They are driven out from the midst of men. They cry after them as after a thief;

They abhor me, they keep their distance from me, and do not hesitate to spit in my face.

My skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat.

For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from Shaddai on high?

"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, her have I guided from my mother's womb);

then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because his majesty, I can do nothing.

and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

then God is gracious to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.'

He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life shall see the light.'

to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

"Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from Shaddai, that he should commit iniquity.

because they turned aside from following him, and wouldn't pay attention to any of his ways,

If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?

I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

He doesn't withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.

He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.

For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,

"Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb,

From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.

He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.

From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.

"I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.

His breath kindles coals. A flame goes forth from his mouth.

The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can't be moved.

His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.

"Let's break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us."

Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.

LORD, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

From the lips of babes and infants you have ordained praise, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

Have mercy on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death;

His ways are prosperous at all times. Your judgments are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.

He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

"Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."

You will keep them, LORD. You will preserve them from this generation forever.

How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

The LORD looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who did understand, who did seek after God.

My soul, you have said to the LORD, "You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing."

Let my sentence come forth from your presence. Let your eyes look on equity.

As for the works of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

Show your marvelous loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.

from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.

Arise, LORD, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;

from men by your hand, LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.

He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

For all his ordinances were before me. I did not put away his statutes from me.

I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

His going forth is from the end of the heavens, his circuit to its ends; There is nothing hidden from its heat.

Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors.

Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then I will be upright. I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.

He will send you help from the sanctuary, and give you support from Zion.

Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven, with the saving strength of his right hand.

You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from among the children of men.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

I was thrown on you from my mother's womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.

Do not be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is none to help.

Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog.

Save me from the lion's mouth. Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen, you have answered me.

For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.

He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, righteousness from the God of his salvation.

LORD, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness, for they are from old times.

Redeem Israel, God, from all of his troubles.

Do not hide your face from me. Do not put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Do not abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation.

LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, A fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.

I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.

My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.

As for me, I said in my haste, "I am cut off from before your eyes." Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.

You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm.

The LORD looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men.

From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,

to deliver their soul from death, to keep them alive in famine.

I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

The LORD's face is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

All my bones shall say, "LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?"

Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

You have seen it, LORD. Do not keep silent. Lord, do not be far from me.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Do not fret, it leads only to evildoing.

Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.

But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

The LORD helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them, Because they have taken refuge in him.

Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.

Do not forsake me, LORD. My God, do not be far from me.

I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.