On high, He summons heaven and earth
in order to judge His people.

“Gather My godly ones to Me,
Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will adjure thee, God, thine own God, I am: -

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

“I know every bird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is Mine.

If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and everything in it is Mine.

Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the sovereign One!

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

You hate instruction
and turn your back on My words.

When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

“You let your mouth loose in evil
And your tongue frames deceit.

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

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.

Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

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 chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.} Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Deliver me from bloods, O God the God of my salvation; my tongue shall rejoice in thy justice.

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Then will thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt-offering and in whole burnt-offering: Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

{To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.

But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)

The righteous will see it and fear,
And will [scoffingly] laugh, saying,

Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

{To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

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

Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Do not evildoers know, [they] who eat my people [as though] they were eating bread? They do not call on God.

There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

{To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?} Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.

For the arrogant have arisen against me; oppressors have sought to take my life. They do not keep God in mind! Interlude

Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.

An offering of a free heart will I give thee, and praise thy name, O LORD, because it is so comfortable.

For, from all adversity He delivered me, And on mine enemies hath mine eye looked!

{To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David.} Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

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

Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me.

And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.

Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

But it is you, a man like me, my close friend in whom I confided.

We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.

Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me.

Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.

He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.

God will hear, and afflict them: he that is seated of old, (Selah) ... because there is no change in them, and they fear not God.

He stretched forth his hand in his recompenses: he profaned his covenant

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

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.

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

{To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

My enemies have trampled upon me all day long,
For they are many who fight proudly against me.

What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

They vex me daily in my words: all that they imagine is to do me evil.

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.

In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

On me, O God, are Thy vows, I repay thank-offerings to Thee.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.} Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

I will cry to God Most High,
Who accomplishes all things on my behalf [for He completes my purpose in His plan].

He will send from heaven, and save me, When he that would swallow me up reproacheth; Selah God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.

My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

They set a net for my steps;
My very life was bowed down.
They dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.

My heart was prepared, O God, my heart was prepared: I will sing and play on the harp.

I will thank thee, among the peoples, O My Lord, I will praise thee in song, among the races of men.

Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

They run and set themselves against me though there is no guilt in me;
Stir Yourself to meet and help me, and see [what they are doing]!

You, O Lord God of armies, are the God of Israel; come now and give punishment to the nations; have no mercy on any workers of deceit. (Selah.)