For foreigners have risen against me, and ruthless [men] seek my life. They have not set God before them. Selah

You have kept count of my wonderings. Put my tears in your bottle; [are they] not in your book?

because you have delivered my soul from death. [Have you] not [kept] my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

They have set a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down. They have dug a pit before me; they have fallen into the midst of it. Selah

But as for me, I will sing [of] your strength, and I will hail your loyal love in the morning, because you have been my [high] stronghold and a refuge in my {time} of trouble.

O God, you have rejected us. You have broken us. You have been angry. Restore us!

You have made [the] land quake. You have split it open. Heal its fissures, because it totters.

You have shown your people hard [things]; You have given us wine that staggers.

You have rallied those who fear you round a banner {out of bowshot}, Selah

Have not you yourself rejected us, O God, and not gone out with our armies, O God?

For you have been my refuge, a strong tower from the enemy.

For you, O God, you have heard my vows. You have given [me] the heritage of those who fear your name.

Once God has spoken; twice I have heard this: that strength [belongs] to God.

Thus I have seen you in the sanctuary, beholding your strength and glory.

Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

{They carefully plot} injustices [saying], "We have perfected {the perfect plot}!" Both [the] {inner thought} and heart of man [are] deep.

You care for the land and water it; you greatly enrich it. The stream of God [is] filled with waters. You provide their grain, for so you have established it.

For you have tested us, O God; you have tried us as silver is tried.

You let men ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you have brought us out to the place of abundance.

If I had considered evil in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

You have ascended on high; you have led away captives. You have received gifts [from] among humankind, and even [from the] rebellious, so that Yah God may dwell [there].

so that your foot may shatter [them] bloody [for] the tongues of your dogs [to have] their share from [the] enemies."

They have seen your processions, O God, the processions of my God, my king, distinctive [in victory].

Save me, O God, because waters have come up to [my] neck.

I sink in [the] mud of the deep, and there is no foothold. I have come to watery depths, and [the] torrent floods over me.

Because on account of you I have borne reproach; disgrace has covered my face.

I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother's sons,

because the zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those reproaching you have fallen on me.

because they persecute [those] whom you, yourself, have struck, and they tell of the pain of [those] you have wounded.

In you, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.

Be for me a rock of refuge to resort to always; you have ordained to save me, because you [are] my rock and my fortress.

Upon you I have leaned {from birth}. [It was] you who {took} me from the womb of my mother. My praise [is] of you continually.

I have become a wonder to many, but you [are] my strong refuge.

O God, you have taught me from my youth, and up to now I have proclaimed your wonderful deeds.

And your righteousness, O God, [is] to [the] height [of heaven]. You who have done great things, O God, who [is] like you?

You who have caused me to see many troubles and evils, you will again revive me. And from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.

My lips will sing for joy when I sing praises to you, and my soul, which you have redeemed.

My tongue also will speak of your righteousness all the day, because they have been put to shame, because they have been humiliated who seek my harm.

They do not have {ordinary trouble}, and they are not plagued as [other] people.

And they say, "How does God know?" and, "Does the Most High have knowledge?"

Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure, and washed my hands in innocence.

And I have been plagued all day and rebuked {every morning}.

If I had said, "I will speak thus," behold, I would have acted treacherously against your children's generation.

But I [am] continually with you; you have hold of my right hand.

Whom do I have in the heavens [except you]? And with you I have no [other] desire on earth.

But as for me, the approach to God [is] for my good. I have set the Lord Yahweh [as] my refuge, in order to tell all your works.

Why, O God, have you rejected [us] forever? [Why] does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?

Remember your congregation [that] you bought long ago, [when] you redeemed the tribe of your inheritance. [Remember] {Mount Zion} where you have dwelt.

Your enemies have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they have set up their signs [for] signs.

And now its carved works altogether they have smashed with axe and hammer.

They have set fire to your sanctuary. They have defiled to the ground, the dwelling place for your name.

They have said in their heart, "We will completely oppress them." They burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

Have regard for the covenant, because [the] dark places of [the] land are full of [the] haunts of violence.

In the day I [have] trouble, I seek the Lord. At night my hand stretches out {continually}; my soul refuses to be comforted.

Has God forgotten to have compassion? Or has he closed off his mercies in anger? Selah

You [are] the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among the peoples.

that we have heard and known, and our ancestors have told us.

O God, [the] nations have entered your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have reduced Jerusalem to ruins.

They have given the bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the heavens, the flesh of your faithful to [the] beasts of [the] earth.

They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was none to bury [them].

We have become a taunt to our neighbors, a derision and a scorn to those around us.

because they have devoured Jacob and have laid waste his habitation.

You have fed them [the] bread of tears; you have given them tears to drink in full measure.

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

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

I have said, "You [are] gods, and sons of the Most High, all of you.

For look, your enemies roar, and those who hate you have lifted [their] head.

For they have consulted together {with a unified purpose}. They have made a covenant against you:

Look at our shield, O God, and have regard for the face of your anointed one.

All [the] nations that you have made will come and bow down before you, O Lord, and glorify your name.

because your loyal love [is] great toward me, and you will have delivered my life from Sheol below.

O God, arrogant men have risen up against me, even a gang of ruthless men seek my life, but they do not set you before them.

Do a sign [that] benefits me, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame, because you, O Yahweh, have helped me and comforted me.

You have set me in [the] pit below, in dark places, in [the] depths.

You have removed my acquaintances far from me. You have made me detestable to them. [I am] confined and cannot go out.

Your burning anger has passed over me; your sudden fears have destroyed me.

You have removed loved one and friend far from me, my acquaintances [far from my] darkness.

For I say, "Forever [your] loyal love is built up. [The] heavens you have established [with] your faithfulness in them."

You have a mighty arm; Your hand is strong; your right hand reaches high.

Formerly you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones, and said, "I have bestowed help on a mighty man; I have exalted one chosen from [the] people.

I have found David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him,

Once I have sworn by my holiness, 'I will surely not lie to David,

But you have spurned and rejected; you are very angry with your anointed one.

You have repudiated the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dirt.

You have broken down all his walls; you have made his fortifications a ruin.

You have raised the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all his enemies rejoice.

You have also turned back the edge of his sword and have not helped him stand [his ground] in the battle.

You have made his splendor to cease, and cast his throne to the ground.

You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah

Remember what my lifespan [is]. [Remember] for what vanity you have created all [the] children of humankind.

O Lord, you have been our help {in all generations}.

You have put our iniquities before you, our hidden [sins] into the light of your countenance.

Return, O Yahweh. How long? And have compassion on your servants.

Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, [for as many] years [as] we have seen calamity.

For you, O Yahweh, [are] my refuge. You have made the Most High your dwelling place.

For you, O Yahweh, have made me glad by your work; by the deeds of your hands I sing for joy.

But you have exalted my horn like [that of] a wild ox; you have anointed me with fresh oil.

[The] rivers have lifted up, O Yahweh; [the] rivers have lifted up their {rumbling}; [the] rivers have lifted up their pounding.

If Yahweh had not been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in silence.

Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done wonders. His right hand and his holy arm have secured his victory.