"Let us tear off their bonds, and cast their cords from us!"

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

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

[With] my voice I call to Yahweh and he answers me from {his holy hill}. Selah

Depart from me, all workers of evil, for Yahweh has heard the sound of my weeping.

O Yahweh, my God, in you I have taken refuge. Save me from all [who] pursue me, and deliver me.

From the mouth of children and infants you have founded strength on account of your enemies, to silence [the] enemy and [the] avenger.

Be gracious to me, O Yahweh. See my suffering from [those who] hate me, [you who] lift me up from the gates of death,

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

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.

Save, O Yahweh, for [the] pious have ceased [to be]; for [the] faithful have vanished from [among the] children of humankind.

You, O Yahweh, will protect them. You will preserve him from this generation always.

How long, O Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who cares about God.

{Oh that from Zion} [would come] salvation [for] Israel! When Yahweh returns the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be happy.

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

Let my vindication come forth from you; let your eyes see fairness.

As for [the] works of humankind, by the word of your lips, I have kept [from] the ways of [the] violent.

Show wondrously your acts of loyal love, O Savior of those who take refuge at your right hand from those who rise up against [them].

from [the] {presence} of [the] wicked who destroy me, [those] enemies against my life, [they that] surround me.

Rise up, O Yahweh, confront {him}. Make him bow down. Rescue with your sword my life from [the] wicked,

from men by your hand, O Yahweh, from men of [this] world. Their share [is] in {this life}, and you fill their stomach [with] your treasure. They are satisfied [with] children. They bequeath their excess to their children.

I called upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised, and I was saved from my enemies.

In my trouble I called on Yahweh, and to my God I cried for help. He heard my voice from his temple, and my cry for help came up before his presence into his ears.

Smoke went forth from his nose, and fire from his mouth consumed. Burning coals blazed from him.

From the brightness before him his clouds passed over [with] hail and coals of fire.

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

He reached from on high; he seized me. He drew me from many waters.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from [those who] hated me because they were stronger than I.

because all his ordinances [are] before me, and his statutes I have not removed from me,

and I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt.

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

You rescued me from strife with people; you set me as head (over) nations. People I did not know served me;

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

who delivered me from my enemies. Indeed, you exalted me higher than [those who] rose against me. You delivered me from the man of violence.

Its rising [is] from [one] end of the heavens and its circuit to the [other] end of them; and nothing [is] hidden from its heat.

Who can perceive [his] errors? Acquit me from hidden [faults].

Also, keep back your servant from arrogant [sins]; let them not rule over me. Then I shall be blameless, and I shall be innocent of great transgression.

May he send you help from [the] sanctuary, and from Zion may he sustain you.

Now I know that Yahweh will help his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven with the victorious power of his right hand.

He asked life from you; you gave [it] to him-- length of days forever and ever.

You will destroy their {offspring} from [the] earth, and their {descendants} from among [the] children of humankind.

My God, my God why have you forsaken me? [Why are you] far from helping me, [far from] the words of my groaning?

Yet [you] took me from [the] belly; you made me trust [while] on my mother's breasts.

On you I was cast from [the] womb. From my mother's belly you [have been] my God.

Do not be far from me because trouble [is] near; because there is no helper.

Rescue my life from [the] sword, my only [life] from [the] power of [the] dogs.

Save me from [the] mouth of [the] lion, and from [the] horns of [the] wild oxen answer me.

because he has not despised nor abhorred [the] affliction of [the] afflicted, and has not hid his face from him; but he listened to him when he cried for help.

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

He will receive blessing from Yahweh, and justice from the God of his salvation.

Remember your compassion, O Yahweh, and your acts of loyal love, because they [are] from of old.

My eyes [are] continually toward Yahweh, because he will take my feet from [the] net.

Remove the troubles of my heart; bring me out from my distresses.

O God, redeem Israel from all its troubles.

One [thing] I have asked from Yahweh; it I will seek: [that] I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to consider his temple.

Do not hide your face from me; do not turn your servant away in anger. You have been my help; do not abandon nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

O Yahweh, you have brought my life up from Sheol. You preserved me alive from among those going down to [the] pit.

Because of all my adversaries I have become a disgrace, especially to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances. [Those who] see me in the street flee from me.

My times [are] in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from [those who] pursue me.

You will hide them in the protection of your presence from [the] plots of man. You will hide them in a shelter from [the] strife of tongues.

As for me, I said in my alarm, "I am cut off from before your eyes." However you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to you for help.

You [are] my hiding place; from trouble you preserve me. [With] cries of deliverance you surround me. Selah

The plan of Yahweh stands firm forever, the intents of his heart {from one generation to the next}.

From heaven Yahweh looks; he sees all the children of humankind.

From his dwelling place he gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth,

to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.

I sought Yahweh and he answered me, and from all my terrors he delivered me.

This poor [man] called and Yahweh heard, and saved him from all his troubles.

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

Turn from evil and do good. Seek peace and pursue it.

The face of Yahweh [is] against evildoers, to cut off the remembrance of them from [the] earth.

They cry out and Yahweh hears and delivers them from all [of] their troubles.

All of my bones shall say, "O Yahweh, who [is] like you, who delivers [the] poor from [one] stronger than he and [the] poor and needy from [the one who] robs him?"

My Lord, how long will you watch? Restore my life from their ravages, my only [life] from [the] young lions.

You have seen, O Yahweh. Do not be deaf. O Lord, do not be far from me.

They are refreshed with the {fullness} of your house, and you give them drink [from] the river of your delights.

Refrain from anger and forsake wrath. Do not fret; [it] only brings evil.

Turn aside from evil and do good and [so] abide forever.

And [the] salvation of [the] righteous [is] from Yahweh, their refuge in [the] time of trouble.

And Yahweh helps them and he rescues them. He rescues them from [the] wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.

O Lord, all my longing is before you, and my sighing is not hidden from you.

My friends and companions stand aloof from my affliction, and my relatives stand afar off.

Do not forsake me, O Yahweh. O my God, do not be far from me.

I was mute [with] silence. I was silent [even] from [saying] good [things], and my pain was stirred up.

From all my transgressions deliver me; do not make me [the] taunt of [the] fool.

Remove from me your affliction. By the opposition of your hand I perish.

Look [away] from me that I may be cheerful, before I depart and I am no more.

And [so] he brought me up from [the] roaring pit, from the miry clay. And he put my feet upon a rock; he made my steps steady.

Your righteousness I have not hidden in the midst of my heart. I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loyal love or your faithfulness from [the] great congregation.

As for you, O Yahweh, do not withhold your mercies from me. Let your loyal love and your faithfulness continually preserve me.

Blessed [be] Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

O my God, within me my soul is {in despair}; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and the heights of Hermon, from the mountain of Mizar.

Judge me, O God, and plead my case against an unfaithful nation. From a man of deceit and wickedness rescue me,

Rather you have saved us from our enemies, and have humiliated those who hate us.

You have caused us to pull back from [the] enemy, and [so] those who hate us have plundered for themselves.

Our heart has not turned back, and our steps have [not] turned aside from your way.

You love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you from among your companions [with] festive oil.