Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come;
You have given commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.

For You are my hope;
O Lord God, You are my confidence from my youth.

I have become a marvel to many,
For You are my strong refuge.

For my enemies have spoken against me;
And those who watch for my life have consulted together,

Saying, “God has forsaken him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver.”

O God, do not be far from me;
O my God, hasten to my help!

But as for me, I will hope continually,
And will praise You yet more and more.

My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of Your salvation all day long;
For I do not know the sum of them.

For Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heavens,
You who have done great things;
O God, who is like You?

My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You;
And my soul, which You have redeemed.

My tongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long;
For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek my hurt.

Let them fear You while the sun endures,
And as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

So may he live, and may the gold of Sheba be given to him;
And let them pray for him continually;
Let them bless him all day long.

But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling,
My steps had almost slipped.

For I was envious of the arrogant
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

For there are no pains in their death,
And their body is fat.

For I have been stricken all day long
And chastened every morning.

For, behold, those who are far from You will perish;
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good;
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
That I may tell of all Your works.

Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their own standards for signs.

You crushed the heads of Leviathan;
You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.

Consider the covenant;
For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.
We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks,
For Your name is near;
Men declare Your wondrous works.

For not from the east, nor from the west,
Nor from the desert comes exaltation;

For a cup is in the hand of the Lord, and the wine foams;
It is well mixed, and He pours out of this;
Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and drink down its dregs.

But as for me, I will declare it forever;
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

For the wrath of man shall praise You;
With a remnant of wrath You will gird Yourself.

For He established a testimony in Jacob
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers
That they should teach them to their children,

Then He led them with the cloud by day
And all the night with a light of fire.

“Behold, He struck the rock so that waters gushed out,
And streams were overflowing;
Can He give bread also?
Will He provide meat for His people?”

Therefore the Lord heard and was full of wrath;
And a fire was kindled against Jacob
And anger also mounted against Israel,

When He killed them, then they sought Him,
And returned and searched diligently for God;

For their heart was not steadfast toward Him,
Nor were they faithful in His covenant.

He leveled a path for His anger;
He did not spare their soul from death,
But gave over their life to the plague,

He led them safely, so that they did not fear;
But the sea engulfed their enemies.

He also drove out the nations before them
And apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement,
And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.

For they provoked Him with their high places
And aroused His jealousy with their graven images.

Fire devoured His young men,
And His virgins had no wedding songs.

They have given the dead bodies of Your servants for food to the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.

How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

For they have devoured Jacob
And laid waste his habitation.

Do not remember the iniquities of our forefathers against us;
Let Your compassion come quickly to meet us,
For we are brought very low.

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name;
And deliver us and forgive our sins for Your name’s sake.

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let there be known among the nations in our sight,
Vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed.

Even the shoot which Your right hand has planted,
And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself.

It is burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.

For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.
Sing for joy to God our strength;
Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.

For it is a statute for Israel,
An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

He established it for a testimony in Joseph
When he went throughout the land of Egypt.
I heard a language that I did not know:

Arise, O God, judge the earth!
For it is You who possesses all the nations.

For behold, Your enemies make an uproar,
And those who hate You have exalted themselves.

For they have conspired together with one mind;
Against You they make a covenant:

Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who became as dung for the ground.

Who said, “Let us possess for ourselves
The pastures of God.”

Like fire that burns the forest
And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire,

My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

The bird also has found a house,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,
Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
My King and my God.

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord gives grace and glory;
No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

I will hear what God the Lord will say;
For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones;
But let them not turn back to folly.

Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him,
That glory may dwell in our land.

A Prayer of David.
Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me;
For I am afflicted and needy.

Preserve my soul, for I am a godly man;
O You my God, save Your servant who trusts in You.

Be gracious to me, O Lord,
For to You I cry all day long.

Make glad the soul of Your servant,
For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.

In the day of my trouble I shall call upon You,
For You will answer me.

For You are great and do wondrous deeds;
You alone are God.

Teach me Your way, O Lord;
I will walk in Your truth;
Unite my heart to fear Your name.

For Your lovingkindness toward me is great,
And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

Show me a sign for good,
That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,
Because You, O Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

For my soul has had enough troubles,
And my life has drawn near to Sheol.

You have removed my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an object of loathing to them;
I am shut up and cannot go out.

Will You perform wonders for the dead?
Will the departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah.

But I, O Lord, have cried out to You for help,
And in the morning my prayer comes before You.

You have removed lover and friend far from me;
My acquaintances are in darkness.

For I have said, “Lovingkindness will be built up forever;
In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness.”

For who in the skies is comparable to the Lord?
Who among the sons of the mighty is like the Lord,

The north and the south, You have created them;
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

For You are the glory of their strength,
And by Your favor our horn is exalted.

For our shield belongs to the Lord,
And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

“My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever,
And My covenant shall be confirmed to him.

How long, O Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?

Remember what my span of life is;
For what vanity You have created all the sons of men!

For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it passes by,
Or as a watch in the night.

For we have been consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been dismayed.

For all our days have declined in Your fury;
We have finished our years like a sigh.

As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, eighty years,
Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow;
For soon it is gone and we fly away.

Who understands the power of Your anger
And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You?

Do return, O Lord; how long will it be?
And be sorry for Your servants.

O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,
That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us;
And confirm for us the work of our hands;
Yes, confirm the work of our hands.

For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper
And from the deadly pestilence.

For you have made the Lord, my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place.

For He will give His angels charge concerning you,
To guard you in all your ways.

For You, O Lord, have made me glad by what You have done,
I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

For, behold, Your enemies, O Lord,
For, behold, Your enemies will perish;
All who do iniquity will be scattered.

That You may grant him relief from the days of adversity,
Until a pit is dug for the wicked.