Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
For You will judge the people fairly
And guide the nations on earth. Selah.

Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David.} Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

As smoke is blown away,
so You blow them away.
As wax melts before the fire,
so the wicked are destroyed before God.

But the righteous are glad;
they rejoice before God and celebrate with joy.

O sing unto God, sing praises to his name; magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon a horse. Praise him in his name Jah, and rejoice before him.

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

O God, when You went out before Your people,
When You marched through the wilderness, Selah.

The earth was shaking and the heavens were streaming, because God was present; even Sinai itself was moved before God, the God of Israel.

You, O God, sent abroad plentiful rain;
You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched and weary.

Your flock found a dwelling place in it;
O God, in Your goodness You provided for the poor.

The Lord giveth the word: The women that publish the tidings are a great host.

Kings with their armies did flee, and were discomfited; and they of the household divided the spoil.

When you lie down [to rest] among the sheepfolds,
You [Israel] are like the wings of a dove [of victory] overlaid with silver,
Its feathers glistening with gold [trophies taken from the enemy].

The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains. The mountains of Bashan are rugged.

Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with you; you have taken offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his place on the seat of his power.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.

The Lord said, “I will bring your enemies back from Bashan;
I will bring them back from the depths of the [Red] Sea,

That your foot may crush them in blood,
That the tongue of your dogs may have its share from your enemies.”

They have seen Your [solemn] procession, O God,
The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary [in holiness].

The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

Bless ye God in the congregations, Even the Lord, ye that are of the fountain of Israel.

Your God has commanded your strength [your power in His service and your resistance to temptation];
Show Yourself strong, O God, who acted on our behalf.

Because of Your temple at Jerusalem
[Pagan] kings will bring gifts to You [out of respect].

Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

Ascribe strength to God;
His majesty is over Israel
And His strength is in the skies.

O God, You are awesome and profoundly majestic from Your sanctuary;
The God of Israel gives strength and power to His people.
Blessed be God!

{To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David.} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

I am weary with my calling [out]; my throat is parched. My eyes are exhausted [in my] waiting for my God.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of armies: let not those who are waiting for you be made low because of me, O God of Israel.

Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Confusion and dishonor have covered my face.

My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner.

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

My bitter weeping, and my going without food, were turned to my shame.

I wore sackcloth as my clothing,
and I was a joke to them.

I am a cause of wonder to those in authority; a song to those who are given to strong drink.

But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, at an acceptable and opportune time;
O God, in the greatness of Your favor and in the abundance of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with truth [that is, the faithfulness of Your salvation].

Do not let the torrent of waters flood over me, or [the] deep swallow me, or the pit close its mouth over me.

Answer me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is sweet and good and comforting;
According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me.

Do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me.

Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.

Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.

Darkened are their eyes from seeing, And their loins continually shake Thou.

Pour out Your indignation on them,
And let [the fierceness of] Your burning anger overtake them.

Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you.

Add [unforgiven] iniquity to their iniquity [in Your book],
And may they not come into Your righteousness.

They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written.

But I am sorrowful and in pain;
May Your salvation, O God, set me [securely] on high.

This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

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

because Yahweh hears [the] needy and does not despise his [own who are] prisoners.

The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who are loyal to him will live in it.

Let your salvation come quickly, O God; come quickly to my help, O Lord.

Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil.

Let them turn back because of their shame, Who are saying, 'Aha, aha.'

May all those who seek You [as life’s first priority] rejoice and be glad in You;
May those who love Your salvation say continually,
“Let God be magnified!”

But I am afflicted and needy;
Come quickly to me, O God!
You are my help and my rescuer;
O Lord, do not delay.

In you, O Lord, I have put my trust and confidently taken refuge;
Let me never be put to shame.

Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

Be to me a rock of refuge and a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually come;
You have given the commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.

For You are my hope;
O Lord God, You are my trust and the source of my confidence from my youth.

Upon You have I relied and been sustained from my birth;
You are He who took me from my mother’s womb and You have been my benefactor from that day.
My praise is continually of You.

I am as a wonder to many,
For You are my strong refuge.

My mouth is filled with Your praise
And with Your glory all day long.

For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

But as for me, I will hope continually and increase your praise.

My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of Your [deeds of] salvation all day long,
For their number is more than I know.

I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord God [and in His strength];
I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

O God, You have taught me from my youth,
And I still declare Your wondrous works and miraculous deeds.

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.

Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the [height of the] heavens,
You who have done great things;
O God, who is like You, [who is Your equal]?

God, who can compare to you, who caused me to experience troubles that were numerous and disastrous? You will return to revive me and lift me up from the depths of the earth.

I will also praise You with the harp,
Your truth and faithfulness, O my God;
To You I will sing praises with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.

My lips will shout for joy! Yes, I will sing your praises! I will praise you when you rescue me!

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Give the king [knowledge of] Your judgments, O God,
And [the spirit of] Your righteousness to the king’s son [to guide all his ways].

May he judge Your people with righteousness,
And Your afflicted with justice.

May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust.

He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need.

He will redeem them from oppression and violence,
for their lives are precious in his sight.

The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

{A Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,

For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe.

Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.

They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.