For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will be destroyed.

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

I will not fear multitudes of people, who set themselves against me on every side.

Arise, LORD! Deliver me, my God! For you strike the jaw of all my enemies, and you break the teeth of the wicked.

When I call, answer me, my righteous God! When I was in distress, you set me free. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

But understand this: the LORD has set apart the godly for himself! The LORD will hear me when I cry out to him!

I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, LORD, enable me to live securely. To the Director: For flutes. A Davidic Psalm

Pay attention to my cry for help, my king and my God, for unto you will I pray.

LORD, in the morning you will hear my voice; in the morning I will pray to you, and I will watch for your answer.

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.

Declare them guilty, God! Let them fall by their own schemes. Drive them away because of their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

Let all those who take refuge in you rejoice! Let them shout for joy forever, and may you protect them. Let those who love your name exult in you.

Get away from me, all of you who practice evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.

As for all my enemies, they will be put to shame; they will be greatly frightened and suddenly turn away ashamed. A Davidic psalm, which he sang to the LORD, because of the words of Cush the descendant of Benjamin.

Get up, LORD, in your anger! Rise up, because of the fury of my enemies; Arouse yourself for me; you have ordained justice.

For the LORD will judge the nations. Judge me according to my righteousness, LORD, and according to my integrity, Exalted One.

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. For you are the righteous God who discerns the inner thoughts.

He prepares weapons of death for himself, he makes his arrows into fiery shafts.

But as for me, I will praise the LORD for his righteousness, and I will sing to the name of the LORD Most High. To the Director: On a stringed instrument. A Davidic Psalm.

For you have brought about justice for me and my cause; you sit on the throne judging righteously.

But the LORD sits on his throne forever; his throne is established for judgment.

He will judge the world righteously and make just decisions for the people.

The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of distress.

Those who know your name will trust you, for you have not forsaken those who seek you, LORD.

so I may declare everything for which you should be praised in the gates of the daughter of Zion, so I will rejoice in your deliverance.

For he will not always overlook the plight of the poor, nor will the hope of the afflicted perish forever.

Why do you stand far away, LORD? Why do you hide in times of distress?

For the wicked one boasts about his own desire; he blesses the greedy and despises the LORD.

Their ways always seem prosperous. Your judgments are on high, far away from them. They scoff at all their enemies.

to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed, so that men of the earth may cause terror no more. To the Director: A Davidic Song.

Help, LORD, for godly people no longer exist; trustworthy people have disappeared from humanity.

"Because the poor are being oppressed, because the needy are sighing, I will now arise," says the LORD, "I will establish in safety those who yearn for it."

As for me, I have trusted in your gracious love, my heart will rejoice in your deliverance.

I will sing to the LORD, for he has dealt bountifully with me. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

The LORD looks down from the heavens upon humanity to see if anyone shows discernment as he searches for God.

Keep me safe, God, for I take refuge in you.

As for the saints that are in the land, they are noble, and all my delight is in them.

The boundary lines have fallen in pleasant places for me; truly, I have a beautiful heritage.

For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, you will not allow your holy one to experience corruption.

Justice for me will come from your presence; your eyes see what is right.

When you probe my heart, and examine me at night; when you refine me, you will find nothing wrong, for I have determined that I will not transgress with my mouth.

As for the ways of mankind, I have, according to the words of your lips, avoided the ways of the violent.

I call upon you, for you will answer me, God. Listen closely to me and hear my prayer.

from men, LORD, by your hand from men who belong to this world, whose reward is only in this life. But as for your treasured ones, may their stomachs be full, may their children have an abundance, and may they leave wealth to their offspring.

But as for me, justified, I will behold your face; when I awake, your presence will satisfy me. To the Director: By the servant of the LORD, David, who spoke the words of this song to the LORD on the day when the LORD delivered him from the hands of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

In my distress I cried to the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his Temple he heard my voice; my cry reached his ears.

