The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

Have they no knowledge, that they are all such workers of mischief, eating up my people as it were bread, and call not upon the LORD?

Thou hast said to Jehovah, 'My Lord Thou art;' My good is not for thine own sake;

All my delight is upon the saints that are in the earth, and upon such as excel in virtue.

Display the wonders of Your faithful love,
Savior of all who seek refuge
from those who rebel against Your right hand.

The Lord is my rock,
my fortress, and my deliverer,
my God, my mountain where I seek refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation,
my stronghold.

He bent the sky and descended, and darkness was under his feet.

Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.

As for GOD, blameless is his way, The speech of Yahweh hath been proved, A shield, he is to all who seek refuge in him.

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky proclaims the work of His hands.

Yet its voice echoes throughout the earth; its words carry to the distant horizon. In the sky he has pitched a tent for the sun.

Its circuit is from one end of the sky to the other, and nothing is hidden from its heat.

Moreover, keep me from committing flagrant sins; do not allow such sins to control me. Then I will be blameless, and innocent of blatant rebellion.

For they intended mischief against thee, and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

All such as be fat upon earth have eaten and worshipped. All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before him; and no man hath quickened his own soul.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Such godly people are rewarded by the Lord, and vindicated by the God who delivers them.

This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

For all they that hope in thee shall not be ashamed; but such as transgress without a cause shall be put to confusion.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.

May he guide patient wronged-ones to be righted, and teach such oppressed-ones his way.

All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

Shew me, O Jehovah, Thy way, And lead me in a path of uprightness, For the sake of my beholders.

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

In You, O Lord, I have placed my trust and taken refuge;
Let me never be ashamed;
In Your righteousness rescue me.

For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.

I hate such as give heed to false vanities, I, then, in Yahweh, have set my hope.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.

How great is thy goodness, which thou hast hidden away for them who revere thee, - Thou hast wrought for them who seek refuge in thee, in sight of the sons of men.

Therefore every godly person should pray to you at such a time. Surely a flood of great waters will not reach him.

By the Lord's decree the heavens were made; by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created.

Lo! the eye of Yahweh, is toward them who revere him, unto such as are waiting for his lovingkindness:

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

the face of Yahweh, is against such as do wickedness, To cut off, from the earth, their memory.

The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Yahweh ransometh the soul of his servants, And none shall be held guilty, who seek refuge in him.

Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

O Lord, your loyal love reaches to the sky; your faithfulness to the clouds.

How precious thy lovingkindness, O God, - Therefore, the sons of men, under the shadow of thy wings, seek refuge:

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

The wicked lies in wait for the righteous
And seeks to kill him.

And he passeth away, and lo, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not found!

The Lord helps them and rescues them; he rescues them from evil men and delivers them, for they seek his protection.

My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin.

For I am overcome with shame and my whole body is sick.

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

They reward my good with evil, opposing me because I seek to do good.

Lo! as hand-breadths, hast thou granted my days, and my life-time, is as nothing before thee, - Surely, a mere breath, are all men, even such as stand firm. Selah.

Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

For innumerable evils have encompassed me;
My sins have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see.
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.

Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

Yahweh sustains him on [his] sick bed. In his illness, you {restore to health}.

Now when I think thereupon, I pour out my heart by myself; for I went with the multitude, and brought them forth into the house of God, in the voice of praise and thanksgiving, among such as keep holy-day.

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.

Appear in your majesty and be victorious! Ride forth for the sake of what is right, on behalf of justice! Then your right hand will accomplish mighty acts!

Even the daughter of Tyre [will come] with a gift. [The] rich from among people will seek your {favor}.

They marveled, to see such things: they were astonished, and suddenly cast down.

Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.

For such is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will guide us until death.

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit;
A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

{To the Chanter, in Neginoth, an instruction of David when the Ziphites came, and said unto Saul: David is hid among us} Save me, O God, for thy name's sake, and avenge me in thy strength.

For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

Will they escape in spite of such sin?
God, bring down the nations in wrath.

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam. When he fled before Saul into the cave.Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me,
for I take refuge in You.
I will seek refuge in the shadow of Your wings
until danger passes.

Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

Let such men flow away like waters that disperse themselves: He prepareth his arrow, Like grass let them be cut down:

You have given your loyal followers a rallying flag, so that they might seek safety from the bow. (Selah)

I would be a guest in thy tent to the ages, I would seek refuge in the concealment of thy wings. Selah.

How long will ye assail a man; will ye seek, all of you, to break him down as a bowing wall or a tottering fence?

{A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

But the king will rejoice in God;
Everyone who swears by Him [honoring the true God, acknowledging His authority and majesty] will glory,
For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.

The righteous man shall rejoice Yahweh, and seek refuge in him, Then shall glory - all who are upright in heart.

You saturate its furrows, and soak its plowed ground. With rain showers you soften its soil, and make its crops grow.

The earth trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai -- at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

for thy temple's sake at Jerusalem; so shall kings bring presents unto thee.

to the one who rides through the sky from ancient times! Look! He thunders loudly.

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.

The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

Lord, I seek refuge in You;
let me never be disgraced.

For my enemies talk against me; those who seek to kill me plot together