I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

"Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more."

My God, make them like tumbleweed; like chaff before the wind.

Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, LORD.

that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.

My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

LORD, God of Hosts, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Won't you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?

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

Hear, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.

Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.

Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

Hear, LORD, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions.

In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.

Teach me your way, LORD. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.

I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forevermore.

For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they do not hold regard for you before them.

Turn to me, and have mercy on me. Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid.

Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me.

I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: "This one was born there."

Those who sing as well as those who dance say, "All my springs are in you."

LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.

For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.

Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.

You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.

My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, LORD. I have spread out my hands to you.

But to you, LORD, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.

LORD, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.

Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.

They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.

You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.

I will sing of the loving kindness of the LORD forever. With my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

"I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,

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.

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

He will call to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'

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.

If his children forsake my Law, and do not walk in my ordinances;

if they break my statutes, and do not keep my commandments;

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

I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

His seed will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

Remember how short my time is. For what vanity have you created all the children of men.

Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust."

A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.

"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."

For you, LORD, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.

But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.

My eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me.

to show that the LORD 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.

Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.

When I said, "My foot is slipping." Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.

But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.

when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.

Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, "It is a people that errs in their heart. They have not known my ways."

Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They won't enter into my rest."

I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.

I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.

A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.

He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes.

Hear my prayer, LORD. Let my cry come to you.

Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.

For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a firebrand.

My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.

By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.

My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,

Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.

My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.

This will be written for the generation to come, that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD.

that men may declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.

I said, "My God, do not take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.

Praise the LORD, my soul. All that is within me, praise his holy name.

Praise the LORD, my soul, and do not forget all his benefits;

Praise the LORD, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise the LORD, my soul.

Bless the LORD, my soul. The LORD, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with splendor and majesty.

You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they do not turn again to cover the earth.

He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth:

These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.

I will sing to the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.