For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of David. When I call out, answer me, O God who vindicates me! Though I am hemmed in, you will lead me into a wide, open place. Have mercy on me and respond to my prayer!

For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

The countries are assembled all around you; take once more your rightful place over them!

When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,

He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

He brought me out into a wide open place; he delivered me because he was pleased with me.

For you bring him rich blessings; you place a golden crown on his head.

Who is allowed to ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may go up to his holy dwelling place?

O Lord, I love the temple where you live, the place where your splendor is revealed.

He will surely give me shelter in the day of danger; he will hide me in his home; he will place me on an inaccessible rocky summit.

Now I will triumph over my enemies who surround me! I will offer sacrifices in his dwelling place and shout for joy! I will sing praises to the Lord!

You will free me from the net they hid for me, for you are my place of refuge.

You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy; you enable me to stand in a wide open place.

You are my hiding place; you protect me from distress. You surround me with shouts of joy from those celebrating deliverance. (Selah)

From the place where he lives he looks carefully at all the earth's inhabitants.

Reveal your light and your faithfulness! They will lead me, they will escort me back to your holy hill, and to the place where you live.

The river's channels bring joy to the city of God, the special, holy dwelling place of the sovereign One.

Their grave becomes their permanent residence, their eternal dwelling place. They name their lands after themselves,

I say, "I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in a safe place!

Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah)

I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind and the gale."

May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

As for me, I will sing about your strength; I will praise your loyal love in the morning. For you are my refuge and my place of shelter when I face trouble.

From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to an inaccessible rocky summit!

You allowed men to ride over our heads; we passed through fire and water, but you brought us out into a wide open place.

For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm, a song. May God show us his favor and bless us! May he smile on us! (Selah)

The earth yields its crops. May God, our God, bless us!

May God bless us! Then all the ends of the earth will give him the honor he deserves.

They set your sanctuary on fire; they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground.

You established the cycle of day and night; you put the moon and sun in place.

Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.

For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O Lord who rules over all!

You place me in the lowest regions of the pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.

Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?

I will place his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.

So I made a vow in my anger, 'They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.'"

but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down -- to the place you appointed for them.

Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people! Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside!

and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.

He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.

They curse, but you will bless. When they attack, they will be humiliated, but your servant will rejoice.

The Lord takes notice of us, he will bless -- he will bless the family of Israel, he will bless the family of Aaron.

He will bless his loyal followers, both young and old.

In my distress I cried out to the Lord. The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place.

You are my hiding place and my shield. I find hope in your word.

May the Lord bless you from Zion, that you might see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life,

until I find a place for the Lord, a fine dwelling place for the powerful ruler of Jacob."

Let us go to his dwelling place! Let us worship before his footstool!

Ascend, O Lord, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength!

The Lord made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said, "I will place one of your descendants on your throne.

He said, "This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.

May the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion!

You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me.

O Lord, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!