Yea, I have set My king on My holy hill, on Zion.

I will declare the decree of Jehovah. He has said to Me, You are My Son; today I have begotten You.

A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O Lord, how my foes have increased! Many are the ones who rise up against me.

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

Arise, O Jehovah; save me, O my God; for You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone. You have broken the teeth of the ungodly.

To the Chief Musician, for stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness; You gave room to me in trouble; have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their grain and their wine increased.

Hold them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.

Have mercy on me, O Jehovah, for I am weak; O Jehovah, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

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

if I have rewarded evil to my friend, or if I have delivered one oppressing me without cause;

Arise, O Jehovah, in Your anger; lift up Yourself because of the rage of my enemies, and awake for me to the judgment which You have commanded.

To the Chief Musician, on the harp. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens!

Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings You have ordained strength, because of ones vexing You, to cause the enemy and the avenger to cease.

When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars which You have established;

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

You made him rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet:

When my enemies have turned back, they shall fall and perish before You.

For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat in the throne judging right.

You have rebuked the heathen, You have destroyed the wicked, You have put out their name forever and ever.

The desolations of the enemy have come to an end forever, and You have destroyed the cities; their memorial has perished with them.

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; for You, Jehovah, have not forsaken those who seek You.

Have mercy on me, O Jehovah; see my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,

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

The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be taken in the plans that they have imagined.

He crouches and bows, and the poor have fallen by his might.

You have seen it; for You behold mischief and vexation, to repay it with Your hand. The poor commits himself to You; You are the Helper of the fatherless.

Jehovah is King forever and ever; the nations have perished out of His land.

Jehovah, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart, You will cause Your ear to hear,

lest my enemy say, I have overcome him, and my foes rejoice when I am shaken.

But I have trusted in Your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.

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.

All have gone aside, together they are filthy; there is none who does good, no, not one.

Have all the workers of iniquity not known, eating up My people as they eat bread? They have not called on Jehovah.

You have shamed the counsel of the poor, because Jehovah is his refuge.

Oh my soul, you have said to Jehovah, You are my Lord; I have no goodness apart from You.

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yea, I have a beautiful inheritance.

I have set Jehovah always before Me; because He is at My right hand, I shall not be moved.

You have proved my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me, and You will find nothing; my thoughts do not pass beyond my mouth.

My steps have been held in Your paths, so that my footsteps have not slipped.

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

they have now hemmed in our steps, they have set their eyes to bow me to the earth,

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

For by You I have run through a troop; and by my God I have leaped over a wall.

You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; and Your right hand has held me up, and Your gentleness has made me great.

You have given a wide place for my steps under me, so that my feet have not slipped.

I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; nor did I turn again until they were destroyed.

I have shattered them, and they cannot rise again; they have fallen under my feet.

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

You have also given me the neck of my enemies; so that I might destroy those who hate me.

You have delivered Me from the strivings of the people; You have made Me the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known shall serve Me.

He delivers me from my enemies; yea, You lift me up above those who rise up against me; You have delivered me from the violent man.

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

You have given him his heart's desire, and have not withheld the prayer of his lips. Selah.

His glory is great in Your salvation; honor and majesty You have laid on him.

For You have made him most blessed forever; You have rejoiced him in the gladness in Your holy face.

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?

Many bulls have circled around Me; strong bulls Of Bashan have surrounded Me.

and You have brought Me into the dust of death. For dogs have circled around Me; the band of spoilers have hemmed Me in, piercers of My hands and My feet.

Save Me from the lion's mouth; from the wild oxen's horns. You have answered Me.

Turn to me, and have mercy on me, for I am wasted and afflicted.

A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Jehovah; for I have walked in my truthfulness. I have trusted also in Jehovah; I shall not slide.

For Your loving-kindness is before my eyes; and I have walked in Your truth.

I have not sat with lying men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and will not sit with the wicked.

Jehovah, I have loved the dwelling place of Your house, and the place where Your honor dwells.

One thing I have desired from Jehovah, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to pray in His temple.

Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice; and have mercy on me, and answer me.

Hide not Your face from me. Turn not Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Deliver me not over to the will of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen up against me, and he that breathes out cruelty.

I would have fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living.

A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the House of David. I will praise You, O Jehovah; for You have lifted me up, and have not allowed my foes to rejoice over me.

O Jehovah my God, I cried to You, and You have healed me.

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.

O Jehovah, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong; You hid Your face, and I was troubled.

Hear, O Jehovah, and have mercy on me; Jehovah, be my helper.

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have torn off my sackcloth, and have clothed me with gladness,

Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Jehovah, the God of truth.

I have hated those who take heed to lying vanities; but I trust in Jehovah.

I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy; for You have looked on my affliction; You have known my soul in troubles;

and have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a broad place.

Have mercy on me, O Jehovah, for I am in trouble; my eye has become old with grief, my soul and my belly.

For my life is ending with grief, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones have wasted away.

For I have heard the slander of many; fear is on every side; because of their plottings together against me, they planned to take away my life.

Let me not be ashamed, O Jehovah; for I have called on You; Let the wicked be ashamed; let them be silent in the grave.

How great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear You; You have worked for those who trust in You before the sons of men!

I confessed my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, I will confess my transgression to Jehovah; and You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Be not like the horse, or like the mule, who have no understanding, whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, so that they do not come near you.

For without cause they have spread their net for me in a pit-net; without cause they have dug for my soul.

And they widen their mouths against me; they say, Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen.

You have seen, O Jehovah; do not keep silence; O Jehovah, do not be far from me.

Let them not say in their hearts, Aha! Our Soul! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

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.

I have been young, and am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, or his seed begging bread.

I have seen the wicked ruthless, and spreading himself like a luxuriant native tree.

For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

My wounds have putrefied and rotted, because of my foolishness.

I am feeble and painfully broken; I have roared because of the groanings of my heart.

Behold, You have made my days as a handbreadth, and my age is as nothing before You. Surely every man standing is altogether vanity. Selah.