My thoughts go back to the days of the past, to the years which are gone.

Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?

At the last, I came to this point, that I thought, "O why art thou so foolish? the righthand of the most highest can change all!"

O God, your deeds are extraordinary! What god can compare to our great God?

Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,

And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And He slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel He caused to bend.

Therefore their days were consumed in vanity, and suddenly their years were gone.

So he kept in mind that they were only flesh; a breath which is quickly gone, and will not come again.

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

They know not, neither can they perceive, In darkness, they wander, All the foundations of the earth do shake.

Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O Lord who rules over all, my king and my God.

Blessed [are] those who dwell in your house; they can ever praise you. Selah

No one can compare with you among the gods, Lord; No one can accomplish your work.

You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.

My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you.

Can you perform wonders for the dead? Can departed spirits stand up to praise you? Interlude

Can your gracious love be declared in the grave or your faithfulness in Abaddon?

Can your awesome deeds be known in darkness or your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,

You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am gone from the memory of those who are dear to me.

For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

How happy are the people who can worship joyfully! LORD, they walk in the light of your presence.

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

What man can live and not see death?
Can he rescue his soul from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Selah.

You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep [forgotten as soon as they are gone];
In the morning they are like grass which grows anew—

For when thou art angry, all our days are gone; we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.

The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.

Who can know the intensity of your anger? Because our fear of you matches your wrath,

So teach [us] to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].

With his feathers he will cover you, and under his wings you can take refuge. His faithfulness [will be] a shield and a buckler.

A stupid man doesn't know, and a fool can't comprehend this:

When the wicked flourish like grass and all [the] workers of evil blossom, [it is] so they can be destroyed forever.

Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty! Yahweh is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can't be moved.

Can the One who shaped the ear not hear,
the One who formed the eye not see?

The one who disciplines nations can rebuke them, can he not? The one who teaches mankind can discern, can he not?

If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.

Can there be allied with you a throne of destruction, one that forms trouble based on statute?

For the LORD is great, and can not worthily be praised: he is more to be feared than all gods. {TYNDALE: For great is the LORD, and to be praised exceedingly: and terrible is he above all gods.}

Say among the nations, "Yahweh reigns." The world is also established. It can't be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.

My days are gone like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

He provides grass for the cattle, and crops for people to cultivate, so they can produce food from the ground,

as well as wine that makes people feel so good, and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, as well as food that sustains people's lives.

He hath opened a rock, and waters issue, They have gone on in dry places -- a river.

Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?

Both we and our fathers have sinned;
we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.

And he was purposing to put an end to them if Moses, his special servant, had not gone up before him, between him and his people, turning back his wrath, to keep them from destruction.

He causes the hungry to settle there,
and they establish a city where they can live.

Have you not rejected us, O God, and not gone out with our armies, O God?

Let his children wander and beg;
Let them seek their food and be driven far from their ruined homes.

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

Who can compare to the Lord our God, who sits on a high throne?

They have hands, but they cannot feel;
They have feet, but they cannot walk;
Nor can they make a sound with their throats.

Neither can the dead praise the LORD, nor those who go down into the silence of death.

What will I give to the Lord [in return]
For all His benefits toward me?
[How can I repay Him for His precious blessings?]

The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

How can a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed according to your word.

Open my eyes so I can truly see the marvelous things in your law!

Help me understand
the meaning of Your precepts
so that I can meditate on Your wonders.

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.

Then I can answer the one who taunts me,
for I trust in Your word.

י YodYour hands made me and formed me;
give me understanding
so that I can learn Your commands.

I will never forget Your precepts,
For by them You have revived me and given me life.

I gain understanding from Your precepts;
therefore I hate every false way.

The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.

Turn away from me, you evil men, so that I can observe the commands of my God.

Sustain me so that I can be safe
and always be concerned about Your statutes.

I am your servant. Give me insight, so that I can understand your rules.

Direct my steps in your word, and do not let any iniquity gain power over me.

Deliver me from oppressive men, so that I can keep your precepts.

Your rules remain just. Give me insight so that I can live.

My cry has gone up to you; take me out of trouble, and I will be guided by your unchanging word.

I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped.

Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying.

They have drawn near, who pursue villainy, From thy law, have they gone far away.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah.

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can't be moved, but remains forever.

It is vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he can provide for those whom he loves even when they sleep.

May they be like the grass on the rooftops which withers before one can even pull it up,

and can’t even fill the hands of the reaper
or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.

A Davidic song of ascents.How good and pleasant it is
when brothers live together in harmony!

They have mouths, but they can't speak. They have eyes, but they can't see.

They have ears, but they can't hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

How can we sing the Lord’s song
on foreign soil?

This knowledge is beyond me. It's lofty. I can't attain it.

Where I can go from your Spirit, or where can I flee from your presence?

Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.

I look to my right and observe no one is concerned about me. There is nowhere I can go for refuge, and no one cares for me.

Free me from prison
so that I can praise Your name.
The righteous will gather around me
because You deal generously with me.

Blessed be the Lord, my Rock and my great strength,
Who trains my hands for war
And my fingers for battle;

Our kine laden with young; no breaking in and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets.

The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise! No one can fathom his greatness!

He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?