In his anger smoke poured out of his nostrils, and consuming fire from his mouth; coals were lit from it.

The brightness before him scattered the thick clouds, with hail stones and flashes of fire.

Then the LORD thundered in the heavens, and the Most High sounded aloud, calling for hail stones and flashes of fire.

He brought me out to a spacious place; he delivered me, for in me he takes delight.

For you, LORD, make my lamp shine; my God enlightens my darkness.

As for God, his way is upright; the word of God is pure; he is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

For who is God but the LORD, and who is a Rock other than our God?

You make a broad place for my steps, so my feet won't slip.

You clothed me with strength for war; you will subdue under me those who rise up against me.

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

yet their message goes out into all the world, and their words to the ends of the earth. He has set up a tent for the sun in the heavens,

The fear of the LORD is clean, standing forever. The judgments of the LORD are true; they are altogether righteous.

May we shout for joy at your deliverance and unfurl our banners in the name of our God. May the LORD fulfill all your petitions.

He asked life from you, and you gave it to him a long life for ever and ever.

When you appear, you will set them ablaze like a fire furnace. In his wrath, the LORD will consume them, and the fire will devour them.

My God! My God! Why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from delivering me from my groaning words?

But as for me, I am only a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by people.

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

For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of those who practice of evil has encircled me. They gouged my hands and my feet.

They divide my clothing among themselves; they cast lots for my clothing!

But as for you, LORD, do not be far away from me; My Strength, come quickly to help me.

"All who fear the LORD, praise him! All the seed of Jacob, glorify him! All the seed of Israel, fear him!

For he does not despise nor detest the afflicted person; he does not hide his face from him, but he hears him when he cries out to him."

My praise in the great congregation is because of you; I will pay my vows before those who fear you.

He revives my life; he leads me in pathways that are righteous for the sake of his name.

The earth and everything in it exists for the LORD the world and those who live in it.

Indeed, no one who waits on you will be ashamed, but those who offend for no reason will be put to shame.

Guide me in your truth and teach me; for you are the God who delivers me. All day long I have waited for you.

All the paths of the LORD lead to gracious love and truth for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.

For the sake of your name, LORD, forgive my sin, for it is great.

The intimate counsel of the LORD is for those who fear him so they may know his covenant.

Turn toward me and have mercy on me, for I am lonely and oppressed.

For your gracious love precedes me, and I continuously walk according to your truth.

But as for me, I walk in my integrity. Redeem me and be gracious to me!

The LORD is my light and my salvation whom will I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom will I be afraid?

If an army encamps against me, my heart will not fear. If a war is launched against me, I will even trust in that situation.

For he will conceal me in his shelter on the day of evil; He will hide me in a secluded chamber within his tent; He will place me on a high rock.

Do not hand me over to the desires of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen up against me; even the one who breathes out violence.

Hear the sound of my supplications when I cry to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.

Blessed be the LORD! For he has heard the sound of my supplications.

The LORD is the strength of his people; he is a refuge of deliverance for his anointed.

The voice of the LORD shoots out flashes of fire.

The LORD will give strength to his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace. A Davidic Psalm for the dedication of the Temple.

I exalt you, LORD, for you have lifted me up, and my enemies could not gloat over me.

LORD, my God! I cried out to you for help and you healed me.

For his wrath is only momentary; yet his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may lodge for the night, but shouts of joy will come in the morning.

As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I will never be moved."

Listen to me, and deliver me quickly. Become a rock of safety for me, a fortified citadel to deliver me;

For you are my rock and my fortress; for the sake of your name guide me and lead me.

Rescue me from the net that they concealed to trap me; for you are my strength.

Into your hands I commit my spirit; for you have redeemed me, LORD God of truth.

I will rejoice and be glad in your gracious love, for you see my affliction and take note that my soul is distressed.

Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes have been consumed by my grief along with my soul and my body.

I have become an object of reproach to all my enemies, especially to my neighbors. I have become an object of fear to my friends, and whoever sees me outside runs away from me.