Clap your hands, all you nations! Shout to God with a loud cry of joy!

God has ascended on high with a shout, the LORD has ascended with the blast of a trumpet.

Sing songs to God! Sing songs! Sing songs to our King! Sing songs!

Indeed, God is king over all the earth; sing a song of praise.

God is king over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne.

The nobles among the nations have joined the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is greatly exalted. A song: Lyrics by the Sons of Korah.

Great is the LORD! For he is to be praised greatly, even in the city of our God, his holy mountain.

Within her citadels God is known as a place of refuge.

Just as we have heard, so have we seen; in the city of the LORD of the heavenly armies even in the city of our God God will establish her forever. Interlude

God, we have meditated on your gracious love in the midst of your Temple.

God, according to your name, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness.

For this God is our God forever and ever. He will guide us until death. To the Director: A song by the Sons of Korah.

No man can redeem the life of another, nor can he give to God a sufficient payment for him

God will truly redeem me from the power of Sheol. He will surely receive me! Interlude

God, the LORD, has spoken. He has summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting place.

From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined forth.

Our God has appeared and he has not been silent; a devouring fire blazed before him, and a mighty storm swirled around him.

The heavens revealed his justice, for God is himself the judge. Interlude

"Listen, my people, for I am making a pronouncement: Israel, I, God, your God, am testifying against you.

Offer to God a thanksgiving praise; pay your vows to the Most High.

As for the wicked, God says, "How dare you recite my statutes or speak about my covenant with your lips!

Consider this, you who have forgotten God Otherwise, I will tear you in pieces and there will be no deliverer:

Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and I will reveal the salvation of God to whomever continues in my way." To the Director: A Davidic Psalm. When the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Have mercy, God, according to your gracious love, according to your unlimited compassion, erase my transgressions.

God, create a pure heart in me, and renew a right attitude within me.

Deliver me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation. Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness.

True sacrifice to God is a broken spirit. A broken and chastened heart, God, you will not despise.

Show favor to Zion in your good pleasure; and rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Why do you make evil the foundation of your boasting, mighty one? God's gracious love never ceases.

You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking uprightly. Interlude

But God will tear you down forever; he will take you away, even snatching you out of your tent! He will uproot you from the land of the living. Interlude

"Look, here is a young man who refused to make God his strength; instead, he trusted in his great wealth and made his wickedness his strength.

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the gracious love of God forever and ever.

Therefore I will praise you forever because of what you did; I will proclaim that your name is good in the midst of your faithful ones. To the Director: Upon . A Davidic instruction.

Fools say to themselves "There is no God." They are corrupt and commit iniquity; not one of them practices what is good.

God looks down from the heavens upon humanity to see if anyone shows discernment as he searches for God.

All of them have fallen away; together they have become corrupt; no one does what is good, not even one.

Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on God.

There the Israelis were seized with terror, when there was nothing to fear. For God scattered the bones of those who laid siege against you you put them to shame, for God rejected them.

Would that Israel's deliverance come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad. To the Director: With stringed instruments. A Davidic instruction, when the Ziphites came and told Saul, "David is hiding among us, is he not?"

God, by your name deliver me, and by your power vindicate me.

God, listen to my prayer, and pay attention to the words of my mouth.

For the arrogant have arisen against me; oppressors have sought to take my life. They do not keep God in mind! Interlude

Look, God is my helper; the Lord is with those who are guarding my life.

He will turn the evil upon those who lie in wait for me. Cut them off with your truth.

With a free will offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, LORD, because it is good,

Pay attention to my prayer, God, and do not hide yourself from my appeal.

We had good fellowship together; and we even walked together in the house of God!

I call upon God, and the LORD will deliver me.

God, who is enthroned from long ago, will hear me and humble them. Interlude Because they do not repent, they do not fear God.

But you, God, bring them down to the Pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I put my full confidence in you. To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "A Silent Dove Far Away," when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Have mercy on me, God, because men have harassed me. Those who oppress me have fought against me all day long.

In God, whose word I praise, in God I put my trust. I will not fear what mortal man can do to me.

Cast them away because of their wickedness. In wrath, God, cast down these people!

My enemies will retreat when I call on you. This has been my experience, because God is with me.

In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,

in God I will put my trust. I will not fear what mortal man can do to me.

God, I have taken vows before you; therefore I will offer thanksgiving sacrifices to you.

For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, so that I may walk before God in the light of the living! To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when he fled from Saul into a cave.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy, for in you I have placed my trust. Even in the shadow of your wings will I find my refuge until this calamity passes.

I call upon the God Most High; to the God who completes what he began in me.

He will send help from heaven to deliver me from those who harass and despise me. Interlude God will send his gracious love and truth.

Be exalted above the heavens, God! May your glory cover the earth!

My heart is committed, God, my heart is committed, so I will sing and play music.

Be exalted above the heavens, God! May your glory cover the earth! To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy".

God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; LORD, break the fangs of the young lions!

A person will say, "Certainly, the righteous are rewarded; certainly there is a God who judges the earth." To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when Saul sent men to watch the house in order to kill him.

Save me from my enemies, my God! Keep me safe from those who rise up against me.

Without any fault on my part, they rush together and prepare themselves. Get up! Come help me! Pay attention!

You, LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, God of Israel, stir yourself up to punish all the nations. Show no mercy to those wicked transgressors. Interlude

My Strength, I will watch for you, for God is my fortress.

My God of Gracious Love will meet me; God will enable me to see what happens to my enemies.

Go ahead and destroy them in anger! Wipe them out, and they will know to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Interlude

My Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, God of Gracious Love, are my fortress. To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Lily of The Covenant," for teaching about his battle with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, when Joab returned and attacked 12,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley.

God, you have cast us off; you have breached our defenses and you have become enraged. Return to us!

Then God spoke in his holiness, "I will rejoice I will divide Shechem; I will portion out the Succoth Valley.

Aren't you the one, God, who has cast us off? Didn't you refuse, God, to accompany our armies?

Through God we will fight valiantly; and it is he who will crush our enemies. To the Director: A composition by David for stringed instruments.

God, hear my cry; pay attention to my prayer.

For you, God, have heard my promises; you have assigned to me the heritage of those who fear your name.

May he be enthroned before God forever; Appoint your gracious love and truth to guard him.

My soul rests quietly only when it looks to God; from him comes my deliverance.

My soul, be quiet before God, for from him comes my hope.

I rely on God who is my deliverance and my glory; he is my strong rock, and my refuge is in God.

People, in every situation put your trust in God; pour out your heart before him; for God is a refuge for us. Interlude

God spoke once, but I heard it twice, "Power belongs to God."

God, you are my God! I will fervently seek you. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you in a dry, weary, and parched land.

But as for the king, he will rejoice in God. Indeed, everyone who swears by God will exult, because the mouths of liars will be silenced. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

Hear, God, as I express my concern; protect me from fear of the enemy.

But God shot an arrow at them, and they were wounded immediately.

Everyone was gripped with fear and acknowledged God's deeds, understanding what he had done.

In Zion, God, praise silently awaits you, and vows will be paid to you.

With awesome deeds of justice you will answer us, God our Deliverer; you are the confidence for everyone at the ends of the earth, even for those far away overseas.

You take care of the earth, you water it, and you enrich it greatly with the river of God that overflows with water. You provide grain for them, for you have ordained it this way.

Shout praise to God all the earth!

Say to God: "How awesome are your works! Because of your great strength your enemies cringe before you."

Come and see the awesome works of God on behalf of human beings:

Bless our God, people, and let the sound of his praise be heard.

For you, God, tested us, to purify us like fine silver.

Come and listen, all of you who fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me.