The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers plot together, against Jehovah and against His anointed, saying,

Their sorrows shall be multiplied who run after another god. I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood; and I will not take their names on my lips.

in whose hands is a plot, and their right hand is full of a bribe.

Because they do not pay attention to the works of Jehovah and to the work of His hands, He shall destroy them and never build them up.

What profit is in my blood, in going down to the pit? Shall the dust praise You? Shall it tell of Your truth?

Let them be humbled and put to shame, those who seek after my soul; let them be turned back and be brought to blushing, those who plot evil to me.

All those hating me whisper against me; they plot evil against me.

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

Will I eat the flesh of the mighty, or 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 Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving-kindness; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

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

Deliver me from the guilt of shedding blood, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.

Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

They search out injustice, saying, We have finished hiding a hidden plot. Yea, the inward part of man and the heart are deep.

so that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your enemies, and the tongue of your dogs in it.

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; so that they may dwell there, and possess it.

For my enemies speak against me; and those who watch for my soul plot together,

He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence; and their blood shall be precious in His sight.

Arise, O God, plead Your own cause; remember how the foolish man curses You daily.

He turned their rivers into blood, and their floods, so that they could not drink.

And He built His holy place like high palaces, like the earth which He has founded forever.

They have shed their blood like water round about Jerusalem, and none to bury.

Why should the nations say, Where is their God? Let Him be known among the nations before our eyes by the revenging of the blood of Your servants which is shed.

They take shrewd counsel against Your people, and plot against Your hidden ones.

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever; You shall establish Your faithfulness in the heavens.

Your seed will I establish forever, and build up your throne to all generations. Selah.

They gather themselves against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

When Jehovah shall build up Zion, He shall appear in His glory.

He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.

and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was defiled with blood.

Plead my cause, and deliver me; according to Your Word give me life.

Jerusalem is built like a city that is all joined together as one;

A Song of degrees for Solomon. Unless Jehovah builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless Jehovah keeps the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.

In the day when I cried You answered me and made me bold with strength in my soul.