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?

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."

Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They are corrupt and commit evil deeds; not one of them practices what is good.

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.

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

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

Do not be so distant from me, for trouble is at hand; indeed, there is no deliverer.

"What profit is there in my death if I go down to the Pit? Can dust worship you? Can it proclaim your faithfulness?"

How blessed is the person against whom the LORD does not charge iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

An oracle that came to me about the transgressions of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

There, those who do evil have fallen; They have been thrown down, and they cannot get up. Davidic

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

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

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

LORD, my God, You have done great things: marvelous works and your thoughts toward us. There is no one who compares to you! I will try to recite your actions, even though there are too many to number.

Look! There is a river whose streams make the city of God rejoice, even the Holy Place of the Most High.

Trembling seized them there, pains like those of a woman in labor,

Consider this, you who have forgotten God Otherwise, I will tear you in pieces and there will be no deliverer:

Fools say to themselves "There is no God." They are corrupt and commit iniquity; not one of them practices what is good.

There the Israelis were seized with terror, when there was nothing to fear. For God scattered the bones of those who laid siege against you you put them to shame, for God rejected them.

He calmly ransomed my soul from the war waged against me, for there was a vast crowd who stood against me.

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

A person will say, "Certainly, the righteous are rewarded; certainly there is a God who judges the earth." To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when Saul sent men to watch the house in order to kill 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.

You mountains of many peaks, why do you watch with envy the mountain in which God has chosen to dwell? Indeed, the LORD will live there forever.

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

You ascended to the heights, you took captives. You received gifts among mankind, even the rebellious, so the LORD God may live there.

Little Benjamin is there, leading them, and the princes of Judah all together with the princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali.

I am sinking in deep mire, and there is no solid ground. I have come into deep water, and the flood overwhelms me.

Insults broke my heart. I despaired and looked for sympathy; but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.

For God will deliver Zion and will rebuild the cities of Judah so they may live there and possess them.

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.

and say, "God has abandoned him. Run after him and seize him, because there's no deliverer."

For he will deliver the needy when they cry out for help, and the poor when there is no deliverer.

For there is no struggle at their deaths, and their bodies are healthy.

Therefore God's people return there and drink it all in like water until they're satiated.

We see no signs for us; there is no longer a prophet, and no one among us knows the future.

For there is a cup in the hand of the LORD, foaming with well-mixed wine that he will pour out, leaving only the dregs, from which all the wicked of the earth will drink.

There he shattered sharp arrows, shields, swords, and weapons of war. Interlude

Blow the ram's horn when there is a New Moon, when there is a full moon, on our festival day,

I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me including Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia "This one was born there," they say.

The LORD will record, as he registers the nations, "This one was born there." Interlude

We live for 70 years, or 80 years if we're healthy, yet even in the prime years there are troubles and sorrow. They pass by quickly and we fly away.

They will proclaim: "The LORD is upright; my rock, in whom there is no injustice."

the birds build their nests there, and the heron builds its nest among the evergreen.

There is the deep and wide sea, teeming with numberless creatures, living things small and great.

There, the ships pass through; Leviathan, which you created, frolics in it.

There he settled the hungry, where they built a city to live in.

There's exultation for deliverance in the tents of the righteous: "The right hand of the LORD is victorious!

For thrones are established there for judgment, thrones of the house of David.

For the sake of my relatives and friends I will now say, "May there be peace within you."

But with you there is forgiveness, so that you may be feared.

Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is gracious love, along with abundant redemption.

There I will create a power base for David I have prepared a lamp for my anointed one.

It is like the dew of Hermon falling on Zion's mountains. For there the LORD commanded his blessing life everlasting. A Song of Ascents

ears are attributed to them, but they do not hear, and there is no breath in their mouths.

There we sat down and cried by the rivers of Babylon as we remembered Zion.

On the willows there we hung our harps,

for it was there that our captors asked us for songs and our torturers demanded joy from us, "Sing us one of the songs about Zion!"

If I rise to heaven, there you are! If I lay down with the dead, there you are!

your hand will guide me there, too, while your right hand keeps a firm grip on me.

See if there is any offensive tendency in me, and lead me in the eternal way. To the Music Director: A Davidic Song

I look to my right and observe no one is concerned about me. There is nowhere I can go for refuge, and no one cares for me.

May our cattle grow heavy with young, with no damage or loss. May there be no cry of anguish in our streets!