For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

A psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom.Lord, how my foes increase!
There are many who attack me.

Many are saying of my soul, 'There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah.

Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have bitter feelings on your bed, but make no sound. (Selah.)

There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.

For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.

But as for the wicked, they do not speak truth at all. Inside them there is only wickedness. Their throat is an open grave, on their tongue is deceitful flattery.

In death, there is no memory of you. Who will give you thanks where the dead are?

Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.

LORD, my God, if I have done this thing, if there is injustice on my hands,

With haughty arrogance, the wicked thinks, "God will not seek justice." He always presumes "There is no God."

For he hath said in his heart, "Tush, I shall never be cast down; there shall no harm happen unto me."

Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

Send help, Lord, for mercy has come to an end; there is no more faith among the children of men.

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.

The Lord looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.

They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

There they are seized with terror, because God is with those who are righteous.

You cause me to know the path of life; in your presence is joyful abundance, at your right hand there are pleasures forever. A Davidic Prayer.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

Out of the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and coals of fire.

They cried out for deliverance, but there was no one to deliver; they cried out to the LORD, but he did not answer them.

There is no speech nor are there words their voice is not heard

His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

Moreover your servant is warned by them; and there is great reward in keeping them.

Thou wilt make them like a furnace of fire, at the time of thy presence, - Yahweh, in his anger, will swallow them up, and there shall consume them a fire:

My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me.

Do not be far from me, for trouble is near;
And there is no one to help.

A Davidic psalm.The Lord is my shepherd;
there is nothing I lack.

When there drew near against me evil-doers to devour my flesh, mine adversaries, and mine enemies - mine! - they, stumbled and fell!

Though there pitch against me - a camp, my heart shall not fear, - Though there come up against me - a battle, still, am I confident.

Do not give me up unto the desire of mine adversaries, for there have risen up against me witnesses that are false, and he that fanneth up violence.

The voice of Yahweh, causeth the gazelles to bring forth, and hath stript forests; and, in his own temple, every one there, is saying, Glory!

For a moment is passed in his anger, a life in his favour; at even weeping cometh for the night, and at morn there is rejoicing.

“What profit is there in my blood (death), if I go down to the pit (grave)?
Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness [to man]?

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute wickedness,
And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. Certainly when the surging water rises, it will not reach them.

There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

O [reverently] fear the Lord, you His saints (believers, holy ones);
For to those who fear Him there is no want.

There shall reach him a ruin he could not know, - Yea, his own net which he hath hidden, shall capture him, Into that ruin, shall he fall!

There rise up witnesses helping forward violence and wrong, What I know not, they demand of me:

But, in mine overthrow, have they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together, - There gathered themselves together against me foolish men, and I knew it not, They have torn in pieces, and not been silent;

O Lord, how long are you going to just stand there and watch this? Rescue me from their destructive attacks; guard my life from the young lions!

They gape upon me with their mouths, saying, "There! There! We see it with our eyes!"

Let them not say in their hearts, "There! There! So would we have it!" Neither let them say, "We have devoured him."

Transgression speaks [like an oracle] to the wicked (godless) [deep] within his heart;
There is no fear (dread) of God before his eyes.

O let there be no end to your loving mercy to those who have knowledge of you, or of your righteousness to the upright in heart.

There those who [are perverse and] do evil have fallen;
They have been thrust down and cannot rise.

Yet a little while longer, and the wicked will be no more. You will search for his place, but he will not be there.

Turn away from evil and do what is good,
and dwell there forever.

The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.

But then he passed away; in fact, he simply was not there. When I looked for him, he could not be found.

Mark the blameless man [who is spiritually complete], and behold the upright [who walks in moral integrity];
There is a [good] future for the man of peace [because a life of honor blesses one’s descendants].

There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation;
There is no health in my bones because of my sin.

For my sides are filled with burning,
And there is no health in my flesh.

Indeed, I have become like a man who hears nothing, and in whose mouth there is no rebuke.

Hot was my heart within me, While I was musing, there was kindled a fire, I spake with my tongue!

Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.

For there have closed in upon me, misfortunes beyond number, Mine iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see, They have become more than the hairs of my head, And, my courage, hath forsaken me!

Let them be desolate, and rewarded with shame, that say unto me, "There! There!"

Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.

You, by your power, defeated nations and settled our fathers on their land; you crushed the people living there and enabled our ancestors to occupy it.

And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

Panic seized them there,
And pain, as that of a woman in childbirth.

There be some that put their trust in their goods, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches.

Like sheep are they laid in Sheol: Death feedeth on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their comeliness shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for them.

Our God shall come, and not keep silence: there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him.

“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [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.

God has looked down from heaven upon the children of men
To see if there is anyone who understands,
Who seeks after God [who requires Him, who longs for Him as essential to life].

Every one of them has turned aside and fallen away;
Together they have become filthy and corrupt;
There is no one who does good, no, not even one.

There they were, in great terror and dread, where there had been no terror or dread;
For God scattered the bones of him who besieged you;
You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.

Fear and trembling, would enter me, And there would have overwhelmed me - a horror!

Then I said - Oh that there were given me a pinion, like a dove, I would fly away and be at rest:

Engulfing ruin, is in her midst, And there depart not from her broadway, oppression and deceit.

He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.

God will hear and humble them,
Even He who sits enthroned from old— Selah.
Because in them there has been no change [of heart],
And they do not fear God [at all].

The {buttery words} of his mouth were smooth, but [there was] battle in his heart. His words were smoother than oil, but they [were] drawn swords.

Those who watch me all day have harassed me, for there are many who fight against me out of conceit.

Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men?

Men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely there is a God who judges on the earth.”

They run and set themselves against me though there is no guilt in me;
Stir Yourself to meet and help me, and see [what they are doing]!

Let them go wandering up and down in search of food, and be there all night if they have not enough.

Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in man.

One thing, hath God spoken, Two things, there are which I have heard, That, power, belongeth unto God;

A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.
There will be silence before You, and praise in Zion, O God,
And to You the vow will be performed.

He turned the sea into dry land;
They crossed through the river on foot;
There we rejoiced in Him.

Your people live there; you sustain the needy with your goodness, God.

When the Almighty scattered the kings there, there was snow on Mt. Zalmon.

Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has decided to live? Indeed the Lord will live there permanently!

God's chariots were many thousands. The Lord was there with them at Sinai in holiness.

You have ascended on high, You have led away captive Your captives;
You have received gifts among men,
Even from the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.

The youngest is there, Benjamin, ruling them,
The princes of Judah and their company [the southern tribes],
The princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali [the northern tribes].

I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me.

Reproach and insults have broken my heart and I am so sick.
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.

Their tower is desolated, In their tents there is no dweller.

For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah,
That His servants may remain there and possess it.

The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who cherish his name will live there. To the Music director. Davidic. As a memorial.