“But as for Me, I have installed My King
Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”

“I will surely tell of the decree of the Lord:
He said to Me, ‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.

A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
O Lord, how my adversaries have increased!
Many are rising up against me.

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people
Who have set themselves against me round about.

Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God!
For You have smitten all my enemies on the cheek;
You have shattered the teeth of the wicked.

For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have relieved me in my distress;
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

You have put gladness in my heart,
More than when their grain and new wine abound.

A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
O Lord my God, in You I have taken refuge;
Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

O Lord my God, if I have done this,
If there is injustice in my hands,

If I have rewarded evil to my friend,
Or have plundered him who without cause was my adversary,

Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;
Lift up Yourself against the rage of my adversaries,
And arouse Yourself for me; You have appointed judgment.

For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth,
Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!

From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;

Yet You have made him a little lower than God,
And You crown him with glory and majesty!

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

For You have maintained my just cause;
You have sat on the throne judging righteously.

You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked;
You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very memory of them has perished.

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

In pride the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand.
The unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the helper of the orphan.

The Lord is King forever and ever;
Nations have perished from His land.

O Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear

Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”

And my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
And my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.

But I have trusted in Your lovingkindness;
My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds;
There is no one who does good.

They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt;
There is no one who does good, not even one.

I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good besides You.”

The sorrows of those who have bartered for another god will be multiplied;
I shall not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
Nor will I take their names upon my lips.

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.

I have set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

You have tried my heart;
You have visited me by night;
You have tested me and You find nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

As for the deeds of men, by the word of Your lips
I have kept from the paths of the violent.

My steps have held fast to Your paths.
My feet have not slipped.

I have called upon You, for You will answer me, O God;
Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.

They have closed their unfeeling heart,
With their mouth they speak proudly.

They have now surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes to cast us down to the ground.

For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.

You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,
And Your right hand upholds me;
And Your gentleness makes me great.

You enlarge my steps under me,
And my feet have not slipped.

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

You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,
And I destroyed those who hated me.

You have delivered me from the contentions of the people;
You have placed me as head of the nations;
A people whom I have not known serve me.

They have bowed down and fallen,
But we have risen and stood upright.

You have given him his heart’s desire,
And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

For the choir director; upon Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David.
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning.

O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but I have no rest.

Upon You I was cast from birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

Many bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

For dogs have surrounded me;
A band of evildoers has encompassed me;
They pierced my hands and my feet.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You have anointed my head with oil;
My cup overflows.

Remember, O Lord, Your compassion and Your lovingkindnesses,
For they have been from of old.

A Psalm of David.
Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity,
And I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.

For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes,
And I have walked in Your truth.

One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the Lord
And to meditate in 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 me nor forsake me,
O God of my salvation!

For my father and my mother have forsaken me,
But the Lord will take me up.

Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence.

I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.

A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House. A Psalm of David.
I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up,
And have not let my enemies rejoice over me.

O Lord, You have brought up my soul from Sheol;
You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.

O Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong;
You hid Your face, I was dismayed.

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be ashamed;
In Your righteousness deliver me.

You will pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength.

Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have ransomed me, O Lord, God of truth.

I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,
Because You have seen my affliction;
You have known the troubles of my soul,

And You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy;
You have set my feet in a large place.

Because of all my adversaries, I have become a reproach,
Especially to my neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me in the street flee from me.

For I have heard the slander of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they took counsel together against me,
They schemed to take away my life.

How great is Your goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who fear You,
Which You have wrought for those who take refuge in You,
Before the sons of men!

Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding,
Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.

Let Your lovingkindness, O Lord, be upon us,
According as we have hoped in You.

They opened their mouth wide against me;
They said, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”

You have seen it, O Lord, do not keep silent;
O Lord, do not be far from me.

Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, our desire!”
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

There the doers of iniquity have fallen;
They have been thrust down and cannot rise.

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow
To cast down the afflicted and the needy,
To slay those who are upright in conduct.

They will not be ashamed in the time of evil,
And in the days of famine they will have abundance.

I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
Or his descendants begging bread.

I have seen a wicked, violent man
Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright;
For the man of peace will have a posterity.

For Your arrows have sunk deep into me,
And Your hand has pressed down on me.

Those who seek my life lay snares for me;
And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction,
And they devise treachery all day long.

“Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.

“I have become mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is You who have done it.

Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done,
And Your thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of them,
They would be too numerous to count.

Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired;
My ears You have opened;
Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.

I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation;
Behold, I will not restrain my lips,
O Lord, You know.

I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.

For evils beyond number have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.

As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;
Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”

My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.

Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.

I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.