"Let's break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us."

Many say, "Who will show us any good?" Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.

Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.

let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

Arise, Yahweh! Don't let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.

Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

Let my sentence come forth from your presence. Let your eyes look on equity.

Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then I will be upright. I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

Save, Yahweh! Let the King answer us when we call! For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

"He trusts in Yahweh; let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him."

The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.

My God, I have trusted in you. Don't let me be shamed. Don't let my enemies triumph over me.

Oh keep my soul, and deliver me. Let me not be disappointed, for I take refuge in you.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh. By David.

In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.

Let me not be disappointed, Yahweh, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol.

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh. By David. A contemplative psalm.

For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.

Let all the earth fear Yahweh. Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you. By David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.

Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let us exalt his name together.

Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.

Let them be as chaff before the wind, Yahweh's angel driving them on.

Let their way be dark and slippery, Yahweh's angel pursuing them.

Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.

Don't let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don't let them gloat over me.

Don't let them say in their heart, "Aha! That's the way we want it!" Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"

Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yes, let them say continually, "Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!"

Don't let the foot of pride come against me. Don't let the hand of the wicked drive me away.

For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."

"Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.

Don't withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.

Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.

Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, "Aha! Aha!"

Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, "Let Yahweh be exalted!"

Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents.

In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.

Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of your judgments.

Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.

Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!

Be exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David.

Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.

My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.

For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah.

At evening let them return. Let them howl like a dog, and go around the city.

He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don't let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah.

let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you.

Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah.

Let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you.

Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.

Don't let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies. Don't let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.

Deliver me out of the mire, and don't let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.

Don't let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don't let the pit shut its mouth on me.

Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.

Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can't see. Let their backs be continually bent.

Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.

Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.

Charge them with crime upon crime. Don't let them come into your righteousness.

Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.

The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.

Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!

Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

Let them be turned because of their shame Who say, "Aha! Aha!"

Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, "Let God be exalted!"

In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.

Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.

You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.

Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.

Don't let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.

He let them fall in the midst of their camp, around their habitations.

Don't hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.

Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

"Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more."

who said, "Let us take possession of God's pasturelands."

Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;

I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.

Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.

Let your work appear to your servants; your glory to their children.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.

Oh come, let's sing to Yahweh. Let's shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!

Let's come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let's extol him with songs!