A Psalm of David, in his fleeing from the face of Absalom his son. Jehovah, how have my distresses multiplied! Many are rising up against me.

Many are saying of my soul, 'There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah.

Tremble ye, and do not sin;' Say ye thus in your heart on your bed, And be ye silent. Selah.

Many are saying, 'Who doth show us good?' Lift on us the light of Thy face, O Jehovah,

Jehovah, at morning Thou hearest my voice, At morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.

Ashamed and troubled greatly are all mine enemies, They turn back -- ashamed in a moment!

To the Overseer, 'On the Gittith.' A Psalm of David. Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth! Who settest thine honour on the heavens.

Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth!

Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they are men! Selah.

Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' are all his devices.

Pain do his ways at all times, On high are Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries -- he puffeth at them.

The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,

For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

When the foundations are destroyed, The righteous -- what hath he done?

Who said, 'By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?'

Sayings of Jehovah are pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.

For the holy ones who are in the land, And the honourable, all my delight is in them.

Multiplied are their griefs, Who have hastened backward; I pour not out their libations of blood, Nor do I take up their names on my lips.

A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear to my prayer, without lips of deceit.

I -- I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.

Our steps now have compassed him;' Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land.

From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion is in life, And with Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied with sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

And shake and tremble doth the earth, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake -- because He hath wrath.

And seen are the streams of waters, And revealed are foundations of the earth. From Thy rebuke, O Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of Thine anger.

For all His judgments are before me, And His statutes I turn not from me.

For who is God besides Jehovah? And who is a rock save our God?

I pursue mine enemies, and overtake them, And turn back not till they are consumed.

I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,

At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,

Sons of a stranger fade away, And are slain out of their close places.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. The heavens are recounting the honour of God, And the work of His hands The expanse is declaring.

There is no speech, and there are no words. Their voice hath not been heard.

The law of Jehovah is perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah are stedfast, Making wise the simple,

The precepts of Jehovah are upright, Rejoicing the heart, The command of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes,

The fear of Jehovah is clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah are true, They have been righteous -- together.

They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb.

We sing of thy salvation, And in the name of our God set up a banner. Jehovah doth fulfil all thy requests.

Some of chariots, and some of horses, And we of the name of Jehovah our God Make mention.

In Thee did our fathers trust -- they trusted, And Thou dost deliver them.

Unto Thee they cried, and were delivered, In Thee they trusted, and were not ashamed.

The humble do eat and are satisfied, Praise Jehovah do those seeking Him, Your heart doth live for ever.

Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory!

Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory!

Remember Thy mercies, O Jehovah, And Thy kindnesses, for from the age are they.

All the paths of Jehovah are kindness and truth, To those keeping His covenant, And His testimonies.

Mine eyes are continually unto Jehovah, For He bringeth out from a net my feet.

Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified are my reins and my heart.

Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I am confident.

Incline unto me Thine ear hastily, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me.

In Thy hand are my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.

Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

Be strong, and He strengtheneth your heart, All ye who are waiting for Jehovah!

Many are the pains of the wicked; As to him who is trusting in Jehovah, Kindness doth compass him.

Afraid of Jehovah are all the earth, Of Him are all the inhabitants of the world afraid.

Our soul hath waited for Jehovah, Our help and our shield is He,

For in Him doth our heart rejoice, For in His holy name we have trusted.

They looked expectingly unto Him, And they became bright, And their faces are not ashamed.

The eyes of Jehovah are unto the righteous, And His ears unto their cry.

Many are the evils of the righteous, Out of them all doth Jehovah deliver him.

Evil doth put to death the wicked, And those hating the righteous are desolate.

Jehovah redeemeth the soul of His servants, And none trusting in Him are desolate!

They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil.

They are as chaff before wind, And a messenger of Jehovah driving away.

And -- in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;

And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, 'Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.'

They do not say in their heart, 'Aha, our desire.' They do not say, 'We swallowed him up.'

They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are rejoicing at my evil. They put on shame and confusion, Who are magnifying themselves against me.

They sing and rejoice, who are desiring my righteousness, And they say continually, 'Jehovah is magnified, Who is desiring the peace of His servant.'

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

Thy righteousness is as mountains of God, Thy judgments are a great deep. Man and beast Thou savest, O Jehovah.

They are filled from the fatness of Thy house, And the stream of Thy delights Thou dost cause them to drink.

For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.

For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.

Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered.

For the arms of the wicked are shivered, And Jehovah is sustaining the righteous.

They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And in days of famine they are satisfied.

For His blessed ones do possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.

From Jehovah are the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth.

And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.

My heart is panting, my power hath forsaken me, And the light of mine eyes, Even they are not with me.

Yea, I am as a man who heareth not, And in his mouth are no reproofs.

And mine enemies are lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.

Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, in vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And to my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I am with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.

And He putteth in my mouth a new song, 'Praise to our God.' Many do see and fear, and trust in Jehovah.

They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are seeking my soul to destroy it, They are turned backward, And are ashamed, who are desiring my evil.

They are desolate because of their shame, Who are saying to me, 'Aha, aha.'

All seeking Thee rejoice and are glad in Thee, Those loving Thy salvation say continually, 'Jehovah is magnified.'

My tear hath been to me bread day and night, In their saying unto me all the day, 'Where is thy God?'

With a sword in my bones Have mine adversaries reproached me, In their saying unto me all the day, 'Where is thy God?'

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old.

By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,

For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.

In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.

We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.

If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,

Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,

For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.