How blessed is that strong person who places his trust in the LORD, and who has not acknowledged the proud nor resorted to lies.

In the great congregation I have proclaimed the righteous good news. Behold, I did not seal my lips, LORD, as you know.

I have not ignored your righteousness in my heart; instead, I have proclaimed your faithfulness and deliverance. I have not concealed your gracious love and truthfulness from the great congregation.

LORD, do not withhold your mercy from me, for your gracious love and truthfulness will keep me safe continuously.

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think about me. You are my help and deliverer. My God, do not tarry too long! To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

The LORD will protect him and keep him alive; he will be blessed in the land; and he will not be handed over to the desires of his enemies.

They say, "Wickedness is entrenched in him. Once he is brought low, he will not rise again."

In this way I will know that you are pleased with me, and that my enemies will not shout in triumph over me.

My tears have been my food day and night, while people keep asking me all day long, "Where is your God?"

By day the LORD will command his gracious love, and by night his song is with me a prayer to the God of my life.

It was not with their sword that they inherited the land, nor did their own arm deliver them. But it was by your power, your strength, and by the light of your face; because you were pleased with them.

However, you cast us off and made us ashamed! You did not even march with our armies!

All this came upon us, yet we did not forsake you, and we have not dealt falsely with your covenant;

Our hearts have not turned away; our steps have not swerved from your path.

Therefore we will not be frightened when the earth roars, when the mountains shake in the depths of the seas,

Since God is in her midst, she will not be shaken. God will help her at the break of dawn.

Take note of her ramparts; investigate her citadels; that you may speak about them to the next generation.

that he should go on living and not see corruption.

When he dies, he will not be able to take it all with him his possessions will not follow him to the grave,

Humanity, despite its conceit, does not understand that it will perish, just like the animals. A song of Asaph.

Our God has appeared and he has not been silent; a devouring fire blazed before him, and a mighty storm swirled around him.

I do not rebuke you because of your sacrifices; indeed, your burnt offerings are continuously before me.

"If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is mine along with everything in it.

Do not cast me from your presence; do not take your Holy Spirit from me.

Indeed, you do not delight in sacrifices, or I would give them, nor do you desire burnt offerings.

True sacrifice to God is a broken spirit. A broken and chastened heart, God, you will not despise.

Fools say to themselves "There is no God." They are corrupt and commit iniquity; not one of them practices what is good.

All of them have fallen away; together they have become corrupt; no one does what is good, not even one.

Would that Israel's deliverance come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad. To the Director: With stringed instruments. A Davidic instruction, when the Ziphites came and told Saul, "David is hiding among us, is he not?"

For the arrogant have arisen against me; oppressors have sought to take my life. They do not keep God in mind! Interlude

Pay attention to my prayer, God, and do not hide yourself from my appeal.

Day and night they prowl around its walls; evil and iniquity are within it.

For it is not an enemy who insults me I could have handled that nor is it someone who hates me and who now arises against me I could have hidden myself from him

Morning, noon, and night, I mulled over these things and cried out in my distress, and he heard my voice.

God, who is enthroned from long ago, will hear me and humble them. Interlude Because they do not repent, they do not fear God.

But you, God, bring them down to the Pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I put my full confidence in you. To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "A Silent Dove Far Away," when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

In God, whose word I praise, in God I put my trust. I will not fear what mortal man can do to me.

You have kept count of my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle have not you recorded them in your book?

in God I will put my trust. I will not fear what mortal man can do to me.

For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, so that I may walk before God in the light of the living! To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when he fled from Saul into a cave.

Be exalted above the heavens, God! May your glory cover the earth! To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy".

A person will say, "Certainly, the righteous are rewarded; certainly there is a God who judges the earth." To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when Saul sent men to watch the house in order to kill him.

Look, they lie in ambush for my life; these violent men gather together against me, but not because of any transgression or sin of mine, LORD.

At night they return like howling dogs; they prowl around the city.

At night they return like howling dogs; they prowl around the city.

Human beings are a mere vapor, while people in high positions are not what they appear. When they are placed on the scales, they weigh nothing; even when weighed together, they are less than nothing.

