For you delivered us from our oppressors and put to shame those who hate us.

If we had forgotten the name of our God or lifted our hands to a foreign god,

You love justice and hate wickedness. That is why God, even your God, has anointed you rather than your companions with the oil of gladness.

You hate instruction and toss my words behind you.

Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and I will reveal the salvation of God to whomever continues in my way." To the Director: A Davidic Psalm. When the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Hide your countenance from my sins and erase the record of my iniquities.

Pay attention to my prayer, God, and do not hide yourself from my appeal.

because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the wicked. They bring down evil upon me, and in anger they hate me.

We had good fellowship together; and we even walked together in the house of God!

They gather together and hide in ambush. They watch my every step as they lie in wait for my life.

You made your people go through hard times; you had us drink wine that makes us stagger.

Let me make my home in your tent forever; let me hide under the shelter of your wings. Interlude

Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the mob of those who practice evil,

Everyone was gripped with fear and acknowledged God's deeds, understanding what he had done.

The righteous rejoiced in the LORD, because they had fled to him for refuge. Let all the upright in heart exult. To the Director: A song. Lyrics by David.

God arises, and his enemies are scattered. Those who hate him flee from his presence.

Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head. My persecutors are mighty, and they want to destroy me. Must I be forced to return what I did not steal?

Rescue me from the mud and do not let me sink. Rescue me from those who hate me, and from the deep waters.

However, before they had fulfilled their desire, while their food was still in their mouths,

The young men were consumed by fire, and the virgins had no marriage celebrations.

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

See! Your enemies rage; those who hate you issue threats.

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

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

If the LORD had not been my helper, I would have quickly become silent.

where your ancestors tested me. They tested me, even though they had seen my awesome deeds.

Hate evil, you who love the LORD! He guards the lives of those who love him, delivering them from domination by the wicked.

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

Do not hide your face from me when I am in trouble. Listen to me. When I call to out you, hurry to answer me!

He sent a man before them Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.

He caused them to hate his people and to deceive his servants.

He sent his servant Moses, along with Aaron, whom he had chosen.

They had provoked anger by their deeds, so that a plague broke out against them.

They never destroyed the people, as the LORD had commanded them.

because they had rebelled against the command of God, despising the advice of the Most High.

God had promised in his sanctuary: "I will triumph and divide Shechem, then I will measure the valley of Succoth!

They surround me with hate-filled words, attacking me for no reason.

He will drink from a stream on the way, then hold his head high.

With the LORD beside me as my helper, I will triumph over those who hate me.

Since I am a stranger on the earth, do not hide your commands from me.

Had your instruction not been my pleasure, I would have died in my affliction.

I obtain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every false way. Nun

I despise and hate falsehood, but I love your instruction.

I have resided too long with those who hate peace.

Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy, for we have had more than enough of contempt.

If the LORD had not been on our side let Israel now say

if the LORD had not been on our side, when men came against us,

Let all who hate Zion be turned away and be ashamed.

It is like precious oil on the head, descending to the beard even to Aaron's beard and flowing down to the edge of his robes.

Your eyes looked upon my embryo, and everything was recorded in your book. The days scheduled for my formation were inscribed, even though not one of them had come yet.

I hate those who hate you, LORD, do I not? I loathe those who rebel against you, do I not ?

With consummate hatred I hate them; I consider them my enemies.

LORD, my Lord, my strong deliverer, you have protected my head in the time of battle.

May those who surround me discover that the trouble they talk about falls on their own head!

Let one who is righteous strike me; It is an act of gracious love. Let him rebuke me, because it is oil for my head; do not let my head refuse it. My prayers continuously will be against their wicked activities.

Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit is failing. Do not hide your face from me; otherwise, I will become like those who descend to the Pit,

They will be a graceful wreath for your head and a chain for your neck.

"You naive ones, how long will you love naivety And how long will scoffers delight in scoffing or fools hate knowledge?"

She will place on your head a graceful garland; she will present to you a crown of beauty."

Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. Pride, arrogance, an evil lifestyle, and perverted speech I despise.

Even though he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the world's first grains of dust,

Don't rebuke a mocker or he will hate you. Rebuke a wise person, and he will love you.

Blessings come upon the head of the righteous, but the words of the wicked conceal violence.

The rich hide within the fortress that is their wealth, but the poor are dismayed due to their poverty.

Don't make friends with a hot-tempered man, and do not associate with someone who is easily angered,

Seldom set foot in your neighbor's home; otherwise, he'll grow weary and hate you.

For you'll be piling burning coals of shame on his head and the LORD will reward you.

Charcoal is to hot coals as wood is to fire; so also a quarrelsome man fuels strife.

When the righteous are victorious, there is great glory, but when the wicked arise, men hide themselves.

When the wicked rise to power, people hide themselves, but when the wicked perish, the righteous increase.

Bloodthirsty men hate the innocent person, but the upright show concern for his life.

An angry man stirs up arguments, and a hot-tempered man causes many transgressions.

I acquired male and female slaves, and had other slaves born in my house. I also acquired for myself increasing numbers of herds and flocks more than anyone who had lived before me in Jerusalem.

So I became great, greater than anyone who had lived before me in Jerusalem. Throughout all of this, I remained wise.

Whenever I wanted something I had seen, I never refused that desire. Instead, I enjoyed everything I did, and this became the reward in what I had undertaken.

Then I examined all of my accomplishments that I had brought about by my own efforts, including the work that I had labored so hard to complete and it was all pointless, like chasing after the wind, and there was nothing to be gained on earth.

Then I despised everything I had worked for on earth, that is, the things that I will leave to the person who will succeed me.

So I came to be in despair about everything I had accomplished on earth.

a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

So I commended the dead who had already died as being happier than the living who are still alive.

There was no end to all of his subjects or to all of the people who had come before them. But those who come along afterward will not be happy with him. This is also pointless and a chasing after wind.

For as thorns burn to heat a pot, so also is the laughter of the fool even this is pointless.

In light of all of this, I committed myself to explain it this way: the righteous and the wise, along with everything they do, are in the hands of God. Furthermore, as to love and hate, no human being knows everything concerning them.

Furthermore, their love, their hate, and their envy have been long lost. Never again will they have a part in what happens on earth.

Always keep your garments white, and don't fail to anoint your head.

Moreover, besides being wise himself, the Teacher taught people what he had learned by listening, making inquiries, and composing many proverbs.

I wish that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand were embracing me!

I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and wouldn't let him go until I brought him to my mother's house, to the room of the one who conceived me.

I was asleep, but my heart was awake. There's a sound! My beloved is knocking. "Open up for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one. For my head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night."

I opened the door for my beloved, but my beloved had turned away; he was gone! My very life went out when he departed. I searched for him, but couldn't find him. I called out to him, but he didn't answer.

His head is pure gold, his hair is wavy, black like a raven.

I went down to the walnut orchard, to look at the green sprouts in the valley, to see whether the vine had budded, whether the pomegranates had blossomed.

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. Your flowing locks are like purple, and a king could be captured in the dangling tresses.

Let his left hand be under my head, and let his right hand embrace me.

Who is this coming up from the desert, leaning on her beloved? Under theapple tree I awakened you. There your mother had gone into labor with you; there she went into labor and gave birth to you.

This is the vision that Amoz's son Isaiah had about Judah and Jerusalem during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

"Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? Your whole head is sick, and your whole heart is faint.

From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there's no soundness evident only bruises, sores, and festering wounds that haven't been cleaned out, bandaged, or treated with oil."