Now therefore, O kings, act wisely;
Be instructed and take warning, O leaders (judges, rulers) of the earth.

“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

They track us down and have now surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes to force us to the ground,

Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven
With the saving strength of His right hand.

The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;
Those who [diligently] seek Him and require Him [as their greatest need] will praise the Lord.
May your hearts live forever!

And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,
In His tent I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous (those in right standing with God) abandoned
Or his descendants pleading for bread.

“And now, Lord, for what do I expectantly wait?
My hope [my confident expectation] is in You.

“A wicked thing is poured out upon him and holds him;
And when he lies down, he will not rise up again.”

But now You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor,
And You do not go out with our armies [to lead us to victory].

“These things you have done and I kept silent;
You thought that I was just like you.
Now I will reprimand and denounce you and state the case in order before your eyes.

“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].

You have set up a banner for those who fear You [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder—a banner to shield them from attack],
A banner that may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

“But I would feed Israel with the finest of the wheat;
And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

O satisfy us with Your lovingkindness in the morning [now, before we grow older],
That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Why should the nations say,
“Where, now, is their God?”

I love the Lord, because He hears [and continues to hear]
My voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs).

Oh let Israel say,
“His lovingkindness endures forever.”

Oh let the house of Aaron say,
“His lovingkindness endures forever.”

Oh let those who [reverently] fear the Lord, say,
“His lovingkindness endures forever.”

O Lord, save now, we beseech You;
O Lord, we beseech You, send now prosperity and give us success!

Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep and honor Your word [with loving obedience].

For the sake of my brothers and my friends,
I will now say, “May peace be within you.”

“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,”
Let Israel now say,

“Many times they have persecuted me (Israel) from my youth,”
Let Israel now say,