Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square.

Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him.

He will rescue me and protect me from those who attack me, even though they greatly outnumber me.

God, the one who has reigned as king from long ago, will hear and humiliate them. (Selah) They refuse to change, and do not fear God.

when you deliver my life from death. You keep my feet from stumbling, so that I might serve God as I enjoy life.

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me! For in you I have taken shelter. In the shadow of your wings I take shelter until trouble passes.

May he send help from heaven and deliver me from my enemies who hurl insults! (Selah) May God send his loyal love and faithfulness!

The wicked turn aside from birth; liars go astray as soon as they are born.

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me from those who attack me!

Deliver me from evildoers! Rescue me from violent men!

You have given your loyal followers a rallying flag, so that they might seek safety from the bow. (Selah)

From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to an inaccessible rocky summit!

Indeed, you are my shelter, a strong tower that protects me from the enemy.

For the music director; a psalm of David. Listen to me, O God, as I offer my lament! Protect my life from the enemy's terrifying attacks.

Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.

For the music director; by David, a psalm, a song. God springs into action! His enemies scatter; his adversaries run from him.

He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace.

God has countless chariots; they number in the thousands. The Lord comes from Sinai in holy splendor.

You ascend on high, you have taken many captives. You receive tribute from men, including even sinful rebels. Indeed the Lord God lives there!

Our God is a God who delivers; the Lord, the sovereign Lord, can rescue from death.

The Lord says, "I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

They come with red cloth from Egypt, Ethiopia voluntarily offers tribute to God.

to the one who rides through the sky from ancient times! Look! He thunders loudly.

You are awe-inspiring, O God, as you emerge from your holy temple! It is the God of Israel who gives the people power and strength. God deserves praise!

I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.

O God, you are aware of my foolish sins; my guilt is not hidden from you.

I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.

Rescue me from the mud! Don't let me sink! Deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep water!

May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!

My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked, from the hand of the cruel oppressor!

I have leaned on you since birth; you pulled me from my mother's womb. I praise you continually.

O God, do not remain far away from me! My God, hurry and help me!

Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!

May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth!

From harm and violence he will defend them; he will value their lives.

May he live! May they offer him gold from Sheba! May they continually pray for him! May they pronounce blessings on him all day long!

But as for me, my feet almost slipped; my feet almost slid out from under me.

Yes, look! Those far from you die; you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you.

But God has been my king from ancient times, performing acts of deliverance on the earth.

For victory does not come from the east or west, or from the wilderness.

You shine brightly and reveal your majesty, as you descend from the hills where you killed your prey.

From heaven you announced what their punishment would be. The earth was afraid and silent

we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the Lord's praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.

He caused streams to flow from the rock, and made the water flow like rivers.

They did not remember what he had done, how he delivered them from the enemy,

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

He sent his anger in full force; he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction.

He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down.

But then the Lord awoke from his sleep; he was like a warrior in a drunken rage.

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

He took him away from following the mother sheep, and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his chosen nation.

You uprooted a vine from Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it.

O God, invincible warrior, come back! Look down from heaven and take notice! Take care of this vine,

Then we will not turn away from you. Revive us and we will pray to you!

It said: "I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket.

In your distress you called out and I rescued you. I answered you from a dark thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)

"I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs."

Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!

For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.

You withdrew all your fury; you turned back from your raging anger.

Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky.

For you will extend your great loyal love to me, and will deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.

adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power.

Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said: "I have energized a warrior; I have raised up a young man from the people.

No enemy will be able to exact tribute from him; a violent oppressor will not be able to humiliate him.

But I will not remove my loyal love from him, nor be unfaithful to my promise.

You turn back his sword from the adversary, and have not sustained him in battle.

No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah)

Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted, and of how I must bear so many insults from people!

he will certainly rescue you from the snare of the hunter and from the destructive plague.

Your throne has been secure from ancient times; you have always been king.

How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O Lord, the one whom you teach from your law,

in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed.

Majestic splendor emanates from him; his sanctuary is firmly established and beautiful.

You who love the Lord, hate evil! He protects the lives of his faithful followers; he delivers them from the power of the wicked.

He spoke to them from a pillar of cloud; they obeyed his regulations and the ordinance he gave them.

Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land, and remove all evildoers from the city of the Lord.

Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.

For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the Lord will look toward earth,

who delivers your life from the Pit, who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion,

As far as the eastern horizon is from the west, so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions from us.

He waters the mountains from the upper rooms of his palace; the earth is full of the fruit you cause to grow.

He provides grass for the cattle, and crops for people to cultivate, so they can produce food from the ground,

The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.

May sinners disappear from the earth, and the wicked vanish! Praise the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord!

they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another.

They asked for food, and he sent quails; he satisfied them with food from the sky.

He delivered them from the power of the one who hated them, and rescued them from the power of the enemy.

Deliver us, O Lord, our God! Gather us from among the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.

Let those delivered by the Lord speak out, those whom he delivered from the power of the enemy,

and gathered from foreign lands, from east and west, from north and south.

They were hungry and thirsty; they fainted from exhaustion.

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

He sent them an assuring word and healed them; he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped.

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.

May the Lord be constantly aware of them, and cut off the memory of his children from the earth!

because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.