When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.

In the memory that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their saviour.

Nevertheless, they did but flatter him with their mouths, and dissembled with him in their tongues.

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

And He -- the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.

And He remembereth that they are flesh, A wind going on -- and it returneth not.

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.

How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:

when he turned their rivers to blood so they could not drink [from] their streams.

He sent among them swarms of flies,
which fed on them,
and frogs, which devastated them.

When he gave to the corn-locust their produce, And their toil, to the swarming locust;

Ice was rained down on their cattle; thunderstorms sent destruction among the flocks.

He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress -- A discharge of evil messengers.

He sent his anger in full force; he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction.

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,

He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

Their hearts were turned back and untrue like their fathers; they were turned to one side like a twisted bow.

When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

So that He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh,
The tent in which He had dwelled among men,

And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary,

And delivered up, to the sword, his people, And, with his own inheritance, was he wroth;

The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not praised in nuptial song;

Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.

But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.

And there he built his temple on high, and laid the foundation of it like the ground, that it might perpetually endure.

And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,

From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance.

So David shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart;
And guided them with his skillful hands.

{A Psalm of Asaph.} O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

They poured out their blood
like water all around Jerusalem,
and there was no one to bury them.

We have become an object of reproach
to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule
to those around us.

Till when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire.

Pour Thy fury on the nations who have not known Thee, And on kingdoms that have not called in Thy name.

For one hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate.

Don't hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.

Help us, O God of our salvation, on account of the glory of thy Name, - Rescue us then, and put a propitiatory-covering over our sins, For the sake of thy Name.

Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

Let the groaning of the prisoner come in before Thee, According to the greatness of Thine arm, Leave Thou the sons of death.

Return, therefore, unto our neighbours - Sevenfold, into their own bosom, The reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Adonay!

{To the chief Musician. On Shoshannim-Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.} Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest between the cherubim, shine forth.

In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh reveal your power! Come and deliver us!

Restore us, O God;
Cause Your face to shine on us [with favor and approval], and we will be saved.

Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people.

Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

You have made us [an object of] strife to our neighbors, and our enemies mock among themselves.

Restore us, God of Hosts;
look on us with favor, and we will be saved.

You uprooted a vine (Israel) from Egypt;
You drove out the [Canaanite] nations and planted the vine [in Canaan].

Thou didst set in order before it, and thou wilt cause its roots to take root and the earth will be filled.

Why have you broken down its walls, so that all [who] pass on [the] road pluck [fruit from] it?

The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.

Even the shoot which Your right hand has planted,
And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself.

was burned with fire, cut off, and destroyed on account of your rebuke.

Let Thy hand be on the man of Thy right hand, On the son of man Thou hast strengthened for Thyself.

And we do not go back from Thee, Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we call.

Restore us, O Lord God of hosts;
Cause Your face to shine on us [in favor and approval], and we shall be saved.

To the Overseer. -- 'On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.

Take up the melody, playing on an instrument of music, even on corded instruments.

Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

Hear, O my people, and I will testify in thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hear to me;

There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

I am the Lord, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!'

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them.

Those who hate the Lord would pretend obedience to Him and cringe before Him,
And their time of punishment would be forever.

{A Psalm of Asaph.} God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.

Judge [on behalf of the] helpless and [the] orphan; provide justice [to the] afflicted and [the] poor.

Deliver the poor and needy one: take away out of the hand of the unjust

They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

I said, “You are gods;
Indeed, all of you are sons of the Most High.

But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

Rise up, O God, and execute judgment on the earth! For you own all the nations.

For behold, Your enemies are in tumult,
And those who hate You have raised their heads [in hatred of You].

They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

Gebal and Ammon, and Amalek, The Philistines, with the dwellers in Tyre;

Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah.

They were destroyed at En-dor; they became dung for the ground.

Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

Let them be put to shame and terrified forever;
let them perish in disgrace.

that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth. For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

To the Overseer. -- 'On the Gittith By sons of Korah.' -- A Psalm. How beloved Thy tabernacles, Jehovah of Hosts!

I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord's temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.

Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

Passing through in the valley of Baca they will set it a fountain; also the early rain will cover the ponds.

They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.