You [evildoers] shamefully plan against the poor,
But the Lord is his safe refuge.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When the Lord restores His captive people,
Then Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.

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.”

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

Would not God discover this?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.

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

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

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

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.

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.”

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.

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.

If I had said, “I will say this,” [and expressed my feelings],
I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.

“Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you—
O Israel, if you would listen to Me!

“But My people would not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not [consent to] obey Me.

“Oh, that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!

“Then I would quickly subdue and humble their enemies
And turn My hand against their adversaries;

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

“But I would feed Israel with the finest of the wheat;
And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

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 been my help,
I would soon have dwelt in [the land of] silence.

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

Therefore He said He would destroy them,
[And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the gap before Him,
To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

Therefore He lifted up His hand [swearing] to them,
That He would cause them to fall in the wilderness,

Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,
And for His wonderful acts to the children of men!

Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,
And for His wonderful acts to the children of men!

Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,
And for His wonderful acts to the children of men!

Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,
And for His wonderful acts to the children of men!

If Your law had not been my delight,
Then I would have perished in my time of trouble.

Ayin.
I have done justice and righteousness;
Do not leave me to those who oppress me.

Then they would have [quickly] swallowed us alive,
When their wrath was kindled against us;

Then the waters would have engulfed us,
The torrent would have swept over our soul;

Then the raging waters would have swept over our soul.”

If I could count them, they would outnumber the sand.
When I awake, I am still with You.

O that You would kill the wicked, O God;
Go away from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.