You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.

Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.

My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen to me.

Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.

When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.

But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.

How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.

He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;

from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.

The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps. A Prayer by David.

a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.

But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.

You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

"Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation." A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.

to show that Yahweh is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

Let's come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let's extol him with songs!

Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

Worship Yahweh in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth.

Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.

Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!

Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.

For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

But Yahweh's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children's children;

Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.

Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.

until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh's word proved him true.

The king sent and freed him; even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.

He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions;

He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn't destroy them.

Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.

That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.

They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;

Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.

Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.

When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.

Let there be none to extend kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.

I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.

For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul. A Psalm by David.

He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant.

that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!

Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.

So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.

My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.

Israel, hope in Yahweh, for with Yahweh there is loving kindness. With him is abundant redemption.

Praise Yah! Praise the name of Yahweh! Praise him, you servants of Yahweh,

To him who alone does great wonders; for his loving kindness endures forever:

To him who by understanding made the heavens; for his loving kindness endures forever:

To him who spread out the earth above the waters; for his loving kindness endures forever:

To him who made the great lights; for his loving kindness endures forever:

To him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn; for his loving kindness endures forever;

To him who divided the Red Sea apart; for his loving kindness endures forever;

To him who led his people through the wilderness; for his loving kindness endures forever:

To him who struck great kings; for his loving kindness endures forever;

An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.

Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?

Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

Yahweh preserves all those who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.

Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.

Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh from the heavens! Praise him in the heights!

Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his army!

Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars!

Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.

He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!

Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!

Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!

Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him according to his excellent greatness!

Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet! Praise him with harp and lyre!

Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!

Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.