Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.

Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about.

Don't let them say in their heart, "Aha! That's the way we want it!" Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"

He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn't abhor evil.

The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."

Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more." For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.

Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, "Aha! Aha!"

"An evil disease," they say, "has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more."

But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.

By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.

"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth."

Mark well her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.

That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.

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

Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.

A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish. A Psalm by Asaph.

He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:

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

But to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,

You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him." For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Against you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.

Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.

Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back his people from captivity, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, "Isn't David hiding himself among us?"

I said, "Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me.

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. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.

Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

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 the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.

Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah.

You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.

You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

So that your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.

From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

He shall be enthroned in God's presence forever. Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.

So I will sing praise to your name forever, that I may fulfill my vows daily. For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthan. A Psalm by David.

God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.

Blessed is one whom you choose, and cause to come near, that he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.

That your way may be known on earth, and your salvation among all nations,

You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.

That you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies."

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

Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war.

When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.

Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can't see. Let their backs be continually bent.

It will please Yahweh better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.

Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!

He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

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

Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.

Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can't speak.

We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,

that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments,

and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn't make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

They forgot his doings, his wondrous works that he had shown them.

Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?"

They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.

He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn't come again.

he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink.

He led them safely, so that they weren't afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

So that he forsook the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.

Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you; on the kingdoms that don't call on your name;

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.

Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?

the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.

He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn't know.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

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

As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,

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

that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth. For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

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.

Yes, Yahweh will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase.

Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me. A Psalm by the sons of Korah; a Song.

Yes, of Zion it will be said, "This one and that one was born in her;" the Most High himself will establish her.

Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?

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.

You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day;

nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.

They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won't dash your foot against a stone.

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

to show that Yahweh is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!

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."

Let the field and all that is in it exult! Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy