You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.

You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

Remember how short my time is. For what vanity have you created all the children of men.

With which your enemies have mocked, LORD, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.

You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

Relent, LORD. How long? Have compassion on your servants.

Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

Because you have made the LORD your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,

For you, LORD, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.

But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.

My eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me.

The floods have lifted up, LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.

Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?

Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, "It is a people that errs in their heart. They have not known my ways."

The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.

Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things. His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him.

He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.

I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,

Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.

My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.

You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.

For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.

But you are the same. Your years will have no end.

You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they do not turn again to cover the earth.

The LORD, how many are your works. In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.

I will sing to the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.

We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly.

Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.

Haven't you rejected us, God? You do not go forth, God, with our armies.

for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Let there be none to extend kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.

that they may know that this is your hand; that you, LORD, have done it.

Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.

They have mouths, but they do not speak. They have eyes, but they do not see.

They have ears, but they do not hear. They have noses, but they do not smell.

They have hands, but they do not feel. They have feet, but they do not walk, neither do they speak through their throat.

For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

LORD, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.

I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. We have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.

You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Do not let me wander from your commandments.

In my heart I have hidden your word, that I might not sin against you.

With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.

Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.

I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.

I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free.

So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.

I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.

I remember your ordinances of old, LORD, and have comforted myself.

Your statutes have been my songs, in the house where I live.

I have remembered your name, LORD, in the night, and I obey your Law.

The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.

The Law you have spoken is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

YOD Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.

LORD, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have humbled me.

Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I do not forget your statutes.

The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your Law.

Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.

Unless your Law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.

I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.

I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.

I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.

I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.

I have not turned aside from your ordinances, for you have taught me.

I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.

The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven't gone astray from your precepts.

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

I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.

Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.

AYIN. I have done what is just and righteous. Do not leave me to my oppressors.

Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

Establish my footsteps in your word. Do not let any iniquity have dominion over me.

You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.

Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

QOPH. I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, LORD. I will keep your statutes.

I have called to you. Save me. I will obey your statutes.