“I will declare the decree of the Lord:
He said to Me, ‘You are My Son;
This day [I proclaim] I have begotten You.

The [spiritually ignorant] fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed repulsive and unspeakable deeds;
There is no one who does good.

When You said, “Seek My face [in prayer, require My presence as your greatest need],” my heart said to You,
“Your face, O Lord, I will seek [on the authority of Your word].”

As for me, in my prosperity I said,
“I shall never be moved.”

But as for me, I trust [confidently] in You and Your greatness, O Lord;
I said, “You are my God.”

As for me, I said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from Your eyes.”
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications (specific requests)
When I cried to You [for help].

I acknowledged my sin to You,
And I did not hide my wickedness;
I said, “I will confess [all] my transgressions to the Lord”;
And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah.

I said, “I will guard my ways
That I may not sin with my tongue;
I will muzzle my mouth
While the wicked are in my presence.”

Then I said, “Behold, I come [to the throne];
In the scroll of the book it is written of me.

As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;
Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”

The [empty-headed] fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt and evil, and have committed repulsive injustice;
There is no one who does good.

The Lord said, “I will bring your enemies back from Bashan;
I will bring them back from the depths of the [Red] Sea,

They said in their heart, “Let us completely subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

“I said to the arrogant, ‘Do not boast;’
And to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up the horn [of self-glorification].

Then they spoke against God;
They said, “Can God prepare [food for] a table in the wilderness?

I said, “You are gods;
Indeed, all of you are sons of the Most High.

They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation;
Let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

But of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her,”
And the Most High Himself will establish her.

For I have said, “Goodness and lovingkindness will be built up forever;
In the heavens [unchangeable and majestic] You will establish Your faithfulness.”

[God has said] “I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn to David My servant,

Once You spoke in a vision to Your godly ones,
And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty [giving him the power to be a champion for Israel];
I have exalted one chosen from the people.

If I say, “My foot has slipped,”
Your compassion and lovingkindness, O Lord, will hold me up.

“For forty years I was grieved and disgusted with that generation,
And I said, ‘They are a people who err in their heart,
And they do not acknowledge or regard My ways.’

I said, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days;
Your years are [eternal] throughout all generations.

Therefore He said He would destroy them,
[And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the gap before Him,
To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

I believed [and clung to my God] when I said,
“I am greatly afflicted.”

I said in my alarm,
“All men are liars.”

I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

Then our mouth was filled with laughter
And our tongue with joyful shouting;
Then they said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”

Remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom,
The day of [the fall of] Jerusalem,
Who said “Down, down [with her]
To her very foundation.”

I said to the Lord, “You are my God;
Listen to the voice of my supplications, O Lord.

I cried out to You, O Lord;
I said, “You are my refuge,
My portion in the land of the living.