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Many are saying of me,
“There is no help [no salvation] for him in God.” Selah.

Verse ConceptsInfidelity To GodPsalm InterjectionsGod's WillSupportdeliverancehelpsoul


With my voice I was crying to the Lord,
And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah.

Verse ConceptsHearingPrayer, Answers ToResponseGod AnsweredGod Hears My PrayerPsalm Interjections


O sons of men, how long will my honor and glory be [turned into] shame?
How long will you [my enemies] love worthless (vain, futile) things and seek deception and lies? Selah.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsUseless ThingsTrust, Lack OfAvoiding DeceitLoving EvilPsalm Interjections


But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself [and dealt wonderfully with] the godly man [the one of honorable character and moral courage—the one who does right].
The Lord hears and responds when I call to Him.

Verse ConceptsChosen OnesSaintsCharacter Of SaintsNames And Titles For The ChristianPromised JoyConsecrationGod Hears My PrayerGod Pays AttentionGodly ManTrust In Relationshipspiety


Tremble [with anger or fear], and do not sin;
Meditate in your heart upon your bed and be still [reflect on your sin and repent of your rebellion]. Selah.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TimeAnger, HumanSilenceRenewed HeartSelf ExaminationGodly ReverenceAweExamining YourselfStillnessAnger ManagementBe Still!Psalm InterjectionsEmotions


Many are saying, “Oh, that we might see some good!”
Lift up the light of Your face upon us, O Lord.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Prayer DuringFace Of GodLight, SpiritualCountenanceInfidelity To GodGod Giving LightNothing Good


Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me;
And let him trample my life to the ground
And lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleOvertakingPsalm Interjectionsrelentless


Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;
Lift up Yourself against the rage of my enemies;
Rise up for me; You have commanded judgment and vindication.

Verse ConceptsSleep, SpiritualGod ArisingThe Final JudgementGod Will Be AngryEnemy Attacks


The Lord judges the peoples;
Judge me, O Lord, and grant me justice according to my righteousness and according to the integrity within me.

Verse ConceptsIntegrityIntegrity, Examples OfRighteousness, Of BelieversGod Vindicatesvindication


That I may tell aloud all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion (Jerusalem)
I may rejoice in Your salvation and Your help.

Verse ConceptsGatesZion, As A SymbolPraise The Lord!You Will Rejoice In Salvation


The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

Verse ConceptsNetsPitsHeathenDigging PitsHidden ThingsTrapping OneselfPit Used As Traps


The Lord has made Himself known;
He executes judgment;
The wicked are trapped by the work of their own hands. Higgaion (meditation) Selah.

Verse ConceptsTrapSin, Consequences OfKnowing That There Is A GodPsalm Interjections


The wicked will turn to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
Even all the nations who forget God.

Verse ConceptsForgetting GodEternal DeathGrave, TheHell, Punishment OfSheolSinners Grasped By Death


Put them in [reverent] fear of You, O Lord,
So that the nations may know they are but [frail and mortal] men. Selah.

Verse ConceptsTerror Of GodMere MenPsalm Interjectionsterrorism


He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in his lair;
He lies in wait to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

Verse ConceptsLionsNetsMan TrappingLike Creaturesrehabilitation


To vindicate and obtain justice for the fatherless and the oppressed,
So that man who is of the earth will no longer terrify them.

Verse ConceptsThose Not Fearingoppressionrehabilitationvindicationterrorism


For look, the wicked are bending the bow;
They take aim with their arrow on the string
To shoot [by stealth] in darkness at the upright in heart.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfArrows, Figurative OfDarkness Of EvilArrowsResolving Conflict


May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things [in boasting];

Verse ConceptsFlattery


And my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
And my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.

Verse ConceptsdefeatRejoicing In Evil


Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When the Lord restores His captive people,
Then Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersJacob, The PatriarchRestorationRestoring NationsSalvation For IsraelRejoicing In SuccessSave Us!deliverance

Hear the just (righteous) cause, O Lord; listen to my loud [piercing] cry;
Listen to my prayer, that comes from guileless lips.

Verse ConceptsThe Lips Of The RighteousLipsRighteousness, Of BelieversPrayer, Offered WithAvoiding DeceitHear Prayer!Pay Attention O God!


Let my verdict of vindication come from Your presence;
May Your eyes look with equity and behold things that are just.

Verse ConceptsMaking DecisionsThe Presence Of Godvindication


You have tried my heart;
You have visited me in the night;
You have tested me and You find nothing [evil in me];
I intend that my mouth will not transgress.

