As for the ungodly, it is not so with them: but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth.

'Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'

Ask from me and I will make [the] nations your heritage, and your possession [the] ends of [the] earth.

Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him. A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son.

A Psalm of David, in his fleeing from the face of Absalom his son. Jehovah, how have my distresses multiplied! Many are rising up against me.

Many [are] saying about my soul, "There is no deliverance for him from God. Selah

My voice is unto Jehovah: I call: And He answereth me from his holy hill, Selah.

I am not afraid of the multitude of people who attack me from all directions.

Deliverance comes from the LORD! May your blessing be on your people. Interlude To the Director: With stringed instruments. A Davidic Psalm

Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.

Thou hast given joy in my heart, From the time their corn and their wine Have been multiplied.

Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall from their own counsels, In the abundance of their transgressions Drive them away, Because they have rebelled against Thee.

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

Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries,

Turn from me all ye workers of iniquity, For Jehovah heard the voice of my weeping,

'The Erring One,' by David, that he sung to Jehovah concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah, my God, in Thee I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me.

So that my enemy will not tear me like a lion,
Dragging me away while there is no one to rescue [me].

If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

My defense is from God, who saveth the upright in heart.

If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.

From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

For You have made him lack a little from God, and have crowned him with glory and honor.

In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.

For you defended my just cause; from your throne you pronounced a just decision.

Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,

For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

His ways endure at all times. Your judgments are aloof from him. [As for] all his enemies, he scoffs at them.

He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.

He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

Yahweh [is] king forever and ever; the nations have perished from his land.

to render judgment [for the] fatherless and [the] oppressed [so that] a [mere] mortal from the earth will no longer cause terror.

For look: The wicked {string the bow}. They have fitted their arrow to [the] string, to shoot from [the] darkness at the upright of heart.

To the Overseer, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

The words of the LORD are pure words: even as the silver, which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire.

Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? -- for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me?

How long, O Jehovah, wilt thou wholly forget me? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one -- seeking God.

Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When Jehovah doth turn back To a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth from his heart.

[Oh my soul] you have said to Yahweh, "You [are] my Lord. I have no good apart from you."

Their sorrows will be increased who go after another god: I will not take drink offerings from their hands, or take their names on my lips.

I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night.

I set Jehovah before me always: for from my right hand I shall not be moved.

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

From before thee my judgment doth go out; Thine eyes do see uprightly.

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.

Separate wonderfully Thy kindness, O Saviour of the confiding, By Thy right hand, from withstanders.

From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.

Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,

From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion is in life, And with Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied with sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form. For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said,

To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: -- I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

The 'Praised One' I call Jehovah, And from my enemies I am saved.

In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I cry. He heareth from His temple my voice, And My cry before Him cometh into His ears.

Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it.

From the brightness over-against Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire.

And Yahweh thundered from the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice [with] hail and coals of fire.

And seen are the streams of waters, And revealed are foundations of the earth. From Thy rebuke, O Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of Thine anger.

He sendeth from above -- He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.

He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

For all His judgments are before me, And His statutes I turn not from me.

And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.

With your help I will run through an army, with help from my God I leap over walls.

For who [is] God apart from Yahweh, and who [is] a rock except our God?

You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.

Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.

From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.

[The] children of a foreign land {lost heart}, and they came trembling from their strongholds.

My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me.

There is no speech, nor are there [spoken] words [from the stars];
Their voice is not heard.

And he, as a bridegroom, goeth out from his covering, He rejoiceth as a mighty one To run the path.

From the end of the heavens is his going out, And his revolution is unto their ends, And nothing is hid from his heat.

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

Errors! who doth understand? From hidden ones declare me innocent,

Also -- from presumptuous ones keep back Thy servant, Let them not rule over me, Then am I perfect, And declared innocent of much transgression,

He doth send thy help from the sanctuary, And from Zion doth support thee,

Now I have known That Jehovah hath saved His anointed, He answereth him from His holy heavens, With the saving might of His right hand.

Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever.

Their fruit from earth Thou destroyest, And their seed from the sons of men.

To the Overseer, on 'The Hind of the Morning.' -- A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring?

For thou art He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother.

On Thee I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of my mother Thou art my God.

Be not far from me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper.

But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

Deliver from the sword my soul, From the paw of a dog mine only one.

Save me from the mouth of a lion: -- And -- from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!

For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.

From you [is] my praise. In [the] great assembly, I will pay my vows before those who revere him.

He beareth away a blessing from Jehovah, Righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Remember Thy mercies, O Jehovah, And Thy kindnesses, for from the age are they.

Mine eyes are continually unto Jehovah, For He bringeth out from a net my feet.

The distresses of my heart have enlarged themselves, From my distresses bring me out.

Redeem Israel, O God, from all his distresses!

For, thy lovingkindness, hath been before mine eyes, and I have walked to and fro in thy faithfulness;

I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;