O my God, I call out by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but I find no rest nor quiet.

They cried out to You and were delivered;
They trusted in You and were not disappointed or ashamed.

Do not be far from me, for trouble is near;
And there is no one to help.

But You, O Lord, do not be far from me;
O You my help, come quickly to my assistance.

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

The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;
Those who [diligently] seek Him and require Him [as their greatest need] will praise the Lord.
May your hearts live forever!

The Lord is my Shepherd [to feed, to guide and to shield me],
I shall not want.

He refreshes and restores my soul (life);
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
for His name’s sake.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to what is false,
Nor has sworn [oaths] deceitfully.

O my God, in You I [have unwavering] trust [and I rely on You with steadfast confidence],
Do not let me be ashamed or my hope in You be disappointed;
Do not let my enemies triumph over me.

Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
According to Your lovingkindness remember me,
For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.

My eyes are continually toward the Lord,
For He will bring my feet out of the net.

Guard my soul and rescue me;
Do not let me be ashamed or disappointed,
For I have taken refuge in You.

Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity;
I have [relied on and] trusted [confidently] in the Lord without wavering and I shall not slip.

I do not sit with deceitful or unethical or worthless men,
Nor seek companionship with pretenders (self-righteous hypocrites).

I hate the company of evildoers,
And will not sit with the wicked.

Do not sweep my soul away with sinners,
Nor [sweep away] my life with men of bloodshed,

Though an army encamp against me,
My heart will not fear;
Though war arise against me,
Even in this I am confident.

When You said, “Seek My face [in prayer, require My presence as your greatest need],” my heart said to You,
“Your face, O Lord, I will seek [on the authority of Your word].”

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 leave me,
O God of my salvation!

Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have come against me;
They breathe out violence.

I would have despaired had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.

To you I call, O Lord,
My rock, do not be deaf to me,
For if You are silent to me,
I will become like those who go down to the pit (grave).

Do not drag me away with the wicked
And with those who do evil,
Who speak peace with their neighbors,
While malice and mischief are in their hearts.

Because they have no regard for the works of the Lord
Nor the deeds of His hands,
He will tear them down and not rebuild them.

I will extol and praise You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up,
And have not let my enemies rejoice over me.

O Lord, You have brought my life up from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
You have kept me alive, so that I would not go down to the pit (grave).

For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may endure for a night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.

That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

You will draw me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength and my stronghold.

I will rejoice and be glad in Your steadfast love,
Because You have seen my affliction;
You have taken note of my life’s distresses,

And You have not given me into the hand of the enemy;
You have set my feet in a broad place.

Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, for I call on You;
Let the wicked (godless) be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me;
My energy (vitality, strength) was drained away as with the burning heat of summer. Selah.

I acknowledged my sin to You,
And I did not hide my wickedness;
I said, “I will confess [all] my transgressions to the Lord”;
And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah.

Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You [for forgiveness] in a time when You [are near and] may be found;
Surely when the great waters [of trial and distressing times] overflow they will not reach [the spirit in] him.

Do not be like the horse or like the mule which have no understanding,
Whose trappings include bridle and rein to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.

The king is not saved by the great size of his army;
A warrior is not rescued by his great strength.

The young lions lack [food] and grow hungry,
But they who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing.

He keeps all his bones;
Not one of them is broken.

For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.

Let destruction come upon my enemy by surprise;
Let the net he hid for me catch him;
Into that very destruction let him fall.

Malicious witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I do not know.

But in my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together [against me];
The slanderers whom I did not know gathered against me;
They slandered and reviled me without ceasing.

Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me;
Nor let those who hate me without cause wink their eye [maliciously].

For they do not speak peace,
But they devise deceitful words [half-truths and lies] against those who are quiet in the land.

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

Judge me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness and justice;
And do not let them rejoice over me.

Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, that is what we wanted!”
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up and destroyed him.”

For he flatters and deceives himself in his own eyes
Thinking that his sinfulness will not be discovered and hated [by God].

