Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of your power.

My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying?

But you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel.

But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts.

A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.

I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.

My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.

Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.

They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing.

Make my soul safe from the sword, my life from the power of the dog.

Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.

I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers: I will give you praise among the people.

You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel.

For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.

My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers.

The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.

All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.

All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.

A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.

They will come and make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this.

The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause.

Make your steps clear to me, O Lord; give me knowledge of your ways.

Be my guide and teacher in the true way; for you are the God of my salvation; I am waiting for your word all the day.

Do not keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my wrongdoing: let your memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord, because of your righteousness.

Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.

All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness.

Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.

If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure.

His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.

The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.

My eyes are turned to the Lord at all times; for he will take my feet out of the net.

The troubles of my heart are increased: O take me out of my sorrows.

See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.

O keep my soul, and take me out of danger: let me not be shamed, for I have put my faith in you.

Give Israel salvation, O God, out of all his troubles.

O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.

For your mercy is before my eyes; and I have gone in the way of your good faith.

I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.

That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done.

Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.

Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;

I have a safe resting-place for my feet; I will give praise to the Lord in the meetings of the people.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.

One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.

For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.

And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord.

O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer.

Let not your face be covered from me; do not put away your servant in wrath; you have been my help: do not give me up or take your support from me, O God of my salvation.

Make your way clear to me, O Lord, guiding me by the right way, because of my haters.

I had almost given up my hope of seeing the blessing of the Lord in the land of the living.

Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place.

Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.

May the Lord be praised, because he has given ear to the voice of my prayer.

The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.

The Lord is their strength, and a strong place of salvation for his king.

Give to the Lord, you sons of the gods, give to the Lord glory and strength.

Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.

For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name.

Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.

I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.

And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.

My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.

Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.

The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.

Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.

O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!

You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.

May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.

And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.

When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.

For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.)

For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.

You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)

The sinner will be full of trouble; but mercy will be round the man who has faith in the Lord.

Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.

Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for praise is beautiful for the upright.

Give praise to the Lord on the corded instrument; make melody to him with instruments of music.

For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his works are certain.

His delight is in righteousness and wisdom; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth.

He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.

Let the earth be full of the fear of the Lord; let all the people of the world be in holy fear of him.

The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.

The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.

The Lord is looking down from heaven; he sees all the sons of men;

A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a strong man does not get free by his great strength.

See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;

To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.

My soul will say great things of the Lord: the poor in spirit will have knowledge of it and be glad.

O give praise to the Lord with me; let us be witnesses together of his great name.

The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe.

Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything.

Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord.

What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.