They say, "Let's tear off the shackles they've put on us! Let's free ourselves from their ropes!"

The king says, "I will announce the Lord's decree. He said to me: 'You are my son! This very day I have become your father!

Many say about me, "God will not deliver him." (Selah)

Many say, "Who can show us anything good?" Smile upon us, Lord!

For the music director, to be accompanied by wind instruments; a psalm of David. Listen to what I say, Lord! Carefully consider my complaint!

O Lord my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,

He says to himself, "I will never be upended, because I experience no calamity."

He says to himself, "God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices."

Why does the wicked man reject God? He says to himself, "You will not hold me accountable."

For the music director; by David. In the Lord I have taken shelter. How can you say to me, "Flee to a mountain like a bird!

They say, "We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?"

"Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the Lord. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire."

Then my enemy will say, "I have defeated him!" Then my foes will rejoice because I am upended.

For the music director; by David. Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.

I say to the Lord, "You are the Lord, my only source of well-being."

You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.

I call to you for you will answer me, O God. Listen to me! Hear what I say!

They say, "Commit yourself to the Lord! Let the Lord rescue him! Let the Lord deliver him, for he delights in him."

The Lord's shout bends the large trees and strips the leaves from the forests. Everyone in his temple says, "Majestic!"

With all my strength I will say, "O Lord, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them."

They are ready to devour me; they say, "Aha! Aha! We've got you!"

Do not let them say to themselves, "Aha! We have what we wanted!" Do not let them say, "We have devoured him!"

May those who desire my vindication shout for joy and rejoice! May they continually say, "May the Lord be praised, for he wants his servant to be secure."

Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. I decided, "I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man."

Then I say, "Look! I come! What is written in the scroll pertains to me.

May those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!" be humiliated and disgraced!

May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, "May the Lord be praised!"

They say, 'An awful disease overwhelms him, and now that he is bed-ridden he will never recover.'

I thirst for God, for the living God. I say, "When will I be able to go and appear in God's presence?"

I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me, "Where is your God?"

My enemies' taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

For the music director; according to the tune of "Lilies;" by the Korahites, a well-written poem, a love song. My heart is stirred by a beautiful song. I say, "I have composed this special song for the king; my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe."

He says, "Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!"

He says: "Assemble my covenant people before me, those who ratified a covenant with me by sacrifice!"

He says: "Listen my people! I am speaking! Listen Israel! I am accusing you! I am God, your God!

God says this to the evildoer: "How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant?

For the music director; according to the machalath style; a well-written song by David. Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.

O God, listen to my prayer! Pay attention to what I say!

because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

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

Then observers will say, "Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!"

Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say, "Who hears?"

Say to God: "How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you.

The Lord says, "I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

May those who say, "Aha! Aha!" be driven back and disgraced!

May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, "May God be praised!"

They say, "God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!"

They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence.

They say, "How does God know what we do? Is the sovereign one aware of what goes on?"

They say to themselves, "We will oppress all of them." They burn down all the places where people worship God in the land.

Do not disregard what your enemies say, or the unceasing shouts of those who defy you.

God says, "At the appointed times, I judge fairly.

I say to the proud, "Do not be proud," and to the wicked, "Do not be so confident of victory!

God says, "I will bring down all the power of the wicked; the godly will be victorious."

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations!

He says, "How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)

They say, "Come on, let's annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more."

I will listen to what God the Lord says. For he will make peace with his people, his faithful followers. Yet they must not return to their foolish ways.

People say wonderful things about you, O city of God. (Selah)

For I say, "Loyal love is permanently established; in the skies you set up your faithfulness."

You make mankind return to the dust, and say, "Return, O people!"

I say this about the Lord, my shelter and my stronghold, my God in whom I trust --

The Lord says, "Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me.

Then they say, "The Lord does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of it."

If I say, "My foot is slipping," your loyal love, O Lord, supports me.

He says, "Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness,

Say among the nations, "The Lord reigns! The world is established, it cannot be moved. He judges the nations fairly."

I say, "O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life! You endure through all generations.

The Lord God of Israel deserves praise, in the future and forevermore. Let all the people say, "We agree! Praise the Lord!"

For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.

They surround me and say hateful things; they attack me for no reason.

May the Lord repay my accusers in this way, those who say evil things about me!

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?"

Let Israel say, "Yes, his loyal love endures!"

Let the family of Aaron say, "Yes, his loyal love endures!"

Let the loyal followers of the Lord say, "Yes, his loyal love endures!"

My eyes grow tired as I wait for your promise to be fulfilled. I say, "When will you comfort me?"

For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say, "May there be peace in you!"

A song of ascents, by David. "If the Lord had not been on our side" -- let Israel say this! --

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

Those who pass by will not say, "May you experience the Lord's blessing! We pronounce a blessing on you in the name of the Lord."

If I were to say, "Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,"

I say to the Lord, "You are my God." O Lord, pay attention to my plea for mercy!

I cry out to you, O Lord; I say, "You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living."