When I said, "My foot is slipping!" Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up.

when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.

I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.

Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh's city. A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Yahweh.

Don't hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.

when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.

He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.

when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.

Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.

Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry.

When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.

I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.

They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.

His heart is established. He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries.

When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;

Then I wouldn't be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.

I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.

My eyes fail for your word. I say, "When will you comfort me?"

How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?

I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war. A Song of Ascents.

I was glad when they said to me, "Let's go to Yahweh's house!"

if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us;

then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.

Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. A Song of Ascents.

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

My frame wasn't hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.

If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.

Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.

"As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol."

Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by. A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my path. In the way in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.

He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.

I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you;

when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you.

When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

Don't be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:

Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you," when you have it by you.

Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.

When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.

You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

Men don't despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:

When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water.

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle on the surface of the deep,

when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,

when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth;

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.

When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.

When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

When a man's ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.

"It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;

yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.

Don't look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

"They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don't feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."

Don't rejoice when your enemy falls. Don't let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;

Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

When his speech is charming, don't believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!

The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous thrive.

When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

When the wicked increase, sin increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.

For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food;

for an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.

Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.

Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.

When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),

For man also doesn't know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.

Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!

Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, "I have no pleasure in them;"

in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened,

and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;

I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, into the room of her who conceived me.

I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left; and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn't find him. I called him, but he didn't answer.

We have a little sister. She has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister in the day when she is to be spoken for?

When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?

When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.

To go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.

when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.

What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes?