You made men ride over our heads;
We went through fire and through water,
Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance.

I shall come into Your house with burnt offerings;
I shall pay You my vows,

That Your way may be known on the earth,
Your salvation among all nations.

The earth has yielded its produce;
God, our God, blesses us.

O God, when You went forth before Your people,
When You marched through the wilderness, Selah.

You shed abroad a plentiful rain, O God;
You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched.

Your creatures settled in it;
You provided in Your goodness for the poor, O God.

The Lord gives the command;
The women who proclaim the good tidings are a great host:

When you lie down among the sheepfolds,
You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And its pinions with glistening gold.

The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands;
The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.

You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives;
You have received gifts among men,
Even among the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden,
The God who is our salvation. Selah.

That your foot may shatter them in blood,
The tongue of your dogs may have its portion from your enemies.”

They have seen Your procession, O God,
The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.

Bless God in the congregations,
Even the Lord, you who are of the fountain of Israel.

Your God has commanded your strength;
Show Yourself strong, O God, who have acted on our behalf.

Because of Your temple at Jerusalem
Kings will bring gifts to You.

Rebuke the beasts in the reeds,
The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples,
Trampling under foot the pieces of silver;
He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.

To Him who rides upon the highest heavens, which are from ancient times;
Behold, He speaks forth with His voice, a mighty voice.

O God, You are awesome from Your sanctuary.
The God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to the people.
Blessed be God!

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies;
What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

O God, it is You who knows my folly,
And my wrongs are not hidden from You.

Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Dishonor has covered my face.

For zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, at an acceptable time;
O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with Your saving truth.

Answer me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;
According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,

And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor;
All my adversaries are before You.

May their table before them become a snare;
And when they are in peace, may it become a trap.

Pour out Your indignation on them,
And may Your burning anger overtake them.

Add iniquity to their iniquity,
And may they not come into Your righteousness.

But I am afflicted and in pain;
May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high.

And it will please the Lord better than an ox
Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.

The humble have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God, let your heart revive.

For the Lord hears the needy
And does not despise His who are prisoners.

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
And let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“Let God be magnified.”

But I am afflicted and needy;
Hasten to me, O God!
You are my help and my deliverer;
O Lord, do not delay.

In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
Incline Your ear to me and save me.

Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come;
You have given commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.

For You are my hope;
O Lord God, You are my confidence from my youth.

By You I have been sustained from my birth;
You are He who took me from my mother’s womb;
My praise is continually of You.

I have become a marvel to many,
For You are my strong refuge.

My mouth is filled with Your praise
And with Your glory all day long.

Let those who are adversaries of my soul be ashamed and consumed;
Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek to injure me.

My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of Your salvation all day long;
For I do not know the sum of them.

I will come with the mighty deeds of the Lord God;
I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

O God, You have taught me from my youth,
And I still declare Your wondrous deeds.

And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me,
Until I declare Your strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.

For Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heavens,
You who have done great things;
O God, who is like You?

I will also praise You with a harp,
Even Your truth, O my God;
To You I will sing praises with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.

My tongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long;
For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek my hurt.

A Psalm of Solomon.
Give the king Your judgments, O God,
And Your righteousness to the king’s son.

May he judge Your people with righteousness
And Your afflicted with justice.

The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

A Psalm of Asaph.
Surely God is good to Israel,
To those who are pure in heart!

For there are no pains in their death,
And their body is fat.

They are not in trouble as other men,
Nor are they plagued like mankind.

Therefore his people return to this place,
And waters of abundance are drunk by them.

Behold, these are the wicked;
And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.

If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.

How they are destroyed in a moment!
They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!

With Your counsel You will guide me,
And afterward receive me to glory.

For, behold, those who are far from You will perish;
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good;
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
That I may tell of all Your works.

A Maskil of Asaph.
O God, why have You rejected us forever?
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?

Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old,
Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.

Turn Your footsteps toward the perpetual ruins;
The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.

Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their own standards for signs.

They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground;
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name.

We do not see our signs;
There is no longer any prophet,
Nor is there any among us who knows how long.

How long, O God, will the adversary revile,
And the enemy spurn Your name forever?

Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?
From within Your bosom, destroy them!

You divided the sea by Your strength;
You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

Remember this, O Lord, that the enemy has reviled,
And a foolish people has spurned Your name.

Do not deliver the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast;
Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.

Consider the covenant;
For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

Let not the oppressed return dishonored;
Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.

Arise, O God, and plead Your own cause;
Remember how the foolish man reproaches You all day long.

Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries,
The uproar of those who rise against You which ascends continually.

For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.
We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks,
For Your name is near;
Men declare Your wondrous works.

Do not lift up your horn on high,
Do not speak with insolent pride.’”

There He broke the flaming arrows,
The shield and the sword and the weapons of war. Selah.

You are resplendent,
More majestic than the mountains of prey.

The stouthearted were plundered,
They sank into sleep;
And none of the warriors could use his hands.

At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.

You, even You, are to be feared;
And who may stand in Your presence when once You are angry?

Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them;
Let all who are around Him bring gifts to Him who is to be feared.

Has God forgotten to be gracious,
Or has He in anger withdrawn His compassion? Selah.

I shall remember the deeds of the Lord;
Surely I will remember Your wonders of old.

I will meditate on all Your work
And muse on Your deeds.

Your way, O God, is holy;
What god is great like our God?

You are the God who works wonders;
You have made known Your strength among the peoples.

You have by Your power redeemed Your people,
The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

The waters saw You, O God;
The waters saw You, they were in anguish;
The deeps also trembled.

The clouds poured out water;
The skies gave forth a sound;
Your arrows flashed here and there.

The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;
The lightnings lit up the world;
The earth trembled and shook.

Your way was in the sea
And Your paths in the mighty waters,
And Your footprints may not be known.

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

A Maskil of Asaph.
Listen, O my people, to my instruction;
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.