For God is the King of all the earth; sing psalms with understanding.

The willing-hearted of the peoples have gathered together, with the people of the God of Abraham. For unto God belong the shields of the earth: he is greatly exalted.

{A Song; a Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.} Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the hill of his holiness.

Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

God is known in her palaces as a high fortress.

Trembling took hold upon them there; anguish, as of a woman in travail.

As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God doth establish it for ever. Selah.

According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide until death.

(For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be given up for ever,)

For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others.

Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever,their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.

Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

This their way is their folly, yet they that come after them delight in their sayings. Selah.

Be not afraid when a man becometh rich, when the glory of his house is increased:

Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle upon a thousand hills;

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth his way will I shew the salvation of God.

For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is continually before me.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in thy sight; that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, be clear when thou judgest.

But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I will confide in the loving-kindness of God for ever and ever.

I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it; and I will wait on thy name, before thy godly ones, for it is good.

{To the chief Musician. On Mahalath: an instruction. Of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God! They have corrupted themselves, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

Every one of them is gone back, they are together become corrupt: there is none that doeth good, not even one.

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people as they eat bread? they call not upon God.

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments: an instruction. Of David; when the Ziphites came, and said to Saul, Is not David hiding himself with us?} O God, by thy name save me, and by thy strength do me justice.

Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is among them that uphold my soul.

I will freely sacrifice unto thee; I will praise thy name, O Jehovah, because it is good.

My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified himself against me then would I have hidden myself from him;

Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.

As for me, unto God will I call; and Jehovah will save me.

God will hear, and afflict them: he that is seated of old, (Selah) ... because there is no change in them, and they fear not God.

He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.

And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee.

Then shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, for God is for me.

My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down among them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing psalms.

For thy loving-kindness is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam.} Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?

The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;

Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:

Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; like the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun.

And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.

Their strength! ... I will take heed to thee; for God is my high fortress.

God, whose loving-kindness will come to meet me, God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

But as for me, I will sing of thy strength; yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving-kindness in the morning; for thou hast been to me a high fortress, and a refuge in the day of my trouble.

Unto thee, my strength, will I sing psalms; for God is my high fortress, the God of my mercy.

{To the chief Musician. On Shushan. Testimony. Michtam of David; to teach: when he strove with the Syrians of Mesopotamia, and the Syrians of Zobah, and Joab returned, and smote the Edomites in the valley of salt, twelve thousand.} O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased: restore us again.

Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us to drink the wine of bewilderment.

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

Moab is my wash-pot; upon Edom will I cast my sandal; Philistia, shout aloud because of me.

Wilt not thou, O God, who didst cast us off? and didst not go forth, O God, with our armies?

Give us help from trouble; for vain is man's deliverance.

Through God we shall do valiantly; and he it is that will tread down our adversaries.

From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my eart is overwhelmed: thou wilt lead me on to a rock which is too high for me.

Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years shall be as many generations.

{To the chief Musician. On Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.} Upon God alone doth my soul rest peacefully; from him is my salvation.

He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be greatly moved.

How long will ye assail a man; will ye seek, all of you, to break him down as a bowing wall or a tottering fence?

Upon God alone, O my soul, rest peacefully; for my expectation is from him.

He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be moved.

With God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, my refuge is in God.

Confide in him at all times, ye people; pour out your heart before him: God is our refuge. Selah.

To see thy power and thy glory, as I have beheld thee in the sanctuary;

For thy loving-kindness is better than life: my lips shall praise thee.

My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.

They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward thought and heart is deep.

Blessed is he whom thou choosest and causest to approach: he shall dwell in thy courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, of thy holy temple.

By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation, thou confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the distant regions of the sea. ...

Thou hast visited the earth, thou hast watered it; thou greatly enrichest it: the river of God is full of water; thou providest their corn, when thou hast so prepared it:

Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doings toward the children of men.

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

Thou broughtest us into a net, thou didst lay a heavy burden upon our loins;

Thou didst cause men to ride over our head; we went through fire and through water: but thou hast brought us out into abundance.

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm: a Song.} God be gracious unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah,

The earth will yield her increase; God, our God, will bless us:

God will bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

As smoke is driven, thou wilt drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, the wicked shall perish at the presence of God.

Sing unto God, sing forth his name; cast up a way for him that rideth in the deserts: his name is Jah; and rejoice before him.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

Though ye have lain among the sheepfolds, ye shall be as wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with green gold.

When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it became snow-white as Zalmon.

As mount Bashan is the mount of God, a many-peaked mountain, as mount Bashan.

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them: it is a Sinai in holiness.

Blessed be the Lord: day by day doth he load us with good, the God who is our salvation. Selah.

Our God is the God of salvation; and with Jehovah, the Lord, are the goings forth even from death.

There is little Benjamin, their ruler; the princes of Judah, their company; the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.

Terrible art thou, O God, out of thy sanctuaries, the God of Israel! He it is that giveth strength and might unto the people. Blessed be God!

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.

I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to the truth of thy salvation:

Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy loving-kindness is good: according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, turn toward me;

Let all those that seek thee be glad and rejoice in thee, and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified!

I have been as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.