{To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

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

When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

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

Awake, mine honour, awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the morning dawn.

I will thank thee, among the peoples, O My Lord, I will praise thee in song, among the races of men.

{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.} Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Lawless men have been estranged from birth, They have gone astray from their nativity, speaking falsehood;

Let such men flow away like waters that disperse themselves: He prepareth his arrow, Like grass let them be cut down:

The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

Look! They lie in wait for my life;
Fierce and powerful men [are uniting together to] launch an attack against me,
Not for my wrongdoing nor for any sin of mine, O Lord.

For no fault of mine,
they run and take up a position.
Awake to help me, and take notice.

The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

Bring to a full end in wrath, Bring to a full end, that they be no more, - That men may know that, God, is ruling in Jacob, Unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

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

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in man.

Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

Surely, towards God, be thou silent, my soul, For, from him, is mine expectation:

Upon God, depend my salvation and mine honour, My rock of strength, my refuge, are in God.

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

Thus, will I bless thee while I live, In thy Name, will I lift up mine outspread hands:

Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.

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

They search out perverse things, 'We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart are deep.

And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.

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

You who hear prayer, to you all men 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.

Who stilleth, The noise of the seas, The noise of their rolling waves, and The tumult of races of men?

You have given your blessing to the earth, watering it and making it fertile; the river of God is full of water: and having made it ready, you give men grain.

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

Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.

So that men may see your way on the earth, and your salvation among all nations.

Races of men, will be glad and shout for joy, Because thou wilt judge peoples with equity, And, races of men throughout the earth, thou wilt lead. Selah.

He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in a house, and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity, but letteth the renegades continue in scarceness.

Though you [men] lie down between the sheepfolds, [you will be like the] wings of a dove covered in silver and its pinions in yellow gold."

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

The LORD hath said, "I will bring my people again, as I did from Bashan; mine own will I bring again, as I did sometimes from the deep of the sea,

Rebuke the beasts [living] among the reeds [in Egypt],
The herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples;
Trampling underfoot the pieces of silver;
He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

I have become strange to my brothers, and like a man from a far country to my mother's children.

Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

Thy rebuke breaketh my heart, and maketh me heavy. I look for some to have pity upon me, but there is no man; and for some to comfort me, but I find none.

Let their habitation be void, and no man to dwell in their tents.

For, God, will save Zion, And build the cities of Judah, So shall men dwell there, and possess it:

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;

Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

Cast me not away in mine old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth me.

For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am grey-headed, until I have showed thy strength unto children's children, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.

They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

Before him, let the men of the desert kneel, But, as for his foes, the dust, let them lick;

For he will deliver a needy man when he cries, and a poor man, who has no helper.

He will have pity on a poor and needy man, and he will save the souls of the needy.

And they shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: And men shall pray for him continually; They shall bless him all the day long.

His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the well-being of the wrongdoers.

They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;

until I went into the Sanctuary of God. Then understood I the end of these men.

A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the moon and the sun:

O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.

Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

We give thanks unto thee, O God; We give thanks, for thy name is near: Men tell of thy wondrous works.

I say to the men of pride, Let your pride be gone: and to the sinners, Let not your horn be lifted up.

All the horns of the wicked I will also cut off, but the horns of a righteous man shall be lifted up.

The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.

Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

In the time of my trouble I sought the LORD, I held up mine hands to him in the night season, for my soul refused all other comfort.

Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

Give ear, O my people, to mine instruction, Bend your ear to the sayings of my mouth;

And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.

He rained down manna upon them as thick as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea.

The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

But he, being full of pity, has forgiveness for sin, and does not put an end to man: frequently turning back his wrath, and not being violently angry.

So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

Their blood have they shed like water on every side of Jerusalem, and there was no man to bury them.

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

Judge the poor man and the orphan. Do justice to the afflicted and destitute man.

Rescue the poor and needy man. Deliver from the hand of the wicked man.

But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.