Don't trust in oppression or put false hope in stealing; if you become wealthy, do not set your heart on it.

When I think of you in bed, I will meditate on you in the night watches.

He rules by his power forever, his eyes watching over the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Interlude

He gives us life and does not permit our feet to slip.

Were I to cherish iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not listen to me.

Blessed be God, who did not turn away my prayers nor his gracious love from me. To the Director of music: Accompanied by stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song.

Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head. My persecutors are mighty, and they want to destroy me. Must I be forced to return what I did not steal?

God, you know my sins, and my guilt is not hidden from you.

Do not let those who look up to you be ashamed because of me, Lord God of the Heavenly Armies. Let not those who seek you be humiliated because of me, God of Israel.

Rescue me from the mud and do not let me sink. Rescue me from those who hate me, and from the deep waters.

and do not ignore your servant, because I am in distress. Hurry to answer me!

May they be erased from the Book of Life, and their names not be written with the righteous.

As for me, I am poor and needy. God, come quickly to me. You are my helper and my deliverer. LORD, please do not delay.

Don't throw me away when I am old; do not abandon me when my strength fails.

God, do not be distant from me. My God, come quickly to help me.

I will declare your righteousness and your salvation every day, though I do not fully understand what the outcome will be.

Also, when I reach old age and have gray hair, God, do not forsake me, until I have declared your power to this generation and your might to the next one.

They do not experience problems common to ordinary people; they aren't afflicted as others are.

Why do you not withdraw your hand your right hand from your bosom and destroy them?

Yours is the day, and yours is the night; you established the moon and the sun.

Don't hand over the life of your dove to beasts; do not continuously forget your afflicted ones.

Don't ignore the shout of those opposing you, The uproar of those who rebel against you continuously. To the Director: To the tune of "Do not Destroy!" A psalm of Asaph. A song.

For exaltation comes not from the east, the west, or the wilderness,

When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; my hands were raised at night and they did not grow weary. I refused to be comforted.

During the night I remembered my song. I meditate in my heart, and my spirit ponders.

Will the Lord reject me forever and not show favor again?

We will not withhold them from their descendants; we'll declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD his might and awesome deeds that he has performed.

Then they will put their trust in God and they will not forget his awesome deeds. Instead, they will keep his commandments.

They will not be like the rebellious generation of their ancestors, a rebellious generation, whose heart was not steadfast, and whose spirits were unfaithful to God.

They did not keep God's covenant, and refused to live by his Law.

He led them with a cloud during the day, and during the night with light from the fire.

They did not remember his power the day he delivered them from their adversary,

He blazed a path for his anger; he did not stop short from killing them, but handed them over to pestilence.

He led them to safety so they would not fear. As for their enemies, the sea covered them.

But they tested the Most High God by rebelling against him, and they did not obey his statutes.

He rejected the clan of Joseph; and the tribe of Ephraim he did not choose.

Pour out your wrath upon the nations that do not acknowledge you, and over the kingdoms that do not call on your name.

Then we will not turn away from you. Restore us, so we can call upon your name.

a decree that he prescribed for Joseph when he went throughout the land of Egypt, speaking a language I did not recognize.

In a time of need you called out and I delivered you; I answered you from the dark thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Interlude

God, do not rest! Don't be silent! Don't stay inactive, God!

They say, "Let us go and erase them as a nation so the name of Israel will not be remembered anymore."

For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD grants grace and favor; the LORD will not withhold any good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

Let me listen to what God, the LORD, says; for the LORD will promise peace to his people, to his holy ones; may they not return to foolishness.

God, arrogant men rise up against me, while a company of ruthless individuals want to kill me. They do not have regard for you.

LORD, God of my salvation, by day and by night I cry out before you.

"But if his sons abandon my laws and do not follow my ordinances,

if they profane my statutes; and do not keep my commands,

But I will not cut off my gracious love from him, and I will not stop being faithful.

I will not dishonor my covenant, because I will not change what I have spoken.

I have sworn by my holiness once for all: I will not lie to David.

Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword and did not support him in battle.

What valiant man can live and not see death? Who can deliver himself from the power of Sheol. Interlude

One thousand years in your sight are but a single day that passes by, just like a night watch.