May he be like rain that falls on the cut grass,
like spring showers that water the earth.

May there be plenty of grain in the land;
may it wave on the tops of the mountains.
May its crops be like Lebanon.
May people flourish in the cities
like the grass of the field.

They are not in trouble like others;
they are not afflicted like most people.

Therefore, pride is their necklace,
and violence covers them like a garment.

Like one waking from a dream,
Lord, when arising, You will despise their image.

It was like men in a thicket of trees,
wielding axes,

God, Your way is holy.
What god is great like God?

You led Your people like a flock
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Then they would not be like their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not loyal
and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

He split the sea and brought them across;
the water stood firm like a wall.

He brought streams out of the stone
and made water flow down like rivers.

He rained meat on them like dust,
and winged birds like the sand of the seas.

He led His people out like sheep
and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

They treacherously turned away like their fathers;
they became warped like a faulty bow.

Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep,
like a warrior from the effects of wine.

He built His sanctuary like the heights,
like the earth that He established forever.

They poured out their blood
like water all around Jerusalem,
and there was no one to bury them.

How long, Yahweh? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?

For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.” A testimony of Asaph. A psalm.Listen, Shepherd of Israel,
who leads Joseph like a flock;
You who sit enthroned on the cherubim,
rise up

However, you will die like men
and fall like any other ruler.”

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
like straw before the wind.

Lord, there is no one like You among the gods,
and there are no works like Yours.

I am counted among those going down to the Pit.
I am like a man without strength,

abandoned among the dead.
I am like the slain lying in the grave,
whom You no longer remember,
and who are cut off from Your care.

They surround me like water all day long;
they close in on me from every side.

For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?

Lord God of Hosts,
who is strong like You, Lord?
Your faithfulness surrounds You.

You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;
You scattered Your enemies with Your powerful arm.

His offspring will continue forever,
his throne like the sun before Me,

like the moon, established forever,
a faithful witness in the sky.”Selah

How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?

For in Your sight a thousand years
are like yesterday that passes by,
like a few hours of the night.

You end their lives; they sleep.
They are like grass that grows in the morning—

For all our days ebb away under Your wrath;
we end our years like a sigh.

though the wicked sprout like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be eternally destroyed.

You have lifted up my horn
like that of a wild ox;
I have been anointed with oil.

The righteous thrive like a palm tree
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.

The mountains melt like wax
at the presence of the Lord—
at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.

For my days vanish like smoke,
and my bones burn like a furnace.

My heart is afflicted, withered like grass;
I even forget to eat my food.

I am like a desert owl,
like an owl among the ruins.

I stay awake;
I am like a solitary bird on a roof.

I eat ashes like bread
and mingle my drinks with tears

My days are like a lengthening shadow,
and I wither away like grass.

They will perish, but You will endure;
all of them will wear out like clothing.
You will change them like a garment,
and they will pass away.

He satisfies you with goodness;
your youth is renewed like the eagle.

As for man, his days are like grass—
he blooms like a flower of the field;

He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe,
spreading out the sky like a canopy,

He opened a rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed like a stream in the desert.

they reeled and staggered like drunken men,
and all their skill was useless.

But He lifts the needy out of their suffering
and makes their families multiply like flocks.

He wore cursing like his coat—
let it enter his body like water
and go into his bones like oil.

Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself,
like a belt he always wears.

I fade away like a lengthening shadow;
I am shaken off like a locust.

My accusers will be clothed with disgrace;
they will wear their shame like a cloak.

The Lord has sworn an oath and will not take it back:
“Forever, You are a priest
like Melchizedek.”

Who is like Yahweh our God—
the One enthroned on high,

The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills, like lambs.

Mountains, that you skipped like rams?
Hills, like lambs?

Those who make them are just like them,
as are all who trust in them.

They surrounded me like bees;
they were extinguished like a fire among thorns;
in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.

Though I have become like a wineskin dried by smoke,
I do not forget Your statutes.

I rejoice over Your promise
like one who finds vast treasure.

I wander like a lost sheep;
seek Your servant,
for I do not forget Your commands.

Like a servant’s eyes on his master’s hand,
like a servant girl’s eyes on her mistress’s hand,
so our eyes are on the Lord our God
until He shows us favor.

We have escaped like a bird from the hunter’s net;
the net is torn, and we have escaped.

A song of ascents.Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion.
It cannot be shaken; it remains forever.

A song of ascents.When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who dream.

Restore our fortunes, Lord,
like watercourses in the Negev.

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the sons born in one’s youth.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within your house,
your sons, like young olive trees
around your table.

Let them be like grass on the rooftops,
which withers before it grows up

Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself
like a little weaned child with its mother;
I am like a little child.

It is like fine oil on the head,
running down on the beard,
running down Aaron’s beard
onto his robes.

It is like the dew of Hermon
falling on the mountains of Zion.
For there the Lord has appointed the blessing—
life forevermore.

Those who make them are just like them,
as are all who trust in them.

even the darkness is not dark to You.
The night shines like the day;
darkness and light are alike to You.

For the enemy has pursued me,
crushing me to the ground,
making me live in darkness
like those long dead.

I spread out my hands to You;
I am like parched land before You.Selah

Answer me quickly, Lord;
my spirit fails.
Don’t hide Your face from me,
or I will be like those
going down to the Pit.

Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow.

Then our sons will be like plants
nurtured in their youth,
our daughters, like corner pillars
that are carved in the palace style.

He spreads snow like wool;
He scatters frost like ashes;

He throws His hailstones like crumbs.
Who can withstand His cold?

Let’s swallow them alive, like Sheol,
still healthy as they go down to the Pit.

when terror strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.

if you seek it like silver
and search for it like hidden treasure,

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until midday.

But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom;
they don’t know what makes them stumble.

Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,
like a bird from a fowler’s trap.

and your poverty will come like a robber,
your need, like a bandit.

A woman came to meet him
dressed like a prostitute,
having a hidden agenda.

He follows her impulsively
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer bounding toward a trap

until an arrow pierces its liver,
like a bird darting into a snare—
he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
so the slacker is to the one who sends him on an errand.

A beautiful woman who rejects good sense
is like a gold ring in a pig’s snout.

Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,
but the righteous will flourish like foliage.

A capable wife is her husband’s crown,
but a wife who causes shame
is like rottenness in his bones.

There is one who speaks rashly,
like a piercing sword;
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.