But I will not withdraw
My faithful love from him
or betray My faithfulness.

What man can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?Selah

Remember, Lord, the ridicule against Your servants—
in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—

Before the mountains were born,
before You gave birth to the earth and the world,
from eternity to eternity, You are God.

He Himself will deliver you from the hunter’s net,
from the destructive plague.

Your throne has been established
from the beginning;
You are from eternity.

Lord, happy is the man You discipline
and teach from Your law

to give him relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug for the wicked.

Sing to Yahweh, praise His name;
proclaim His salvation from day to day.

You who love the Lord, hate evil!
He protects the lives of His godly ones;
He rescues them from the power of the wicked.

A devious heart will be far from me;
I will not be involved with evil.

Every morning I will destroy
all the wicked of the land,
eliminating all evildoers from the Lord’s city.

Do not hide Your face from me in my day of trouble.
Listen closely to me;
answer me quickly when I call.

He looked down from His holy heights—
the Lord gazed out from heaven to earth—

He redeems your life from the Pit;
He crowns you with faithful love and compassion.

As far as the east is from the west,
so far has He removed
our transgressions from us.

But from eternity to eternity
the Lord’s faithful love is toward those who fear Him,
and His righteousness toward the grandchildren

He waters the mountains from His palace;
the earth is satisfied by the fruit of Your labor.

He causes grass to grow for the livestock
and provides crops for man to cultivate,
producing food from the earth,

The young lions roar for their prey
and seek their food from God.

May sinners vanish from the earth
and wicked people be no more.
My soul, praise Yahweh!
Hallelujah!

wandering from nation to nation
and from one kingdom to another,

They asked, and He brought quail
and satisfied them with bread from heaven.

He saved them from the hand of the adversary;
He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

So He said He would have destroyed them—
if Moses His chosen one
had not stood before Him in the breach
to turn His wrath away from destroying them.

Save us, Yahweh our God,
and gather us from the nations,
so that we may give thanks to Your holy name
and rejoice in Your praise.

May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised
from everlasting to everlasting.
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Hallelujah!

Let the redeemed of the Lord proclaim
that He has redeemed them from the hand of the foe

and has gathered them from the lands—
from the east and the west,
from the north and the south.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He rescued them from their distress.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distress.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distress.

He sent His word and healed them;
He rescued them from the Pit.

Let his children wander as beggars,
searching for food far from their demolished homes.

Let their sins always remain before the Lord,
and let Him erase all memory of them from the earth.

He loved cursing—let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.

My knees are weak from fasting,
and my body is emaciated.

For He stands at the right hand of the needy
to save him from those who would condemn him.

The Lord will extend Your mighty scepter from Zion.
Rule over Your surrounding enemies.

Your people will volunteer
on Your day of battle.
In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn,
the dew of Your youth belongs to You.

He will drink from the brook by the road;
therefore, He will lift up His head.

From the rising of the sun to its setting,
let the name of Yahweh be praised.

He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the garbage pile

When Israel came out of Egypt—
the house of Jacob from a people
who spoke a foreign language—

For You, Lord, rescued me from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling.

This came from the Lord;
it is wonderful in our eyes.

He who comes in the name
of the Lord is blessed.
From the house of the Lord we bless you.

I have sought You with all my heart;
don’t let me wander from Your commands.

With my lips I proclaim
all the judgments from Your mouth.

I am a stranger on earth;
do not hide Your commands from me.

You rebuke the proud,
the ones under a curse,
who wander from Your commands.

Take insult and contempt away from me,
for I have kept Your decrees.

I am weary from grief;
strengthen me through Your word.

Keep me from the way of deceit
and graciously give me Your instruction.

Turn my eyes
from looking at what is worthless;
give me life in Your ways.

Never take the word of truth from my mouth,
for I hope in Your judgments.

The arrogant constantly ridicule me,
but I do not turn away from Your instruction.

Lord, I remember Your judgments from long ago
and find comfort.

Instruction from Your lips is better for me
than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

I have kept my feet from every evil path
to follow Your word.

I have not turned from Your judgments,
for You Yourself have instructed me.

I gain understanding from Your precepts;
therefore I hate every false way.

The wicked have set a trap for me,
but I have not wandered from Your precepts.

Depart from me, you evil ones,
so that I may obey my God’s commands.

You reject all who stray from Your statutes,
for their deceit is a lie.

Redeem me from human oppression,
and I will keep Your precepts.

Those who pursue evil plans come near;
they are far from Your instruction.

Long ago I learned from Your decrees
that You have established them forever.

Salvation is far from the wicked
because they do not seek Your statutes.

My persecutors and foes are many.
I have not turned from Your decrees.

“Lord, deliver me from lying lips
and a deceitful tongue.”

A song of ascents.I lift my eyes toward the mountains.
Where will my help come from?

My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

The Lord will protect you from all harm;
He will protect your life.

We’ve had more than enough
scorn from the arrogant
and contempt from the proud.

We have escaped like a bird from the hunter’s net;
the net is torn, and we have escaped.

Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord,
children, a reward.

May the Lord bless you from Zion,
so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life

And He will redeem Israel
from all its sins.

May the Lord,
Maker of heaven and earth,
bless you from Zion.

He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain
and brings the wind from His storehouses.

May the Lord be praised from Zion;
He dwells in Jerusalem.
Hallelujah!

and brought Israel out from among them
        His love is eternal.

and rescued us from our foes.
        His love is eternal.

Though the Lord is exalted,
He takes note of the humble;
but He knows the haughty from a distance.

If I walk into the thick of danger,
You will preserve my life
from the anger of my enemies.
You will extend Your hand;
Your right hand will save me.

You know when I sit down and when I stand up;
You understand my thoughts from far away.

Where can I go to escape Your Spirit?
Where can I flee from Your presence?

My bones were not hidden from You
when I was made in secret,
when I was formed in the depths of the earth.

God, if only You would kill the wicked—
you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me—

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Rescue me, Lord, from evil men.
Keep me safe from violent men

Protect me, Lord,
from the clutches of the wicked.
Keep me safe from violent men
who plan to make me stumble.

Protect me from the trap they have set for me,
and from the snares of evildoers.

Listen to my cry,
for I am very weak.
Rescue me from those who pursue me,
for they are too strong for me.

Free me from prison
so that I can praise Your name.
The righteous will gather around me
because You deal generously with me.

Answer me quickly, Lord;
my spirit fails.
Don’t hide Your face from me,
or I will be like those
going down to the Pit.

Rescue me from my enemies, Lord;
I come to You for protection.

Because of Your name, Yahweh,
let me live.
In Your righteousness deliver me from trouble,

Reach down from heaven;
rescue me from deep water, and set me free
from the grasp of foreigners

the One who gives victory to kings,
who frees His servant David
from the deadly sword.