My eye grows dim with grief;
It grows old because of all my enemies.

I will give thanks and praise the Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell aloud all Your wonders and marvelous deeds.

That I may tell aloud all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion (Jerusalem)
I may rejoice in Your salvation and Your help.

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.”

Save me from the lion’s mouth;
From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.

Remember, O Lord, Your [tender] compassion and Your lovingkindnesses,
For they have been from of old.

Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;
Be gracious and compassionate to me and answer me.

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

He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,
And Sirion (Mount Hermon) like a young, wild ox.

I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous (those in right standing with God) abandoned
Or his descendants pleading for bread.

We have heard with our ears, O God,
Our fathers have told us
The work You did in their days,
In the days of old.

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],

“I know every bird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is Mine.

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

Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;
Then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness and Your justice.

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.”

God will hear and humble them,
Even He who sits enthroned from old— Selah.
Because in them there has been no change [of heart],
And they do not fear God [at all].

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.

But as for me, I will sing of Your mighty strength and power;
Yes, I will sing joyfully of Your lovingkindness in the morning;
For You have been my stronghold
And a refuge in the day of my distress.

I cried aloud to Him;
He was highly praised with my tongue.

Rebuke the beasts [living] among the reeds [in Egypt],
The herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples;
Trampling underfoot the pieces of silver;
He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.

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.

Do not cast me off nor send me away in the time of old age;
Do not abandon me when my strength fails and I am weak.

And even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me,
Until I declare Your [mighty] strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.

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

Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old,
Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance;
Remember Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.

Yet God is my King of old,
Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Oh, do not hand over the soul of your turtledove to the wild beast;
Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.

I have considered the ancient days,
The years [of prosperity] of long, long ago.

I will [solemnly] remember the deeds of the Lord;
Yes, I will [wholeheartedly] remember Your wonders of old.

I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples];
I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]—

Restore us, O God of hosts;
And cause Your face to shine on us [with favor and approval], and we will be saved.

A boar from the woods eats it away,
And the insects of the field feed on it.

Sing aloud to God our strength;
Shout for joy to the God of Jacob (Israel).

“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.

Indeed, the Lord will give what is good,
And our land will yield its produce.

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.

But my horn [my emblem of strength and power] You have exalted like that of a wild ox;
I am anointed with fresh oil [for Your service].

[Growing in grace] they will still thrive and bear fruit and prosper in old age;
They will flourish and be vital and fresh [rich in trust and love and contentment];

Your throne is established from of old;
You are from everlasting.

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].’”

“Even they will perish, but You endure;
Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment.
Like clothing You will change them and they shall be changed.

They give drink to every beast of the field;
The wild donkeys quench their thirst there.

The high mountains are for the wild goats;
The rocks are a refuge for the shephanim.

You [O Lord] make darkness and it becomes night,
In which prowls about every wild beast of the forest.

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!

And sow fields and plant vineyards,
And produce an abundant harvest.

I have remembered [carefully] Your ancient ordinances, O Lord,
And I have taken comfort.

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.

Of old I have known from Your testimonies
That You have founded them forever.

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.”

“Her priests also I will clothe with salvation,
And her godly ones will shout aloud for joy.

“There I will make the horn (strength) of David grow;
I have prepared a lamp for My anointed [fulfilling the promises].

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.

I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all that You have done;
I ponder the work of Your hands.

They will overflow [like a fountain] when they speak of Your great and abundant goodness
And will sing joyfully of Your righteousness.

Both young men and virgins;
Old men and children.