The daughter of Tyre will come with a wedding gift; wealthy people will entreat your favor.

Filled with joy and gladness, they are presented when they enter the king's palace.

Your sons will take the place of your ancestors, and you will set them up as princes in all the earth.

From generation to generation, I will cause your name to be remembered. Therefore people will thank you forever and ever. To the Director: A song by the Sons of Korah, to the tune of "The Maidens".

God is our refuge and strength, a great help in times of distress.

The nations roared; the kingdoms were shaken. His voice boomed; the earth melts.

The LORD of the heavenly armies is with us; our refuge is the God of Jacob. Interlude

The LORD of the heavenly armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Interlude To the Director: A song by the Sons of Korah.

Clap your hands, all you nations! Shout to God with a loud cry of joy!

He subdued nations under us, and nations under our feet.

He chose our inheritance for us, even the pride of Jacob whom he loved. Interlude

Sing songs to God! Sing songs! Sing songs to our King! Sing songs!

Great is the LORD! For he is to be praised greatly, even in the city of our God, his holy mountain.

they looked and were awestruck; they became afraid and ran away.

Just as we have heard, so have we seen; in the city of the LORD of the heavenly armies even in the city of our God God will establish her forever. Interlude

God, we have meditated on your gracious love in the midst of your Temple.

God, according to your name, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness.

Mount Zion will be glad; the towns of Judah will rejoice because of your judgments.

For this God is our God forever and ever. He will guide us until death. To the Director: A song by the Sons of Korah.

Their inner thoughts are on their homes forever; their dwellings from generation to generation. They even name their lands after themselves.

This is the fate of those who are foolish and of those who correct their words after they speak. Interlude

Like sheep, they are destined for the realm of the dead, with death as their shepherd. The upright will have dominion over them in the morning; their strength will be consumed in the afterlife, so that they have no home.

you will end up like your ancestors' generation, never again to see the light of day!

Our God has appeared and he has not been silent; a devouring fire blazed before him, and a mighty storm swirled around him.

"Listen, my people, for I am making a pronouncement: Israel, I, God, your God, am testifying against you.

I do not rebuke you because of your sacrifices; indeed, your burnt offerings are continuously before me.

I will no longer accept a sacrificial bull from your household; nor goats from your pens.

"If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is mine along with everything in it.

Why should I eat the flesh of oxen or drink the blood of goats?

Offer to God a thanksgiving praise; pay your vows to the Most High.

As for the wicked, God says, "How dare you recite my statutes or speak about my covenant with your lips!

You give your mouth free reign for evil, and your tongue devises deceit.

You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.

These things you did, and I kept silent, because you assumed that I was like you. But now I am going to rebuke you, and I will set forth my case before your very own eyes."

Have mercy, God, according to your gracious love, according to your unlimited compassion, erase my transgressions.

Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what was evil in your sight. As a result, you are just in your pronouncement and clear in your judgment.

Indeed, you are pleased with truth in the inner person, and you will teach me wisdom in my innermost parts.

Hide your countenance from my sins and erase the record of my iniquities.

Do not cast me from your presence; do not take your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and let a willing attitude control me.

Then I will teach transgressors about your ways, and sinners will turn to you.

Deliver me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation. Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness.

Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

Indeed, you do not delight in sacrifices, or I would give them, nor do you desire burnt offerings.

Show favor to Zion in your good pleasure; and rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Then you will be pleased with right sacrifices, with burnt offerings, and with whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar. To the Director: A Davidic instruction about Doeg, the Edomite, when he went to Saul and told him, "David went to the house of Abimelech."

Why do you make evil the foundation of your boasting, mighty one? God's gracious love never ceases.

Your tongue, like a sharp razor, devises wicked things and crafts treachery.

But God will tear you down forever; he will take you away, even snatching you out of your tent! He will uproot you from the land of the living. Interlude

Therefore I will praise you forever because of what you did; I will proclaim that your name is good in the midst of your faithful ones. To the Director: Upon . A Davidic instruction.

Fools say to themselves "There is no God." They are corrupt and commit iniquity; not one of them practices what is good.

