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.

For they have pursued him Thou hast smitten, And recount of the pain of Thy pierced ones.

The humble have seen -- they rejoice, Ye who seek God -- and your heart liveth.

For God doth save Zion, And doth build the cities of Judah, And they have dwelt there, and possess it.

In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age.

By Thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother's bowels Thou dost cut me out, In Thee is my praise continually.

As a wonder I have been to many, And Thou art my strong refuge.

For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,

And I continually do wait with hope, And have added unto all Thy praise.

My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers.

My tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed -- because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!

The prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.

A Psalm of Asaph. Only -- good to Israel is God, to the clean of heart. And I -- as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,

As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,

They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.

And they have said, 'How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

Lo, these are the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.

Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,

If I have said, 'I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.

How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended -- consumed from terrors.

And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.

Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth.

And I -- nearness of God to me is good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works!

Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.

They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name,

Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.

Remember this -- an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.

Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not.' -- A Psalm of Asaph. -- A Song. We have given thanks to Thee, O God, We have given thanks, and near is Thy name, They have recounted Thy wonders.

Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I -- I have pondered its pillars. Selah.

I have said to the boastful, 'Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, 'Raise not up a horn.'

Spoiled themselves have the mighty of heart, They have slept their sleep, And none of the men of might found their hands.

From Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both rider and horse have been fast asleep.

Thou hast taken hold of the watches of mine eyes, I have been moved, and I speak not.

I have reckoned the days of old, The years of the ages.

And I have meditated on all Thy working, And I talk concerning Thy doings.

The waters have seen Thee, O God, The waters have seen Thee, They are afraid -- also depths are troubled.

Poured out waters have thick clouds, The skies have given forth a noise, Also -- Thine arrows go up and down.

The voice of Thy thunder is in the spheres, Lightnings have lightened the world, The earth hath trembled, yea, it shaketh.

In the sea is Thy way, And Thy paths are in many waters, And Thy tracks have not been known.

That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us.

Sons of Ephraim -- armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.

They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,

For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.

They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet is their food in their mouth,

With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.

And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant.

Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.

They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.

And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.

And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.

And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,

His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.

His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.

A Psalm of Asaph. O God, nations have come into Thy inheritance, They have defiled Thy holy temple, They made Jerusalem become heaps,

They have shed their blood As water round about Jerusalem, And there is none burying.

We have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.

Pour Thy fury on the nations who have not known Thee, And on kingdoms that have not called in Thy name.

For one hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate.

Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.

Covered have been hills with its shadow, And its boughs are cedars of God.

Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?

A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known -- I hear.

I -- I have said, 'Gods ye are, And sons of the Most High -- all of you,

For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,

They have said, 'Come, And we cut them off from being a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.'

Asshur also is joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. Selah.

Who have said, 'Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'

For good is a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.

Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed,

O God, the proud have risen up against me, And a company of the terrible sought my soul, And have not placed Thee before them,

A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, 'Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' -- An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,

I have been reckoned with those going down to the pit, I have been as a man without strength.

Among the dead -- free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.

Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.

And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee.

I am afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away.

Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,

They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,

I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:

'Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Selah.

Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,

I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him.

And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,

And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.

And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.

I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,

Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David,

Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,

Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed.

For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled.

Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.

How great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts.

And Thou exaltest as a reem my horn, I have been anointed with fresh oil.

Floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, Floods have lifted up their voice, Floods lift up their breakers.