The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed:

Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth a man of blood and deceit.

For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another: their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, and I will not take up their names into my lips.

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;

For they regard not the deeds of Jehovah, nor the work of his hands: he will destroy them, and not build them up.

What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

For I have heard the slander of many terror on every side when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life.

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; deliver me from the deceitful and unrighteous man.

Should I eat the flesh of bulls, and drink the blood of goats?

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.} Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked:

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from men of blood.

That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood: the tongue of thy dogs has its portion from enemies.

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; and they shall dwell there, and possess it:

He will redeem their souls from oppression and violence, and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

Rise up, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day;

And turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, that they could not drink;

And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.

Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.

Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants that is shed be known among the nations in our sight.

For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.

Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. Selah.

They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

When Jehovah shall build up Zion, he will appear in his glory.

He turned their waters into blood, and caused their fish to die.

And shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.

Plead my cause, and redeem me: quicken me according to thy word.

Jerusalem, which art built as a city that is compact together,

{A Song of degrees. Of Solomon.} Unless Jehovah build the house, in vain do its builders labour in it; unless Jehovah keep the city, the keeper watcheth in vain:

Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.

Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth the outcasts of Israel.