Would that Israel's deliverance come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad. To the Director: With stringed instruments. A Davidic instruction, when the Ziphites came and told Saul, "David is hiding among us, is he not?"

He will turn the evil upon those who lie in wait for me. Cut them off with your truth.

With a free will offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, LORD, because it is good,

I said, "O, who will give me the wings of a dove, so that I could fly away and live somewhere else?

I call upon God, and the LORD will deliver me.

God, who is enthroned from long ago, will hear me and humble them. Interlude Because they do not repent, they do not fear God.

Cast on the LORD whatever he sends your way, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.

But you, God, bring them down to the Pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I put my full confidence in you. To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "A Silent Dove Far Away," when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

In God, whose word I praise, in God I put my trust. I will not fear what mortal man can do to me.

My enemies will retreat when I call on you. This has been my experience, because God is with me.

in God I will put my trust. I will not fear what mortal man can do to me.

God, I have taken vows before you; therefore I will offer thanksgiving sacrifices to you.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy, for in you I have placed my trust. Even in the shadow of your wings will I find my refuge until this calamity passes.

He will send help from heaven to deliver me from those who harass and despise me. Interlude God will send his gracious love and truth.

My heart is committed, God, my heart is committed, so I will sing and play music.

Wake up, my soul, wake up, lyre and harp! I will awaken at dawn.

I will exalt you among the nations, Lord. I will play music among the nations.

Before your clay pots are placed on a fire of burning thorns whether green or ablaze wrath will sweep them away like a storm.

The righteous person will rejoice when he sees your vengeance; when he washes his feet in the blood of the wicked.

A person will say, "Certainly, the righteous are rewarded; certainly there is a God who judges the earth." To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when Saul sent men to watch the house in order to kill him.

Look what pours out of their mouths! They use their lips like swords, saying "Who will hear us?"

But you, LORD, will laugh at them; you will mock all the nations.

My Strength, I will watch for you, for God is my fortress.

My God of Gracious Love will meet me; God will enable me to see what happens to my enemies.

The sin of their mouth is the word on their lips. They will be caught in their own conceit; for they speak curses and lies.

Go ahead and destroy them in anger! Wipe them out, and they will know to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Interlude

But I will sing of your power and in the morning I will shout for joy about your gracious love. For you have been a fortress for me; and a refuge when I am distressed.

My Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, God of Gracious Love, are my fortress. To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Lily of The Covenant," for teaching about his battle with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, when Joab returned and attacked 12,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley.

Then God spoke in his holiness, "I will rejoice I will divide Shechem; I will portion out the Succoth Valley.

Moab is my wash basin; over Edom I will throw my shoes; over Philistia I will celebrate my triumph."

Who will lead me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

Through God we will fight valiantly; and it is he who will crush our enemies. To the Director: A composition by David for stringed instruments.

From the end of the earth I will cry to you whenever my heart is overwhelmed. Place me on the rock that's too high for me.

So I will sing songs to your name forever; I will fulfill my promises day by day. To the Director: According to Jeduthun's style. A Davidic Psalm.

He alone is my rock, my deliverance, and my high tower; nothing will shake me.

How long will you rage against someone? Would you attack him as if he were a leaning wall or a tottering fence?

He alone is my rock, my deliverance, and my high tower; nothing will shake me.

God, you are my God! I will fervently seek you. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you in a dry, weary, and parched land.

Because your gracious love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you.

So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in your name.

Just as I am satisfied with the choicest of foods, so my lips will praise you joyfully.

When I think of you in bed, I will meditate on you in the night watches.

For you have been my strength, and in the shadow of your wings I will shout for joy.

But as for those who seek to destroy me, they will go down to the depths of the earth;

But as for the king, he will rejoice in God. Indeed, everyone who swears by God will exult, because the mouths of liars will be silenced. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

They concoct an evil scheme for themselves; they enumerate their hidden snares; they say, "Who will see them?"

In Zion, God, praise silently awaits you, and vows will be paid to you.

Since you hear prayer, everybody will come to you.

