I will lie down and sleep peacefully, for you, Lord, make me safe and secure.

But as for me, because of your great faithfulness I will enter your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple as I worship you.

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

Sing praises to the Lord, who rules in Zion! Tell the nations what he has done!

Rise up, Lord! Don't let men be defiant! May the nations be judged in your presence!

His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.

Rise up, Lord! O God, strike him down! Do not forget the oppressed!

May the Lord rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!

"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."

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

Rise up, Lord! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!

Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.

He reached down from above and took hold of me; he pulled me from the surging water.

For you deliver oppressed people, but you bring down those who have a proud look.

The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one's life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.

They will fall down, but we will stand firm.

For the music director; according to the tune "Morning Doe;" a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.

He restores my strength. He leads me down the right paths for the sake of his reputation.

Give thanks to the Lord with the harp! Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument!

Then make sure you don't speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

They repay me evil for the good I have done; I am overwhelmed with sorrow.

I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.

I can see the evildoers! They have fallen! They have been knocked down and are unable to get up!

Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.

For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down.

They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.

I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.

He gave me reason to sing a new song, praising our God. May many see what God has done, so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the Lord!

O Lord, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. No one can thwart you! I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount!

By your power we will drive back our enemies; by your strength we will trample down our foes!

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."

God lives within it, it cannot be moved. God rescues it at the break of dawn.

For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive: "May men praise you, for you have done well!"

Against you -- you above all -- I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.

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

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.

May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.

Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! In your anger bring down the nations, O God!

I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.

Awake, my soul! Awake, O stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up at dawn!

Though I have done nothing wrong, they are anxious to attack. Spring into action and help me! Take notice of me!

Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a prayer of David written to instruct others. It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us!

By God's power we will conquer; he will trample down our enemies.

They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah)

in order to shoot down the innocent in secluded places. They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation.

and all people will fear. They will proclaim what God has done, and reflect on his deeds.

Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God! I will declare what he has done for me.

the earth shakes, yes, the heavens pour down rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold.

For the music director; according to the tune of "Lilies;" by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck.

Rescue me from the mud! Don't let me sink! Deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep water!

Don't let the current overpower me! Don't let the deep swallow me up! Don't let the pit devour me!

Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; you have done great things. O God, who can compare to you?

Before him the coastlands will bow down, and his enemies will lick the dust.

All kings will bow down to him; all nations will serve him.

Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

But as for me, God's presence is all I need. I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter, as I declare all the things you have done.

Hurry and look at the permanent ruins, and all the damage the enemy has done to the temple!

And now they are tearing down all its engravings with axes and crowbars.

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

For God is the judge! He brings one down and exalts another.

As for me, I will continually tell what you have done; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob!

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

I will think about all you have done; I will reflect upon your deeds!"

The clouds poured down rain; the skies thundered. Yes, your arrows flashed about.

we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the Lord's praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.

They forgot what he had done, the amazing things he had shown them.

He rained down manna for them to eat; he gave them the grain of heaven.

He rained down meat on them like dust, birds as numerous as the sand on the seashores.

When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.

They did not remember what he had done, how he delivered them from the enemy,

He rained hail down on their cattle, and hurled lightning bolts down on their livestock.

He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.

He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down.

Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?

O God, invincible warrior, come back! Look down from heaven and take notice! Take care of this vine,

It is burned and cut down. They die because you are displeased with them.

Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!

Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,

Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky.

Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah)

I will crush his enemies before him; I will strike down those who hate him.

You have broken down all his walls; you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.

to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre, to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp.

For you, O Lord, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done.

The rules you set down are completely reliable. Holiness aptly adorns your house, O Lord, forever.

If the Lord had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death.

Come! Let's bow down and worship! Let's kneel before the Lord, our creator!

All who worship idols are ashamed, those who boast about worthless idols. All the gods bow down before him.

For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the Lord will look toward earth,

The children of your servants will settle down here, and their descendants will live securely in your presence."

as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down -- to the place you appointed for them.

He looks down on the earth and it shakes; he touches the mountains and they start to smolder.

saying, "Don't touch my chosen ones! Don't harm my prophets!"

He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.

He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power.

We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong, we have done evil.