Multiplied are their griefs, Who have hastened backward; I pour not out their libations of blood, Nor do I take up their names on my lips.

Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance is for me.

I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

You have tried my heart; you have examined [me] by night; you have tested me; you found nothing. I have decided [that] my mouth will not transgress.

As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;

To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

From the face of lawless ones who have treated me with violence, the foes of my soul, who come round against me:

Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:

Our steps now have compassed him;' Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land.

From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion is in life, And with Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied with sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

They have children at their desire, and leave the rest of their substance for their babes. But as for me, I shall behold thy presence in righteousness: and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it.

Yahweh [is] my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I have taken refuge, my shield and the horn of my deliverance, my stronghold.

Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.

Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.

Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it.

From the brightness over-against Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire.

He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.

For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.

because all his ordinances [are] before me, and his statutes I have not removed from me,

On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

For you deliver oppressed people, but you bring down those who have a proud look.

For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.

Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.

I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.

Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.

Strangers have faded away, and they come trembling forth from their close places.

He delivers me from my enemies: yea, you lift me up above those that rise up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man.

The fear of Jehovah is clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah are true, They have been righteous -- together.

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

Now I have known That Jehovah hath saved His anointed, He answereth him from His holy heavens, With the saving might of His right hand.

They -- they have bowed and have fallen, And we have risen and station ourselves upright.

You have given him the desire of his heart, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

He asked you to sustain his life, and you have granted him long life and an enduring dynasty.

His honor [is] great because of your help. Splendor and majesty you have bestowed upon him.

For you have made him most blessed forever: you have made him exceedingly glad with your presence.

Though they have {plotted} evil against you, [though] they have planned a scheme, they will not prevail.

My God, my God why have you forsaken me? [Why are you] far from helping me, [far from] the words of my groaning?

O my God, I call by day and you do not answer, and [by] night but I have no rest.

"He trusted in the LORD, that he would deliver him; let him deliver him, if he will have him."

On Thee I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of my mother Thou art my God.

Do not remain far away from me, for trouble is near and I have no one to help me.

Many bulls have surrounded me, Mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me,

They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.

As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels.

My strength is dry like a potsherd, and my tongue is sticking [to] my jaws; and you have placed me in [the] dust of death.

And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.

Save me from the lion's mouth! Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen, you have answered me.

You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel.

The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.

And the fat ones of earth have eaten, And they bow themselves, Before Him bow do all going down to dust, And he who hath not revived his soul.

Thou prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. Thou have anointed my head with oil. My cup runs over.

My God, in Thee I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed, Let not mine enemies exult over me.

Cause me to tread in Thy truth, and teach me, For Thou art the God of my salvation, Near Thee I have waited all the day.

Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.

His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.

Intimacy with Yahweh, have they who revere him, His covenant also, he letteth them know.

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

The distresses of my heart have enlarged themselves, From my distresses bring me out.

See my enemies, for they have been many, And with violent hatred they have hated me.

Protect me and deliver me! Please do not let me be humiliated, for I have taken shelter in you!

Integrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited on Thee.

By David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not.

For Thy kindness is before mine eyes, And I have walked habitually in Thy truth.

I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.

I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.

That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done.

Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, And the place of the tabernacle of Thine honour.

But I have integrity! Rescue me and have mercy on me!

I have a safe resting-place for my feet; I will give praise to the Lord in the meetings of the people.

When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.

Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.

One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.

Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

My heart said to thee, I have sought thy face. O LORD, I will seek thy face.

Do not hide your face from me; do not turn your servant away in anger. You have been my help; do not abandon nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me.

Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.

I would have fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit.

Repay them according to what they have done—
according to the evil of their deeds.
Repay them according to the work of their hands;
give them back what they deserve.

Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.

Jehovah is my strength, and my shield, In Him my heart trusted, and I have been helped. And my heart exulteth, And with my song I thank Him.

I will exalt you, O Yahweh, because you have drawn me up, and have not made my enemies rejoice over me.

Jehovah my God, I have cried to Thee, And Thou dost heal me.

O Yahweh, you have brought my life up from Sheol. You preserved me alive from among those going down to [the] pit.

And I -- I have said in mine ease, 'I am not moved -- to the age.

O Jehovah, in Thy good pleasure, Thou hast caused strength to remain for my mountain,' Thou hast hidden Thy face -- I have been troubled.

Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.

You have turned my wailing into my dancing. You have removed my sackcloth and clothed me [with] joy

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age, In Thy righteousness deliver me.

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

Into your hand I commit my spirit. You have redeemed me, O Yahweh, faithful God.

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

I will exult and rejoice in your loyal love. Because you have seen my misery, you know the distresses of my life.