God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert.

The Lord deserves praise! Day after day he carries our burden, the God who delivers us. (Selah)

Our God is a God who delivers; the Lord, the sovereign Lord, can rescue from death.

Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies, the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion.

They see your processions, O God -- the processions of my God, my king, who marches along in holy splendor.

God has decreed that you will be powerful. O God, you who have acted on our behalf, demonstrate your power,

to the one who rides through the sky from ancient times! Look! He thunders loudly.

You are awe-inspiring, O God, as you emerge from your holy temple! It is the God of Israel who gives the people power and strength. God deserves praise!

Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!

Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me, O sovereign Lord and king! Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me, O God of Israel!

Certainly zeal for your house consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you.

Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.

Rescue me from the mud! Don't let me sink! Deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep water!

For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.

The oppressed look on -- let them rejoice! You who seek God, may you be encouraged!

The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who are loyal to him will live in it.

May those who are trying to take my life be embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

May those who say, "Aha! Aha!" be driven back and disgraced!

May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, "May God be praised!"

They say, "God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!"

May my accusers be humiliated and defeated! May those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace!

Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; you have done great things. O God, who can compare to you?

All day long my tongue will also tell about your justice, for those who want to harm me will be embarrassed and ashamed.

For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.

For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.

Take a good look! This is what the wicked are like, those who always have it so easy and get richer and richer.

Whom do I have in heaven but you? I desire no one but you on earth.

Yes, look! Those far from you die; you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you.

Remember your people whom you acquired in ancient times, whom you rescued so they could be your very own nation, as well as Mount Zion, where you dwell!

You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you fed him to the people who live along the coast.

Do not disregard what your enemies say, or the unceasing shouts of those who defy you.

You are awesome! Yes, you! Who can withstand your intense anger?

Make vows to the Lord your God and repay them! Let all those who surround him bring tribute to the awesome one!

You are the God who does amazing things; you have revealed your strength among the nations.

Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.

His raging anger lashed out against them, He sent fury, rage, and trouble as messengers who bring disaster.

We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a psalm of Asaph. O shepherd of Israel, pay attention, you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep! You who sit enthroned above the winged angels, reveal your splendor!

Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?

May you give support to the one you have chosen, to the one whom you raised up for yourself!

I am the Lord, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!'

(May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!)

For look, your enemies are making a commotion; those who hate you are hostile.

who said, "Let's take over the pastures of God!"

For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O Lord who rules over all!

Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O Lord who rules over all, my king and my God.

How blessed are those who live in your temple and praise you continually! (Selah)

How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!

For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.

O Lord who rules over all, how blessed are those who trust in you!

Protect me, for I am loyal! O my God, deliver your servant, who trusts in you!

Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.

All the nations, whom you created, will come and worship you, O Lord. They will honor your name.

O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.

Show me evidence of your favor! Then those who hate me will see it and be ashamed, for you, O Lord, will help me and comfort me.

A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O Lord God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you.

They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,

adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power.

You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.

You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.

For who in the skies can compare to the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings,

a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly, and more awesome than all who surround him?

O Lord, sovereign God! Who is strong like you, O Lord? Your faithfulness surrounds you.

How blessed are the people who worship you! O Lord, they experience your favor.

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

He will call out to me, 'You are my father, my God, and the protector who delivers me.'

All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.

Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? Your raging fury causes people to fear you.

As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king --

I say this about the Lord, my shelter and my stronghold, my God in whom I trust --

I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me.

O Lord, the God who avenges! O God who avenges, reveal your splendor!

Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see?

Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings!

How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O Lord, the one whom you teach from your law,

Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws.

Come! Let's sing for joy to the Lord! Let's shout out praises to our protector who delivers us!

For the Lord is a great God, a great king who is superior to all gods.

All who worship idols are ashamed, those who boast about worthless idols. All the gods bow down before him.

You who love the Lord, hate evil! He protects the lives of his faithful followers; he delivers them from the power of the wicked.

Let the sea and everything in it shout, along with the world and those who live in it!

Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel was one of those who prayed to him. They prayed to the Lord and he answered them.

O Lord our God, you answered them. They found you to be a forgiving God, but also one who punished their sinful deeds.

I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret. I will not tolerate anyone who has a cocky demeanor and an arrogant attitude.

I will favor the honest people of the land, and allow them to live with me. Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me.

All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses.

He is the one who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,

who delivers your life from the Pit, who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion,

who satisfies your life with good things, so your youth is renewed like an eagle's.

to those who keep his covenant, who are careful to obey his commands.

Praise the Lord, you angels of his, you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees and obey his orders!

Praise the Lord, all you warriors of his, you servants of his who carry out his desires!

Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

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

Who can adequately recount the Lord's mighty acts, or relate all his praiseworthy deeds?

How blessed are those who promote justice, and do what is right all the time!

so I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice along with your nation, and boast along with the people who belong to you.

He delivered them from the power of the one who hated them, and rescued them from the power of the enemy.

They rejected the God who delivered them, the one who performed great deeds in Egypt,