They have said in their heart, Let us suppress them altogether, They have burned up all the meeting-places of GOD in the land.

Our own signs, have we not seen, - There is no longer a prophet, - Neither is there with us, one who knoweth - How long!

Remember this, An enemy, hath reproached Yahweh, Yea, an impious people, have reviled thy Name.

Have respect to thy covenant, For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

We have given thanks unto thee, O God, we have given thanks, And, in calling upon thy Name, men have recounted thy wonders.

Earth was melting away with all its inhabitants, I, have fixed the pillars thereof. Selah.

I have said to the boasters, Do not boast, And to the lawless, Do not lift up a horn;

The valiant of heart have become a spoil, They have slumbered their sleep, And none of the men of might have found their hands.

Which we have heard, and come to know, And, our fathers, have recounted to us;

Lo! he hath smitten a rock, And waters, have gushed out, Yea, torrents, have rushed along, - Food also, can he give? Or provide flesh for his people?

O God, nations, Have entered thine inheritance, Have profaned thy holy temple, - Have laid Jerusalem in heaps:

They have poured out their blood like water, Round about Jerusalem, With none to bury.

We have become, A reproach to our neighbours, - A mockery and a derision, to them who are round about us.

Pour out thy wrath, Upon the nations that have not known thee - and, Upon the kingdoms that, on thy Name, have not called.

For he hath devoured Jacob, - And, his dwelling-place, have they laid waste.

Do not remember against us former iniquities, - Haste thee, let thy compassions, come to meet us, For we have been brought very low!

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

They have said - Come, and let us wipe them out from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.

For they have taken counsel with one heart, Against thee - a covenant, would they solemnize -

Even Assyria hath joined herself with them, They have become an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah.

Lovingkindness and faithfulness, have met together, Righteousness and prosperity, have kissed each other;

O God, the insolent, have arisen against me, And, the assembly of tyrants, have sought my life, And have not set thee before them.

O Yahweh, God of my salvation, By day, have I made outcry, In the night, also before thee.

I am counted with them who descend into the pit, I have become as a man that is without help;

Mine eye, hath dimmed through affliction; I have called upon thee, O Yahweh, all day long, I have spread out, unto thee, my hands.

But, I, unto thee, O Yahweh, have cried for help, And, in the morning, my prayer will confront thee!

Afflicted have I been, and dying, from youth, I have borne the terror of thee - I shall be distracted!

Over me, have passed thy bursts of burning anger, The alarms of thee have put an end to me;

They have surrounded me like waters, all the day, They have come circling against me together:

I have solemnised a covenant, for my chosen one, I have sworn unto David my servant:

Then spakest thou in vision of thy men of lovingkindness, and saidst - I have laid help upon a mighty one, I have exalted one chosen from among the people;

I have found David my servant, With mine own holy oil, have I anointed him;

One thing, have I sworn by my holiness, Verily, to David, will I not lie;

All the passers by the way, have plundered him, He hath become a reproach to his neighbours;

Remember, O My Lord, the reproach of thy servants, I have carried in my bosom the insult of the peoples:

In that thy foes have reproached, O Yahweh, In that they have reproached the footsteps of thine Anointed One!

The days of our years, have, in them, three score years and ten, And, if, by reason of strength, they have fourscore years, Yet, their boast, is labour and sorrow, For it hath passed quickly, and we have flown away.

Return, Yahweh, oh how long? And have compassion upon thy servants;

Make us glad, according to, The days thou hast humbled us, The years we have seen misfortune:

How great have grown thy works, Yahweh, How very deep are laid thy plans!

When the lawless do thrive like grass, And all the workers of iniquity have blossomed, It is that they may be destroyed for ever.

But thou wilt exalt, as those of the buffalo, my horn, I have been anointed, with fresh oil.

The floods have lifted up, O Yahweh, The floods have lifted up - their voice, The floods have lifted up - their dashing waves.

Yet have they said - Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.

He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see?

Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?

Forty years, loathed I that generation, So I said - A people going astray in heart, they are, Even they, have not known my ways!

