Though an army deploys against me,
my heart is not afraid;
though a war breaks out against me,
still I am confident.

Do not hide Your face from me;
do not turn Your servant away in anger.
You have been my helper;
do not leave me or abandon me,
God of my salvation.

Do not give me over to the will of my foes,
for false witnesses rise up against me,
breathing violence.

Davidic.Lord, I call to You;
my rock, do not be deaf to me.
If You remain silent to me,
I will be like those going down to the Pit.

Do not drag me away with the wicked,
with the evildoers,
who speak in friendly ways with their neighbors
while malice is in their hearts.

Because they do not consider
what the Lord has done
or the work of His hands,
He will tear them down and not rebuild them.

A psalm; a dedication song for the house. Davidic.I will exalt You, Lord,
because You have lifted me up
and have not allowed my enemies
to triumph over me.

For His anger lasts only a moment,
but His favor, a lifetime.
Weeping may spend the night,
but there is joy in the morning.

so that I can sing to You and not be silent.
Lord my God, I will praise You forever.

You will free me from the net
that is secretly set for me,
for You are my refuge.

and have not handed me over to the enemy.
You have set my feet in a spacious place.

Lord, do not let me be disgraced when I call on You.
Let the wicked be disgraced;
let them be silent in Sheol.

How joyful is the man
the Lord does not charge with sin
and in whose spirit is no deceit!

For day and night Your hand was heavy on me;
my strength was drained
as in the summer’s heat.Selah

Then I acknowledged my sin to You
and did not conceal my iniquity.
I said,
“I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and You took away the guilt of my sin.Selah

Therefore let everyone who is faithful pray to You
at a time that You may be found.
When great floodwaters come,
they will not reach him.

Do not be like a horse or mule,
without understanding,
that must be controlled with bit and bridle
or else it will not come near you.

A king is not saved by a large army;
a warrior will not be delivered by great strength.

Young lions lack food and go hungry,
but those who seek the Lord
will not lack any good thing.

He protects all his bones;
not one of them is broken.

The Lord redeems the life of His servants,
and all who take refuge in Him will not be punished.

They hid their net for me without cause;
they dug a pit for me without cause.

Let ruin come on him unexpectedly,
and let the net that he hid ensnare him;
let him fall into it—to his ruin.

Malicious witnesses come forward;
they question me about things I do not know.

But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop.

Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me;
do not let those who hate me without cause
look at me maliciously.

For they do not speak in friendly ways,
but contrive deceitful schemes
against those who live peacefully in the land.

You saw it, Lord; do not be silent.
Lord, do not be far from me.

Vindicate me, Lord my God,
in keeping with Your righteousness,
and do not let them rejoice over me.

Do not let them say in their hearts,
“Aha! Just what we wanted.”
Do not let them say,
“We have swallowed him up!”

Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.
He sets himself on a path that is not good
and does not reject evil.

Do not let the foot of the arrogant man come near me
or the hand of the wicked one drive me away.

Davidic.Do not be agitated by evildoers;
do not envy those who do wrong.

Be silent before the Lord and wait expectantly for Him;
do not be agitated by one who prospers in his way,
by the man who carries out evil plans.

Refrain from anger and give up your rage;
do not be agitated—it can only bring harm.

A little while, and the wicked person will be no more;
though you look for him, he will not be there.

They will not be disgraced in times of adversity;
they will be satisfied in days of hunger.

The wicked man borrows and does not repay,
but the righteous one is gracious and giving.

Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed,
because the Lord holds his hand.

I have been young and now I am old,
yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned
or his children begging for bread.

For the Lord loves justice
and will not abandon His faithful ones.
They are kept safe forever,
but the children of the wicked will be destroyed.

The instruction of his God is in his heart;
his steps do not falter.

the Lord will not leave him
in the power of the wicked one
or allow him to be condemned when he is judged.

Then I passed by and noticed he was gone;
I searched for him, but he could not be found.

A Davidic psalm for remembrance.Lord, do not punish me in Your anger
or discipline me in Your wrath.

Lord, my every desire is known to You;
my sighing is not hidden from You.

I am like a deaf person; I do not hear.
I am like a speechless person
who does not open his mouth.

I am like a man who does not hear
and has no arguments in his mouth.

