So now, kings, be wise;
receive instruction, you judges of the earth.

Many say about me,
“There is no help for him in God.”Selah

Know that the Lord has set apart
the faithful for Himself;
the Lord will hear when I call to Him.

You have put more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and new wine abound.

For there is no remembrance of You in death;
who can thank You in Sheol?

or they will tear me like a lion,
ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.

Those who know Your name trust in You
because You have not abandoned
those who seek You, Yahweh.

Put terror in them, Lord;
let the nations know they are only men.Selah

In all his scheming,
the wicked arrogantly thinks:
“There is no accountability,
since God does not exist.”

doing justice for the fatherless and the oppressed
so that men of the earth may terrify them no more.

For the choir director: according to Sheminith. A Davidic psalm.Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains;
the loyal have disappeared from the human race.

“Because of the oppression of the afflicted
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord.
“I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place.”

For the choir director. Davidic.The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”
They are corrupt; they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.

All have turned away;
all alike have become corrupt.
There is no one who does good,
not even one.

I said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord;
I have nothing good besides You.”

They advance against me; now they surround me.
They are determined
to throw me to the ground.

They cry for help, but there is no one to save them—
they cry to the Lord, but He does not answer them.

There is no speech; there are no words;
their voice is not heard.

Now I know that the Lord gives victory to His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven
with mighty victories from His right hand.

My God, I cry by day, but You do not answer,
by night, yet I have no rest.

Do not be far from me, because distress is near
and there is no one to help.

Even when I go through the darkest valley,
I fear no danger,
for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff—they comfort me.

How joyful is the man
the Lord does not charge with sin
and in whose spirit is no deceit!

Sing a new song to Him;
play skillfully on the strings, with a joyful shout.

The horse is a false hope for safety;
it provides no escape by its great power.

Now the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him—
those who depend on His faithful love

Malicious witnesses come forward;
they question me about things I do not know.

But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop.

For the choir director. A psalm of David, the Lord’s servant.An oracle within my heart
concerning the transgression of the wicked person:
There is no dread of God before his eyes,

Spread Your faithful love over those who know You,
and Your righteousness over the upright in heart.

A little while, and the wicked person will be no more;
though you look for him, he will not be there.

I have been young and now I am old,
yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned
or his children begging for bread.

There is no health in my body
because of Your indignation;
there is no strength in my bones
because of my sin.

For my loins are full of burning pain,
and there is no health in my body.

I am like a man who does not hear
and has no arguments in his mouth.

But my enemies are vigorous and powerful;
many hate me for no reason.

“Lord, reveal to me the end of my life
and the number of my days.
Let me know how short-lived I am.

Now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in You.

He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the Lord.

I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;
see, I do not keep my mouth closed—
as You know, Lord.

By this I know that You delight in me:
my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

You sell Your people for nothing;
You make no profit from selling them.

“Stop your fighting—and know that I am God,
exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth.”

I know every bird of the mountains,
and the creatures of the field are Mine.

“Understand this, you who forget God,
or I will tear you apart,
and there will be no one to rescue you.

For the choir director: on Mahalath. A Davidic Maskil.The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”
They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.

All have turned away;
all alike have become corrupt.
There is no one who does good,
not even one.

Then they will be filled with terror—
terror like no other—
because God will scatter
the bones of those who besiege you.
You will put them to shame,
for God has rejected them.

For strangers rise up against me,
and violent men seek my life.
They have no regard for God.Selah

Now it is not an enemy who insults me—
otherwise I could bear it;
it is not a foe who rises up against me—
otherwise I could hide from him.

Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call.
This I know: God is for me.

No, you practice injustice in your hearts;
with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.

For no fault of mine,
they run and take up a position.
Awake to help me, and take notice.

Consume them in rage;
consume them until they are gone.
Then people will know throughout the earth
that God rules over Jacob.Selah

Place no trust in oppression,
or false hope in robbery.
If wealth increases,
pay no attention to it.

I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;
I have come into deep waters,
and a flood sweeps over me.

God, You know my foolishness,
and my guilty acts are not hidden from You.

You know the insults I endure—
my shame and disgrace.
You are aware of all my adversaries.

Insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
I waited for sympathy,
but there was none;
for comforters, but found no one.

Make their fortification desolate;
may no one live in their tents.

saying, “God has abandoned him;
chase him and catch him,
for there is no one to rescue him.”

May the righteous flourish in his days
and prosperity abound
until the moon is no more.

For he will rescue the poor who cry out
and the afflicted who have no helper.

The wicked say, “How can God know?
Does the Most High know everything?”

There are no signs for us to see.
There is no longer a prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last.

so that a future generation—
children yet to be born—might know.
They were to rise and tell their children

Fire consumed His chosen young men,
and His young women had no wedding songs.

They poured out their blood
like water all around Jerusalem,
and there was no one to bury them.

Blow the horn on the day of our feasts
during the new moon
and during the full moon.

They do not know or understand;
they wander in darkness.
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation
so that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered.”

May they know that You alone—
whose name is Yahweh—
are the Most High over all the earth.

Lord, there is no one like You among the gods,
and there are no works like Yours.

God, arrogant people have attacked me;
a gang of ruthless men seeks my life.
They have no regard for You.

“I will mention those who know Me:
Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—
each one was born there.”

abandoned among the dead.
I am like the slain lying in the grave,
whom You no longer remember,
and who are cut off from Your care.

Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;
Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your presence.

The enemy will not afflict him;
no wicked man will oppress him.

no harm will come to you;
no plague will come near your tent.

A stupid person does not know,
a fool does not understand this:

to declare: “The Lord is just;
He is my rock,
and there is no unrighteousness in Him.”

For 40 years I was disgusted with that generation;
I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray;
they do not know My ways.”

Sing a new song to the Lord;
sing to the Lord, all the earth.

A psalm.Sing a new song to the Lord,
for He has performed wonders;
His right hand and holy arm
have won Him victory.

No one who acts deceitfully
will live in my palace;
no one who tells lies
will remain in my presence.

when the wind passes over it, it vanishes,
and its place is no longer known.

May sinners vanish from the earth
and wicked people be no more.
My soul, praise Yahweh!
Hallelujah!

He allowed no one to oppress them;
He rebuked kings on their behalf:

Then He brought Israel out with silver and gold,
and no one among His tribes stumbled.

Some wandered in the desolate wilderness,
finding no way to a city where they could live.

He broke their spirits with hard labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

Let no one show him kindness,
and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children.

He loved cursing—let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.

so they may know that this is Your hand
and that You, Lord, have done it.

Let the name of Yahweh be praised
both now and forever.

But we will praise the Lord,
both now and forever.
Hallelujah!

Before I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I keep Your word.

I know, Lord, that Your judgments are just
and that You have afflicted me fairly.

Let those who fear You,
those who know Your decrees, turn to me.

I am Your servant; give me understanding
so that I may know Your decrees.