They all wait for You
To give them their food in its appointed season.

You give it to them, they gather it up;
You open Your hand, they are filled and satisfied with good [things].

You hide Your face, they are dismayed;
You take away their breath, they die
And return to their dust.

You send out Your Spirit, they are created;
You renew the face of the ground.

He is the Lord our God;
His judgments are in all the earth.

Blessed are those who observe justice [by honoring God’s precepts],
Who practice righteousness at all times.

Fools, because of their rebellious way,
And because of their sins, were afflicted.

They staggered and trembled like a drunken man,
And were at their wits’ end [all their wisdom was useless].

He hushed the storm to a gentle whisper,
So that the waves of the sea were still.

Then they were glad because of the calm,
And He guided them to their desired haven (harbor).

Also He blesses them so that they multiply greatly,
And He does not let [the number of] their cattle decrease.

When they are diminished and bowed down (humbled)
Through oppression, misery, and sorrow,

For Your lovingkindness is great and higher than the heavens;
Your truth reaches to the skies.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me;
They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

In return for my love, they attack me,
But I am in prayer.

But You, O God, the Lord, show kindness to me, for Your name’s sake;
Because Your lovingkindness (faithfulness, compassion) is good, O rescue me;

My knees are unsteady from fasting;
And my flesh is gaunt and without fatness.

Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power;
In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn,
Your young men are to You as the dew.

The Lord has sworn [an oath] and will not change His mind:
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

Great are the works of the Lord,
Studied by all those who delight in them.

The works of His hands are truth and [absolute] justice;
All His precepts are sure (established, reliable, trustworthy).

They are upheld forever and ever;
They are done in [absolute] truth and uprightness.

Wealth and riches are in his house,
And his righteousness endures forever.

Light arises in the darkness for the upright;
He is gracious and compassionate and righteous (upright—in right standing with God).

The idols [of the nations] are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.

Those who make them will become like them,
Everyone who trusts in them.

The heavens are the heavens of the Lord,
But the earth He has given to the children of men.

I said in my alarm,
“All men are liars.”

For His lovingkindness prevails over us [and we triumph and overcome through Him],
And the truth of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

They swarmed around me like bees;
They flare up and are extinguished like a fire of thorns;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.

You are my God, and I give thanks to You;
[You are] my God, I extol You.

How blessed and favored by God are those whose way is blameless [those with personal integrity, the upright, the guileless],
Who walk in the law [and who are guided by the precepts and revealed will] of the Lord.

Blessed and favored by God are those who keep His testimonies,
And who [consistently] seek Him and long for Him with all their heart.

Blessed and reverently praised are You, O Lord;
Teach me Your statutes.

Your testimonies also are my delight
And my counselors.

Turn away my reproach which I dread,
For Your ordinances are good.

Heth.
The Lord is my portion;
I have promised to keep Your words.

You are good and do good;
Teach me Your statutes.

Their heart is insensitive like fat [their minds are dull and brutal],
But I delight in Your law.

I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are fair,
And that in faithfulness You have disciplined me.

How many are the days of Your servant [which he must endure]?
When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?

All Your commandments are faithful and trustworthy.
They have persecuted me with a lie; help me [Lord]!

They continue this day according to Your ordinances,
For all things [all parts of the universe] are Your servants.

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,
For Your words are always with me.

I have better understanding and deeper insight than all my teachers [because of Your word],
For Your testimonies are my meditation.

How sweet are Your words to my taste,
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!

I have taken Your testimonies as a heritage forever,
For they are the joy of my heart.

You are my hiding place and my shield;
I wait for Your word.

You have turned Your back on all those who wander from Your statutes,
For their deceitfulness is useless.

Pe.
Your testimonies are wonderful;
Therefore my soul keeps them.

Tsadhe.
Righteous are You, O Lord,
And upright are Your judgments.

Trouble and anguish have found me,
Yet Your commandments are my delight and my joy.

Your righteous testimonies are everlasting;
Give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart] that I may live.

Those who follow after wickedness approach;
They are far from Your law.

You are near, O Lord,
And all Your commandments are truth.

Great are Your tender mercies and steadfast love, O Lord;
Revive me and give me life according to Your ordinances.

Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
Yet I do not turn away from Your testimonies.

I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies,
For all my ways are [fully known] before You.

Let my tongue sing [praise for the fulfillment] of Your word,
For all Your commandments are righteous.

I am for peace, but when I speak,
They are for war.

Our feet are standing
Within your gates, O Jerusalem,

Unto you I lift up my eyes,
O You who are enthroned in the heavens!

Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious and favorable toward us,
For we are greatly filled with contempt.

Our soul is greatly filled
With the scoffing of those who are at ease,
And with the contempt of the proud [who disregard God’s law].

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers;
The trap is broken and we have escaped.

Those who trust in and rely on the Lord [with confident expectation]
Are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
So the Lord surrounds His people
From this time forth and forever.

Do good, O Lord, to those who are good
And to those who are upright in their hearts.

The Lord has done great things for us;
We are glad!

Restore our captivity, O Lord,
As the stream-beds in the South (the Negev) [are restored by torrents of rain].

Behold, children are a heritage and gift from the Lord,
The fruit of the womb a reward.

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
So are the children of one’s youth.

The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.

Those who make idols are like them [absolutely worthless—spiritually blind, deaf, and powerless];
So is everyone who trusts in and relies on them.

You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And You are intimately acquainted with all my ways.

If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), behold, You are there.

Even the darkness is not dark to You and conceals nothing from You,
But the night shines as bright as the day;
Darkness and light are alike to You.

I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

I said to the Lord, “You are my God;
Listen to the voice of my supplications, O Lord.

“Those who surround me raise their heads;
May the mischief of their own lips come upon them.

Their [wicked, godless] judges are thrown down the sides of the rocky cliff,
And they [who followed them] will hear my words, for they are pleasant (just).

For my eyes are toward You, O God, the Lord;
In You I take refuge; do not pour out my life nor leave me defenseless.

I cried out to You, O Lord;
I said, “You are my refuge,
My portion in the land of the living.

“Give attention to my cry,
For I am brought very low;
Rescue me from my persecutors,
For they are stronger than I.

Teach me to do Your will [so that I may please You],
For You are my God;
Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.

Whose mouths speak deceit [without restraint],
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Who gives salvation to kings,
Who sets David His servant free from the evil sword.

Set me free and rescue me from the hand of [hostile] foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks deceit [without restraint],
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Let our barns be full, supplying every kind of produce,
And our flocks bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;

Let our cattle bear
Without mishap and without loss,
And let there be no outcry in our streets!

How blessed and favored are the people in such circumstance;
How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored] are the people whose God is the Lord!

The Lord is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created].

The Lord upholds all those [of His own] who fall
And raises up all those who are bowed down.

The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous [the upright in heart].

Let them praise the name of the Lord,
For His name alone is exalted and supreme;
His glory and majesty are above earth and heaven.

He has lifted up a horn for His people [giving them strength, prosperity, dignity, and preeminence],
Praise for all His godly ones;
For the people of Israel, a people near to Him.
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

For they are a garland of grace on your head,
And chains and ornaments [of gold] around your neck.

We will find and take all kinds of precious possessions,
We will fill our houses with spoil;