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 Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,

For you, Yahweh, 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, Yahweh, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.

Unless Yahweh 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 Yahweh 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 don't turn again to cover the earth.

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

I will sing to Yahweh 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 don't 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, Yahweh, 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 Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

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

They have ears, but they don't hear. They have noses, but they don't smell.

They have hands, but they don't feel. They have feet, but they don't 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.

Yahweh, 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 Yahweh! We have blessed you out of the house of Yahweh.

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

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander from your commandments.

I have hidden your word in my heart, 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. HEY

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, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.

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

I have remembered your name, Yahweh, 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.

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.

Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted 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 don't 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. MEM

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. SAMEKH

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

I have done what is just and righteous. Don't 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. Don't 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.

I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.

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

Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever. RESH

Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven't swerved from your testimonies.

Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.

I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.

I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you. TAV

Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.

I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don't forget your commandments. A Song of Ascents.

Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.

then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;

then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.