The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow
To cast down the afflicted and the needy,
To slaughter those who are upright in conduct [those with personal integrity and godly character].

When he falls, he will not be hurled down,
Because the Lord is the One who holds his hand and sustains him.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.

O my God, my soul is in despair within me [the burden more than I can bear];
Therefore I will [fervently] remember You from the land of the Jordan
And the peaks of [Mount] Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
Why have you become restless and disquieted within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why are you restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him,
The help of my [sad] countenance and my God.

O God, You have rejected us and cast us off. You have broken [down our defenses and scattered] us;
You have been angry; O restore us and turn again to us.

They consult only to throw him down from his high position [to dishonor him];
They delight in lies.
They bless with [the words of] their mouths,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.

Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.

They track us down and have now surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes to force us to the ground,

Arise, O Lord, confront him, cast him down;
Save my soul from the wicked with Your sword,

The Lord lifts up the humble;
He casts the wicked down to the ground.

I was cast upon You from birth;
From my mother’s womb You have been my God.

They divide my clothing among them
And cast lots for my garment.

Do not hide Your face from me,
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not abandon me nor leave me,
O God of my salvation!

For You are the God of my strength [my stronghold—in whom I take refuge]; why have You rejected me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

But now You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor,
And You do not go out with our armies [to lead us to victory].

Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?
Awaken, do not reject us forever.

“For you hate instruction and discipline
And cast My words behind you [discarding them].

Do not cast me away from Your presence
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

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.

Cast your burden on the Lord [release it] and He will sustain and uphold you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken (slip, fall, fail).