For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of Asaph. I will cry out to God and call for help! I will cry out to God and he will pay attention to me.

The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and trembled. Yes, the depths of the sea shook with fear.

He led them with a cloud by day, and with the light of a fire all night long.

They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.

Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?"

When the Lord heard this, he was furious. A fire broke out against Jacob, and his anger flared up against Israel,

He rained down manna for them to eat; he gave them the grain of heaven.

When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.

Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins remained unmarried.

He drove his enemies back; he made them a permanent target for insults.

David cared for them with pure motives; he led them with skill.

How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?

For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his home.

Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble!

Help us, O God, our deliverer! For the sake of your glorious reputation, rescue us! Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation!

Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a psalm of Asaph. O shepherd of Israel, pay attention, you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep! You who sit enthroned above the winged angels, reveal your splendor!

You cleared the ground for it; it took root, and filled the land.

May you give support to the one you have chosen, to the one whom you raised up for yourself!

For the music director; according to the gittith style; by Asaph. Shout for joy to God, our source of strength! Shout out to the God of Jacob!

For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel; it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob.

(May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!)

Rise up, O God, and execute judgment on the earth! For you own all the nations.

For look, your enemies are making a commotion; those who hate you are hostile.

Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,

For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O Lord who rules over all!

I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord's temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.

As they pass through the Baca Valley, he provides a spring for them. The rain even covers it with pools of water.

O God, take notice of our shield! Show concern for your chosen king!

For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.

For the music director; written by the Korahites, a psalm. O Lord, you showed favor to your land; you restored the well-being of Jacob.

I will listen to what God the Lord says. For he will make peace with his people, his faithful followers. Yet they must not return to their foolish ways.

Deliverance goes before him, and prepares a pathway for him.

A prayer of David. Listen O Lord! Answer me! For I am oppressed and needy.

Protect me, for I am loyal! O my God, deliver your servant, who trusts in you!

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry out to you all day long!

Make your servant glad, for to you, O Lord, I pray!

O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

In my time of trouble I cry out to you, for you will answer me.

For you are great and do amazing things. You alone are God.

For you will extend your great loyal love to me, and will deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.

Show me evidence of your favor! Then those who hate me will see it and be ashamed, for you, O Lord, will help me and comfort me.

As for the singers, as well as the pipers -- all of them sing within your walls.

A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O Lord God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you.

Listen to my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.

You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.

Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)

As for me, I cry out to you, O Lord; in the morning my prayer confronts you.

For I say, "Loyal love is permanently established; in the skies you set up your faithfulness."

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

For you give them splendor and strength. By your favor we are victorious.

For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness, I will never deceive David.

How long, O Lord, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?

Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? Your raging fury causes people to fear you.

Satisfy us in the morning with your loyal love! Then we will shout for joy and be happy all our days!

As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king --

You need not fear the terrors of the night, the arrow that flies by day,

For you have taken refuge in the Lord, my shelter, the sovereign One.

For he will order his angels to protect you in all you do.

A psalm; a song for the Sabbath day. It is fitting to thank the Lord, and to sing praises to your name, O sovereign One!

For you, O Lord, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done.

For justice will prevail, and all the morally upright will be vindicated.

Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

He will pay them back for their sin. He will destroy them because of their evil; the Lord our God will destroy them.

Come! Let's sing for joy to the Lord! Let's shout out praises to our protector who delivers us!

For the Lord is a great God, a great king who is superior to all gods.

The sea is his, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land.

For he is our God; we are the people of his pasture, the sheep he owns. Today, if only you would obey him!

For forty years I was continually disgusted with that generation, and I said, 'These people desire to go astray; they do not obey my commands.'

So I made a vow in my anger, 'They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.'"

For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise; he is more awesome than all gods.

For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the sky.

before the Lord, for he comes! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in accordance with his justice.

Fire goes before him; on every side it burns up his enemies.

For you, O Lord, are the sovereign king over the whole earth; you are elevated high above all gods.

A psalm. Sing to the Lord a new song, for he performs amazing deeds! His right hand and his mighty arm accomplish deliverance.

before the Lord! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in a just manner.

Praise the Lord our God! Worship on his holy hill, for the Lord our God is holy!

For the Lord is good. His loyal love endures, and he is faithful through all generations.

The prayer of an oppressed man, as he grows faint and pours out his lament before the Lord. O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.

My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food.

For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears,

You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. For it is time to have mercy on her, for the appointed time has come.

Indeed, your servants take delight in her stones, and feel compassion for the dust of her ruins.

The account of his intervention will be recorded for future generations; people yet to be born will praise the Lord.

For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the Lord will look toward earth,

in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,

The Lord does what is fair, and executes justice for all the oppressed.

For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers.

As far as the eastern horizon is from the west, so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions from us.

For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.

He makes the winds his messengers, and the flaming fire his attendant.

as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down -- to the place you appointed for them.

You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.

They provide water for all the animals in the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

He provides grass for the cattle, and crops for people to cultivate, so they can produce food from the ground,

The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.