He plans wrongdoing on his bed;
He sets himself on a path that is not good;
He does not reject or despise evil.

Do not let the foot of the proud [person] overtake me,
And do not let the hand of the wicked drive me away.

There those who [are perverse and] do evil have fallen;
They have been thrust down and cannot rise.

Do not worry because of evildoers,
Nor be envious toward wrongdoers;

Be still before the Lord; wait patiently for Him and entrust yourself to Him;
Do not fret (whine, agonize) because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

Cease from anger and abandon wrath;
Do not fret; it leads only to evil.

For yet a little while and the wicked one will be gone [forever];
Though you look carefully where he used to be, he will not be [found].

They will not be ashamed in the time of evil,
And in the days of famine they will have plenty and be satisfied.

The wicked borrows and does not pay back,
But the righteous is gracious and kind and gives.

When he falls, he will not be hurled down,
Because the Lord is the One who holds his hand and sustains him.

I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous (those in right standing with God) abandoned
Or his descendants pleading for bread.

For the Lord delights in justice
And does not abandon His saints (faithful ones);
They are preserved forever,
But the descendants of the wicked will [in time] be cut off.

The Lord will not leave him in his hand
Or let him be condemned when he is judged.

Yet he passed away, and lo, he was no more;
I sought him, but he could not be found.

O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,
Nor discipline me in Your burning anger.

Lord, all my desire is before You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You.

But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

Yes, I am like a man who does not hear,
In whose mouth are no arguments.

For I pray, “May they not rejoice over me,
Who, when my foot slips, would boast against me.”

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

I said, “I will guard my ways
That I may not sin with my tongue;
I will muzzle my mouth
While the wicked are in my presence.”

“Surely every man walks around like a shadow [in a charade];
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
Each one builds up riches, not knowing who will receive them.

“Save me from all my transgressions;
Do not make me the scorn and reproach of the [self-righteous, arrogant] fool.

“I am mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is You who has done it.

“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and listen to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am Your temporary guest,
A sojourner like all my fathers.

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who makes the Lord his trust,
And does not regard the proud nor those who lapse into lies.

Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them;
You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word];
Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require.

I have proclaimed good news of righteousness [and the joy that comes from obedience to You] in the great assembly;
Behold, I will not restrain my lips [from proclaiming Your righteousness],
As You know, O Lord.

I have not concealed Your righteousness within my heart;
I have proclaimed Your faithfulness and Your salvation.
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly.

Do not withhold Your compassion and tender mercy from me, O Lord;
Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.

For innumerable evils have encompassed me;
My sins have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see.
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.

Even though I am afflicted and needy,
Still the Lord takes thought and is mindful of me.
You are my help and my rescuer.
O my God, do not delay.

The Lord will protect him and keep him alive;
And he will be called blessed in the land;
You do not hand him over to the desire of his enemies.

“A wicked thing is poured out upon him and holds him;
And when he lies down, he will not rise up again.”

By this I know that You favor and delight in me,
Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

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

Yet the Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime,
And in the night His song will be with me,
A prayer to the God of my life.

For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword,
Nor did their own arm save them,
But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,
Because You favored and delighted in them.

For I will not trust in my bow,
Nor will my sword save me.

But now You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor,
And You do not go out with our armies [to lead us to victory].

You sell Your people cheaply,
And have not increased Your wealth by their sale.

All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You,
Nor have we been false to Your covenant [which You made with our fathers].

Our heart has not turned back,
Nor have our steps wandered from Your path,

Would not God discover this?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.

Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?
Awaken, do not reject us forever.

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains be shaken and slip into the heart of the seas,

God is in the midst of her [His city], she will not be moved;
God will help her when the morning dawns.

But man, with all his [self] honor and pomp, will not endure;
He is like the beasts that perish.

Be not afraid when [an ungodly] man becomes rich,
When the wealth and glory of his house are increased;

For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
His glory will not descend after him.