LORD, my God, You have done great things: marvelous works and your thoughts toward us. There is no one who compares to you! I will try to recite your actions, even though there are too many to number.

May those who seek to destroy my life be ashamed and confounded; let them be driven backwards and humiliated, particularly those who wish me evil.

Let shame be the reward for those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!"

Let all who seek you shout for joy and be glad in you. May those who love your deliverance say, "The LORD be magnified!" continuously.

Blessed is the one who is considerate of the destitute; the LORD will deliver him when the times are evil.

The one who comes to visit me speaks lies; in his heart he thinks slanderous things about me and goes around spreading them.

As for all who hate me, they whisper together against me; they desire to do me harm.

As for my best friend, the one in whom I trusted, the one who ate my bread, even he has insulted me!

Since you are the God who strengthens me, why have you forsaken me? Why do I go around mourning under the enemy's oppression?"

Then I will approach the altar of God, even to God in whom my joy finds its source. Then I will praise you with the lyre, God, my God,

Through you we will knock down our oppressors; through your name we will tread down those who rise up against us.

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

because of the voice of the one who mocks and reviles, because of the enemy and the avenger.

In embroidered garments she is presented to the king. Her virgin companions who follow her train will be presented to you.

Come, observe the mighty works of the LORD, who causes desolation in the earth.

He chose our inheritance for us, even the pride of Jacob whom he loved. Interlude

Listen to this, all you people! Pay attention, all you who live in the world,

Why should I be afraid when evil days come my way, when the wickedness of those who deceive me surrounds me

those who put confidence in their wealth and boast about their great riches?

This is the fate of those who are foolish and of those who correct their words after they speak. Interlude

"Assemble before me, my saints, who have entered into my covenant by sacrifice."

Consider this, you who have forgotten God Otherwise, I will tear you in pieces and there will be no deliverer:

"Look, here is a young man who refused to make God his strength; instead, he trusted in his great wealth and made his wickedness his strength.

Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on God.

There the Israelis were seized with terror, when there was nothing to fear. For God scattered the bones of those who laid siege against you you put them to shame, for God rejected them.

Look, God is my helper; the Lord is with those who are guarding my life.

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

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

For it is not an enemy who insults me I could have handled that nor is it someone who hates me and who now arises against me I could have hidden myself from him

but it is you a man whom I treated as my equal my personal confidant, my close friend!

He calmly ransomed my soul from the war waged against me, for there was a vast crowd who stood against 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.

Have mercy on me, God, because men have harassed me. Those who oppress me have fought against me all day long.

Those who watch me all day have harassed me, for there are many who fight against me out of conceit.

I call upon the God Most High; to the God who completes what he began in me.

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.

I am surrounded by lions. I lie down with those who burn with fire that is, with people whose teeth are like spears and arrows whose tongues are like sharp swords.

They have set a snare for my feet, which makes me depressed. They dug a pit in front of me, but they are the ones who fell into it! Interlude

May they flow away like rain water that runs off, may they become like someone who shoots broken arrows.

May they be like a snail that dries up as it crawls; like a woman's stillborn baby, who never saw the sun.

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.

Save me from my enemies, my God! Keep me safe from those who rise up against me.

Save me from those who practice evil; deliver me from bloodthirsty men.

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

But you have given a banner to those who fear you, so they may display it in honor of truth. Interlude

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

Aren't you the one, God, who has cast us off? Didn't you refuse, God, to accompany our armies?

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.

For you, God, have heard my promises; you have assigned to me the heritage of those who fear your name.

I rely on God who is my deliverance and my glory; he is my strong rock, and my refuge is in God.

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.

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

who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,

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

They tripped over their own tongues, and everyone who was watching ran away.

The One who established the mountains by his strength is clothed with omnipotence.

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

Blessed be God, who did not turn away my prayers nor his gracious love from me. To the Director of music: Accompanied by stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song.

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

Sing to God! Sing praise to his name! Exalt the one who rides on the clouds. The LORD is his name. Be jubilant in his presence.

The Lord issues a command. Numerous are the women who announce the news:

Blessed be the Lord who daily carries us. God is our deliverer.

God surely strikes the heads of his enemies, even the hairy heads of those who continue in their guilt.

The singers are in front, the musicians follow, strumming their stringed instruments among the maidens who are playing their tambourines.

Bless God in the great congregation, the LORD who is the fountain of Israel.

to the one who rides the heavens, the ancient heavens. Behold! He thunders with a mighty voice.

You are awesome, God, from your sanctuaries. The God of Israel is the one who gives strength and power to the people. Blessed be God! To the Director: To the tune of "The Lilies". Davidic.

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?

Do not let those who look up to you be ashamed because of me, Lord God of the Heavenly Armies. Let not those who seek you be humiliated because of me, God of Israel.

Zeal for your house consumes me, and the mockeries of those who insult you fall on me.

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

For they persecute those whom you have struck, and they brag about the pain of those you have wounded.

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

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.

May those who seek to kill me be publicly humiliated. May those who take pleasure in my harm be turned back in humiliation.

May those who say "Aha! Aha!" be turned back because of their shameful deeds.

Let those who seek you greatly rejoice in you. Let those who love your deliverance say, "May God be continuously exalted."

For my enemies talk against me; those who seek to kill me plot together

Let my adversaries be ashamed and consumed; let those who seek my destruction be covered with scorn and disgrace.

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.

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

Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does awesome deeds.

Whom do I have in heaven but you? I desire nothing on this earth.

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

Remember your community, whom you purchased long ago, the tribe whom you redeemed for your possession. Remember Mount Zion, where you live.

Those who are opposing you roar where we were meeting with you; they unfurl their war banners as signs.

But God is my king from ancient times, who brings acts of deliverance throughout the earth.

Don't ignore the shout of those opposing you, The uproar of those who rebel against you continuously. To the Director: To the tune of "Do not Destroy!" A psalm of Asaph. A song.

While the earth and all its inhabitants melt away, it is I who keep its pillars firm." Interlude

You are awesome! who can stand in your presence when you're angry?

Let everyone who surrounds the LORD your God make a vow and fulfill it to the Awesome One.

Then he chose his servant David, whom he took from the sheepfold.

Shepherd of Israel, listen! The one who leads Joseph like a flock, the one enthroned on the cherubim, display your glory.

Why did you break down its walls so that those who pass by pluck its fruits?

May you support the man at your right hand; the son of man whom you have raised for yourself.

I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, open your mouth that I may fill it.

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

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

who said, "Let us possess the pastures of God."