His lightnings, have illumined, the world, The earth, hath seen, and hath trembled;

The mountains, like wax, have melted, At the presence of Yahweh, At the presence, of the Lord of all the earth.

The heavens, have declared, his righteousness, - And all the peoples, have seen, his glory.

Zion, hath heard and rejoiced, And the daughters of Judah, have exulted, Because of thy righteous decisions, O Yahweh:

Sing to Yahweh, a song that is new, For, wonderful things, hath he done, His own right hand and hi holy arm, have brought him salvation.

He hath remembered his lovingkindness and his faithfulness towards the house of Israel, - All the ends of the earth, have seen, the salvation of our God.

Smitten like herbage, so is my heart dried up, For I have forgotten to eat my food.

I am like the pelican of the desert, I have become as an owl among ruins.

I have watched and am become, Like a bird sitting alone upon a housetop.

All the day, have mine enemies, reproached me, And, they who are mad against me, by me, have sworn.

For, ashes - like bread, have I eaten, And, my drink - with my tears, have I mingled;

Thou, wilt arise, wilt have compassion upon Zion, Surely it is time to favour her, Surely the time appointed, hath come;

But, thou, art, the same, - And, thy years, shall have no end:

We have sinned - with our fathers, We have acted perversely, we have committed lawlessness;

Then would he have bidden to destroy them, - had not Moses his chosen, stood in the breach before him, To turn back his wrath from destroying.

And hath caused the famished to dwell there, And they have built them a city to dwell in;

And have sown fields, and planted vineyards, and made them fruits of increase:

Thus hath he blessed them, and they have multiplied greatly, And, their cattle, he maketh not few.

So have they become few and been brought low, By oppression, misfortune, and sorrow;

For, the mouth of the lawless one and the mouth of the deceiver, against me, are open, They have spoken to me with false tongue;

And, with words of hatred, have they surrounded me, and have made war upon me without cause:

For my love, they have been accusing me, while, I, was at prayer:

Yea they have returned unto me - Evil for good; and, Hatred for my love.

Let him have no one to continue lovingkindness, and there be none to favour his fatherless children;

Because he loved cursing, May it have come upon him, Because he delighted not in blessing, May it have kept far from him;

Because he clothed himself in cursing as his outer garment, therefore may it have entered like water into his inward part, and like oil into his bones;

The beginning of wisdom, is the reverence of Yahweh, Good discretion, have all that do them, His praise, endureth for aye.

A mouth, have they, but they speak not, Eyes, have they, but they see not;

Ears, have they, but they hear not, A nose, have they, but they smell not:

All nations, have compassed me about, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised;

They have compassed me about - yea compassed me about, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised;

They have compassed me about like wax bees, they have blazed up like the fire of thorns, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised.

Blessed be he that entereth, In the Name of Yahweh, we have blessed you, out of the house of Yahweh.

Yea, they have not wrought perversity, In his ways, have they walked.

Then, shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, when I have learned thy righteous regulations.

With all my heart, have I sought thee, Suffer me not to be led astray from thy commandments.

In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.

With my lips, have I recounted All the regulations of thy mouth.

In the way of thy testimonies, have I rejoiced, Like as over all riches.

Roll from off me, reproach and contempt, For, thy testimonies, have I observed.

Even rulers have taken their seat, against me, have talked, Thy servant, will still meditate in thy statutes.

The way of faithfulness, have I chosen, Thy regulations, have I deemed right.

I have kept close to thy testimonies, O Yahweh! do not put me to shame.

Cause to pass away my reproach, that I have feared, for, thy regulations, are good.

Lo! I have longed for thy precepts, In thy righteousness, give me life.

So shall I have something to answer him that reproacheth me, That I have trusted in thy word.

And do not snatch away from my mouth the word of truth in any wise, because, for thy regulation, have I waited.

That I may walk to and fro in a large place, because, thy precepts, have I sought.

That I may find dear delight in thy commandments, which I have loved.

That I may lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and may meditate in thy statutes.

Insolent men, have derided me exceedingly, From thy law, have I not swerved.

I have remembered thy regulations, which have come down from age-past times, O Yahweh, and have consoled myself.