Verse ConceptsSelf ControlSpeech, Positive Aspects OfTestingVisions At NightPlea Of InnocenceTestsexamsmotivestrying


I shattered them so that they were not able to rise;
They fell [wounded] under my feet.

Verse ConceptsDownfallPeople Overcomingcrushes


You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me [in defeat],
And I silenced and destroyed those who hated me.

Verse ConceptsTurning One's BackProtection From Enemies


May He remember all your meal offerings
And accept your burnt offering. Selah.

Verse ConceptsPsalm InterjectionsSpiritual WarfareSacrificeTithes And Offering


Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven
With the saving strength of His right hand.

Verse ConceptsPower, God's SavingRight Hand Of GodAnointed Old Testament LeadersHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansGod's HandThe Lord's AnointedGod Will AnswerHoliness


You have given him his heart’s desire,
And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritLipsPsalm InterjectionsGod Answered PrayerGod Giving Freely


“He trusted and committed himself to the Lord, let Him save him.
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”

Verse ConceptsDelighting, Right Kinds OfTrust, Importance OfChrist Pleasing GodGod As A Source Of Delight


All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship;
All those who go down to the dust (the dead) will bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

Verse ConceptsBanquets, Events CelebratedKneelingMortalityGod Opposes The Prouddust


They will come and declare His righteousness
To a people yet to be born—that He has done it [and that it is finished].


This is the generation (description) of those who diligently seek Him and require Him as their greatest need,
Who seek Your face, even [as did] Jacob. Selah.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodGenerationsJacob, The PatriarchPsalm InterjectionsPurityseeking


Lift up your heads, O gates,
And be lifted up, ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in.

Verse ConceptsDoorsThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesLifting Headsancient Choirs


Lift up your heads, O gates,
And lift them up, ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in.

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesLifting Heads


Who is [He then] this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
He is the King of glory [who rules over all creation with His heavenly armies]. Selah.

Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfGod, Power OfKingsWho Is God?Psalm Interjections


Who is the man who fears the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with submissive wonder]?
He will teach him [through His word] in the way he should choose.

Verse ConceptsFear Of God, Results OfGod As Our TeacherGod TeachingChoosing God's WayWho Is The One?


I would have despaired had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfKept Alive By GodConfidenceLiveGoodnessHaving A Good DayDespairFeeling Lostexperienceland


O Lord, You have brought my life up from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
You have kept me alive, so that I would not go down to the pit (grave).

Verse ConceptsThe DeadGrave, ThePitsSheolGoing Down To The PitGod Lifting PeopleKept Alive By God


That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

Verse ConceptsEternal PraiseI Will Praise You With MusicWe Thank GodThank YouPraise And WorshipGrateful Heartawakening


For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me;
My energy (vitality, strength) was drained away as with the burning heat of summer. Selah.

Verse ConceptsAffliction Day And NightdefeatSummerGod's HandHot WeatherGod's Hands In OppositionNo Strength LeftPsalm Interjections


Let destruction come upon my enemy by surprise;
Let the net he hid for me catch him;
Into that very destruction let him fall.

Verse ConceptsLack Of ExpectationLet Evil Reboundsurprises


Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, that is what we wanted!”
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up and destroyed him.”

Verse ConceptsEvil Desires


For he flatters and deceives himself in his own eyes
Thinking that his sinfulness will not be discovered and hated [by God].

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidencePride, Results OfFlatteryFlattery, Used By The WickedBeing Found OutHate


He plans wrongdoing on his bed;
He sets himself on a path that is not good;
He does not reject or despise evil.

Verse ConceptsEvil WaysImagination, Evil SchemingEvil PlansBedsEvil DevicesMischiefPlottingContinuing In SinStaying Positive


The Lord laughs at him [the wicked one—the one who oppresses the righteous],
For He sees that his day [of defeat] is coming.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedLaughterGod MockingGod LaughingGod's PlanSmiling


Better is the little of the righteous [who seek the will of God]
Than the abundance (riches) of many wicked (godless).

Verse ConceptsPoverty, SpiritualContentmentPriorityHelp In ShortageBlessings Of The PoorMore Than EnoughGodly ManA Good ManMoney Blessings


But the wicked (ungodly) will perish,
And the enemies of the Lord will be like the glory of the pastures and like the fat of lambs [that is consumed in smoke],
They vanish—like smoke they vanish away.

