But, for himself, hath he made ready the weapons so deadly, His arrows, he, so fiery, would make:

Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover.

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that would understand and seek after God.

Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

You would frustrate the plans of the oppressed, but the LORD is their refuge.

I wish the deliverance of Israel would come from Zion! When the Lord restores the well-being of his people, may Jacob rejoice, may Israel be happy!

Hear, O Yahweh, the right, Attend to my loud cry, Give ear unto my prayer, on lips that would not deceive:

Protect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye! Hide me in the shadow of your wings!

You enlarge the path beneath me and make my steps secure,
So that my feet will not slip.

“He trusted and committed himself to the Lord, let Him save him.
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”

Unto thee, O Yahweh, my soul, would I lift:

I have not sat with men of deceit, nor, with dissemblers, would I enter;

I have hated the convocation of evil-doers, and, with lawless men, would I not sit;

Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.

Even if my father and mother abandoned me, the Lord would take me in.

I would have despaired had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.

To you, LORD, I call. My rock, do not be deaf to me; lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.

O Lord, You have brought up my soul from Sheol;
You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.

My sin, would I own unto thee, and, mine iniquity, not hide, I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Yahweh, And, thou, didst forgive the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Do not be like a horse [or] like a mule, without understanding; [that needs] his tackle--bridle and rein--for restraint [or he would not] come near you.

Do you want to really live? Would you love to live a long, happy life?

Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.

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.

But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together. They gathered together against me attackers whom I did not know. They tore me apart and would not stop.

Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself: it would be only to do evil.

For I said, “May they not rejoice over me,
Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me.”

Let me know, O Yahweh, mine end, And the measure of my days - what it is, I would know how short-lived I am.

You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities; you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth. Indeed, every person is a puff of wind. Interlude

Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

These I remember and I pour out my soul within me: that I would go with the multitude; I led them [in procession] to the house of God, with a voice of rejoicing and thanksgiving, a crowd celebrating a festival.

would not God discover it, for he knows one's thoughts?

Why should I fear in the days of evil,
When the wickedness of those who would betray me surrounds me [on every side],

for it would cost too much to redeem his life, and the payments would go on forever

“If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
For the world and all it contains are Mine.

Wilt thou cause me to hear joy and gladness? The bones thou hast crushed would exult.

I would teach transgressors thy ways, And, sinners, unto thee, should return.

For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.

"Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others."

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that would understand, or seek after God.

Have the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food, as they would take bread; they make no prayer to God.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When God restores [the fortunes of] His people,
Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the pressure of the wicked;
For they bring down trouble on me,
And in anger they persecute me.

My heart, would writhe within me, And, the terrors of Death, have fallen upon me:

Fear and trembling, would enter me, And there would have overwhelmed me - a horror!

And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.

“I would wander far away,
I would lodge in the [peace of the] wilderness. Selah.

“I would hurry to my refuge [my tranquil shelter far away]
From the stormy wind and from the tempest.”

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

We would share personal thoughts with each other; in God's temple we would walk together among the crowd.

Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled on me;
All day long the adversary oppresses and torments me.

My enemies have trampled upon me all day long,
For they are many who fight proudly against me.

He will send from heaven and save me;
He calls to account him who tramples me down. Selah.
God will send out His lovingkindness and His truth.

I would be a guest in thy tent to the ages, I would seek refuge in the concealment of thy wings. Selah.

How long will you rage against someone? Would you attack him as if he were a leaning wall or a tottering fence?

Should I call thee to mind upon my conch, In the watches of the night, would I breathe soft speech of thee.

When, they, to crush it, would seek my life, They shall go into the lower parts of the earth:

They [who] would {deliver him to the sword} will become a portion for jackals.

And they [who] would cause him to stumble, their [own] tongue [will be] against them. All who gaze on them will shake.

If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would destroy me are powerful, being my enemies wrongfully;
I am forced to restore what I did not steal.

My lips would fain sing praises unto thee; and so would my soul whom thou hast delivered.

If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your loyal followers.

From heaven you announced what their punishment would be. The earth was afraid and silent

In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.

So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children;

Then they would not be like their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not loyal
and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

They kept not the covenant of God, and would not walk in his law.

But he was so merciful, that he forgave their misdeeds, and destroyed them not. Yea, many a time turned he his wrath away, and would not suffer his whole displeasure to arise.

He led them to safety so they would not fear. As for their enemies, the sea covered them.

I said, 'Listen, my people! I will warn you! O Israel, if only you would obey me!

But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands!

Then I would quickly subdue their enemies, and attack their adversaries."

Those who hate the Lord would pretend obedience to Him and cringe before Him,
And their time of punishment would be forever.

"I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs."

For they have taken counsel with one heart, Against thee - a covenant, would they solemnize -

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else];
I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my God
Than to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.

You have placed our wickedness before you,
Our secret sins [which we tried to conceal, You have placed] in the [revealing] light of Your presence.

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

For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the flock in his care. If only you would listen to his voice today,

“Therefore I swore [an oath] in My wrath,
‘They absolutely shall not enter My rest [the land of promise].’”

so they would declare the name of the LORD in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem,

You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.

He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them,

But within a while they forgot his works, and would not abide his counsel.

So he said he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in that gap; to turn away his wrathful indignation, lest he should destroy them.

So he swore an oath concerning them that he would cause them to die in the wilderness,

And that he would make their seed fall among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.

Many times He would deliver them;
They, however, were rebellious in their counsel,
And so sank down in their iniquity.

O that men would therefore praise the LORD for his goodness; and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!

O that men would therefore praise the LORD for his goodness, and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!

O that men would therefore praise the LORD for his goodness, and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!

- That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and tell out his works with gladness!

Then are they glad, because they are at rest; and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.

O that men would therefore praise the LORD for his goodness, and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!

- That they would exalt him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders,

He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.

He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

Because he standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save, from them who would pass sentence on his life.