If Yahweh had not been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in silence.

"Do not harden your heart as [at] Meribah, as [in] the day of Massah in the wilderness,

For forty years I loathed [that] generation, and said, '[They are] a people [whose] heart wanders. And my ways they do not know.'

Therefore I swore in my anger, 'They shall surely not enter into my rest.'"

Say among the nations, "Yahweh is king! Yes, [the] world is established [so that] it will not be moved. He will judge [the] peoples fairly."

I will not set before my eyes any wicked thing. I hate the work of those who fall away; it will not cling to me.

A perverse heart will depart from me; I will not know evil.

One who slanders his neighbor in secret, him I will destroy. [One] haughty of eyes and {arrogant} of heart, him I will not endure.

There will not live in the midst of my house a worker of deceit. One who speaks lies will not remain before my eyes.

Do not hide your face from me in [the] day [of] my trouble. Incline your ear to me. In the day I call, answer me quickly,

He will turn his attention to the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer.

I say, "My God, do not carry me off from my life in the middle of my days." Your years [continue] throughout all generations.

But you [are] the same, and your years do not end.

Bless Yahweh, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits:

He does not dispute continually, nor keep [his anger] forever.

He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us according to our iniquities.

He established [the] earth on her foundations, [so that] it will not be moved forever and ever.

You set a boundary that they may not cross over, [so that] they would not return to cover the earth.

You make darkness, and it is night, when all [the] animals of the forest creep about.

Let sinners perish completely from the earth, and [the] wicked {not remain alive}. Bless Yahweh, O my soul. Praise Yah.

"Do not touch my anointed ones, nor harm my prophets."

He sent darkness and made [it] dark, and they did not rebel against his words.

He spread out a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light at night.

Our ancestors in Egypt did not understand your wonderful works. They did not remember your many acts of loyal love, and [so] they rebelled by [the] sea at {the Red Sea}.

But waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived.

They quickly forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.

So he said he would exterminate them, had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to reverse his wrath from destroying [them].

Then they refused the desirable land; they did not believe his word,

but grumbled in their tents. They did not obey the voice of Yahweh.

They did not exterminate the peoples, as Yahweh had commanded them,

And he blesses them and they multiply greatly, and he does not let their cattle become few.

Have you not rejected us, O God, and not gone out with our armies, O God?

O God of my praise, do not keep silent,

Let the iniquity of his ancestors be remembered before Yahweh, and let the sin of his mother not be blotted out.

because he did not remember to show loyal love, but he pursued anyone, poor or needy or brokenhearted, to slay [them].

Because he loved cursing, let it come [upon] him. Because he did not delight in blessing, let it be far from him.

Yahweh has sworn and he will not change [his mind], "You [are] a priest forever according to the manner of Melchizedek."

For he will not be shaken forever; [the] righteous {will be remembered forever}.

He is not afraid of bad news; his heart [is] steadfast, secure in Yahweh.

His heart [is] sustained; he will not be afraid, until he looks [in triumph] on his enemies.

Not to us, O Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, because of your loyal love, because of your faithfulness.

The dead do not praise Yah, nor any descending into silence.

Yahweh [is] for me; I do not fear. What can [mere] humans do to me?

I will not die but live, and tell of the works of Yah.

Yah has disciplined me severely, but he did not consign me to death.

Then I would not be ashamed when I look to all your commands.

I will heed your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.

With my whole heart I have sought you; do not let me stray from your commands.

In my heart I have hidden your word, so that I may not sin against you.

I will take delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.

I [am] a sojourner on the earth; do not hide your commands from me.

I cling to your testimonies; O Yahweh, do not let me be put to shame.

Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to [dishonest] gain.

And do not snatch [the] word of truth utterly from my mouth, for I hope in your ordinances.

And I will speak of your testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed.

[The] arrogant utterly deride me; I have not turned aside from your law.

I remember your name in the night, O Yahweh, and I heed your law.

I hurry and do not delay to heed your commands.

[The] cords of [the] wicked surround me, [but] I do not forget your law.

[In the] middle of [the] night I rise to give you thanks, because of your righteous ordinances.

May my heart be blameless in your statutes, so that I may not be ashamed.

For I have become like a wineskin in [the] smoke, [yet] I have not forgotten your statutes.

[The] arrogant have dug pits for me, which [is] not according to your law.

They have almost destroyed me on the earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.

I will not ever forget your precepts, for by them you revive me.

I have not turned aside from your ordinances, for you have taught me.

My life [is] {in danger} continually, yet I do not forget your law.

[The] wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I do not wander from your precepts.

Sustain me according to your word, that I may live, and do not let me be ashamed of my hope.

I have done justice and righteousness; do not leave me to my oppressors.

Pledge good for your servant; do not let [the] arrogant oppress me.

Direct my steps in your word, and do not let any iniquity gain power over me.

Streams of water flow down [from] my eyes, because [people] do not heed your law.

I [am] small and despised, [yet] I do not forget your precepts.

My eyes anticipate [the] night watches, that [I may] meditate on your word.

See my misery and rescue me, for I do not forget your law.

Salvation [is] far from [the] wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.

My persecutors and enemies [are] many, [yet] I do not turn aside from your testimonies.

I see [the] treacherous and I feel disgust, because they do not heed your word.

Great peace [is] for those who love your law, and they do not have a cause for stumbling.

I have wandered like a lost sheep; seek your servant, because I do not forget your commands.

He will not allow your foot to be moved; he who protects you will not slumber.

Look, he will not slumber and he will not sleep-- he who protects Israel.

The sun will not strike you by day, nor [the] moon by night.

"If [it had] not [been] Yahweh who was on our side," do let Israel say,

"If [it had] not [been] Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us,

Blessed [be] Yahweh, who has not made us prey for their teeth.

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the {land} of the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wickedness.

Blessed [is] the man who fills his quiver with them. They shall not be put to shame when they speak with enemies at the gate.

"Too often they have attacked me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.

so that passersby do not say, "The blessing of Yahweh [be] upon you. We bless you in the name of Yahweh."

My heart is not haughty nor my eyes {arrogant}. And I do not {concern myself} with things too great and difficult for me.

"I will not enter into the tent of my house, I will not go up to the couch of my bed,

For the sake of your servant David, do not turn away the face of your anointed one.

Yahweh swore [in] truth to David; he will not turn back from it. "One from the fruit of your {body} I will set on your throne.

Look, bless Yahweh, all [you] the servants of Yahweh, who {serve} in the house of Yahweh by night.

they have ears, but cannot hear; there is not even breath in their mouths.

The moon and stars to rule the night, for his loyal love [endures] forever.

Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if do not I exalt Jerusalem above my highest joy.

Yahweh accomplishes [things] for my benefit. O Yahweh, your loyal love [endures] forever; do not abandon the works of your hands.