Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare Your praise.

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

Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices,
whole burnt offerings;
then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

This is why God will bring you down forever.
He will take you, ripping you out of your tent;
He will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah

The righteous will look on with awe
and will ridicule him:

I will praise You forever for what You have done.
In the presence of Your faithful people,
I will put my hope in Your name, for it is good.

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

Then they will be filled with terror—
terror like no other—
because God will scatter
the bones of those who besiege you.
You will put them to shame,
for God has rejected them.

Oh, that Israel’s deliverance would come from Zion!
When God restores the fortunes of His people,
Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.

He will repay my adversaries for their evil.
Because of Your faithfulness, annihilate them.

I will sacrifice a freewill offering to You.
I will praise Your name, Yahweh,
because it is good.

But I call to God,
and the Lord will save me.

Though many are against me,
He will redeem me from my battle unharmed.

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

Cast your burden on the Lord,
and He will sustain you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.

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.

When I am afraid,
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?

Will they escape in spite of such sin?
God, bring down the nations in wrath.

Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call.
This I know: God is for me.

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

I am obligated by vows to You, God;
I will make my thank offerings to You.

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam. When he fled before Saul into the cave.Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me,
for I take refuge in You.
I will seek refuge in the shadow of Your wings
until danger passes.

My heart is confident, God, my heart is confident.
I will sing; I will sing praises.

Wake up, my soul!
Wake up, harp and lyre!
I will wake up the dawn.

I will praise You, Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to You among the nations.

They will vanish like water that flows by;
they will aim their useless arrows.

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

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—
whether green or burning—
He will sweep them away.

The righteous one will rejoice
when he sees the retribution;
he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Then people will say,
“Yes, there is a reward for the righteous!
There is a God who judges on earth!”

Look, they spew from their mouths—
sharp words from their lips.
“For who,” they say, “will hear?”

I will keep watch for You, my strength,
because God is my stronghold.

My faithful God will come to meet me;
God will let me look down on my adversaries.

Do not kill them; otherwise, my people will forget.
By Your power, make them homeless wanderers
and bring them down,
Lord, our shield.

Consume them in rage;
consume them until they are gone.
Then people will know throughout the earth
that God rules over Jacob.Selah

But I will sing of Your strength
and will joyfully proclaim
Your faithful love in the morning.
For You have been a stronghold for me,
a refuge in my day of trouble.

God has spoken in His sanctuary:
“I will triumph! I will divide up Shechem.
I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.

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

With God we will perform valiantly;
He will trample our foes.

I will live in Your tent forever
and take refuge under the shelter of Your wings.Selah

Then I will continually sing of Your name,
fulfilling my vows day by day.

He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my stronghold; I will never be shaken.

How long will you threaten a man?
Will all of you attack
as if he were a leaning wall
or a tottering stone fence?

He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my stronghold; I will not be shaken.

My lips will glorify You
because Your faithful love is better than life.

So I will praise You as long as I live;
at Your name, I will lift up my hands.

You satisfy me as with rich food;
my mouth will praise You with joyful lips.

because You are my helper;
I will rejoice in the shadow of Your wings.

But those who seek to destroy my life
will go into the depths of the earth.

They will be given over to the power of the sword;
they will become the jackals’ prey.

But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by Him will boast,
for the mouths of liars will be shut.

They encourage each other in an evil plan;
they talk about hiding traps and say,
“Who will see them?”

But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly, they will be wounded.

They will be made to stumble;
their own tongues work against them.
All who see them will shake their heads.

Then everyone will fear
and will tell about God’s work,
for they will understand what He has done.

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. A song.Praise is rightfully Yours,
God, in Zion;
vows to You will be fulfilled.

All humanity will come to You,
the One who hears prayer.

How happy is the one You choose
and bring near to live in Your courts!
We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
the holiness of Your temple.

Say to God, “How awe-inspiring are Your works!
Your enemies will cringe before You
because of Your great strength.

All the earth will worship You
and sing praise to You.
They will sing praise to Your name.”Selah

I will enter Your house with burnt offerings;
I will pay You my vows

I will offer You fattened sheep as burnt offerings,
with the fragrant smoke of rams;
I will sacrifice oxen with goats.Selah

Come and listen, all who fear God,
and I will tell what He has done for me.

God will bless us,
and all the ends of the earth will fear Him.

Why gaze with envy, you mountain peaks,
at the mountain God desired for His dwelling?
The Lord will live there forever!

The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan;
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea

Because of Your temple at Jerusalem,
kings will bring tribute to You.

Ambassadors will come from Egypt;
Cush will stretch out its hands to God.

I will praise God’s name with song
and exalt Him with thanksgiving.

That will please Yahweh more than an ox,
more than a bull with horns and hooves.

The humble will see it and rejoice.
You who seek God, take heart!

for God will save Zion
and build up the cities of Judah.
They will live there and possess it.

The descendants of His servants will inherit it,
and those who love His name will live in it.

But I will hope continually
and will praise You more and more.

My mouth will tell about Your righteousness
and Your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up.

I come because of the mighty acts of the Lord God;
I will proclaim Your righteousness, Yours alone.

Even when I am old and gray,
God, do not abandon me.
Then I will proclaim Your power
to another generation,
Your strength to all who are to come.

You caused me to experience
many troubles and misfortunes,
but You will revive me again.
You will bring me up again,
even from the depths of the earth.

You will increase my honor
and comfort me once again.

Therefore, I will praise You with a harp
for Your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing to You with a lyre,
Holy One of Israel.

My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to You
because You have redeemed me.

Therefore, my tongue will proclaim
Your righteousness all day long,
for those who seek my harm
will be disgraced and confounded.

He will judge Your people with righteousness
and Your afflicted ones with justice.

For he will rescue the poor who cry out
and the afflicted who have no helper.

He will have pity on the poor and helpless
and save the lives of the poor.

He will redeem them from oppression and violence,
for their lives are precious in his sight.

Their eyes bulge out from fatness;
the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

Like one waking from a dream,
Lord, when arising, You will despise their image.

You guide me with Your counsel,
and afterward You will take me up in glory.

Those far from You will certainly perish;
You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.

There are no signs for us to see.
There is no longer a prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last.

God, how long will the enemy mock?
Will the foe insult Your name forever?

“When I choose a time,
I will judge fairly.

For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand,
full of wine blended with spices, and He pours from it.
All the wicked of the earth will drink,
draining it to the dregs.

As for me, I will tell about Him forever;
I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.

“I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,
but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”

Even human wrath will praise You;
You will clothe Yourself
with their remaining wrath.

For the choir director: according to Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm.I cry aloud to God,
aloud to God, and He will hear me.

“Will the Lord reject forever
and never again show favor?