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.

I cried out to the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I was delivered from my enemies.

The world shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains quaked, they shook because he was angry.

He bent the sky and descended, and darkness was under his feet.

He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy surrounding him was dark waters and thick clouds.

They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.

I was upright before him, and I kept myself from iniquity.

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

I was dependent on you from birth; from my mother's womb you have been my God.

I wash my hands innocently. I go around your altar, LORD,

The voice of the LORD was heard above the waters; the God of glory thundered; the LORD was heard over many waters.

By your favor, LORD, you established me as a strong mountain; Then you hid your face, and I was dismayed.

Blessed be the LORD! In a marvelous way he demonstrated his gracious love to me, when I was in a city under siege.

For your hand was heavy upon me day and night; my strength was exhausted as in a summer drought. Interlude

I once was young and now I am old, but I have not seen a righteous person forsaken or his descendants begging for bread.

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

I was as silent as a mute person; I said nothing, not even something good, and my distress deepened.

It was not with their sword that they inherited the land, nor did their own arm deliver them. But it was by your power, your strength, and by the light of your face; because you were pleased with them.

These things you did, and I kept silent, because you assumed that I was like you. But now I am going to rebuke you, and I will set forth my case before your very own eyes."

Wash me from my iniquity, cleanse me from my sin.

Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what was evil in your sight. As a result, you are just in your pronouncement and clear in your judgment.

Indeed, in iniquity I was brought forth; in sin my mother conceived me.

Purge me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

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.

Moab is my wash basin; over Edom I will throw my shoes; over Philistia I will celebrate my triumph."

Also to you, Lord, belongs gracious love, because you reward each person according to what he does. A Davidic Psalm, while he was in the Judean wilderness.

They tripped over their own tongues, and everyone who was watching ran away.

Everyone was gripped with fear and acknowledged God's deeds, understanding what he had done.

that my lips uttered and that my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.

God, you poured out abundant rain on your inheritance. When Israel was weary, you sustained her.

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

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

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

For you are my hope, Lord GOD, my security since I was young.

For I was envious of the proud when I observed the prosperity of the wicked.

When I tried to understand this, it was too difficult for me

When I chose to be bitter I was emotionally pained.

Then, I was too stupid and didn't realize I was acting like a wild animal with you.

When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; my hands were raised at night and they did not grow weary. I refused to be comforted.

You kept my eyes open; I was troubled and couldn't speak.

Your thunderous sound was in a whirlwind; your lightning lights up the world; the earth becomes agitated and quakes.

Your way was through the sea, and your path through mighty waters, but your footprints cannot be traced.

They will not be like the rebellious generation of their ancestors, a rebellious generation, whose heart was not steadfast, and whose spirits were unfaithful to God.

To test God was in their minds, when they demanded food to satisfy their cravings.

Therefore, when the LORD heard this, he was angry, and fire broke out against Jacob. Moreover, his anger flared against Israel,

However, before they had fulfilled their desire, while their food was still in their mouths,

Then they remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God was their deliverer.

He delivered his people over to the sword and was angry with his possession.

was burned with fire, cut off, and destroyed on account of your rebuke.

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

Indeed, about Zion it will be said: "More than one person was born in it," and "The Most High himself did it."

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

I will declare that your gracious love was established forever; in the heavens itself, you have established your faithfulness.

You've grown my strength like the horn of a wild ox; I was anointed with fresh oil.

Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel also was among those who invoked his name. When they called on the LORD, he answered them.

but when the wind blows through it, it withers away and no one remembers where it was.

But Phinehas intervened and prayed so that the plague was restrained.

And it was credited to him as a righteous act, from generation to generation to eternity.

the LORD watches over the innocent; I was brought low, and he delivered me.

Before I was humbled, I wandered away, but now I observe your words.

It was for my good that I was humbled; so that I would learn your statutes.

Then our mouths were filled with laughter, and our tongues formed joyful shouts. Then it was said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."

It was the LORD who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, including both men and animals.

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!"

It was you who formed my internal organs, fashioning me within my mother's womb.

My frame was not hidden from you while I was being crafted in a hidden place, knit together in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes looked upon my embryo, and everything was recorded in your book. The days scheduled for my formation were inscribed, even though not one of them had come yet.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I come through. A Davidic Song, when he was in the cave. A prayer.