If his loins have not thanked me,
And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan,
Because I saw I had support in the gate,

“If I have put my confidence in gold,
And called fine gold my trust,

If I have gloated because my wealth was great,
And because my hand had secured so much;

If I have looked at the sun when it shone
Or the moon going in splendor,

That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment,
For I would have denied God above.

“Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy,
Or exulted when evil befell him?

“No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin
By asking for his life in a curse.

“Have the men of my tent not said,
‘Who can find one who has not been satisfied with his meat’?

“The alien has not lodged outside,
For I have opened my doors to the traveler.

“Have I covered my transgressions like Adam,
By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

If I have eaten its fruit without money,
Or have caused its owners to lose their lives,

“Do not say,
‘We have found wisdom;
God will rout him, not man.’

“They are dismayed, they no longer answer;
Words have failed them.

“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too have been formed out of the clay.

“Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
And I have heard the sound of your words:

Then let him be gracious to him, and say,
‘Deliver him from going down to the pit,
I have found a ransom’;

“He will sing to men and say,
‘I have sinned and perverted what is right,
And it is not proper for me.

“Then if you have anything to say, answer me;
Speak, for I desire to justify you.

“But if you have understanding, hear this;
Listen to the sound of my words.

“For has anyone said to God,
‘I have borne chastisement;
I will not offend anymore;

Teach me what I do not see;
If I have done iniquity,
I will not do it again’?

“Shall He recompense on your terms, because you have rejected it?
For you must choose, and not I;
Therefore declare what you know.

“For you say, ‘What advantage will it be to You?
What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’

“If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him?
And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?

Then He declares to them their work
And their transgressions, that they have magnified themselves.

“Be careful, do not turn to evil,
For you have preferred this to affliction.

“Who has appointed Him His way,
And who has said, ‘You have done wrong’?

“Remember that you should exalt His work,
Of which men have sung.

“All men have seen it;
Man beholds from afar.

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding,

“Have you ever in your life commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place,

“Have you entered into the springs of the sea
Or walked in the recesses of the deep?

“Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

“Have you understood the expanse of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know all this.

“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,
Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,

Which I have reserved for the time of distress,
For the day of war and battle?

“Will you have faith in him that he will return your grain
And gather it from your threshing floor?

“Once I have spoken, and I will not answer;
Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”

“Or do you have an arm like God,
And can you thunder with a voice like His?

‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand,
Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.”

“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear;
But now my eye sees You;

It came about after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has.

Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him so that I may not do with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”

“But as for Me, I have installed My King
Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”

“I will surely tell of the decree of the Lord:
He said to Me, ‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.

A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
O Lord, how my adversaries have increased!
Many are rising up against me.

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people
Who have set themselves against me round about.

Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God!
For You have smitten all my enemies on the cheek;
You have shattered the teeth of the wicked.

For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have relieved me in my distress;
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

You have put gladness in my heart,
More than when their grain and new wine abound.

A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
O Lord my God, in You I have taken refuge;
Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

O Lord my God, if I have done this,
If there is injustice in my hands,

If I have rewarded evil to my friend,
Or have plundered him who without cause was my adversary,

Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;
Lift up Yourself against the rage of my adversaries,
And arouse Yourself for me; You have appointed judgment.

For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth,
Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!

From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;

Yet You have made him a little lower than God,
And You crown him with glory and majesty!

You make him to rule over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,

For You have maintained my just cause;
You have sat on the throne judging righteously.

You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked;
You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very memory of them has perished.

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

In pride the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand.
The unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the helper of the orphan.

The Lord is King forever and ever;
Nations have perished from His land.

O Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear

Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”

And my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
And my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.

But I have trusted in Your lovingkindness;
My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds;
There is no one who does good.

They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt;
There is no one who does good, not even one.

I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good besides You.”

The sorrows of those who have bartered for another god will be multiplied;
I shall not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
Nor will I take their names upon my lips.

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.

I have set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

You have tried my heart;
You have visited me by night;
You have tested me and You find nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

As for the deeds of men, by the word of Your lips
I have kept from the paths of the violent.

My steps have held fast to Your paths.
My feet have not slipped.

I have called upon You, for You will answer me, O God;
Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.

They have closed their unfeeling heart,
With their mouth they speak proudly.

They have now surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes to cast us down to the ground.

For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.

You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,
And Your right hand upholds me;
And Your gentleness makes me great.

You enlarge my steps under me,
And my feet have not slipped.

For You have girded me with strength for battle;
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,
And I destroyed those who hated me.

You have delivered me from the contentions of the people;
You have placed me as head of the nations;
A people whom I have not known serve me.

They have bowed down and fallen,
But we have risen and stood upright.

You have given him his heart’s desire,
And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

For the choir director; upon Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David.
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning.

O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but I have no rest.

Upon You I was cast from birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

Many bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

For dogs have surrounded me;
A band of evildoers has encompassed me;
They pierced my hands and my feet.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You have anointed my head with oil;
My cup overflows.

Remember, O Lord, Your compassion and Your lovingkindnesses,
For they have been from of old.

A Psalm of David.
Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity,
And I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.