For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic psalm.Answer me when I call,
God, who vindicates me.
You freed me from affliction;
be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

Know that the Lord has set apart
the faithful for Himself;
the Lord will hear when I call to Him.

You have put more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and new wine abound.

When I observe Your heavens,
the work of Your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which You set in place,

When my enemies retreat,
they stumble and perish before You.

When the foundations are destroyed,
what can the righteous do?”

Oh, that Israel’s deliverance would come from Zion!
When the Lord restores the fortunes of His people,
Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.

But I will see Your face in righteousness;
when I awake, I will be satisfied with Your presence.

You will make them burn
like a fiery furnace when you appear;
the Lord will engulf them in His wrath,
and fire will devour them.

Instead, you will put them to flight
when you aim your bow at their faces.

For He has not despised or detested
the torment of the afflicted.
He did not hide His face from him
but listened when he cried to Him for help.

Even when I go through the darkest valley,
I fear no danger,
for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff—they comfort me.

When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh,
my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell.

Lord, hear my voice when I call;
be gracious to me and answer me.

Listen to the sound of my pleading
when I cry to You for help,
when I lift up my hands
toward Your holy sanctuary.

When I was secure, I said,
“I will never be shaken.”

Lord, when You showed Your favor,
You made me stand like a strong mountain;
when You hid Your face, I was terrified.

I have heard the gossip of many;
terror is on every side.
When they conspired against me,
they plotted to take my life.

Lord, do not let me be disgraced when I call on You.
Let the wicked be disgraced;
let them be silent in Sheol.

In my alarm I had said,
“I am cut off from Your sight.”
But You heard the sound of my pleading
when I cried to You for help.

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle
from my groaning all day long.

Therefore let everyone who is faithful pray to You
at a time that You may be found.
When great floodwaters come,
they will not reach him.

Yet when they were sick,
my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting,
and my prayer was genuine.

But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop.

the Lord will not leave him
in the power of the wicked one
or allow him to be condemned when he is judged.

Wait for the Lord and keep His way,
and He will exalt you to inherit the land.
You will watch when the wicked are destroyed.

For I said, “Don’t let them rejoice over me—
those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble.”

My enemies speak maliciously about me:
“When will he die and be forgotten?”

When one of them comes to visit, he speaks deceitfully;
he stores up evil in his heart;
he goes out and talks.

I thirst for God, the living God.
When can I come and appear before God?

God is within her; she will not be toppled.
God will help her when the morning dawns.

Nations rage, kingdoms topple;
the earth melts when He lifts His voice.

Do not be afraid when a man gets rich,
when the wealth of his house increases.

For when he dies, he will take nothing at all;
his wealth will not follow him down.

Though he praises himself during his lifetime—
and people praise you when you do well for yourself—

When you see a thief,
you make friends with him,
and you associate with adulterers.

Against You—You alone—I have sinned
and done this evil in Your sight.
So You are right when You pass sentence;
You are blameless when You judge.

Indeed, I was guilty when I was born;
I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

Oh, that Israel’s deliverance would come from Zion!
When God restores the fortunes of His people,
Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.

When I am afraid,
I will trust in You.

Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call.
This I know: God is for me.

The righteous one will rejoice
when he sees the retribution;
he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

I call to You from the ends of the earth
when my heart is without strength.
Lead me to a rock that is high above me,

When I think of You as I lie on my bed,
I meditate on You during the night watches

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.God, hear my voice when I complain.
Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.

God, when You went out before Your people,
when You marched through the desert,Selah

You, God, showered abundant rain;
You revived Your inheritance when it languished.

When the Almighty scattered kings in the land,
it snowed on Zalmon.

Even when I am old and gray,
God, do not abandon me.
Then I will proclaim Your power
to another generation,
Your strength to all who are to come.

My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to You
because You have redeemed me.

When I tried to understand all this,
it seemed hopeless

Like one waking from a dream,
Lord, when arising, You will despise their image.

When I became embittered
and my innermost being was wounded,

“When I choose a time,
I will judge fairly.

When the earth and all its inhabitants shake,
I am the One who steadies its pillars.Selah

And You—You are to be feared.
When You are angry,
who can stand before You?

when God rose up to judge
and to save all the lowly of the earth.Selah

When He killed some of them,
the rest began to seek Him;
they repented and searched for God.

when He performed His miraculous signs in Egypt
and His wonders in the region of Zoan.

He set it up as an ordinance for Joseph
when He went throughout the land of Egypt.

I heard an unfamiliar language:

When He registers the peoples,
the Lord will record,
“This one was born there.”Selah

You rule the raging sea;
when its waves surge, You still them.

When he calls out to Me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble.
I will rescue him and give him honor.

My eyes look down on my enemies;
my ears hear evildoers when they attack me.

Pay attention, you stupid people!
Fools, when will you be wise?

When I am filled with cares,
Your comfort brings me joy.

I will pay attention to the way of integrity.
When will You come to me?
I will live with a heart of integrity in my house.

Do not hide Your face from me in my day of trouble.
Listen closely to me;
answer me quickly when I call.

when peoples and kingdoms are assembled
to serve the Lord.

when the wind passes over it, it vanishes,
and its place is no longer known.

He made the moon to mark the festivals;
the sun knows when to set.

You bring darkness, and it becomes night,
when all the forest animals stir.

When You give it to them,
they gather it;
when You open Your hand,
they are satisfied with good things.

When You hide Your face,
they are terrified;
when You take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.

When You send Your breath,
they are created,
and You renew the face of the earth.

When they were few in number,
very few indeed,
and temporary residents in Canaan,

Egypt was glad when they left,
for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.

Remember me, Lord,
when You show favor to Your people.
Come to me with Your salvation

When He heard their cry,
He took note of their distress,

They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet.
Then He guided them to the harbor they longed for.

When they are diminished and are humbled
by cruel oppression and sorrow,

When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
and let his prayer be counted as sin.

I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers;
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.

Though they curse, You will bless.
When they rise up, they will be put to shame,
but Your servant will rejoice.

When Israel came out of Egypt—
the house of Jacob from a people
who spoke a foreign language—

I believed, even when I said,
“I am severely afflicted.”

Then I would not be ashamed
when I think about all Your commands.

I will praise You with a sincere heart
when I learn Your righteous judgments.

My eyes grow weary
looking for what You have promised;
I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

How many days must Your servant wait?
When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?

I am for peace; but when I speak,
they are for war.

If the Lord had not been on our side
when men attacked us,

A song of ascents.When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who dream.

Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.
Such men will never be put to shame
when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.

A Davidic song of ascents.How good and pleasant it is
when brothers live together in harmony!

By the rivers of Babylon—
there we sat down and wept
when we remembered Zion.

All the kings on earth will give You thanks, Lord,
when they hear what You have promised.

You know when I sit down and when I stand up;
You understand my thoughts from far away.

My bones were not hidden from You
when I was made in secret,
when I was formed in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw me when I was formless;
all my days were written in Your book and planned
before a single one of them began.