For God is the King of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding.

The princes of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God. He is greatly exalted.

For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.

For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.

none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.

For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,

For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.

But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.

For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.

Though while he lived he blessed his soul?and men praise you when you do well for yourself?

The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.

I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.

I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.

For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.

For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.

For you do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God's house. I trust in God's loving kindness forever and ever.

I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your holy ones.

There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.

For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.

With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, LORD, for it is good.

For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.

Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.

Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hid myself from him.

Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

As for me, I will call on God. The LORD will save me.

Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.

For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.

I cry out to God Most High, to God who accomplishes my requests for me.

They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.

For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, and your truth to the skies.

so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth."

For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, LORD.

Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"

Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower.

For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

They shall wander up and down for food, and wait all night if they aren't satisfied.

But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.

To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.

You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes.

Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain.

Through God we shall do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.

For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.

For you, God, have heard my vows. You have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.

You will prolong the king's life; his years shall be for generations.

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

Trust in him at all times, O people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.

Sins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions.

You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it.

The pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys also are clothed with grain. They shout for joy. They also sing.

For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

Come, and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah.

Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.

Your God has commanded your strength. Strengthen, God, that which you have done for us.

Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck.

I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Do not let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord GOD of Hosts. Do not let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.

Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.

For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

But as for me, my prayer is to you, LORD, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.

Answer me, LORD, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.

Do not hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily.

Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.

They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.

For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.

For the LORD hears the needy, and doesn't despise his captive people.

For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.

Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.

For you are my hope, Lord GOD; my confidence from my youth.

For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,

saying, "God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him."

I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.

My lips shall shout for joy. My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you.

My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.

For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.

They shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba. Men shall pray for him continually. They shall bless him all day long.

But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.

For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.

For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.

When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;

For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.

For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.

But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.

For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.

For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.