Then they would have swallowed us alive,
When their anger was kindled against us;

Then the waters would have engulfed us,
The stream would have swept over our soul;

Blessed be the Lord,
Who has not given us to be torn by their teeth.

Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the trapper;
The snare is broken and we have escaped.

Our help is in the name of the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.

A Song of Ascents.
Those who trust in the Lord
Are as Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides forever.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
So the Lord surrounds His people
From this time forth and forever.

But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways,
The Lord will lead them away with the doers of iniquity.
Peace be upon Israel.

The Lord has done great things for us;
We are glad.

Restore our captivity, O Lord,
As the streams in the South.

It is vain for you to rise up early,
To retire late,
To eat the bread of painful labors;
For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.

Behold, children are a gift of the Lord,
The fruit of the womb is a reward.

How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them;
They will not be ashamed
When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

A Song of Ascents.
How blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
Who walks in His ways.

The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in two the cords of the wicked.

But there is forgiveness with You,
That You may be feared.

O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is lovingkindness,
And with Him is abundant redemption.

A Song of Ascents, of David.
O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty;
Nor do I involve myself in great matters,
Or in things too difficult for me.

Surely I have composed and quieted my soul;
Like a weaned child rests against his mother,
My soul is like a weaned child within me.

Let us go into His dwelling place;
Let us worship at His footstool.

“This is My resting place forever;
Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

A Song of Ascents, of David.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brothers to dwell together in unity!

It is like the precious oil upon the head,
Coming down upon the beard,
Even Aaron’s beard,
Coming down upon the edge of his robes.

It is like the dew of Hermon
Coming down upon the mountains of Zion;
For there the Lord commanded the blessing—life forever. Cross references: Psalm 133:1 : Gen 13:8; Heb 13:1 Psalm 133:2 : Ex 29:7; 30:25, 30; Lev 8:12 Psalm 133:2 : Ex 28:33; 39:24 Psalm 133:3 : Prov 19:12; Hos 14:5; Mic 5:7 Psalm 133:3 : Deut 3:9; 4:48 Psalm 133:3 : Ps 48:2; 74:2; 78:68 Psalm 133:3 : Lev 25:21; Deut 28:8; Ps 42:8 Psalm 133:3 : Ps 21:4 end of crossrefs

Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;
Sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.

For I know that the Lord is great
And that our Lord is above all gods.

And He gave their land as a heritage,
A heritage to Israel His people.

Your name, O Lord, is everlasting,
Your remembrance, O Lord, throughout all generations.

They have ears, but they do not hear,
Nor is there any breath at all in their mouths.

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Give thanks to the God of gods,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Give thanks to the Lord of lords,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

To Him who alone does great wonders,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting;

To Him who made the heavens with skill,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting;

To Him who spread out the earth above the waters,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting;

To Him who made the great lights,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting:

The sun to rule by day,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

The moon and stars to rule by night,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

To Him who smote the Egyptians in their firstborn,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

And brought Israel out from their midst,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

With a strong hand and an outstretched arm,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

To Him who divided the Red Sea asunder,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

And made Israel pass through the midst of it,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting;

But He overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

To Him who led His people through the wilderness,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting;

To Him who smote great kings,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

And slew mighty kings,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting:

Sihon, king of the Amorites,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

And Og, king of Bashan,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

And gave their land as a heritage,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

Even a heritage to Israel His servant,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Who remembered us in our low estate,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

And has rescued us from our adversaries,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting;

Who gives food to all flesh,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Give thanks to the God of heaven,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

For there our captors demanded of us songs,
And our tormentors mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one,
How blessed will be the one who repays you
With the recompense with which you have repaid us.

And they will sing of the ways of the Lord,
For great is the glory of the Lord.

For though the Lord is exalted,
Yet He regards the lowly,
But the haughty He knows from afar.

The Lord will accomplish what concerns me;
Your lovingkindness, O Lord, is everlasting;
Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O Lord, You know it all.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is too high, I cannot attain to it.

Even the darkness is not dark to You,
And the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are alike to You.

Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

They sharpen their tongues as a serpent;
Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.

“As for the head of those who surround me,
May the mischief of their lips cover them.

May my prayer be counted as incense before You;
The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.

Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me;
It is oil upon the head;
Do not let my head refuse it,
For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds.

As when one plows and breaks open the earth,
Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

Look to the right and see;
For there is no one who regards me;
There is no escape for me;
No one cares for my soul.

And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no man living is righteous.

Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me;
My heart is appalled within me.

I stretch out my hands to You;
My soul longs for You, as a parched land. Selah.

O Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You think of him?

Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a passing shadow.

Whose mouths speak deceit,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Rescue me and deliver me out of the hand of aliens,
Whose mouth speaks deceit
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Let our sons in their youth be as grown-up plants,
And our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace;

How blessed are the people who are so situated;
How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised,
And His greatness is unsearchable.

The Lord is gracious and merciful;
Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness.

The Lord is good to all,
And His mercies are over all His works.

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

The Lord is righteous in all His ways
And kind in all His deeds.

The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him in truth.

Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.

How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,

Who made heaven and earth,
The sea and all that is in them;
Who keeps faith forever;

Praise the Lord!
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
For it is pleasant and praise is becoming.

Great is our Lord and abundant in strength;
His understanding is infinite.

He casts forth His ice as fragments;
Who can stand before His cold?

He has not dealt thus with any nation;
And as for His ordinances, they have not known them.
Praise the Lord!

Let them praise the name of the Lord,
For His name alone is exalted;
His glory is above earth and heaven.

To execute on them the judgment written;
This is an honor for all His godly ones.
Praise the Lord!

To receive instruction in wise behavior,
Righteousness, justice and equity;

A wise man will hear and increase in learning,
And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,

To understand a proverb and a figure,
The words of the wise and their riddles.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

If they say, “Come with us,
Let us lie in wait for blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;