Will the Lord reject forever?
And will He never be favorable again?

And I said, “This is my grief,
That the right hand of the Most High has changed [and His lovingkindness is withheld].”

I will [solemnly] remember the deeds of the Lord;
Yes, I will [wholeheartedly] remember Your wonders of old.

I will meditate on all Your works
And thoughtfully consider all Your [great and wondrous] deeds.

I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples];
I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]—

We will not hide them from their children,
But [we will] tell to the generation to come the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord,
And [tell of] His great might and power and the wonderful works that He has done.

They turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;
They were twisted like a warped bow [that will not respond to the archer’s aim].

How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy [which cannot endure a divided allegiance] burn like fire?

So we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture,
Will give You thanks forever;
We will declare and publish Your praise from generation to generation.

O Lord God of hosts,
How long will You be angry with the prayers of Your people?

A boar from the woods eats it away,
And the insects of the field feed on it.

Then we shall not turn back from You;
Revive us and we will call on Your name.

“Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you—
O Israel, if you would listen to Me!

“I am the Lord your God,
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

“So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk in [the path of] their own counsel.

How long will you judge unjustly
And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

The rulers do not know nor do they understand;
They walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction];
All the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles of the administration of justice] are shaken.

Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence;
They will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord bestows grace and favor and honor;
No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Will You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?

Will You not revive us and bring us to life again,
That Your people may rejoice in You?

I will hear [with expectant hope] what God the Lord will say,
For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones—
But let them not turn again to folly.

Indeed, the Lord will give what is good,
And our land will yield its produce.

In the day of my trouble I will call upon You,
For You will answer me.

I will give thanks and praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart;
And will glorify Your name forevermore.

Show me a sign of [Your] goodwill,
That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,
Because You, O Lord, helped and comforted me.

“I will mention Rahab (Egypt) and Babylon among those who know Me—
Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia (Cush)—
‘This one was born there.’”

But of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her,”
And the Most High Himself will establish her.

Will You perform wonders for the dead?
Shall the departed spirits arise and praise You? Selah.

I will sing of the goodness and lovingkindness of the Lord forever;
With my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation.

For I have said, “Goodness and lovingkindness will be built up forever;
In the heavens [unchangeable and majestic] You will establish Your faithfulness.”

I will establish your seed forever
And I will build up your throne for all generations.” Selah.

“I will crush his adversaries before him,
And strike those who hate him.

“I will also set his hand on the [Mediterranean] sea,
And his right hand on the rivers [the tributaries of the Euphrates].

“I will also make him My firstborn (preeminent),
The highest of the kings of the earth.

“My lovingkindness I will keep for him forevermore,
And My covenant will be confirmed to him.

“His descendants I will establish forever,
And his throne [will endure] as the days of heaven.

Then I will punish their transgression with the rod [of discipline],
And [correct] their wickedness with stripes.

“Nevertheless, I will not break off My lovingkindness from him,
Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.

“My covenant I will not violate,
Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips.

“Once [for all] I have sworn by My holiness, [My vow which cannot be violated];
I will not lie to David.

How long, O Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?

I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
My God, in whom I trust [with great confidence, and on whom I rely]!”

For He will save you from the trap of the fowler,
And from the deadly pestilence.

He will cover you and completely protect you with His pinions,
And under His wings you will find refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.

For He will command His angels in regard to you,
To protect and defend and guard you in all your ways [of obedience and service].

“Because he set his love on Me, therefore I will save him;
I will set him [securely] on high, because he knows My name [he confidently trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never abandon him, no, never].

“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.

“With a long life I will satisfy him
And I will let him see My salvation.”

But my horn [my emblem of strength and power] You have exalted like that of a wild ox;
I am anointed with fresh oil [for Your service].

Consider thoughtfully, you senseless (stupid ones) among the people;
And you [dull-minded] fools, when will you become wise and understand?

For the Lord will not abandon His people,
Nor will He abandon His inheritance.

For judgment will again be righteous,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.

Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
Who will take a stand for me against those who do wickedness?

He has turned back their own wickedness upon them
And will destroy them by means of their own evil;
The Lord our God will wipe them out.

For He is our God
And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.
Today, if you will hear His voice,

Before the Lord, for He is coming to judge the earth;
He will judge the world with righteousness
And the peoples with fairness.

I will sing of [steadfast] lovingkindness and justice;
To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.

I will behave wisely and follow the way of integrity.
When will You come to me?
I will walk in my house in integrity and with a blameless heart.

I will set no worthless or wicked thing before my eyes.
I hate the practice of those who fall away [from the right path];
It will not grasp hold of me.

A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will not tolerate evil.

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will silence;
The one who has a haughty look and a proud (arrogant) heart I will not tolerate.

Morning after morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land,
That I may cut off from the city of the Lord all those who do evil.

You will arise and have compassion on Zion,
For it is time to be gracious and show favor to her;
Yes, the appointed time [the moment designated] has come.

For the Lord has built up Zion;
He has appeared in His glory and brilliance;

He has regarded the prayer of the destitute,
And has not despised their prayer.

He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.

They give drink to every beast of the field;
The wild donkeys quench their thirst there.

The high mountains are for the wild goats;
The rocks are a refuge for the shephanim.

You [O Lord] make darkness and it becomes night,
In which prowls about every wild beast of the forest.

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

May my meditation be sweet and pleasing to Him;
As for me, I will rejoice and be glad in the Lord.

Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the measured portion of your inheritance.”

Who is wise? Let him observe and heed these things;
And [thoughtfully] consider the lovingkindness of the Lord.

O God, my heart is steadfast [with confident faith];
I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul.

Awake, harp and lyre;
I will awaken the dawn!

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

God has spoken in His holiness:
“I will rejoice, I will portion out Shechem [as I divide Canaan among My people],
And measure out the Valley of Succoth.

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

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

I will give great praise and thanks to the Lord with my mouth;
And in the midst of many I will praise Him.

For He will stand at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who judge his soul.

The Lord will send the scepter of Your strength from Zion, saying,
“Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

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.”

The Lord is at Your right hand,
He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

He will execute judgment [in overwhelming punishment] among the nations;
He will fill them with corpses,
He will crush the chief men over a broad country.

He will drink from the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He will lift up His head [triumphantly].

Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart,
In the company of the upright and in the congregation.

He has given food to those who fear Him [with awe-inspired reverence];
He will remember His covenant forever.

The [reverent] fear of the Lord is the beginning (the prerequisite, the absolute essential, the alphabet) of wisdom;
A good understanding and a teachable heart are possessed by all those who do the will of the Lord;
His praise endures forever.

He will never be shaken;
The righteous will be remembered forever.

His heart is upheld, he will not fear
While he looks [with satisfaction] on his adversaries.

The wicked will see it and be angered,
He will gnash his teeth and melt away [in despair and death];
The desire of the wicked will perish and come to nothing.

The Lord has been mindful of us; He will bless,
He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron.

He will bless those who fear and worship the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder],
Both the small and the great.

But as for us, we will bless and affectionately and gratefully praise the Lord
From this time forth and forever.
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call on Him as long as I live.

I will walk [in submissive wonder] before the Lord
In the land of the living.

I will lift up the cup of salvation
And call on the name of the Lord.