Lord, do not abandon me;
my God, do not be far from me.

For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Davidic psalm.I said, “I will guard my ways
so that I may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth with a muzzle
as long as the wicked are in my presence.”

Deliver me from all my transgressions;
do not make me the taunt of fools.

I am speechless; I do not open my mouth
because of what You have done.

“Hear my prayer, Lord,
and listen to my cry for help;
do not be silent at my tears.
For I am a foreigner residing with You,
a temporary resident like all my fathers.

How happy is the man
who has put his trust in the Lord
and has not turned to the proud
or to those who run after lies!

You do not delight in sacrifice and offering;
You open my ears to listen.
You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.

I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;
see, I do not keep my mouth closed—
as You know, Lord.

I did not hide Your righteousness in my heart;
I spoke about Your faithfulness and salvation;
I did not conceal Your constant love and truth
from the great assembly.

Lord, do not withhold Your compassion from me;
Your constant love and truth will always guard me.

I am afflicted and needy;
the Lord thinks of me.
You are my helper and my deliverer;
my God, do not delay.

The Lord will keep him and preserve him;
he will be blessed in the land.
You will not give him over to the desire of his enemies.

By this I know that You delight in me:
my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

My tears have been my food day and night,
while all day long people say to me,
“Where is your God?”

The Lord will send His faithful love by day;
His song will be with me in the night—
a prayer to the God of my life.

For they did not take the land by their sword—
their arm did not bring them victory—
but by Your right hand, Your arm,
and the light of Your face,
for You were pleased with them.

For I do not trust in my bow,
and my sword does not bring me victory.

But You have rejected and humiliated us;
You do not march out with our armies.

All this has happened to us,
but we have not forgotten You
or betrayed Your covenant.

Our hearts have not turned back;
our steps have not strayed from Your path.

Therefore we will not be afraid,
though the earth trembles
and the mountains topple
into the depths of the seas,

God is within her; she will not be toppled.
God will help her when the morning dawns.

note its ramparts; tour its citadels
so that you can tell a future generation:

so that he may live forever
and not see the Pit.

But despite his assets, man will not last;
he is like the animals that perish.

Do not be afraid when a man gets rich,
when the wealth of his house increases.

For when he dies, he will take nothing at all;
his wealth will not follow him down.

Our God is coming; He will not be silent!
Devouring fire precedes Him,
and a storm rages around Him.

I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
or for your burnt offerings,
which are continually before Me.

I will not accept a bull from your household
or male goats from your pens,

If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and everything in it is Mine.

Do not banish me from Your presence
or take Your Holy Spirit from me.

You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it;
You are not pleased with a burnt offering.

The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit.
God, You will not despise a broken and humbled heart.

“Here is the man
who would not make God his refuge,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches,
taking refuge in his destructive behavior.”

For the choir director: on Mahalath. A Davidic Maskil.The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”
They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.

All have turned away;
all alike have become corrupt.
There is no one who does good,
not even one.

Will evildoers never understand?
They consume My people as they consume bread;
they do not call on God.

For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic Maskil.God, listen to my prayer
and do not ignore my plea for help.

day and night they make the rounds on its walls.
Crime and trouble are within it;

Now it is not an enemy who insults me—
otherwise I could bear it;
it is not a foe who rises up against me—
otherwise I could hide from him.

I complain and groan morning, noon, and night,
and He hears my voice.

God, the One enthroned from long ago,
will hear and will humiliate themSelah
because they do not change
and do not fear God.

God, You will bring them down
to the Pit of destruction;
men of bloodshed and treachery
will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.

In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I will not fear.
What can man do to me?

You Yourself have recorded my wanderings.
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in Your records?

in God I trust; I will not fear.
What can man do to me?

They prepared a net for my steps;
I was despondent.
They dug a pit ahead of me,
but they fell into it!Selah

that does not listen to the sound of the charmers
who skillfully weave spells.

Like a slug that moves along in slime,
like a woman’s miscarried child,
they will not see the sun.

Lord, look! They set an ambush for me.
Powerful men attack me,
but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.

Lord God of Hosts, You are the God of Israel,
rise up to punish all the nations;
do not show grace to any wicked traitors.Selah