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

I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.

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

Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.

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.

Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;

Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.

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

Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.

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.

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.

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.

For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name's sake lead me and guide me.

Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.

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.

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!

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!"

For with you is the spring of life. In your light shall we see light.

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

he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.

My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.

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!"

These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.

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

For they didn't get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.

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

She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.

With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led. They shall enter into the king's palace.

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

he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

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.

For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.

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.

Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom?

From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

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

You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.

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.

You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.

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.