Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you always, from generation to generation. We will declare your praise. For the Director of Music: According to "The Lilies". A testimony of Asaph. A psalm.

LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, when will your smoldering anger toward your people's prayers cease?

Wild boars of the forest gnaw at it, and creatures of the field feed on it.

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

Listen, My people and I will warn you. Israel, if only you would obey me!

Those who hate the LORD will cringe before him; their punishment will be permanent.

But I will feed Israel with the finest wheat, satisfying you with honey from the rock. A Psalm of Asaph

"How long will you judge partially by showing favor on the wicked? Interlude

However, as all human beings do, you will die, and like other rulers, you will fall.'

They say, "Let us go and erase them as a nation so the name of Israel will not be remembered anymore."

Then they will know that you alone whose name is LORD are the Most High over all the earth. To the Director: On the Gittith. A Psalm by the descendants of Korah.

They will pass through the Baca Valley where he will prepare a spring for them; even the early rain will cover it with blessings.

They will walk from strength to strength; each will appear before God in Zion.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD grants grace and favor; the LORD will not withhold any good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger from generation to generation?

Will you restore our lives again so that your people may rejoice in you?

Let me listen to what God, the LORD, says; for the LORD will promise peace to his people, to his holy ones; may they not return to foolishness.

Surely, he will soon deliver those who fear him, for his glory will live in our land.

The LORD will also provide what is good, and our land will yield its produce.

Righteousness will go before him to prepare a path for his steps. A Davidic prayer

In my troubled times I will call on you, for you will answer me.

All the nations that you have established will come and worship you, my Lord. They will honor your name.

I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole being; and I will honor your name continuously.

Show me a sign of your goodness, so that those who hate me will see it and be ashamed. For you, LORD, will help and comfort me. A psalm by the descendants of Korah. A song.

I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me including Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia "This one was born there," they say.

Indeed, about Zion it will be said: "More than one person was born in it," and "The Most High himself did it."

The LORD will record, as he registers the nations, "This one was born there." Interlude

Then singers, as they play their instruments, will declare, "All my roots are in you." A song. A psalm by the descendants of Korah. According to . An instruction by Heman the Ezrahite.

I will sing forever about the gracious love of the LORD; from generation to generation I will declare your faithfulness with my mouth.

I will declare that your gracious love was established forever; in the heavens itself, you have established your faithfulness.

"I will establish your dynasty forever, and I will lift up one who will build your throne from generation to generation." Interlude

You spoke to your faithful ones through a vision: "I will set a helper over a warrior. I will raise up a chosen one from the people.

with whom my power will be firmly established; for my arm will strengthen him.

No enemy will deceive him; no wicked person will afflict him.

I will crush his enemies before him and strike those who hate him.

My faithfulness and gracious love will be with him, and in my name his power will be exalted.

I will place his hand over the sea, and his right hand over the rivers.

He will announce to me "You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'

I will show my gracious love toward him forever, since my covenant is securely established with him.

I will establish his dynasty forever, and his throne as long as heaven endures.

then I will punish their disobedience with a rod and their iniquity with lashes.

But I will not cut off my gracious love from him, and I will not stop being faithful.

I will not dishonor my covenant, because I will not change what I have spoken.

I have sworn by my holiness once for all: I will not lie to David.

His dynasty will last forever and his throne will be like the sun before me.

It will be established forever like the moon, a faithful witness in the sky." Interlude

How long, LORD, will you hide yourself? Forever? Will your anger continuously burn like fire?

You will sweep them away while they are asleep by morning they are like growing grass.

Please return, LORD! When will it be? Comfort your servants.

will say to the LORD, "You are my refuge, my fortress, and my God in whom I trust!"

He will surely deliver you from the hunter's snare and from the destructive plague.

With his feathers he will cover you, under his wings you will find safety. His truth is your shield and armor.

If a thousand fall at your side or ten thousand at your right hand, it will not overcome you.

Only observe it with your eyes, and you will see how the wicked are paid back.

no evil will fall upon you, and no affliction will approach your tent,

for he will command his angels to protect you in all your ways.

With their hands they will lift you up so you will not trip over a stone.

You will stomp on lions and snakes; you will trample young lions and serpents.

Because he has focused his love on me, I will deliver him. I will protect him because he knows my name.

When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him in his distress. I will deliver him, and I will honor him.

I will satisfy him with long life; I will show him my deliverance. A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath Day

Because you made me glad with your awesome deeds, LORD, I will sing for joy at the works of your hands.

Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed.

Look at your enemies, LORD! Look at your enemies, for they are destroyed; everyone who practices iniquity will be scattered.

You've grown my strength like the horn of a wild ox; I was anointed with fresh oil.

My eyes gloated over those who lie in wait for me; when those of evil intent attack me, my ears will hear.

The righteous will flourish like palm trees; they will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Planted in the LORD's Temple, they will flourish in the courtyard of our God.

They will still bear fruit even in old age; they will be luxuriant and green.

They will proclaim: "The LORD is upright; my rock, in whom there is no injustice."

How long will the wicked, LORD, how long will the wicked continue to triumph?

They say, "The LORD cannot see, and the God of Jacob will not notice."

Pay attention, you dull ones among the crowds! You fools! Will you ever become wise?

For the LORD will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage.

Righteousness will be restored with justice, and all the pure of heart will follow it.

Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against those who practice iniquity?

When I say that my foot is shaking, your gracious love, LORD, will sustain me.

Will destructive national leaders, who plan wicked things through misuse of the Law, be allied with you?

He will repay them for their sin; he will annihilate them because of their evil. The LORD our God will annihilate them.

Declare among the nations, "The LORD reigns!" Indeed, he established the world so that it will not falter. He will judge people fairly.

The heavens will be glad and the earth will rejoice; even the sea and everything that fills it will roar.

The field and all that is in it will rejoice; then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy

in the LORD's presence, because he is coming; indeed, he will come to judge the earth. He will judge the world fairly and its people reliably.

All who serve carved images and those who praise idols will be humiliated. Worship him, all you "gods"!

I will sing about gracious love and justice; LORD, I will sing praise to you.

I will pay attention to living a life of integrity when will I attain it? I will live with integrity of heart in my house.

I will not even think about doing anything lawless; I hate to do evil deeds; I will have none of it.

I will not allow anyone with a perverted mind in my presence; I will not be involved with anything evil.

I will destroy the one who secretly slanders a friend. I will not allow the proud and haughty to prevail.

My eyes are looking at the faithful of the land, so they may live with me; The one who lives a life of integrity will serve me.

A deceitful person will not sit in my house; A liar will not remain in my presence.

Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, eliminating everyone who practices iniquity from the LORD's city. A prayer by the afflicted man who is overwhelmed and talks about his troubles with the LORD.

You will arise to extend compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor the appointed time has come.

Nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth, your splendor.

When the LORD rebuilds Zion, he will appear in his glory.

He will turn to the prayer of the destitute, not despising their prayer.

Write this for the next generation, that a people yet to be created will praise the LORD.

They will perish, but you will remain; and they all will become worn out, like a garment. You will change them like clothing, and they will pass away.

A person's life is like grass it blossoms like wild flowers,

Bless the LORD, all his heavenly armies, his ministers who do his will.