There the Israelis were seized with terror, when there was nothing to fear. For God scattered the bones of those who laid siege against you you put them to shame, for God rejected them.

God, by your name deliver me, and by your power vindicate me.

Look, God is my helper; the Lord is with those who are guarding my life.

He will turn the evil upon those who lie in wait for me. Cut them off with your truth.

With a free will offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, LORD, because it is good,

Day and night they prowl around its walls; evil and iniquity are within it.

Let death seize them! May they be plunged alive into the afterlife, for wicked things are in their homes and among them.

He calmly ransomed my soul from the war waged against me, for there was a vast crowd who stood against me.

His mouth is as smooth as butter, while war is in his heart. His words were as smooth as olive oil, while his sword is drawn.

Cast on the LORD whatever he sends your way, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.

Those who watch me all day have harassed me, for there are many who fight against me out of conceit.

All day long people distort what I say; all their schemes against me are for evil purposes.

You have kept count of my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle have not you recorded them in your book?

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy, for in you I have placed my trust. Even in the shadow of your wings will I find my refuge until this calamity passes.

I am surrounded by lions. I lie down with those who burn with fire that is, with people whose teeth are like spears and arrows whose tongues are like sharp swords.

Be exalted above the heavens, God! May your glory cover the earth!

They have set a snare for my feet, which makes me depressed. They dug a pit in front of me, but they are the ones who fell into it! Interlude

For your gracious love is great, extending even to the heavens, and your truth even to the skies.

Be exalted above the heavens, God! May your glory cover the earth! To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy".

As a matter of fact, in your heart you plan iniquities! In the land your hands are violent!

Before your clay pots are placed on a fire of burning thorns whether green or ablaze wrath will sweep them away like a storm.

The righteous person will rejoice when he sees your vengeance; when he washes his feet in the blood of the wicked.

A person will say, "Certainly, the righteous are rewarded; certainly there is a God who judges the earth." To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when Saul sent men to watch the house in order to kill him.

Look, they lie in ambush for my life; these violent men gather together against me, but not because of any transgression or sin of mine, LORD.

Don't kill them! Otherwise, my people may forget. By your power make them stumble around; bring them down low, Lord, our Shield.

But I will sing of your power and in the morning I will shout for joy about your gracious love. For you have been a fortress for me; and a refuge when I am distressed.

My Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, God of Gracious Love, are my fortress. To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Lily of The Covenant," for teaching about his battle with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, when Joab returned and attacked 12,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley.

God, you have cast us off; you have breached our defenses and you have become enraged. Return to us!

You made your people go through hard times; you had us drink wine that makes us stagger.

So your loved ones may be delivered, save us by your power and answer us quickly!

Aren't you the one, God, who has cast us off? Didn't you refuse, God, to accompany our armies?

Help us in our distress, for human help is worthless.

Through God we will fight valiantly; and it is he who will crush our enemies. To the Director: A composition by David for stringed instruments.

Let me make my home in your tent forever; let me hide under the shelter of your wings. Interlude

For you, God, have heard my promises; you have assigned to me the heritage of those who fear your name.

May he be enthroned before God forever; Appoint your gracious love and truth to guard him.

So I will sing songs to your name forever; I will fulfill my promises day by day. To the Director: According to Jeduthun's style. A Davidic Psalm.

How long will you rage against someone? Would you attack him as if he were a leaning wall or a tottering fence?

People, in every situation put your trust in God; pour out your heart before him; for God is a refuge for us. Interlude

Human beings are a mere vapor, while people in high positions are not what they appear. When they are placed on the scales, they weigh nothing; even when weighed together, they are less than nothing.

Don't trust in oppression or put false hope in stealing; if you become wealthy, do not set your heart on it.

God, you are my God! I will fervently seek you. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you in a dry, weary, and parched land.

So I have looked for you in the sanctuary, to behold your power and glory.

Because your gracious love is better than life itself, 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 strength, and in the shadow of your wings I will shout for joy.

My soul clings to you, even as your right hand supports me.

They devise wicked schemes, saying, "We have completed our plans, hiding them deep in our hearts."

But God shot an arrow at them, and they were wounded immediately.