Verse ConceptsEternal DeathSmokeDisappearanceThe Wicked Will PerishPurity Of New CreationsmokingSmoke Used Poetically


For those blessed by God will [at last] inherit the land,
But those cursed by Him will be cut off.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentBlessing And Curse


Those who seek my life lay snares for me,
And those who seek to injure me threaten mischievous things and destruction;
They devise treachery all the day long.

Verse ConceptsDeception In Fallen Human NaturePersecution, Forms OfEvil PlansTrapCharacter Of WickedMan TrappingAll DayAttempting To Kill Me


“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]! Selah.

Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeWeights And Measures, LinearVanityMan A Mere BreathPsalm InterjectionsPerspective


“With rebukes You discipline man for sin;
You consume like a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]. Selah.

Verse ConceptsInsectsRebukeBeauty, Temporal Nature OfVanityPossessions DecayingMothsMan A Mere BreathPsalm InterjectionsGod Requite Them!Time Passing


For innumerable evils have encompassed me;
My sins have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see.
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.

Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberGuilty ConsciencesDespair, Description OfNumber Of HairsHair


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

Verse ConceptsSeeking GodRejoicingLoving God's Things


“A wicked thing is poured out upon him and holds him;
And when he lies down, he will not rise up again.”

Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Looms Near


But You, O Lord, be gracious to me and restore me [to health],
So that I may repay them.

Verse ConceptsGod Lifting PeopleRepaying Evil For Evil


By this I know that You favor and delight in me,
Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

Verse ConceptsNot DefeatedOvercomingFavor


You drove out the [pagan] nations with Your own hand;
Then you planted and established them (Israel);
[It was by Your power that] You uprooted the [pagan] peoples,
Then You spread them abroad.

Verse Conceptsdriving outHeathenGod TroublingThe Lord Drove Them OutGod's People Planted


In God we have boasted all the day long,
And we will praise and give thanks to Your name forever. Selah.

Verse ConceptsBoasting, LegitimateAll DayBoasting In GodPsalm InterjectionsWe Thank GodA New DayThanks


She will be brought to the King in embroidered garments;
The virgins, her companions who follow her,
Will be brought to You.

Verse ConceptsClothembroideryMarriage, Customs ConcerningVirginWeddingsColorvirginity


Though its waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains tremble at its roaring. Selah.

Verse ConceptsTroubleTremblingFoamsPsalm InterjectionsThe Sea Stirred UpThe OceanThe Sea


The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.

Verse ConceptsGod With YouI Am GodPsalm Interjections


He chooses our inheritance for us,
The glory and excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah.

Verse ConceptsPsalm InterjectionsGod's Love For Israel


As we have heard, so have we seen
In the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God:
God will establish her forever. Selah.

Verse ConceptsNames For JerusalemSolutions To InsecuritySafetyPsalm Interjections


Consider her ramparts,
Go through her palaces,
That you may tell the next generation [about her glory].

Verse ConceptsTeaching ChildrenHer Strength


So that he should live on eternally,
That he should never see the pit (grave) and undergo decay.

Verse ConceptsNot Dyingcorruption


Their inward thought is that their houses will continue forever,
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have named their lands after their own names [ignoring God].

Verse ConceptsPeople Naming ThingsInner Beauty


This is the fate of those who are foolishly confident,
And of those after them who approve [and are influenced by] their words. Selah.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinPsalm Interjectionsfate


A man [who is held] in honor,
Yet who lacks [spiritual] understanding and a teachable heart, is like the beasts that perish.

Verse ConceptsMoney, Attitudes ToRich, TheMen Similar To AnimalsAnimals Having A Soulhonour


He summons the heavens above,
And the earth, to judge His people:

Verse ConceptsGod, As Judge


And the heavens declare His righteousness,
For God Himself is judge. Selah.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod, Righteousness OfJudgesPsalm Interjectionsfairness


“He who offers a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who orders his way rightly [who follows the way that I show him],
I shall show the salvation of God.”

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfHonorThank OfferingPraise, Nature OfGod My SalvationRight SacrificesThanking GodGrateful HeartGiving ThanksThanksgiving Offered To God


Against You, You only, have I sinned
And done that which is evil in Your sight,
So that You are justified when You speak [Your sentence]
And faultless in Your judgment.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfGod, Righteousness OfJustification, Necessity OfLast JudgmentSin, Nature OfOvercoming


But God will break you down forever;
He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

Verse ConceptsMisersRootsPlucking OutGod KillingPsalm InterjectionsGod Killing Individuals