Thou art He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.

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

Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

All the day my confusion is before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.

Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.

But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.

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

Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.

Stir up -- why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.

To the Overseer. -- 'On the Lilies.' -- By sons of Korah. -- An Instruction. -- A song of loves. My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My tongue is the pen of a speedy writer.

Thou hast been beautified above the sons of men, Grace hath been poured into thy lips, Therefore hath God blessed thee to the age.

As to Thy majesty -- prosper! -- ride! Because of truth, and meekness -- righteousness, And Thy right hand showeth Thee fearful things.

Thine arrows are sharp, -- Peoples fall under Thee -- In the heart of the enemies of the king.

Thy throne, O God, is age-during, and for ever, A sceptre of uprightness Is the sceptre of Thy kingdom.

Thou hast loved righteousness and hatest wickedness, Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee, Oil of joy above thy companions.

Myrrh and aloes, cassia! all thy garments, Out of palaces of ivory Stringed instruments have made thee glad.

Daughters of kings are among thy precious ones, A queen hath stood at thy right hand, In pure gold of Ophir.

And the daughter of Tyre with a present, The rich of the people do appease thy face.

All glory is the daughter of the king within, Of gold-embroidered work is her clothing.

They are brought with joy and gladness, They come into the palace of the king.

Instead of thy fathers are thy sons, Thou dost appoint them for princes in all the earth.

I make mention of Thy name in all generations, Therefore do peoples praise Thee, To the age, and for ever!

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. 'For the Virgins.' -- A song. God is to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.

Therefore we fear not in the changing of earth, And in the slipping of mountains Into the heart of the seas.

A river -- its rivulets rejoice the city of God, Thy holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

God is in her midst -- she is not moved, God doth help her at the turn of the morn!

Jehovah of Hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob. Selah.

Come ye, see the works of Jehovah, Who hath done astonishing things in the earth,

Causing wars to cease, Unto the end of the earth, the bow he shivereth, And the spear He hath cut asunder, Chariots he doth burn with fire.

Jehovah of hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob! Selah.

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. All ye peoples, clap the hand, Shout to God with a voice of singing,

He doth choose for us our inheritance, The excellency of Jacob that He loves. Selah.

God hath gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.

For king of all the earth is God, Give praise, O understanding one.

Nobles of peoples have been gathered, With the people of the God of Abraham, For to God are the shields of earth, Greatly hath He been exalted!

A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and praised greatly, In the city of our God -- His holy hill.

Beautiful for elevation, A joy of all the land, is Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of a great king.

Trembling hath seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.

By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish.

As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of Jehovah of hosts, In the city of our God, God doth establish her -- to the age. Selah.

We have thought, O God, of Thy kindness, In the midst of Thy temple,

As is Thy name, O God, so is Thy praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness hath filled Thy right hand.

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

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.

My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart are things of understanding.

Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.

Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

And precious is the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age.

And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.

Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,

It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!

A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods -- Jehovah -- hath spoken, And He calleth to the earth From the rising of the sun unto its going in.

From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.

For Mine is every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.

I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field is with Me.

If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine is the world and its fulness.

Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?

And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.

If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers is thy portion.

Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.

He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David, in the coming in unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba. Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions.

Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And a willing spirit doth sustain me.

Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, My tongue singeth of Thy righteousness.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.

Do good in Thy good pleasure with Zion, Thou dost build the walls of Jerusalem.

Then Thou desirest sacrifices of righteousness, Burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering, Then they offer bullocks on thine altar!

To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, 'David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God is all the day.

Also -- God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.

'Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,

God from the heavens looked on the sons of men, To see if there be an understanding one, One seeking God.

Have not workers of iniquity known, Those eating my people have eaten bread, God they have not called.

There they feared a fear -- there was no fear, For God hath scattered the bones of him Who is encamping against thee, Thou hast put to shame, For God hath despised them.

Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When God turneth back to a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of the Ziphim, and they say to Saul, 'Is not David hiding himself with us?' O God, by Thy name save me, and by Thy might judge me.

O God, hear my prayer, Give ear to the sayings of my mouth,

Turn back doth the evil thing to mine enemies, In Thy truth cut them off.

Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.

Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah.

When together we sweeten counsel, Into the house of God we walk in company.

God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God,

Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.

And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee!

To the Overseer. -- 'On the Dumb Dove far off.' -- A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,

For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Dost Thou not my feet from falling? To walk habitually before God in the light of the living!

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure of David, in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave. Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities pass over.

My soul is in the midst of lions, I lie down among flames -- sons of men, Their teeth are a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?

Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.

Their poison is as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,

Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.

O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah.

They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.

As a snail that melteth he goeth on, As an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.

The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.