand upright.

To the Chief Musician, on the deer of the dawn. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me, and are far from my deliverance, and from the words of my groaning?

All the fat ones on the earth shall eat and worship; all those who go down to the dust shall bow before Him; and none can keep alive his own soul.

They shall come, and shall declare His righteousness to a people that shall yet be born, that He has done this.

He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.

A Psalm of David. I will cry to You, O Jehovah; my Rock, do not be deaf to me, lest, if You be silent to me, I become like those who go down into the pit.

O Jehovah, You have brought up my soul from the grave; You have kept me alive, so that I should not go down to the Pit.

What profit is in my blood, in going down to the pit? Shall the dust praise You? Shall it tell of Your truth?

Bow down Your ear to me; deliver me quickly; be my strong rock, a fortress to save me.

Praise Jehovah with lyre; sing to Him with a harp of ten strings.

For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood.

Jehovah looks down from Heaven; He beholds all the sons of mankind.

As a friend, as to my brother, I walked; as one who mourns for a mother, I was bowed down, mourning.

There the evil-doers have fallen; they are cast down, and cannot rise.

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who walk uprightly.

Though he fall, he shall not be cast down; for Jehovah upholds his hand.

I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

I was dumb, I did not open my mouth; because You have done it.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for Jehovah; and He bowed down to me, and heard my cry.

O Jehovah my God, many things You have done, Your wonderful works and Your thoughts which are toward us; they cannot be set in order to You; I will declare and speak, for they are more than can be numbered.

They say, A wicked thing is poured out on him, and he who lies down shall rise no more.

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and moan within me? Hope in God; for I shall praise Him for the salvation of His face.

O my God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore I will remember You from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermons, from mount Mizar.

Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why do you moan within me? Hope in God; for I still praise Him, the salvation of my face, and my God.

Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why do you moan within me? Hope in God; for I still praise Him, the salvation of my face, and my God.

For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly holds fast to the earth.

Listen, O daughter, and look; and bow down your ear; and forget your own people and your father's house.

I will bow down my ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying on the harp.

for when he dies he shall take nothing away; his glory shall not go down after him.

A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, Jehovah, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to its going down.

These things you have done, and I have kept silence; you thought that I was like yourself, but I will rebuke you, and set in order before your eyes.

Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done evil in Your sight; that You might be justified when You speak, and be clear when You judge.

I will praise You forever, because You have done it; and I will wait on Your name; for it is good before Your saints.

God looked down from Heaven on the sons of mankind to see if any was discerning, who was seeking God.

Let desolation take hold on them, and let them go down alive into hell; for evils are among them in their dwellings.

But You, O God, will bring them down into the pit of ruin; bloody and deceitful men shall not live half their days; but I will trust in You.

To the Chief Musician. Concerning the silent dove, those far off. Of David, a secret treasure, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; fighting daily, he presses me down.

Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me, they have fallen into it. Selah.

Wake up, my soul! Wake up, harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn.

Do not kill them, lest my people forget; scatter them by Your power and bring them down, O Jehovah our shield.

Let them wander up and down for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.

Surely they have plotted to cast him down from his great height; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse in their heart. Selah.

Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for my soul.

Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, the herd of bulls, with the calves of the peoples, trampling down with the pieces of silver. He scatters the people who delight in war.

Deliver me in Your righteousness, and cause me to escape; bow down Your ear to me, and save me.

And Your righteousness, O God, is very high, who have done great things. O God, who is like You,

He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.

Yes, all kings shall fall down before Him; all nations shall serve Him.

Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down into ruin.

Lift up Your feet to the never-ending ruins, even all that the enemy has done wickedly in the sanctuary.

And now all its carvings too, they break down with axes and hammers.

But God is the judge; He puts down one and sets up another.

An instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law; bow down your ears to the words of my mouth.

We will not hide them from their sons, showing to the generations to come the praises of Jehovah, and His strength, and His wonderful works that He has done.

He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

and had rained down manna on them to eat, and He gave them of the grain of the heavens.

the wrath of God came on them and killed the fattest of them, and struck down the chosen of Israel.

Why have You broken down its hedges, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?

Return, we beg You, O God of Hosts; look down from Heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,

It is burned with fire, and cut down; they perish at the rebuke of Your holy face.

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from Heaven.

A Prayer of David. Bow down Your ear, O Jehovah, hear me; for I am poor and needy.

Let my prayer come before You; bow down Your ear to my cry.

I am counted with those who go down to the Pit; I am like a feeble man;

And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague those who hate him.

You have broken down all his hedges; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

You have made his glory to cease, and have thrown his throne down to the ground.

In the morning it sprouts and shoots up; in the evening it is cut down, and dries up.

The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by strength they are fourscore years, yet their pride is labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; it shall not come near you.

on the ten strings, and on the harp, with sounding music on the lyre.

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before Jehovah our maker.

All those who serve graven images are ashamed, those who boast themselves in idols; all gods bow down before Him.

A Psalm. O sing to Jehovah a new song; for He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have saved for Him.

Hide not Your face from me in the day when I am in trouble; bow down Your ear to me; in the day I call, answer me quickly.

because of Your anger and Your wrath; for You have lifted me up and cast me down.

For He has looked down from the height of His sanctuary; from Heaven Jehovah beheld the earth;

Jehovah works righteousness and judgment for all who are pressed down.

They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys to the place which You have founded for them.

He appointed the moon for seasons; the sun knows its going down.

The sun rises; they are gathered, and go to their dens to lie down.

Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,

We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

They forgot God their Deliverer, who had done great things in Egypt;

and He humbled their heart with labor; they fell down, and none was helping.