Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.

"Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion."

I cry to Yahweh with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.

Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield. For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David.

My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),

let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?

You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.

His ways are prosperous at all times. He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.

He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.

He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it."

But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.

Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.

For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face. For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don't call on Yahweh?

Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When Yahweh restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. A Psalm by David.

He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;

In whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't change;

he who doesn't lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken. A Poem by David.

I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out of deceitful lips.

He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.

Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.

At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.

He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed them.

Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.

Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.

The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their close places.

Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,

which is as a bridegroom coming out of his room, like a strong man rejoicing to run his course.

He asked life of you, you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.

Your hand will find out all of your enemies. Your right hand will find out those who hate you.

For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face.

But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust at my mother's breasts.

They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.

I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.

I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me.

The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.

All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can't keep his soul alive.

They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it. A Psalm by David.

For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.

Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.

For your name's sake, Yahweh, pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.

His soul shall dwell at ease. His seed shall inherit the land.

My eyes are ever on Yahweh, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.

The troubles of my heart are enlarged. Oh bring me out of my distresses.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

Redeem Israel, God, out all of his troubles. By David.

When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh. By David.

Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.

Yahweh sat enthroned at the Flood. Yes, Yahweh sits as King forever.

"What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?

Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.

For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm.

From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,

I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.

My soul shall boast in Yahweh. The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.

This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.

The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh. It shall rejoice in his salvation.

I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn't know it. They tore at me, and didn't cease.

Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, "Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!"

You have seen it, Yahweh. Don't keep silent. Lord, don't be far from me.

Don't let them say in their heart, "Aha! That's the way we want it!" Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"

Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.

For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright in the way.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.

Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.

They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.

"Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.

Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

I was mute. I didn't open my mouth, because you did it.

"Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don't be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.

He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.