Pay heed, you senseless among the people;
And when will you understand, stupid ones?

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my heart, thy comforts have refreshed my soul.

Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which frames and devises mischief by decree [under the sacred name of law]?

And Jehovah shall be for a height to me, and my God for the rock of my refuge.

when your ancestors tried me. They put me to the test, [even] though they had seen my work.

So I made a vow in my anger, 'They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.'"

Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

I will behave wisely and follow the way of integrity.
When will You come to me?
I will walk in my house in integrity and with a blameless heart.

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

For, as the height of the heavens is above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.

but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.

You hide Your face, they are dismayed;
You take away their breath, they die
And return to their dust.

He had sent a man ahead of them—
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

until the time that his word came, and until the word of the LORD had tried him.

Then sent the king and caused him to be delivered; the prince of the people had let him go.

He made him lord of his house, and ruler over everything he had;

He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.

He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.

Egypt was glad when they departed; For the fear of them had fallen upon them.

For why? He remembered his holy promise which he had made to Abraham his servant.

He gave them the lands of the nations,
and they inherited
what other peoples had worked for.

so that they might take heed to His Precepts and keep His Laws. Praise Jehovah!

Then they had faith in his words; they gave him songs of praise.

They quickly forgot what he had done; they did not wait for his instructions.

In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving for meat; they challenged God in the desert.

They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

They were disgusted with the good land; they had no belief in his word;

They had provoked anger by their deeds, so that a plague broke out against them.

They have not destroyed the peoples, As Jehovah had said to them,

But had fellowship with the nations, and learned their doings;

And gave the blood of their sons and their daughters who had done no wrong, offering them to the images of Canaan; and the land was made unclean with blood.

So he delivered them up into the hand of the nations, And they who hated them, had dominion over them;

Their enemies oppressed them, and had them in subjection.

Many times he delivered them, but they had a rebellious attitude, and degraded themselves by their sin.

But when their cry came to his ears, he had pity on their trouble:

And he caused them to find compassion of all those that had carried them captives.

Because they had rebelled against the words of God, and had despised the counsel of the Most High; ...

So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.

Whoso is wise will give heed to these things; And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah.

God had promised in his sanctuary: "I will triumph and divide Shechem, then I will measure the valley of Succoth!

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

For the mouth of the unjust, and the mouth of deceit opened against me; they eke with me the tongue of false-hood.

They also surround me with words of hate, and fight me without cause.

For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer.

They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.

Let the wickedness of his fathers be had in remembrance in the sight of LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be done away.

Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.

As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.

I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head.

He will judge among the nations, He will fill the places with dead bodies; He will strike through the head in many countries.

He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.

His work is worthy to be praised and had in honour, and his righteousness endureth forever.

The merciful and gracious LORD hath so done his marvelous works, that they ought to be had in remembrance.

For he shall never be moved; The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.

The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.

I still had faith, though I said, I am in great trouble;

The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.

The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.

I will heed your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.

BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and heed your word.

I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and heed it with [my] whole heart.

So I will heed your law continually, forever and ever.

The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

I remember your name in the night, O Yahweh, and I heed your law.

This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

Yahweh [is] my portion; I intend to heed your words.

I hurry and do not delay to heed your commands.

I am a companion of all who [reverently] fear You,
And of those who keep and honor Your precepts.

Before I was afflicted, I was going astray, but now I heed your word.

They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

According to your loyal love preserve me alive, so that I may heed the testimony from your mouth.

Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

I have restrained my feet from every evil way, so that I may heed your word.

Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

I have sworn [an oath] and confirmed [it], to heed {your righteous ordinances}.

SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

Redeem me from [the] oppression of humankind, that I may heed your precepts.

Streams of water flow down [from] my eyes, because [people] do not heed your law.

I call to you. Save me, and I will heed your testimonies.

I have long had knowledge that your unchanging word is for ever.

I see [the] treacherous and I feel disgust, because they do not heed your word.

I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

I heed your precepts and testimonies, because all my ways [are] before you.

Here's how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals.

My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace.

Be gracious to us, O Yahweh, be gracious to us, for long enough we have had our fill of contempt.

For long enough our soul has had its fill of the derision of the self-confident, the contempt of [the] arrogant.

{A Song of degrees of David.} If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: