You make me happier than those who have abundant grain and wine.

I will lie down and sleep peacefully, for you, Lord, make me safe and secure.

May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!

and make them a little less than the heavenly beings? You grant mankind honor and majesty;

He judges the world fairly; he makes just legal decisions for the nations.

Lord, you have heard the request of the oppressed; you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer.

He despises a reprobate, but honors the Lord's loyal followers. He makes firm commitments and does not renege on his promise.

their troubles multiply, they desire other gods. I will not pour out drink offerings of blood to their gods, nor will I make vows in the name of their gods.

Lord, you give me stability and prosperity; you make my future secure.

Make a just decision on my behalf! Decide what is right!

You give me strength for battle; you make my foes kneel before me.

You make my enemies retreat; I destroy those who hate me.

You rescue me from a hostile army; you make me a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.

The one true God completely vindicates me; he makes nations submit to me.

The Lord's precepts are fair and make one joyful. The Lord's commands are pure and give insight for life.

For the music director; a psalm of David. May the Lord answer you when you are in trouble; may the God of Jacob make you secure!

For you make them retreat when you shoot your arrows at them.

The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.

Make me understand your ways, O Lord! Teach me your paths!

He makes Lebanon skip like a calf and Sirion like a young ox.

Then make sure you don't speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who are unsuspecting.

Do not let arrogant men overtake me, or let evil men make me homeless!

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. I decided, "I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man."

Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.

Deliver me from all my sins of rebellion! Do not make me the object of fools' insults!

Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern. You make that quite clear to me! You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings.

All your garments are perfumed with myrrh, aloes, and cassia. From the luxurious palaces comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy.

Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors; you will make them princes throughout the land.

We heard about God's mighty deeds, now we have seen them, in the city of the Lord, the invincible Warrior, in the city of our God. God makes it permanently secure. (Selah)

Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

"Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others."

All day long they cause me trouble; they make a habit of plotting my demise.

Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!

Moab is my washbasin. I will make Edom serve me. I will shout in triumph over Philistia."

Give the king long life! Make his lifetime span several generations!

You visit the earth and give it rain; you make it rich and fertile with overflowing streams full of water. You provide grain for them, for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.

You saturate its furrows, and soak its plowed ground. With rain showers you soften its soil, and make its crops grow.

Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!

Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.

May their eyes be blinded! Make them shake violently!

For Solomon. O God, grant the king the ability to make just decisions! Grant the king's son the ability to make fair decisions!

When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me.

How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!

When the earth and all its inhabitants dissolve in fear, I make its pillars secure." (Selah)

Make vows to the Lord your God and repay them! Let all those who surround him bring tribute to the awesome one!

I said, "During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully." I tried to make sense of what was happening.

I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.

He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,

He says, "How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)

They carefully plot against your people, and make plans to harm the ones you cherish.

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna,

O my God, make them like dead thistles, like dead weeds blown away by the wind!

I will listen to what God the Lord says. For he will make peace with his people, his faithful followers. Yet they must not return to their foolish ways.

Make your servant glad, for to you, O Lord, I pray!

O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!

But it is said of Zion's residents, "Each one of these was born in her, and the sovereign One makes her secure."

You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.

I will give him an eternal dynasty, and make his throne as enduring as the skies above.

Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?

You make mankind return to the dust, and say, "Return, O people!"

Make us happy in proportion to the days you have afflicted us, in proportion to the years we have experienced trouble!

May our sovereign God extend his favor to us! Make our endeavors successful! Yes, make them successful!

Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see?

When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy.

Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws.

Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.

and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind.

He makes the winds his messengers, and the flaming fire his attendant.

as well as wine that makes people feel so good, and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, as well as food that sustains people's lives.

where the birds make nests, near the evergreens in which the herons live.

You make it dark and night comes, during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.

Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations!

Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds!

So he made a solemn vow that he would make them die in the desert,

make their descendants die among the nations, and scatter them among foreign lands.

Moab is my wash basin. I will make Edom serve me. I will shout in triumph over Philistia."

A psalm of David. Here is the Lord's proclamation to my lord: "Sit down at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool!"

The Lord makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it: "You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek."

He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord!

Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for I am always aware of them.

I am committed to peace, but when I speak, they want to make war.

Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions, on the thrones of the house of David.

Certainly the Lord has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.

There I will make David strong; I have determined that my chosen king's dynasty will continue.

He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

to the one who used wisdom to make the heavens, for his loyal love endures,

who loves me and is my stronghold, my refuge and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I take shelter, who makes nations submit to me.

O Lord, make the sky sink and come down! Touch the mountains and make them smolder!

who speak lies, and make false promises.

Grab me and rescue me from the power of foreigners, who speak lies, and make false promises.

For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you.