For You are my hope, Lord God,
my confidence from my youth.

For my enemies talk about me,
and those who spy on me plot together,

saying, “God has abandoned him;
chase him and catch him,
for there is no one to rescue him.”

God, do not be far from me;
my God, hurry to help me.

Therefore, I will praise You with a harp
for Your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing to You with a lyre,
Holy One of Israel.

My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to You
because You have redeemed me.

Therefore, my tongue will proclaim
Your righteousness all day long,
for those who seek my harm
will be disgraced and confounded.

For he will rescue the poor who cry out
and the afflicted who have no helper.

He will redeem them from oppression and violence,
for their lives are precious in his sight.

May he live long!
May gold from Sheba be given to him.
May prayer be offered for him continually,
and may he be blessed all day long.

But as for me, my feet almost slipped;
my steps nearly went astray.

For I envied the arrogant;
I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Did I purify my heart
and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?

For I am afflicted all day long
and punished every morning.

Those far from You will certainly perish;
You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.

But as for me, God’s presence is my good.
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
so I can tell about all You do.

Remember Your congregation,
which You purchased long ago
and redeemed as the tribe for Your own possession.
Remember Mount Zion where You dwell.

They set Your sanctuary on fire;
they utterly desecrated
the dwelling place of Your name.

There are no signs for us to see.
There is no longer a prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last.

Consider the covenant,
for the dark places of the land are full of violence.

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A psalm of Asaph. A song.We give thanks to You, God;
we give thanks to You, for Your name is near.
People tell about Your wonderful works.

for God is the Judge:
He brings down one and exalts another.

For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand,
full of wine blended with spices, and He pours from it.
All the wicked of the earth will drink,
draining it to the dregs.

As for me, I will tell about Him forever;
I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.

Has His faithful love ceased forever?
Is His promise at an end for all generations?

Look! He struck the rock and water gushed out;
torrents overflowed.
But can He also provide bread
or furnish meat for His people?”

Therefore, the Lord heard and became furious;
then fire broke out against Jacob,
and anger flared up against Israel

He rained manna for them to eat;
He gave them grain from heaven.

They ate and were completely satisfied,
for He gave them what they craved.

When He killed some of them,
the rest began to seek Him;
they repented and searched for God.

Yet He was compassionate;
He atoned for their guilt
and did not destroy them.
He often turned His anger aside
and did not unleash all His wrath.

He cleared a path for His anger.
He did not spare them from death
but delivered their lives to the plague.

But they rebelliously tested the Most High God,
for they did not keep His decrees.

Fire consumed His chosen young men,
and His young women had no wedding songs.

They gave the corpses of Your servants
to the birds of the sky for food,
the flesh of Your godly ones
to the beasts of the earth.

How long, Yahweh? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?

for they have devoured Jacob
and devastated his homeland.

Do not hold past sins against us;
let Your compassion come to us quickly,
for we have become weak.

God of our salvation, help us—
for the glory of Your name.
Deliver us and atone for our sins,
because of Your name.

Why should the nations ask,
“Where is their God?”
Before our eyes,
let vengeance for the shed blood of Your servants
be known among the nations.

You cleared a place for it;
it took root and filled the land.

the root Your right hand has planted,
the shoot that You made strong for Yourself.

Let Your hand be with the man at Your right hand,
with the son of man
You have made strong for Yourself.

For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph.Sing for joy to God our strength;
shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.

For this is a statute for Israel,
a judgment of the God of Jacob.

He set it up as an ordinance for Joseph
when He went throughout the land of Egypt.

I heard an unfamiliar language:

Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;
uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.

Rise up, God, judge the earth,
for all the nations belong to You.

For they have conspired with one mind;
they form an alliance against You—

They were destroyed at En-dor;
they became manure for the ground.

who said, “Let us seize God’s pastures for ourselves.”

As fire burns a forest,
as a flame blazes through mountains,

I long and yearn
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.

Even a sparrow finds a home,
and a swallow, a nest for herself
where she places her young—
near Your altars, Lord of Hosts,
my King and my God.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield.
The Lord gives grace and glory;
He does not withhold the good
from those who live with integrity.

Will You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger for all generations?

His salvation is very near those who fear Him,
so that glory may dwell in our land.

Righteousness will go before Him
to prepare the way for His steps.

A Davidic prayer.Listen, Lord, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.

Protect my life, for I am faithful.
You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.

Be gracious to me, Lord,
for I call to You all day long.

For You, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive,
rich in faithful love to all who call on You.

Lord, hear my prayer;
listen to my plea for mercy.

I call on You in the day of my distress,
for You will answer me.

For You are great and perform wonders;
You alone are God.

Teach me Your way, Yahweh,
and I will live by Your truth.
Give me an undivided mind to fear Your name.

For Your faithful love for me is great,
and You deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.

God, arrogant people have attacked me;
a gang of ruthless men seeks my life.
They have no regard for You.

For I have had enough troubles,
and my life is near Sheol.

Do You work wonders for the dead?
Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?Selah

But I call to You for help, Lord;
in the morning my prayer meets You.

For I will declare,
“Faithful love is built up forever;
You establish Your faithfulness in the heavens.”

‘I will establish your offspring forever
and build up your throne for all generations.’”Selah

For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?

North and south—You created them.
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

For You are their magnificent strength;
by Your favor our horn is exalted.

I will always preserve My faithful love for him,
and My covenant with him will endure.

Once and for all
I have sworn an oath by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.

How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?

Remember how short my life is.
Have You created everyone for nothing?

For in Your sight a thousand years
are like yesterday that passes by,
like a few hours of the night.

For we are consumed by Your anger;
we are terrified by Your wrath.

For all our days ebb away under Your wrath;
we end our years like a sigh.

Who understands the power of Your anger?
Your wrath matches the fear that is due You.

Make us rejoice for as many days as You have humbled us,
for as many years as we have seen adversity.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;
establish for us the work of our hands—
establish the work of our hands!

You will not fear the terror of the night,
the arrow that flies by day,

For He will give His angels orders concerning you,
to protect you in all your ways.

For You have made me rejoice, Lord,
by what You have done;
I will shout for joy
because of the works of Your hands.

For indeed, Lord, Your enemies—
indeed, Your enemies will perish;
all evildoers will be scattered.

Lord, Your testimonies are completely reliable;
holiness is the beauty of Your house
for all the days to come.

to give him relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug for the wicked.

for justice will again be righteous,
and all the upright in heart will follow it.

Who stands up for me against the wicked?
Who takes a stand for me against evildoers?

He will pay them back for their sins
and destroy them for their evil.
The Lord our God will destroy them.

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

For He is our God,
and we are the people of His pasture,
the sheep under His care.

Today, if you hear His voice:

For 40 years I was disgusted with that generation;
I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray;
they do not know My ways.”

For the Lord is great and is highly praised;
He is feared above all gods.

For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.