But as for me, I will enter Your house through the abundance of Your steadfast love and tender mercy;
At Your holy temple I will bow [obediently] in reverence for You.

You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,

His mouth is full of curses and deceit (fraud) and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness [injustice and sin].

He bowed the heavens also and came down;
And thick darkness was under His feet.

You enlarge the path beneath me and make my steps secure,
So that my feet will not slip.

I shattered them so that they were not able to rise;
They fell [wounded] under my feet.

For You have encircled me with strength for the battle;
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

The God who avenges me,
And subdues peoples (nations) under me.

How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
The children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

The sword [of the ungodly] will enter their own heart,
And their bow will be broken.

Through You we will gore our enemies [like a bull];
Through Your name we will trample down those who rise up against us.

Your arrows are sharp;
The peoples (nations) fall under You;
Your arrows pierce the hearts of the King’s enemies.

With gladness and rejoicing will they be led;
They will enter into the King’s palace.

He subdues peoples under us
And nations under our feet.

“I would wander far away,
I would lodge in the [peace of the] wilderness. Selah.

Before your cooking pots can feel the fire of thorns [burning under them as fuel],
He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike.

Do not kill them, or my people will forget;
Scatter them and make them wander [endlessly] back and forth by Your power, and bring them down,
O Lord our shield!

They wander around for food [to devour]
And growl all night if they are not satisfied.

To You belongs silence [the submissive wonder of reverence], and [it bursts into] praise in Zion, O God;
And to You the vow shall be performed.

I cried aloud to Him;
He was highly praised with my tongue.

The earth trembled;
The heavens also poured down rain at the presence of God;
Sinai itself trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

I am as a wonder to many,
For You are my strong refuge.

You have defined and established all the borders of the earth [the divisions of land and sea and of the nations];
You have made summer and winter.

Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who became like dung for the earth.

The Lord loves the gates of Zion
More than all the dwellings of Jacob (Israel).

Let my prayer come before You and enter into Your presence;
Incline Your ear to my cry!

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].

He will cover you and completely protect you with His pinions,
And under His wings you will find refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.

Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which frames and devises mischief by decree [under the sacred name of law]?

“Therefore I swore [an oath] in My wrath,
‘They absolutely shall not enter My rest [the land of promise].’”

Enter His gates with a song of thanksgiving
And His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, bless and praise His name.

There is the sea, great and broad,
In which are swarms without number,
Creatures both small and great.

Their enemies also oppressed them,
And they were subdued under the [powerful] hand of their enemies.

He pours contempt on princes
And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.

Open to me the [temple] gates of righteousness;
I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the Lord.

This is the gate of the Lord;
The righteous will enter through it.

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord;
We have blessed you from the house of the Lord [you who come into His sanctuary under His guardianship].

With all my heart I have sought You, [inquiring of You and longing for You];
Do not let me wander from Your commandments [neither through ignorance nor by willful disobedience].

You rebuke the presumptuous and arrogant, the cursed ones,
Who wander from Your commandments.

“I absolutely will not enter my house,
Nor get into my bed—

I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent’s;
Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.

And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.

My [steadfast] lovingkindness and my fortress,
My high tower and my rescuer,
My shield and He in whom I take refuge,
Who subdues my people under me.