When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.

My sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, 'I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,' And Thou -- Thou hast taken away, The iniquity of my sin. Selah.

By the word of Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.

For in Him doth our heart rejoice, For in His holy name we have trusted.

Let Thy kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, As we have waited for Thee!

Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,

Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.

And I -- in their sickness my clothing is sackcloth, I have humbled with fastings my soul, And my prayer unto my bosom returneth.

As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

And -- in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;

There have workers of iniquity fallen, They have been overthrown, And have not been able to arise!

And the humble do possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.

A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.

But the wicked perish, and the enemies of Jehovah, As the preciousness of lambs, Have been consumed, In smoke they have been consumed.

From Jehovah are the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth.

Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.

For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.

I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,

For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand.

For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden -- too heavy for me.

Stunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.

I have been bent down, I have been bowed down -- unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning.

For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.

I have been feeble and smitten -- unto excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart.

My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.

And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

Because for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God.

And mine enemies are lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.

To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, 'I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked is before me.'

Hot is my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.

And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope -- it is of Thee.

I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done it.

Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry,

Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.

Then said I, 'Lo, I have come,' In the roll of the book it is written of me,

To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law is within my heart.

I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness In the great assembly, lo, my lips I restrain not, O Jehovah, Thou hast known.

Thy righteousness I have not concealed In the midst of my heart, Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation I have told, I have not hidden Thy kindness and Thy truth, To the great assembly.

For compassed me have evils innumerable, Overtaken me have mine iniquities, And I have not been able to see; They have been more than the hairs of my head, And my heart hath forsaken me.

By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.

With a sword in my bones Have mine adversaries reproached me, In their saying unto me all the day, 'Where is thy God?'

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old.

In God we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. Selah.

Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.

All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.

If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,

Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.

Myrrh and aloes, cassia! all thy garments, Out of palaces of ivory Stringed instruments have made thee glad.

Troubled have been nations, Moved have been kingdoms, He hath given forth with His voice, earth melteth.

Nobles of peoples have been gathered, With the people of the God of Abraham, For to God are the shields of earth, Greatly hath He been exalted!

They have seen -- so they have marvelled, They have been troubled, they were hastened away.

As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of Jehovah of hosts, In the city of our God, God doth establish her -- to the age. Selah.

We have thought, O God, of Thy kindness, In the midst of Thy temple,

For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form is for consumption. Sheol is a dwelling for him.

Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!

I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field is with Me.

Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done the evil thing in Thine eyes, So that Thou art righteous in Thy words, Thou art pure in Thy judging.

Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.

And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,

To the Overseer. -- 'On a disease.' -- An instruction, by David. A fool said in his heart, 'There is no God.' They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good.

Have not workers of iniquity known, Those eating my people have eaten bread, God they have not called.

For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah.

My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.

God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God,

Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart is war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they are drawn swords.

Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many are fighting against me, O most High,

In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth to me.

They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

Then turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God is for me.

A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.

The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

As a snail that melteth he goeth on, As an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.

Only -- from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah.

So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour.

If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches -- I meditate on Thee.

They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'

And God doth shoot them with an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.

Its ridges have been filled, Deepened hath been its furrow, With showers Thou dost soften it, Its springing up Thou blessest.

Clothed have lambs the flock, And valleys are covered with corn, They shout -- yea, they sing!

Thou hast caused man to ride at our head. We have entered into fire and into water, And Thou bringest us out to a watered place.

Unto Him with my mouth I have called, And exaltation is under my tongue.

Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear.

God -- causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only -- the refractory have inhabited a dry place.

The earth hath shaken, Yea, the heavens have dropped before God, This Sinai -- before God, the God of Israel.

Thy company have dwelt in it, Thou preparest in Thy goodness for the poor, O God.

They have seen Thy goings, O God, Goings of my God, my king, in the sanctuary.

Singers have been before, Behind are players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.

To the Overseer. -- 'On the Lilies,' by David. Save me, O God, for come have waters unto the soul.

I have sunk in deep mire, And there is no standing, I have come into the depths of the waters, And a flood hath overflown me.

I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.

Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away -- I bring back.

O God, Thou -- Thou hast known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations from Thee have not been hid.

For because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face.

A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother.

For zeal for Thy house hath consumed me, And the reproaches of Thy reproachers Have fallen upon me.

Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.