But it is you, a man like me, my close friend in whom I confided.

[We] who would take sweet counsel together; in the house of God we would walk with [the] throng.

He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.

God will hear and answer them, [he] who [is] enthroned from of old, Selah Because they do not change, and they do not fear God.

He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.

Have mercy on me, God, because men have harassed me. Those who oppress me have fought against me all day long.

My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

In God, whose word I praise;
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not fear.
What can mere man do to me?

I call to God Most High, To God who is perfecting for me.

He sendeth from the heaven, and saveth me, He reproached -- who is panting after me. Selah. God sendeth forth His kindness and His truth.

My soul [is] among lions. I lie down [among those who] devour-- the children of humankind whose teeth [are] spears and arrows and whose tongues [are] sharp swords.

They have set a snare for my feet, which makes me depressed. They dug a pit in front of me, but they are the ones who fell into it! Interlude

The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These who speak lies go astray from birth.

that does not listen to the sound of the charmers
who skillfully weave spells.

May they flow away like rain water that runs off, may they become like someone who shoots broken arrows.

Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.

And people will say, "Surely [there is] a {reward} for the righteous. Surely there is a God [who] judges in the land."

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God. Protect me from those who rise up against me.

Deliver me from those who practice sin,
and save me from men of bloodshed.

And you, Yahweh, God [of] hosts, [are] the God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations. Do not be gracious to any [who] treacherously plot evil. Selah

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

The God who loves me will help me; God will enable me to triumph over my enemies.

Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!

You are my source of strength! I will sing praises to you! For God is my refuge, the God who loves me.

Give a safe place to those who have fear of you, where they may go in flight from before the bow. (Selah.)

You have rallied those who fear you round a banner {out of bowshot}, Selah

Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my guide into Edom?

Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

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

Through God we will do {valiantly}, and [it is] he [who] will tread down our enemies.

For you have been my secret place, and my high tower from those who made war on me.

For you, O God, you have heard my vows. You have given [me] the heritage of those who fear your name.

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me.

Their device is only how to put him out, whom God will exalt; their delight is in lies. They give good words with their mouth, but curse with their heart. Selah.

Patiently wait for God alone, my soul! For he is the one who gives me confidence.

I rely on God who is my deliverance and my glory; he is my strong rock, and my refuge is in God.

And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth.

They [who] would {deliver him to the sword} will become a portion for jackals.

However, the king will rejoice in God. Everyone who swears an oath by him will boast, because [the] mouth of [the] liars will be stopped.

O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.

Hide me from [the] secret plots of evildoers, from [the] unrest of [those who] do iniquity,

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

To shoot from ambush at the blameless [one];
Suddenly they shoot at him, without fear.

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

And they [who] would cause him to stumble, their [own] tongue [will be] against them. All who gaze on them will shake.

The righteous man shall rejoice Yahweh, and seek refuge in him, Then shall glory - all who are upright in heart.

O [you who] hear prayer, to you all flesh will come.

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

[who] established the mountains by his strength, [the one who] is girded with might,

[who] stills [the] roar of [the] seas, the roar of their waves, and [the] commotion of [the] peoples,

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.

Come and see the works of God,
Who is awesome in His deeds toward the sons of men.

Who ruleth, in his might, unto times age abiding, His eyes, over the nations, keep watch, The rebellious, let them not exalt themselves. Selah.

Who hath placed our soul in life, And suffered not our feet to be moved.

Come, hear, all ye who fear God, And I recount what he did for my soul.

Blessed is God, Who hath not turned aside my prayer, And His loving-kindness, from me!

God will arise; his enemies will be scattered, and those who hate him will flee from before him.

Sing ye to God -- praise His name, Raise up a highway for Him who is riding in deserts, In Jah is His name, and exult before Him.

A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

God sets the solitary in families: he brings out those who are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

[the] earth shook; [the] heavens also dripped [rain] at the presence of God who [was] at Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

The Lord gives [the] word. Great is the company of women who announce:

"[The] kings of armies flee, they flee, and she [who] remains at home divides [the] spoil.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

Our God is a God who delivers; the Lord, the sovereign Lord, can rescue from death.

But God will shatter the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp [of the one who] {continues on} in his guilt.

They see your processions, O God -- the processions of my God, my king, who marches along in holy splendor.

The singers are in front, the musicians follow, strumming their stringed instruments among the maidens who are playing their tambourines.

Give praise to God in the great meeting; even the Lord, you who come from the fountain of Israel.

God has decreed that you will be powerful. O God, you who have acted on our behalf, demonstrate your power,

Rebuke [the] beasts in [the] reeds, [the] herd of bulls with [the] calves of [the] peoples, trampling the pieces of silver. Scatter [the] nations [who] delight in battles.

To him who is riding on the heavens of the heavens of old, Lo, He giveth with His voice a strong voice.

Awesome [are you], O God, from your sanctuary. The God of Israel, [it is] he who gives strength and might to the people. Blessed be God.

More numerous than the hairs of my head are [those] hating me without a cause. [Those who are] destroying me--my enemies wrongfully-- are mighty. What I did not steal, I then must restore.

O God, it is You who knows my folly,
And my wrongs are not hidden from You.

Let those who wait for you not be put to shame because of me, O Lord Yahweh [of] hosts. Let those who seek you not be disgraced because of me, O God of Israel.

For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.

Deliver me from [the] mud and do not let me sink. Let me be delivered from [those who] hate me and from [the] watery depths.

Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me.

For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

The humble have seen -- they rejoice, Ye who seek God -- and your heart liveth.

because Yahweh hears [the] needy and does not despise his [own who are] prisoners.

And the offspring of his servants will inherit it, and [those who] love his name will abide in it.

Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil.

Let those who say Aha, aha! be turned back as a reward of their shame.

Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May God be great.

Upon you I have leaned {from birth}. [It was] you who {took} me from the womb of my mother. My praise [is] of you continually.

For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

They say, "God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!"

Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.

Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don't forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.

Your righteousness, O God, is very high; you have done great things; O God, who is like you?

You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.

My lips would fain sing praises unto thee; and so would my soul whom thou hast delivered.

My tongue also will speak of your righteousness all the day, because they have been put to shame, because they have been humiliated who seek my harm.

May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust.

For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.