Vindicate me, God, and defend my cause
against an ungodly nation;
rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man.

You make us retreat from the foe,
and those who hate us
have taken plunder for themselves.

You sell Your people for nothing;
You make no profit from selling them.

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

You are the most handsome of men;
grace flows from your lips.
Therefore God has blessed you forever.

Myrrh, aloes, and cassia perfume all your garments;
from ivory palaces harps bring you joy.

Kings’ daughters are among your honored women;
the queen, adorned with gold from Ophir,
stands at your right hand.

Their graves are their eternal homes,
their homes from generation to generation,
though they have named estates after themselves.

Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;
Death will shepherd them.
The upright will rule over them in the morning,
and their form will waste away in Sheol,
far from their lofty abode.

But God will redeem my life
from the power of Sheol,
for He will take me.Selah

A psalm of Asaph.Yahweh, the God of gods speaks;
He summons the earth from east to west.

From Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God appears in radiance.

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

Wash away my guilt
and cleanse me from my sin.

Turn Your face away from my sins
and blot out all my guilt.

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

Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God,
the God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

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

God looks down from heaven on the human race
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.

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

For He has delivered me from every trouble,
and my eye has looked down on my enemies.

I would hurry to my shelter
from the raging wind and the storm.”

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.

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.

For You delivered me from death,
even my feet from stumbling,
to walk before God in the light of life.

He reaches down from heaven and saves me,
challenging the one who tramples me.Selah
God sends His faithful love and truth.

The wicked go astray from the womb;
liars err from birth.

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam. When Saul sent agents to watch the house and kill him.Deliver me from my enemies, my God;
protect me from those who rise up against me.

Deliver me from those who practice sin,
and save me from men of bloodshed.

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

I call to You from the ends of the earth
when my heart is without strength.
Lead me to a rock that is high above me,

For the choir director: according to Jeduthun. A Davidic psalm.I am at rest in God alone;
my salvation comes from Him.

They only plan to bring him down
from his high position.
They take pleasure in lying;
they bless with their mouths,
but they curse inwardly.Selah

Rest in God alone, my soul,
for my hope comes from Him.

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.God, hear my voice when I complain.
Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.

Hide me from the scheming of wicked people,
from the mob of evildoers,

shooting from concealed places at the innocent.
They shoot at him suddenly and are not afraid.

May God be praised!
He has not turned away my prayer
or turned His faithful love from me.

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. A song.God arises. His enemies scatter,
and those who hate Him flee from His presence.

You ascended to the heights, taking away captives;
You received gifts from people,
even from the rebellious,
so that the Lord God might live there.

Our God is a God of salvation,
and escape from death belongs to the Lord God.

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

so that your foot may wade in blood
and your dogs’ tongues may have their share
from the enemies.”

Praise God in the assemblies;
praise the Lord from the fountain of Israel.

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

I am weary from my crying;
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail, looking for my God.

God, You know my foolishness,
and my guilty acts are not hidden from You.

Rescue me from the miry mud; don’t let me sink.
Let me be rescued from those who hate me
and from the deep waters.

Don’t hide Your face from Your servant,
for I am in distress.
Answer me quickly!

Let them be erased from the book of life
and not be recorded with the righteous.

Deliver me, my God, from the power of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and oppressive.

For You are my hope, Lord God,
my confidence from my youth.

I have leaned on You from birth;
You took me from my mother’s womb.
My praise is always about You.

God, do not be far from me;
my God, hurry to help me.

God, You have taught me from my youth,
and I still proclaim Your wonderful works.

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.

May he rule from sea to sea
and from the Euphrates
to the ends of the earth.

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

May he live long!
May gold from Sheba be given to him.
May prayer be offered for him continually,
and may he be blessed all day long.

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.

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

God my King is from ancient times,
performing saving acts on the earth.

Exaltation does not come
from the east, the west, or the desert,

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.

You are resplendent and majestic
coming down from the mountains of prey.

From heaven You pronounced judgment.
The earth feared and grew quiet

You have kept me from closing my eyes;
I am troubled and cannot speak.

I will declare wise sayings;
I will speak mysteries from the past—

We must not hide them from their children,
but must tell a future generation
the praises of the Lord,
His might, and the wonderful works
He has performed.

He rained manna for them to eat;
He gave them grain from heaven.

They did not remember His power shown
on the day He redeemed them from the foe,

He turned their rivers into blood,
and they could not drink from their streams.

He cleared a path for His anger.
He did not spare them from death
but delivered their lives to the plague.

Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep,
like a warrior from the effects of wine.

He chose David His servant
and took him from the sheepfolds;

He brought him from tending ewes
to be shepherd over His people Jacob—
over Israel, His inheritance.

You uprooted a vine from Egypt;
You drove out the nations and planted it.

The boar from the forest tears it
and creatures of the field feed on it.

Return, God of Hosts.
Look down from heaven and see;
take care of this vine,

Then we will not turn away from You;
revive us, and we will call on Your name.

“I relieved his shoulder from the burden;
his hands were freed from carrying the basket.

You called out in distress, and I rescued you;
I answered you from the thundercloud.
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Selah

I am Yahweh your God,
who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

But He would feed Israel with the best wheat.
“I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”

Rescue the poor and needy;
save them from the power of the wicked.”

They go from strength to strength;
each appears before God in Zion.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield.
The Lord gives grace and glory;
He does not withhold the good
from those who live with integrity.

You withdrew all Your fury;
You turned from Your burning anger.

Truth will spring up from the earth,
and righteousness will look down from heaven.

For Your faithful love for me is great,
and You deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.

abandoned among the dead.
I am like the slain lying in the grave,
whom You no longer remember,
and who are cut off from Your care.

You have distanced my friends from me;
You have made me repulsive to them.
I am shut in and cannot go out.

My eyes are worn out from crying.
Lord, I cry out to You all day long;
I spread out my hands to You.

Lord, why do You reject me?
Why do You hide Your face from me?

From my youth,
I have been afflicted and near death.
I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate.

They surround me like water all day long;
they close in on me from every side.

You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me;
darkness is my only friend.

You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones
and said: “I have granted help to a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen from the people.