Many say about me,
“There is no help for him in God.”Selah

For there is nothing reliable in what they say;
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.

He says to himself, “I will never be moved—
from generation to generation without calamity.”

He says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He hides His face and will never see.”

Why has the wicked person despised God?
He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.”

For the choir director. Davidic.I have taken refuge in the Lord.
How can you say to me,
“Escape to the mountain like a bird!

They say, “Through our tongues we have power;
our lips are our own—who can be our master?”

“Because of the oppression of the afflicted
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord.
“I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place.”

My enemy will say, “I have triumphed over him,”
and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

For the choir director. Davidic.The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”
They are corrupt; they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.

I call on You, God,
because You will answer me;
listen closely to me; hear what I say.

My heart says this about You,
“You are to seek My face.”
Lord, I will seek Your face.

But I trust in You, Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”

My very bones will say,
“Lord, who is like You,
rescuing the poor from one too strong for him,
the poor or the needy from one who robs him?”

They open their mouths wide against me and say,
“Aha, aha! We saw it!”

Do not let them say in their hearts,
“Aha! Just what we wanted.”
Do not let them say,
“We have swallowed him up!”

Let those who want my vindication
shout for joy and be glad;
let them continually say,
“The Lord be exalted.
He takes pleasure in His servant’s well-being.”

Let those who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
be horrified because of their shame.

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
let those who love Your salvation continually say,
“The Lord is great!”

My tears have been my food day and night,
while all day long people say to me,
“Where is your God?”

I will say to God, my rock,
“Why have You forgotten me?
Why must I go about in sorrow
because of the enemy’s oppression?”

My adversaries taunt me,
as if crushing my bones,
while all day long they say to me,
“Where is your God?”

But God says to the wicked:
“What right do you have to recite My statutes
and to take My covenant on your lips?

For the choir director: on Mahalath. A Davidic Maskil.The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”
They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.

Then people will say,
“Yes, there is a reward for the righteous!
There is a God who judges on earth!”

Look, they spew from their mouths—
sharp words from their lips.
“For who,” they say, “will hear?”

They encourage each other in an evil plan;
they talk about hiding traps and say,
“Who will see them?”

They devise crimes and say,
“We have perfected a secret plan.”
The inner man and the heart are mysterious.

Say to God, “How awe-inspiring are Your works!
Your enemies will cringe before You
because of Your great strength.

Let those who say, “Aha, aha!”
retreat because of their shame.

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
let those who love Your salvation
continually say, “God is great!”

The wicked say, “How can God know?
Does the Most High know everything?”

If I had decided to say these things aloud,
I would have betrayed Your people.

I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

So I say, “I am grieved
that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

A Maskil of Asaph.My people, hear my instruction;
listen to what I say.

They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation
so that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered.”

I will listen to what God will say;
surely the Lord will declare peace
to His people, His godly ones,
and not let them go back to foolish ways.

Singers and dancers alike will say,
“My whole source of joy is in you.”

I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”

They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it.
The God of Jacob doesn’t pay attention.”

If I say, “My foot is slipping,”
Your faithful love will support me, Lord.

Say among the nations: “The Lord reigns.
The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.
He judges the peoples fairly.”

I say: “My God, do not take me
in the middle of my life!
Your years continue through all generations.

May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised
from everlasting to everlasting.
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Hallelujah!

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

Let Israel say,
“His faithful love endures forever.”

Let the house of Aaron say,
“His faithful love endures forever.”

Let those who fear the Lord say,
“His faithful love endures forever.”

Because of my brothers and friends,
I will say, “Peace be with you.”

A Davidic song of ascents.If the Lord had not been on our side—
let Israel say—

A song of ascents.Since my youth they have often attacked me—
let Israel say—

Then none who pass by will say,
“May the Lord’s blessing be on you.”

We bless you in the name of Yahweh.

If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me,
and the light around me will be night”—

I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”
Listen, Lord, to my cry for help.

I cry to You, Lord;
I say, “You are my shelter,
my portion in the land of the living.”