(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
And from infancy I guided her),

Let my shoulder fall from the socket,
And my arm be broken off at the elbow.

“For calamity from God is a terror to me,
And because of His majesty I can do nothing.

And my heart became secretly enticed,
And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

“My words are from the uprightness of my heart,
And my lips speak knowledge sincerely.

That He may turn man aside from his conduct,
And keep man from pride;

He keeps back his soul from the pit,
And his life from passing over into Sheol.

“His flesh wastes away from sight,
And his bones which were not seen stick out.

Then let him be gracious to him, and say,
‘Deliver him from going down to the pit,
I have found a ransom’;

‘He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit,
And my life shall see the light.’

To bring back his soul from the pit,
That he may be enlightened with the light of life.

“Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding.
Far be it from God to do wickedness,
And from the Almighty to do wrong.

Because they turned aside from following Him,
And had no regard for any of His ways;

“If you are righteous, what do you give to Him,
Or what does He receive from your hand?

“I will fetch my knowledge from afar,
And I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

“He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;
But with kings on the throne
He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.

“He opens their ear to instruction,
And commands that they return from evil.

“Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress,
Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint;
And that which was set on your table was full of fatness.

“Will your riches keep you from distress,
Or all the forces of your strength?

“All men have seen it;
Man beholds from afar.

“For He draws up the drops of water,
They distill rain from the mist,

“At this also my heart trembles,
And leaps from its place.

“Listen closely to the thunder of His voice,
And the rumbling that goes out from His mouth.

“From the breath of God ice is made,
And the expanse of the waters is frozen.

“Or who enclosed the sea with doors
When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;

“From the wicked their light is withheld,
And the uplifted arm is broken.

“From whose womb has come the ice?
And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?

“Will you have faith in him that he will return your grain
And gather it from your threshing floor?

“He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
And he does not turn back from the sword.

“As often as the trumpet sounds he says, ‘Aha!’
And he scents the battle from afar,
And the thunder of the captains and the war cry.

“From there he spies out food;
His eyes see it from afar.

“Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth
As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.

“His breath kindles coals,
And a flame goes forth from his mouth.

“Let us tear their fetters apart
And cast away their cords from us!”

I was crying to the Lord with my voice,
And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah.

Depart from me, all you who do iniquity,
For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.

A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
O Lord my God, in You I have taken refuge;
Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

Be gracious to me, O Lord;
See my affliction from those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death,

The Lord is King forever and ever;
Nations have perished from His land.

For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.
Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases to be,
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

You, O Lord, will keep them;
You will preserve him from this generation forever.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?

The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there are any who understand,
Who seek after God.

A Prayer of David.
Hear a just cause, O Lord, give heed to my cry;
Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.

Let my judgment come forth from Your presence;
Let Your eyes look with equity.

As for the deeds of men, by the word of Your lips
I have kept from the paths of the violent.

Wondrously show Your lovingkindness,
O Savior of those who take refuge at Your right hand
From those who rise up against them.

From the wicked who despoil me,
My deadly enemies who surround me.

Arise, O Lord, confront him, bring him low;
Deliver my soul from the wicked with Your sword,

From men with Your hand, O Lord,
From men of the world, whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And leave their abundance to their babes.

I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
And I am saved from my enemies.

Smoke went up out of His nostrils,
And fire from His mouth devoured;
Coals were kindled by it.

From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and coals of fire.

He sent from on high, He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.

He delivered me from my strong enemy,
And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.

For all His ordinances were before me,
And I did not put away His statutes from me.

I was also blameless with Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.

You have delivered me from the contentions of the people;
You have placed me as head of the nations;
A people whom I have not known serve me.

He delivers me from my enemies;
Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from the violent man.

Its rising is from one end of the heavens,
And its circuit to the other end of them;
And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous sins;
Let them not rule over me;
Then I will be blameless,
And I shall be acquitted of great transgression.

May He send you help from the sanctuary
And support you from Zion!

Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven
With the saving strength of His right hand.

Their offspring You will destroy from the earth,
And their descendants from among the sons of men.

For the choir director; upon Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David.
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning.

Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb;
You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.

Upon You I was cast from birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

Be not far from me, for trouble is near;
For there is none to help.

Deliver my soul from the sword,
My only life from the power of the dog.

Save me from the lion’s mouth;
From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.

For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

From You comes my praise in the great assembly;
I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him.

He shall receive a blessing from the Lord
And righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Remember, O Lord, Your compassion and Your lovingkindnesses,
For they have been from of old.

One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the Lord
And to meditate in His temple.

Do not hide Your face from me,
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not abandon me nor forsake me,
O God of my salvation!

O Lord, You have brought up my soul from Sheol;
You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress;
My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also.

Because of all my adversaries, I have become a reproach,
Especially to my neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me in the street flee from me.

My times are in Your hand;
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.

You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of man;
You keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues.

As for me, I said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from before Your eyes”;
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried to You.

You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble;
You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
The plans of His heart from generation to generation.

The Lord looks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men;

From His dwelling place He looks out
On all the inhabitants of the earth,

To deliver their soul from death
And to keep them alive in famine.

I sought the Lord, and He answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears.

Keep your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking deceit.

Depart from evil and do good;
Seek peace and pursue it.

The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
To cut off the memory of them from the earth.

All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like You,
Who delivers the afflicted from him who is too strong for him,
And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”

Lord, how long will You look on?
Rescue my soul from their ravages,
My only life from the lions.

You have seen it, O Lord, do not keep silent;
O Lord, do not be far from me.

Cease from anger and forsake wrath;
Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

Depart from evil and do good,
So you will abide forever.

But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
He is their strength in time of trouble.

The Lord helps them and delivers them;
He delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
Because they take refuge in Him.