Let all those who are against me be shamed and deeply troubled; let them be turned back and suddenly put to shame.

So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.

Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)

Come up, Lord, in your wrath; be lifted up against my haters; be awake, my God, give orders for the judging.

The meeting of the nations will be round you; take your seat, then, over them, on high.

The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.

I will be glad and have delight in you: I will make a song of praise to your name, O Most High.

When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you.

And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;

So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.

The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld.

For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.

Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.

Why do you keep far away, O Lord? why are you not to be seen in times of trouble?

The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

He has said in his heart, I will not be moved: through all generations I will never be in trouble.

The upright are crushed and made low, and the feeble are overcome by his strong ones.

Up! O Lord; let your hand be lifted: give thought to the poor.

Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.

On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.

The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.

The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times.

Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?

How long is my soul to be in doubt, with sorrow in my heart all the day? how long will he who is against me be given power over me?

Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;

And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.

But I have had faith in your mercy; my heart will be glad in your salvation.

May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! when the fate of his people is changed by the Lord, Jacob will have joy and Israel will be glad.

Their sorrows will be increased who go after another god: I will not take drink offerings from their hands, or take their names on my lips.

I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.

For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death.

I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.

There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.

He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.

You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.

By your help I have made a way through the wall which was shutting me in; by the help of my God I have gone over a wall.

He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.

By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.

You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.

From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.

They will be wasting away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.

The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.

More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.

By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.

Keep your servant back from sins of pride; let them not have rule over me: then will I be upright and free from great sin.

Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing in your eyes, O Lord, my strength and my salvation.

May the Lord give ear to you in the day of trouble; may you be placed on high by the name of the God of Jacob;

May he keep all your offerings in mind, and be pleased with the fat of your burned offerings; (Selah.)

We will be glad in your salvation, and in the name of our God we will put up our flags: may the Lord give you all your requests.

Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses; but we will be strong in the name of the Lord our God.

The king will be glad in your strength, O Lord; how great will be his delight in your salvation!

For the king has faith in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he will not be moved.

Your hand will make a search for all your haters; your right hand will be hard on all those who are against you.

You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.

Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.

Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of your power.

But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.

I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,

He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.

Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.

A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.

Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.

They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing.

Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help.

Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.

For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.

My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers.

All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.

A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.

The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

O my God, I have put my faith in you, let me not be shamed; let not my haters be glorying over me.

Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause.

Be my guide and teacher in the true way; for you are the God of my salvation; I am waiting for your word all the day.

Do not keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my wrongdoing: let your memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord, because of your righteousness.

Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.

He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them.

If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure.

His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.

Be turned to me, and have mercy on me; for I am troubled and have no helper.

O keep my soul, and take me out of danger: let me not be shamed, for I have put my faith in you.

O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.

Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.

Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;

But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.

And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord.

Let not your face be covered from me; do not put away your servant in wrath; you have been my help: do not give me up or take your support from me, O God of my salvation.

When my father and my mother are turned away from me, then the Lord will be my support.

Make your way clear to me, O Lord, guiding me by the right way, because of my haters.