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

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!

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

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

Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the Lord's favor in the land of the living?

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

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.

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

Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all it contains belong to me.

Certainly you do not want a sacrifice, or else I would offer it; you do not desire a burnt sacrifice.

"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."

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

I say, "I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in a safe place!

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

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

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

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

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

Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.

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

For he is our God; we are the people of his pasture, the sheep he owns. Today, if only you would obey him!

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

So he made a solemn vow that he would make them die in the desert,

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.

He announced that he would do mighty deeds for his people, giving them a land that belonged to other nations.

Then I would not be ashamed, if I were focused on all your commands.

If I had not found encouragement in your law, I would have died in my sorrow.

they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.

The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us.

The raging water would have overwhelmed us.

If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.

even there your hand would guide me, your right hand would grab hold of me.

If I tried to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. Even if I finished counting them, I would still have to contend with you.

If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men!

He established them so they would endure; he issued a decree that will not be revoked.