As we have heard, so have we seen
In the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God;
God will establish her forever. Selah.

We have thought on Your lovingkindness, O God,
In the midst of Your temple.

As is Your name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness.

Let Mount Zion be glad,
Let the daughters of Judah rejoice
Because of Your judgments.

For such is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will guide us until death.

For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
Hear this, all peoples;
Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,

I will incline my ear to a proverb;
I will express my riddle on the harp.

No man can by any means redeem his brother
Or give to God a ransom for him—

Their inner thought is that their houses are forever
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have called their lands after their own names.

This is the way of those who are foolish,
And of those after them who approve their words. Selah.

As sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
Death shall be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form shall be for Sheol to consume
So that they have no habitation.

May our God come and not keep silence;
Fire devours before Him,
And it is very tempestuous around Him.

“Hear, O My people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you;
I am God, your God.

“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

“I shall take no young bull out of your house
Nor male goats out of your folds.

“If I were hungry I would not tell you,
For the world is Mine, and all it contains.

“Shall I eat the flesh of bulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?

“Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving
And pay your vows to the Most High;

But to the wicked God says,
“What right have you to tell of My statutes
And to take My covenant in your mouth?

“When you see a thief, you are pleased with him,
And you associate with adulterers.

“You let your mouth loose in evil
And your tongue frames deceit.

“You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.

“These things you have done and I kept silence;
You thought that I was just like you;
I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.

“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;
According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

Against You, You only, I have sinned
And done what is evil in Your sight,
So that You are justified when You speak
And blameless when You judge.

Hide Your face from my sins
And blot out all my iniquities.

Do not cast me away from Your presence
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
And sustain me with a willing spirit.

Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners will be converted to You.

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;
Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.

O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.

For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

By Your favor do good to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.

Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices,
In burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it,
And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.

For the choir director; according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David.
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God,”
They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice;
There is no one who does good.

There they were in great fear where no fear had been;
For God scattered the bones of him who encamped against you;
You put them to shame, because God had rejected them.

For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Maskil of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Is not David hiding himself among us?”
Save me, O God, by Your name,
And vindicate me by Your power.

Hear my prayer, O God;
Give ear to the words of my mouth.

He will recompense the evil to my foes;
Destroy them in Your faithfulness.

Willingly I will sacrifice to You;
I will give thanks to Your name, O Lord, for it is good.

For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Maskil of David.
Give ear to my prayer, O God;
And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.

Day and night they go around her upon her walls,
And iniquity and mischief are in her midst.

He will redeem my soul in peace from the battle which is against me,
For they are many who strive with me.

He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him;
He has violated his covenant.

His speech was smoother than butter,
But his heart was war;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.

Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.

My foes have trampled upon me all day long,
For they are many who fight proudly against me.

All day long they distort my words;
All their thoughts are against me for evil.

You have taken account of my wanderings;
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in Your book?

Your vows are binding upon me, O God;
I will render thank offerings to You.

For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.
Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me,
For my soul takes refuge in You;
And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge
Until destruction passes by.

My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.

Be exalted above the heavens, O God;
Let Your glory be above all the earth.

For Your lovingkindness is great to the heavens
And Your truth to the clouds.

Be exalted above the heavens, O God;
Let Your glory be above all the earth.

No, in heart you work unrighteousness;
On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands.

The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These who speak lies go astray from birth.

They have venom like the venom of a serpent;
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,

So that it does not hear the voice of charmers,
Or a skillful caster of spells.

Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns
He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

You, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,
Awake to punish all the nations;
Do not be gracious to any who are treacherous in iniquity. Selah.

Behold, they belch forth with their mouth;
Swords are in their lips,
For, they say, “Who hears?”

Do not slay them, or my people will forget;
Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down,
O Lord, our shield.

They wander about for food
And growl if they are not satisfied.

But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength;
Yes, I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For You have been my stronghold
And a refuge in the day of my distress.

You have made Your people experience hardship;
You have given us wine to drink that makes us stagger.

That Your beloved may be delivered,
Save with Your right hand, and answer us!

Have not You Yourself, O God, rejected us?
And will You not go forth with our armies, O God?

Through God we shall do valiantly,
And it is He who will tread down our adversaries.

Let me dwell in Your tent forever;
Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah.

For You have heard my vows, O God;
You have given me the inheritance of those who fear Your name.

So I will sing praise to Your name forever,
That I may pay my vows day by day.

Trust in Him at all times, O people;
Pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie;
In the balances they go up;
They are together lighter than breath.

Do not trust in oppression
And do not vainly hope in robbery;
If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;
My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips will praise You.

So I will bless You as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.

For You have been my help,
And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.

My soul clings to You;
Your right hand upholds me.

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,

They devise injustices, saying,
“We are ready with a well-conceived plot”;
For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep.

But God will shoot at them with an arrow;
Suddenly they will be wounded.

Iniquities prevail against me;
As for our transgressions, You forgive them.

How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You
To dwell in Your courts.
We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Your holy temple.

By awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation,
You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;

They who dwell in the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs;
You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.

You have crowned the year with Your bounty,
And Your paths drip with fatness.

The meadows are clothed with flocks
And the valleys are covered with grain;
They shout for joy, yes, they sing.

Say to God, “How awesome are Your works!
Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will give feigned obedience to You.

“All the earth will worship You,
And will sing praises to You;
They will sing praises to Your name.” Selah.

Bless our God, O peoples,
And sound His praise abroad,

Who keeps us in life
And does not allow our feet to slip.

You brought us into the net;
You laid an oppressive burden upon our loins.