For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.

You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.

You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.

won't God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.

For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.

Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness' sake. For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Lilies." A contemplation by the sons of Korah. A wedding song.

My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.

So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.

I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever. For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.

He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.

Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

For Yahweh Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.

He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

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! A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

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. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

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 --

Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.

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

I don't 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.

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.

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

For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.

Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar. For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, "David has come to Abimelech's house."

The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,

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 saints. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Mahalath." A contemplation by David.

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.

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?"

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, Yahweh, for it is good.

For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies. For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David.

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.

Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness." Selah.

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 hidden 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. Yahweh will save me.

God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, who don't fear God.

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

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

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.

My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

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.

Be exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David.

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.

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

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. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant." A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

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

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

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 the Chief Musician. For a stringed instrument. By David.

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.

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.

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

Trust in him at all times, you 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. A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.

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. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

The righteous shall be glad in Yahweh, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him! For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.

Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. To you shall vows be performed.

Sins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions.

By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea;

They also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders. You call the morning's dawn and the evening with songs of joy.

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 the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm.

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

You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.

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

Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me. For the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song.

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.

God will bless us. All the ends of the earth shall fear him. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.