And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.

'Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'

Turn back, O Jehovah, draw out my soul, Save me for Thy kindness' sake.

I have been weary with my sighing, I meditate through all the night on my bed, With my tear my couch I waste.

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

If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw mine adversary without cause,

Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.

And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, 'God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.

The whole have turned aside, Together they have been filthy: There is not a doer of good, not even one.

His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.

Jehovah is my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God is my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.

The fear of Jehovah is clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah are true, They have been righteous -- together.

Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

Love Jehovah, all ye His saints, Jehovah is keeping the faithful, And recompensing abundantly a proud doer.

And draw out spear and lance, To meet my pursuers. Say to my soul, 'Thy salvation I am.'

Draw out Thy kindness to those knowing Thee, And Thy righteousness to the upright of heart.

Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And to my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I am with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.

My tear hath been to me bread day and night, In their saying unto me all the day, 'Where is thy God?'

And the daughter of Tyre with a present, The rich of the people do appease thy face.

Jehovah of Hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob. Selah.

Jehovah of hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob! Selah.

God in her high places is known for a tower.

Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou -- place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book?

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?

O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God is my tower -- the God of my kindness.

And I -- I sing of Thy strength, And I sing at morn of Thy kindness, For thou hast been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity.

O my Strength, unto Thee I sing praise, For God is my tower, the God of my kindness!

For Thou hast been a refuge for me, A tower of strength because of the enemy.

Only -- He is my rock, and my salvation, My tower, I am not much moved.

Only -- He is my rock and my salvation, My tower, I am not moved.

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

Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with inhabitants of Tyre,

To the age art Thou angry against us? Dost Thou draw out Thine anger To generation and generation?

I mention Rahab and Babel to those knowing Me, Lo, Philistia, and Tyre, with Cush! This one was born there.

The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.

They have forgotten God their saviour, The doer of great things in Egypt,

The works of His hands are true and just, Stedfast are all His appointments.

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

My kind one, and my bulwark, My tower, and my deliverer, My shield, and in whom I have trusted, Who is subduing my people under me!

The mountains and all heights, Fruit tree, and all cedars,