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“Let us tear off their chains
and free ourselves from their restraints.”

For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic psalm.Answer me when I call,
God, who vindicates me.
You freed me from affliction;
be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

I am weary from my groaning;
with my tears I dampen my pillow
and drench my bed every night.

My eyes are swollen from grief;
they grow old because of all my enemies.

Depart from me, all evildoers,
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.

A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite.Yahweh my God, I seek refuge in You;
save me from all my pursuers and rescue me

Be gracious to me, Lord;
consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.
Lift me up from the gates of death,

He says to himself, “I will never be moved—
from generation to generation without calamity.”

For look, the wicked string the bow;
they put the arrow on the bowstring
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

For the choir director: according to Sheminith. A Davidic psalm.Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains;
the loyal have disappeared from the human race.

You, Lord, will guard us;
You will protect us from this generation forever.

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Lord, how long will You forget me?
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?

The Lord looks down from heaven on the human race
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.

Oh, that Israel’s deliverance would come from Zion!
When the Lord restores the fortunes of His people,
Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.

A Davidic prayer.Lord, hear a just cause;
pay attention to my cry;
listen to my prayer—
from lips free of deceit.

Let my vindication come from You,
for You see what is right.

Display the wonders of Your faithful love,
Savior of all who seek refuge
from those who rebel against Your right hand.

from the wicked who treat me violently,
my deadly enemies who surround me.

Rise up, Lord!
Confront him; bring him down.
With Your sword, save me from the wicked.

With Your hand, Lord, save me from men,
from men of the world
whose portion is in this life:
You fill their bellies with what You have in store;
their sons are satisfied,
and they leave their surplus to their children.

I called to the Lord in my distress,
and I cried to my God for help.
From His temple He heard my voice,
and my cry to Him reached His ears.

Smoke rose from His nostrils,
and consuming fire came from His mouth;
coals were set ablaze by it.

From the radiance of His presence,
His clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.

The Lord thundered from heaven;
the Most High projected His voice.

He reached down from heaven
and took hold of me;
He pulled me out of deep waters.

He rescued me from my powerful enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too strong for me.

For I have kept the ways of the Lord
and have not turned from my God to wickedness.

I was blameless toward Him
and kept myself from sinning.

You have freed me from the feuds among the people;
You have appointed me the head of nations;
a people I had not known serve me.

It is like a groom coming from the bridal chamber;
it rejoices like an athlete running a course.

It rises from one end of the heavens
and circles to their other end;
nothing is hidden from its heat.

They are more desirable than gold—
than an abundance of pure gold;
and sweeter than honey,
which comes from the honeycomb.

Moreover, keep Your servant from willful sins;
do not let them rule over me.
Then I will be innocent
and cleansed from blatant rebellion.

May He send you help from the sanctuary
and sustain you from Zion.

Now I know that the Lord gives victory to His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven
with mighty victories from His right hand.

You will wipe their descendants from the earth
and their offspring from the human race.

For the choir director: according to “The Deer of the Dawn.” A Davidic psalm.My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Why are You so far from my deliverance
and from my words of groaning?

I was given over to You at birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

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

Deliver my life from the sword,
my only life from the power of these dogs.

Save me from the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued me
from the horns of the wild oxen.

For He has not despised or detested
the torment of the afflicted.
He did not hide His face from him
but listened when he cried to Him for help.

He will receive blessing from the Lord,
and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Remember, Lord, Your compassion
and Your faithful love,
for they have existed from antiquity.

God, redeem Israel, from all its distresses.

Do not hide Your face from me;
do not turn Your servant away in anger.
You have been my helper;
do not leave me or abandon me,
God of my salvation.

Lord, You brought me up from Sheol;
You spared me from among those
going down to the Pit.

Lord, I called to You;
I sought favor from my Lord:

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

I am ridiculed by all my adversaries
and even by my neighbors.
I am dreaded by my acquaintances;
those who see me in the street run from me.

You hide them in the protection of Your presence;
You conceal them in a shelter
from the schemes of men,
from quarrelsome tongues.

In my alarm I had said,
“I am cut off from Your sight.”
But You heard the sound of my pleading
when I cried to You for help.

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle
from my groaning all day long.

Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones;
praise from the upright is beautiful.

He gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth
from His dwelling place.

Lord, how long will You look on?
Rescue my life from their ravages,
my only one from the young lions.

You saw it, Lord; do not be silent.
Lord, do not be far from me.

They are filled from the abundance of Your house;
You let them drink from Your refreshing stream,

Refrain from anger and give up your rage;
do not be agitated—it can only bring harm.

The Lord helps and delivers them;
He will deliver them from the wicked and will save them
because they take refuge in Him.

Lord, do not abandon me;
my God, do not be far from me.

I was speechless and quiet;
I kept silent, even from speaking good,
and my pain intensified.

Deliver me from all my transgressions;
do not make me the taunt of fools.

I did not hide Your righteousness in my heart;
I spoke about Your faithfulness and salvation;
I did not conceal Your constant love and truth
from the great assembly.

Lord, do not withhold Your compassion from me;
Your constant love and truth will always guard me.

“Lethal poison has been poured into him,
and he won’t rise again from where he lies!”

I am deeply depressed;
therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan
and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.