For You, O Lord, have made me glad by Your works;
At the works of Your hands I joyfully sing.

For behold, Your enemies, O Lord,
For behold, Your enemies will perish;
All who do evil will be scattered.

My eye has looked on my foes;
My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.

That You may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity,
Until the pit is dug for the wicked and ungodly.

For the Lord will not abandon His people,
Nor will He abandon His inheritance.

For judgment will again be righteous,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.

Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
Who will take a stand for me against those who do wickedness?

For the Lord is a great God
And a great King above all gods,

The sea is His, for He made it [by His command];
And His hands formed the dry land.

For He is our God
And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.
Today, if you will hear His voice,

For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised;
He is to be feared above all gods.

For all the gods of the peoples are [worthless, lifeless] idols,
But the Lord made the heavens.

Let the field be exultant, and all that is in it.
Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy

Before the Lord, for He is coming,
For He is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
And the peoples in His faithfulness.

For You are the Lord Most High over all the earth;
You are exalted far above all gods.

Light is sown [like seed] for the righteous and illuminates their path,
And [irrepressible] joy [is spread] for the upright in heart [who delight in His favor and protection].

O sing to the Lord a new song,
For He has done marvelous and wonderful things;
His right hand and His holy arm have gained the victory for Him.

Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth;
Shout [in jubilation] and sing for joy and sing praises.

Let the rivers clap their hands;
Let the mountains sing together for joy and delight

Before the Lord, for He is coming to judge the earth;
He will judge the world with righteousness
And the peoples with fairness.

Exalt the Lord our God
And worship at His holy hill [Zion, the temple mount],
For the Lord our God is holy.

For the Lord is good;
His mercy and lovingkindness are everlasting,
His faithfulness [endures] to all generations.

For my days have vanished in smoke,
And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.

For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And have mingled my drink with tears

Because of Your indignation and Your wrath,
For You have lifted me up and thrown me away.

You will arise and have compassion on Zion,
For it is time to be gracious and show favor to her;
Yes, the appointed time [the moment designated] has come.

For Your servants find [melancholy] pleasure in the stones [of her ruins]
And feel pity for her dust.

Let this be recorded for the generation to come,
That a people yet to be created will praise the Lord.

For He looked down from His holy height [of His sanctuary],
From heaven the Lord gazed on the earth,

The Lord executes righteousness
And justice for all the oppressed.

For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].

For He knows our [mortal] frame;
He remembers that we are [merely] dust.

As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

For the wind passes over it and it is no more,
And its place knows it no longer.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
To the place which You established for them.

You set a boundary [for the waters] that they may not cross over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.

He causes grass to grow for the cattle,
And all that the earth produces for cultivation by man,
So that he may bring food from the earth—

Where the birds make their nests;
As for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

The high mountains are for the wild goats;
The rocks are a refuge for the shephanim.

He made the moon for the seasons;
The sun knows the [exact] place of its setting.

May my meditation be sweet and pleasing to Him;
As for me, I will rejoice and be glad in the Lord.

Seek and deeply long for the Lord and His strength [His power, His might];
Seek and deeply long for His face and His presence continually.

He allowed no man to oppress them;
He rebuked kings for their sakes, saying,

And He called for a famine upon the land [of Egypt];
He cut off every source of bread.

He gave them hail for rain,
With flaming fire in their land.

Egypt was glad when they departed,
For the dread and fear of them had fallen on the Egyptians.

The Lord spread a cloud as a covering [by day],
And a fire to illumine the night.

For He remembered His holy word
To Abraham His servant;

Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His mercy and lovingkindness endure forever!

Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,
That He might make His [supreme] power known.

But they quickly forgot His works;
They did not [patiently] wait for His counsel and purpose [to be revealed regarding them],

Thus they exchanged [the true God who was] their glory
For the image of an ox that eats grass.

And that was credited to him for righteousness,
To all generations forever.

They provoked Him to anger at the waters of Meribah,
So that it went hard with Moses on their account;

Because they were rebellious against His Spirit,
Moses spoke recklessly with his lips.

And He remembered His covenant for their sake,
And relented [rescinding their sentence] according to the greatness of His lovingkindness [when they cried out to Him],

O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His compassion and lovingkindness endure forever!

They wandered in the wilderness in a [solitary] desert region;
And did not find a way to an inhabited city.

Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,
And for His wonderful acts to the children of men!

For He satisfies the parched throat,
And fills the hungry appetite with what is good.

Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,
And for His wonderful acts to the children of men!

For He has shattered the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron apart.

Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,
And for His wonderful acts to the children of men!

For He spoke and raised up a stormy wind,
Which lifted up the waves of the sea.

Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,
And for His wonderful acts to the children of men!

And there He has the hungry dwell,
So that they may establish an inhabited city,

For Your lovingkindness is great and higher than the heavens;
Your truth reaches to the skies.

Give us help against the adversary,
For deliverance by man is in vain [a worthless hope].

With God we will do valiantly,
For it is He who will trample down our enemies.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me;
They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

In return for my love, they attack me,
But I am in prayer.

They have repaid me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.

When he enters into dispute, let wickedness come about.
Let his prayer [for help] result [only] in sin.

But You, O God, the Lord, show kindness to me, for Your name’s sake;
Because Your lovingkindness (faithfulness, compassion) is good, O rescue me;

For I am suffering and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.

For He will stand at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who judge his soul.

Light arises in the darkness for the upright;
He is gracious and compassionate and righteous (upright—in right standing with God).

Not to us, O Lord, not to us,
But to Your name give glory
Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth and faithfulness.

Return to your rest, O my soul,
For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

For You have rescued my life from death,
My eyes from tears,
And my feet from stumbling and falling.

What will I give to the Lord [in return]
For all His benefits toward me?
[How can I repay Him for His precious blessings?]

For His lovingkindness prevails over us [and we triumph and overcome through Him],
And the truth of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness endures forever.

I will give thanks to You, for You have heard and answered me;
And You have become my salvation [my Rescuer, my Savior].

O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness endures forever.

Blessed and favored by God are those who keep His testimonies,
And who [consistently] seek Him and long for Him with all their heart.

I will give thanks to You with an upright heart,
When I learn [through discipline] Your righteous judgments [for my transgressions].

With all my heart I have sought You, [inquiring of You and longing for You];
Do not let me wander from Your commandments [neither through ignorance nor by willful disobedience].

My soul is crushed with longing
For Your ordinances at all times.

Take reproach and contempt away from me,
For I observe Your testimonies.

My soul dissolves because of grief;
Renew and strengthen me according to [the promises of] Your word.

Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,
For I delight in it.

Establish Your word and confirm Your promise to Your servant,
As that which produces [awe-inspired] reverence for You.

Turn away my reproach which I dread,
For Your ordinances are good.

I long for Your precepts;
Renew me through Your righteousness.

So I will have an answer for the one who taunts me,
For I trust [completely] in Your word [and its reliability].

And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
For I wait for Your ordinances.

And I will walk at liberty,
For I seek and deeply long for Your precepts.

For I shall delight in Your commandments,
Which I love.

Teach me good judgment (discernment) and knowledge,
For I have believed and trusted and relied on Your commandments.