I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God, my exceeding joy;
With the lyre I will praise You, O God, my God!

For I will not trust in my bow,
Nor will my sword save me.

In God we have boasted all the day long,
And we will praise and give thanks to Your name forever. Selah.

Then the King will desire your beauty;
Because He is your Lord, bow down and honor Him.

With gladness and rejoicing will they be led;
They will enter into the King’s palace.

In place of your fathers will be your sons;
You shall make princes in all the land.

I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations;
Therefore the peoples will praise and give You thanks forever and ever.

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains be shaken and slip into the heart of the seas,

God is in the midst of her [His city], she will not be moved;
God will help her when the morning dawns.

“Be still and know (recognize, understand) that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth.”

As we have heard, so have we seen
In the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God:
God will establish her forever. Selah.

For this is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will be our guide even until death.

I will incline my ear and consent to a proverb;
On the lyre I will unfold my riddle.

Their inward thought is that their houses will continue forever,
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have named their lands after their own names [ignoring God].

But God will redeem my life from the power of Sheol,
For He will receive me. Selah.

For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
His glory will not descend after him.

He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They shall never again see the light.

“Hear, O My people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you:
I am God, your God.

“I will accept no young bull from your house
Nor male goat from your folds.

“I know every bird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is Mine.

Call on Me in the day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.”

“These things you have done and I kept silent;
You thought that I was just like you.
Now I will reprimand and denounce you and state the case in order before your eyes.

“He who offers a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who orders his way rightly [who follows the way that I show him],
I shall show the salvation of God.”

Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted and return to You.

My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit;
A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.

Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,
In burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

But God will break you down forever;
He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

The righteous will see it and fear,
And will [scoffingly] laugh, saying,

I will thank You forever, because You have done it, [You have rescued me and kept me safe].
I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When God restores [the fortunes of] His people,
Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

He will pay back the evil to my enemies;
In Your faithfulness destroy them.

With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to You;
I will give thanks and praise Your name, O Lord, for it is good.

As for me, I shall call upon God,
And the Lord will save me.

Evening and morning and at noon I will complain and murmur,
And He will hear my voice.

God will hear and humble them,
Even He who sits enthroned from old— Selah.
Because in them there has been no change [of heart],
And they do not fear God [at all].

Cast your burden on the Lord [release it] and He will sustain and uphold you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken (slip, fall, fail).

But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;
Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.

When I am afraid,
I will put my trust and faith in You.

In God, whose word I praise;
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not fear.
What can mere man do to me?

In God have I put my trust and confident reliance; I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?

Your vows are binding upon me, O God;
I will give thank offerings to You.

Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious and merciful to me,
For my soul finds shelter and safety in You,
And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge and be confidently secure
Until destruction passes by.

I will cry to God Most High,
Who accomplishes all things on my behalf [for He completes my purpose in His plan].

He will send from heaven and save me;
He calls to account him who tramples me down. Selah.
God will send out His lovingkindness and His truth.

My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast and confident!
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises [to You]!

Awake, my glory!
Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.

I will praise and give thanks to You, O Lord, among the people;
I will sing praises to You among the nations.

Before your cooking pots can feel the fire of thorns [burning under them as fuel],
He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike.

The [unyieldingly] righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance [of God];
He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely there is a God who judges on the earth.”

But You, O Lord, will laugh at them [in scorn];
You scoff at and deride all the nations.

O [God] my strength, I will watch for You;
For God is my stronghold [my refuge, my protector, my high tower].

My God in His [steadfast] lovingkindness will meet me;
God will let me look triumphantly on my enemies [who lie in wait for me].

But as for me, I will sing of Your mighty strength and power;
Yes, I will sing joyfully of Your lovingkindness in the morning;
For You have been my stronghold
And a refuge in the day of my distress.

To You, O [God] my strength, I will sing praises;
For God is my stronghold [my refuge, my protector, my high tower], the God who shows me [steadfast] lovingkindness.

God has spoken in His holiness [in His promises]:
“I will rejoice, I will divide [the land of] Shechem and measure out the Valley of Succoth [west to east].

Who will bring me into the besieged city [of Petra]?
Who will lead me to Edom?

Have You not rejected us, O God?
And will You not go out with our armies?

From the end of the earth I call to You, when my heart is overwhelmed and weak;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I [a rock that is too high to reach without Your help].

Let me dwell in Your tent forever;
Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah.

So I will sing praise to Your name forever,
Paying my vows day by day.

How long will you attack a man
So that you may murder him, all of you,
Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

O God, You are my God; with deepest longing I will seek You;
My soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

So will I bless You as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.

For You have been my help,
And in the shadow of Your wings [where I am always protected] I sing for joy.

They encourage themselves in [their pursuit of] an evil agenda;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, “Who will discover us?”

But God will shoot them with an [unexpected] arrow;
Suddenly they will be wounded.

So they will be caused to stumble;
Their own tongue is against them;
All who gaze at them will shake the head [in scorn].

Then all men will fear [God’s judgment];
They will declare the work of God,
And they will consider and wisely acknowledge what He has done.

I shall come into Your house with burnt offerings;
I shall pay You my vows,

I shall offer to You burnt offerings of fat lambs,
With the [sweet] smoke of rams;
I will offer bulls with male goats. Selah.

Come and hear, all who fear God [and worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience],
And I will tell what He has done for me.

If I regard sin and baseness in my heart [that is, if I know it is there and do nothing about it],
The Lord will not hear [me];

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
For You will judge the people fairly
And guide the nations on earth. Selah.

The earth has yielded its harvest [as evidence of His approval];
God, our God, blesses us.

God blesses us,
And all the ends of the earth shall fear Him [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder].

Why do you look with envy, mountains with many peaks,
At the mountain [of the city of Zion] which God has desired for His dwelling place?
Yes, the Lord will dwell there forever.

Surely God will shatter the head of His enemies,
The hairy scalp of one who goes on in his guilty ways.

The Lord said, “I will bring your enemies back from Bashan;
I will bring them back from the depths of the [Red] Sea,

Rebuke the beasts [living] among the reeds [in Egypt],
The herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples;
Trampling underfoot the pieces of silver;
He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.

I will praise the name of God with song
And magnify Him with thanksgiving.

And it will please the Lord better than an ox
Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.

For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah,
That His servants may remain there and possess it.

But as for me, I will wait and hope continually,
And will praise You yet more and more.

I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord God [and in His strength];
I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

You who have shown me many troubles and distresses
Will revive and renew me again,
And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

I will also praise You with the harp,
Your truth and faithfulness, O my God;
To You I will sing praises with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.

He will have compassion on the poor and needy,
And he will save the lives of the needy.

He will redeem their life from oppression and fraud and violence,
And their blood will be precious in His sight.

Like a dream [which seems real] until one awakens,
O Lord, when stirred, [You observe the wicked], You will despise their image.

You will guide me with Your counsel,
And afterward receive me to honor and glory.

For behold, those who are far from You will perish;
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful and have abandoned You.

Oh, do not hand over the soul of your turtledove to the wild beast;
Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.

“When I select an appointed time,
I will judge with equity,” [says the Lord].

“The earth and all the inhabitants of it melt [in tumultuous times].
It is I who will steady its pillars. Selah.

But as for me, I will declare it and rejoice forever;
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

All the horns of the wicked He will cut off,
But the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.

He will cut off the spirit of princes;
He is awesome and feared by the kings of the earth.

My voice rises to God, and I will cry aloud;
My voice rises to God, and He will hear me.