Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

I, then, am humbled and in pain, Thy salvation, O God, may it set me on high.

I will give praise to the name of God with a song; I will give glory to him for what he has done.

And it will please Jehovah better than an ox, Or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.

The heavens shall praise him, and the earth, the sea, and every creeping thing in it

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

Let them turn pale and then at once blush, Who are seeking my life, - Let them draw back, and be confounded, Who are taking pleasure in my misfortune;

But I am poor and needy; make haste to me, O God; You are my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, wait no longer!

Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.

I am become as it were a monster unto many, but my sure trust is in thee.

Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not.

For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

They lying in wait for my soul shall be ashamed; they shall be finished; they seeking my evil shall be covered with reproach and shame.

But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.

I will declare your righteousness and your salvation every day, though I do not fully understand what the outcome will be.

Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am grey-headed, until I have showed thy strength unto children's children, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.

Thou who hast let us see many distresses and misfortunes, Wilt gain bring us to life, And, out of the resounding depths of the earth, wilt again raise us up;

I also, will praise thee by the aid of a harp, Thy faithfulness, O my God, - I will make music unto thee with a lyre, Thou holy one of Israel;

May [what is] right blossom in his days and an abundance of peace, until [the] moon is no more.

For he will rescue the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted and abused also, and him who has no helper.

May he have long life, and may gold from Sheba be given to him: may prayers be made for him at all times; may blessings be on him every day.

There is a handful of corn in the earth, On the top of mountains, Shake like Lebanon doth its fruit, And they flourish out of the city as the herb of the earth.

Praise to the glory of his noble name for ever; let all the earth be full of his glory. So be it, So be it.

But as for me, my feet almost slipped; my feet almost slid out from under me.

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

For there is no struggle at their deaths, and their bodies are healthy.

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

They say, "How does God know what we do? Is the sovereign one aware of what goes on?"

Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.

And yet been smitten all the day, And been rebuked morning by morning!

If I would make clear what it is like, I would say, You are false to the generation of your children.

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

As a dream when one is awake, they are ended; they are like an image gone out of mind when sleep is over.

Thus my heart was grieved, and it went even through my veins.

So foolish was I, and ignorant, even as it were a beast before thee.

Yet I am always with You;
You hold my right hand.

But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.

Remember Thy company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion -- Thou didst dwell in it.

Hurry! Look at the permanent ruins every calamity the enemy brought upon the Holy Place.

Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.

He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes.

But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground.

We saw not our signs, no more a prophet: and not with us will it be known how long.

Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.

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

You crushed the heads of Leviathan. You set it as food for desert creatures.

You split open spring and wadi. You dried up ever-flowing rivers.

O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.

Do not disregard what your enemies say, or the unceasing shouts of those who defy you.

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' A Psalm of Asaph: a Song.} Unto thee we give thanks, O God, we give thanks; and thy name is near: thy marvellous works declare it.

"At the time that I choose I will judge the righteous.

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.

For neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor yet from the south, cometh lifting up.

For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

And I -- I declare it to the age, I sing praise to the God of Jacob.

At Salem is his tabernacle, and his dwelling in Zion.

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

Out of the heavens, didst thou cause judgment to be heard, Earth, feared and was still:

For the wrath of man shall praise You;
With a remnant of wrath You will clothe and arm Yourself.

Give to the Lord your God what is his by right; let all who are round him give offerings to him who is to be feared.

I cry out with my voice to God; with my voice to God, that he may hear me.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted.

At night I remember my music;
I meditate in my heart, and my spirit ponders.

To the ages doth the Lord cast off? Doth He add to be pleased no more?

Has His faithful love ceased forever?
Is His promise at an end for all generations?

So I say, “I am grieved
that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

I will remember the doings of Yah, Surely I will remember, out of aforetime, thy wonderful way;

God, Your way is holy.
What god is great like God?

The waters [of the Red Sea] saw You, O God;
The waters saw You, they were in anguish;
The deeps also trembled.

The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.

The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind, lightnings lit up the world; the earth was troubled and it quaked.

Your way [of escape for Your people] was through the sea,
And Your paths through the great waters,
And Your footprints were not traceable.

A Maskil of Asaph.My people, hear my instruction;
listen to what I say.

I will offer a parable [with] my mouth. I will pour out riddles from long ago,

What we have heard and learned -- that which our ancestors have told us --

It was not hid from their sons, to a later generation recounting the praises of Jehovah and his strength, and his wonders which he did.

so that [the] next generation might know-- children [yet to] be born-- [that] they might rise up and tell their children,

So that they might put their hope in God, and not let God's works go out of their minds, but keep his laws;

And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God is its spirit.

The sons of Ephraim were armed as archers and carrying bows,
Yet they turned back in the day of battle.

They forgot what He had done,
the wonderful works He had shown them.

He divided the [Red] Sea and allowed them to pass through it,
And He made the waters stand up like [water behind] a dam.

He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

Therefore, the Lord heard and became furious;
then fire broke out against Jacob,
and anger flared up against Israel

Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;

And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.

And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.

So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;

They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

But for all this they sinned yet more, and believed not his wondrous works.

Yet He was compassionate;
He atoned for their guilt
and did not destroy them.
He often turned His anger aside
and did not unleash all His wrath.