How blessed is the one you choose, the one you cause to live in your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house, yes, even with the holiness of your Temple.

With awesome deeds of justice you will answer us, God our Deliverer; you are the confidence for everyone at the ends of the earth, even for those far away overseas.

I will come to your house with burnt offerings. I will fulfill my vows to you

I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat, along with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams. I will offer bulls along with goats. Interlude

Come and listen, all of you who fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me.

May God truly bless us so that all the nations of the earth will fear him. To the Director of music: A Psalm. A song.

You mountains of many peaks, why do you watch with envy the mountain in which God has chosen to dwell? Indeed, the LORD will live there forever.

The Lord says, "From Bashan I will bring them, I will bring them from the depths of the sea,

that your feet may wade through blood. The tongues of your dogs will have their portions from your enemies."

Envoys will come from Egypt. Let the Ethiopians stretch out their hands to God.

That will please the LORD more than oxen and bulls with horns and hooves.

The afflicted will watch and rejoice. May you who seek God take courage.

For God will deliver Zion and will rebuild the cities of Judah so they may live there and possess them.

The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who cherish his name will live there. To the Music director. Davidic. As a memorial.

As for me, I will hope continuously and will praise you more and more.

I will declare your righteousness and your salvation every day, though I do not fully understand what the outcome will be.

Lord GOD, I will come in the power of your mighty acts, remembering your righteousness yours alone.

God, who can compare to you, who caused me to experience troubles that were numerous and disastrous? You will return to revive me and lift me up from the depths of the earth.

You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.

I also will praise you with the harp; because of your faithfulness, my God, I will praise you with the lyre Holy One of Israel.

My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you, whose life you have redeemed.

Moreover, my tongue will speak all day about your justice; for those who seek my destruction will be utterly humiliated. Solomonic

The righteous will flourish at the proper time and peace will prevail until the moon is no more.

For he will deliver the needy when they cry out for help, and the poor when there is no deliverer.

He will have compassion on the poor and the needy, and he will save the lives of the needy.

He will redeem them from oppression and violence, since their lives are precious in his sight.

If I say, "I will talk like this," I would betray a generation of your children.

You have certainly set them in slippery places; you will make them fall to their ruin.

Like a dream when one awakens, Lord, you will despise their image when you arise.

Then, I was too stupid and didn't realize I was acting like a wild animal with you.

You will guide me with your wise advice, and later you will receive me with honor.

Those far from you will perish; you will destroy those who are unfaithful to you.

God, how long will the adversary scorn while the enemy despises your name endlessly?

Don't let the oppressed return in humiliation. The poor and needy will praise your name.

"At the time that I choose I will judge the righteous.

I will say to the proud, "Don't brag," and to the wicked, "Don't vaunt your strength.

since God is the judge. This one he will debase or that one he will exalt.

For there is a cup in the hand of the LORD, foaming with well-mixed wine that he will pour out, leaving only the dregs, from which all the wicked of the earth will drink.

But as for me, I will declare forever, singing praise to the God of Jacob.

I will cut down the strength of the wicked, but the strength of the righteous will be lifted up. To the Director: With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song.

Even human anger praises you; you will wear the survivors of your wrath as an ornament.

He will humble the arrogant commanders-in-chief, instilling fear among the kings of the earth. To the director: To Jeduthun. A psalm of Asaph.

Will the Lord reject me forever and not show favor again?

Has his gracious love ceased forever? Will his promise be unfulfilled in future generations?

I will remember the LORD'S deeds; indeed, I will remember your awesome deeds from long ago.

As I meditate on all your works, I will consider your awesome deeds.

I will tell a parable, speaking riddles from long ago

We will not withhold them from their descendants; we'll declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD his might and awesome deeds that he has performed.

in order that the next generation children yet to be born will know them and in turn teach them to their children.

Then they will put their trust in God and they will not forget his awesome deeds. Instead, they will keep his commandments.

They will not be like the rebellious generation of their ancestors, a rebellious generation, whose heart was not steadfast, and whose spirits were unfaithful to God.

How long, LORD, will you be angry? Forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?