There is nothing reliable in what they say;
Their inward part is destruction itself.
Their throat is an open grave;
They flatter with their tongue.

God is a righteous judge,
And a God who has indignation every day.

He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair;
He lurks to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
In the Lord I take refuge;
How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain;

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

He is like a lion that is eager to tear,
And as a young lion lurking in hiding places.

As for God, His way is blameless;
The word of the Lord is tried;
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

For who is God, but the Lord?
And who is a rock, except our God,

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber;
It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.

You will make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger;
The Lord will swallow them up in His wrath,
And fire will devour them.

They open wide their mouth at me,
As a ravening and a roaring lion.

In whose hands is a wicked scheme,
And whose right hand is full of bribes.

The Lord is their strength,
And He is a saving defense to His anointed.

I am forgotten as a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap;
He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

A horse is a false hope for victory;
Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.

For my iniquities are gone over my head;
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

“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.

“Surely every man walks about as a phantom;
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

“With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;
You consume as a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.

As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

You give us as sheep to be eaten
And have scattered us among the nations.

You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to those around us.

You make us a byword among the nations,
A laughingstock among the peoples.

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

God, in her palaces,
Has made Himself known as a stronghold.

Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along,
Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun.

And men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely there is a God who judges on earth!”

Trust in Him at all times, O people;
Pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah.

For You have tried us, O God;
You have refined us as silver is refined.

The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands;
The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.

God is to us a God of deliverances;
And to God the Lord belong escapes from death.

You make us an object of contention to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.

For it is a statute for Israel,
An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation,
That the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord gives grace and glory;
No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it passes by,
Or as a watch in the night.

He will cover you with His pinions,
And under His wings you may seek refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.

For the Lord is a great God
And a great King above all gods,

Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

My enemies have reproached me all day long;
Those who deride me have used my name as a curse.

Just as a father has compassion on his children,
So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.

As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

Then He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,
To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

He sent a man before them,
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

Let it be to him as a garment with which he covers himself,
And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself.

The Lord is at Your right hand;
He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath.

He makes the barren woman abide in the house
As a joyful mother of children.
Praise the Lord!

They surrounded me like bees;
They were extinguished as a fire of thorns;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.

Nun.
Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.

Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
And Your law is truth.

Jerusalem, that is built
As a city that is compact together;

Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the trapper;
The snare is broken and we have escaped.

Behold, children are a gift of the Lord,
The fruit of the womb is a reward.

And He gave their land as a heritage,
A heritage to Israel His people.

And gave their land as a heritage,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O Lord, You know it all.

Even the darkness is not dark to You,
And the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are alike to You.

They sharpen their tongues as a serpent;
Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.

I stretch out my hands to You;
My soul longs for You, as a parched land. Selah.

Whose mouths speak deceit,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Rescue me and deliver me out of the hand of aliens,
Whose mouth speaks deceit
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

He casts forth His ice as fragments;
Who can stand before His cold?

To execute on them the judgment written;
This is an honor for all His godly ones.
Praise the Lord!