"Let's break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us."

Many there are who say of my soul, "There is no help for him in God." Selah.

You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who does good.

Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who did understand, who did seek after God.

They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is none who does good, no, not one.

There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips.

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore. A Prayer by David.

Show your marvelous loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.

They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.

They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.

For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.

I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.

You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.

They cried, but there was none to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer them.

The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their close places.

There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,

His going forth is from the end of the heavens, his circuit to its ends; There is nothing hidden from its heat.

Moreover by them is your servant warned. In keeping them there is great reward.

For the king trusts in Yahweh. Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved.

You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from among the children of men.

For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face.

All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,

Don't be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is none to help.

They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

in whose hands is wickedness, their right hand is full of bribes.

Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.

Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever. A Psalm by David.

"What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?

I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.

Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn't impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

By Yahweh's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.

he who fashions all of their hearts; and he considers all of their works.

There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

to deliver their soul from death, to keep them alive in famine.

They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.

Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.

Yahweh's eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.

The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

Let their way be dark and slippery, Yahweh's angel pursuing them.

For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

Don't let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, "Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!"

Don't let them say in their heart, "Aha! That's the way we want it!" Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"

An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: "There is no fear of God before his eyes."

There the workers of iniquity are fallen. They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise. By David.

For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright in the way.

Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.

Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.

Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.

Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, "Aha! Aha!"

We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old.

For they didn't get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.

Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.

You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.

though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling. Selah.

There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.

Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches --

For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,

For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.

They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.

since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?

"Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be none to deliver.

Don't throw me from your presence, and don't take your holy Spirit from me.

The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does good.

God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God.

Every one of them has gone back. They have become filthy together. There is no one who does good, no, not one.

There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.

Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me.