Though a host encamp against me,
My heart will not fear;
Though war arise against me,
In spite of this I shall be confident.

For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle;
In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;
He will lift me up on a rock.

For my father and my mother have forsaken me,
But the Lord will take me up.

Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence.

Wait for the Lord;
Be strong and let your heart take courage;
Yes, wait for the Lord.

A Psalm of David.
To You, O Lord, I call;
My rock, do not be deaf to me,
For if You are silent to me,
I will become like those who go down to the pit.

Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help,
When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

The voice of the Lord hews out flames of fire.

A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House. A Psalm of David.
I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up,
And have not let my enemies rejoice over me.

O Lord my God,
I cried to You for help, and You healed me.

For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for a lifetime;
Weeping may last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.

Now as for me, I said in my prosperity,
“I will never be moved.”

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,

For You are my rock and my fortress;
For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.

You will pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength.

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress;
My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also.

For my life is spent with sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My strength has failed because of my iniquity,
And my body has wasted away.

For I have heard the slander of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they took counsel together against me,
They schemed to take away my life.

But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord,
I say, “You are my God.”

Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, for I call upon You;
Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

How great is Your goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who fear You,
Which You have wrought for those who take refuge in You,
Before the sons of men!

Blessed be the Lord,
For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city.

As for me, I said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from before Your eyes”;
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried to You.

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah.

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones;
And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.

Sing for joy in the Lord, O you righteous ones;
Praise is becoming to the upright.

For the word of the Lord is upright,
And all His work is done in faithfulness.

Let all the earth fear the Lord;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

For He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.

A horse is a false hope for victory;
Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him,
On those who hope for His lovingkindness,

Our soul waits for the Lord;
He is our help and our shield.

For our heart rejoices in Him,
Because we trust in His holy name.

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him,
And rescues them.

O fear the Lord, you His saints;
For to those who fear Him there is no want.

Come, you children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Take hold of buckler and shield
And rise up for my help.

For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.

All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like You,
Who delivers the afflicted from him who is too strong for him,
And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”

They repay me evil for good,
To the bereavement of my soul.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And my prayer kept returning to my bosom.

I went about as though it were my friend or brother;
I bowed down mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother.

For they do not speak peace,
But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

You have seen it, O Lord, do not keep silent;
O Lord, do not be far from me.

Let them shout for joy and rejoice, who favor my vindication;
And let them say continually, “The Lord be magnified,
Who delights in the prosperity of His servant.”

For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.
Transgression speaks to the ungodly within his heart;
There is no fear of God before his eyes.

For it flatters him in his own eyes
Concerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it.

For with You is the fountain of life;
In Your light we see light.

For they will wither quickly like the grass
And fade like the green herb.

Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

For evildoers will be cut off,
But those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land.

Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more;
And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there.

The Lord laughs at him,
For He sees his day is coming.

For the arms of the wicked will be broken,
But the Lord sustains the righteous.

For those blessed by Him will inherit the land,
But those cursed by Him will be cut off.

For the Lord loves justice
And does not forsake His godly ones;
They are preserved forever,
But the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.

Wait for the Lord and keep His way,
And He will exalt you to inherit the land;
When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

Then he passed away, and lo, he was no more;
I sought for him, but he could not be found.

Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright;
For the man of peace will have a posterity.

For Your arrows have sunk deep into me,
And Your hand has pressed down on me.

For my iniquities are gone over my head;
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

For my loins are filled with burning,
And there is no soundness in my flesh.

Those who seek my life lay snares for me;
And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction,
And they devise treachery all day long.

For I hope in You, O Lord;
You will answer, O Lord my God.

For I said, “May they not rejoice over me,
Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me.”

For I am ready to fall,
And my sorrow is continually before me.

For I confess my iniquity;
I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

And those who repay evil for good,
They oppose me, because I follow what is good.

Do not forsake me, O Lord;
O my God, do not be far from me!

My heart was hot within me,
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:

“Surely every man walks about as a phantom;
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

“And now, Lord, for what do I wait?
My hope is in You.

“With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;
You consume as a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.

“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner like all my fathers.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
I waited patiently for the Lord;
And He inclined to me and heard my cry.

He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will see and fear
And will trust in the Lord.

For evils beyond number have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.

As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;
Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”

As for me, You uphold me in my integrity,
And You set me in Your presence forever.

For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.
As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So my soul pants for You, O God.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God;
When shall I come and appear before God?

These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me.
For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

For by their own sword they did not possess the land,
And their own arm did not save them,
But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,
For You favored them.

You are my King, O God;
Command victories for Jacob.

For I will not trust in my bow,
Nor will my sword save me.

You cause us to turn back from the adversary;
And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.

Would not God find this out?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.

But for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

For our soul has sunk down into the dust;
Our body cleaves to the earth.

Rise up, be our help,
And redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.

And in Your majesty ride on victoriously,
For the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;
Let Your right hand teach You awesome things.

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;

He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He burns the chariots with fire.

For the Lord Most High is to be feared,
A great King over all the earth.

He chooses our inheritance for us,
The glory of Jacob whom He loves. Selah.