All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;
all those who go down to the dust
will kneel before Him—
even the one who cannot preserve his life.

You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.

For Your faithful love is before my eyes,
and I live by Your truth.

Let the whole earth tremble before the Lord;
let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

For the choir director. A psalm of David, the Lord’s servant.An oracle within my heart
concerning the transgression of the wicked person:
There is no dread of God before his eyes,

Be silent before the Lord and wait expectantly for Him;
do not be agitated by one who prospers in his way,
by the man who carries out evil plans.

Turn Your angry gaze from me
so that I may be cheered up
before I die and am gone.”

I thirst for God, the living God.
When can I come and appear before God?

My disgrace is before me all day long,
and shame has covered my face,

I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
or for your burnt offerings,
which are continually before Me.

You have done these things, and I kept silent;
you thought I was just like you.
But I will rebuke you
and lay out the case before you.

For I am conscious of my rebellion,
and my sin is always before me.

For You delivered me from death,
even my feet from stumbling,
to walk before God in the light of life.

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—
whether green or burning—
He will sweep them away.

You have given a signal flag to those who fear You,
so that they can flee before the archers.Selah

May he sit enthroned before God forever;
appoint faithful love and truth to guard him.

Trust in Him at all times, you people;
pour out your hearts before Him.
God is our refuge.Selah

Say to God, “How awe-inspiring are Your works!
Your enemies will cringe before You
because of Your great strength.

As smoke is blown away,
so You blow them away.
As wax melts before the fire,
so the wicked are destroyed before God.

But the righteous are glad;
they rejoice before God and celebrate with joy.

Sing to God! Sing praises to His name.
Exalt Him who rides on the clouds —
His name is Yahweh—and rejoice before Him.

God, when You went out before Your people,
when You marched through the desert,Selah

the earth trembled and the skies poured down rain
before God, the God of Sinai,
before God, the God of Israel.

Let their table set before them be a snare,
and let it be a trap for their allies.

May desert tribes kneel before him
and his enemies lick the dust.

And You—You are to be feared.
When You are angry,
who can stand before You?

Before they had satisfied their desire,
while the food was still in their mouths,

He drove out nations before them.
He apportioned their inheritance by lot
and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

Why should the nations ask,
“Where is their God?”
Before our eyes,
let vengeance for the shed blood of Your servants
be known among the nations.

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

They go from strength to strength;
each appears before God in Zion.

Righteousness will go before Him
to prepare the way for His steps.

All the nations You have made
will come and bow down before You, Lord,
and will honor Your name.

A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.Lord, God of my salvation,
I cry out before You day and night.

Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of Your throne;
faithful love and truth go before You.

I will crush his foes before him
and strike those who hate him.

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

Before the mountains were born,
before You gave birth to the earth and the world,
from eternity to eternity, You are God.

You have set our unjust ways before You,
our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

Come, let us worship and bow down;
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.

Splendor and majesty are before Him;
strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.

Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness;
tremble before Him, all the earth.

before the Lord, for He is coming—
for He is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
and the peoples with His faithfulness.

Fire goes before Him
and burns up His foes on every side.

before the Lord,
for He is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world righteously
and the peoples fairly.

Serve the Lord with gladness;
come before Him with joyful songs.

I will not set anything worthless before my eyes.
I hate the practice of transgression;
it will not cling to me.

A prayer of an afflicted person who is weak and pours out his lament before the Lord.Lord, hear my prayer;
let my cry for help come before You.

Your servants’ children will dwell securely,
and their offspring will be established before You.”

So He said He would have destroyed them—
if Moses His chosen one
had not stood before Him in the breach
to turn His wrath away from destroying them.

He caused them to be pitied
before all their captors.

Let his ancestors’ guilt
be remembered before the Lord,
and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out.

Let their sins always remain before the Lord,
and let Him erase all memory of them from the earth.

I will walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.

I have chosen the way of truth;
I have set Your ordinances before me.

I will speak of Your decrees before kings
and not be ashamed.

Before I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I keep Your word.

I rise before dawn and cry out for help;
I put my hope in Your word.

I obey Your precepts and decrees,
for all my ways are before You.

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

Davidic.I will give You thanks with all my heart;
I will sing Your praise before the heavenly beings.

Before a word is on my tongue,
You know all about it, Lord.

Your eyes saw me when I was formless;
all my days were written in Your book and planned
before a single one of them began.

May my prayer be set before You as incense,
the raising of my hands as the evening offering.

I pour out my complaint before Him;
I reveal my trouble to Him.

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

I am on the verge of complete ruin
before the entire community.”

For a man’s ways are before the Lord’s eyes,
and He considers all his paths.

“The Lord made me
at the beginning of His creation,
before His works of long ago.

I was formed before ancient times,
from the beginning, before the earth began.

I was delivered
before the mountains and hills were established,

before He made the land, the fields,
or the first soil on earth.

I was a skilled craftsman beside Him.
I was His delight every day,
always rejoicing before Him.

The evil bow before those who are good,
the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord—
how much more, human hearts.

The mind of the righteous person thinks before answering,
but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil things.

The fear of the Lord is what wisdom teaches,
and humility comes before honor.

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Pride comes before destruction,
and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

To start a conflict is to release a flood;
stop the dispute before it breaks out.

Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud,
but humility comes before honor.

The one who gives an answer before he listens—
this is foolishness and disgrace for him.

A gift opens doors for a man
and brings him before the great.

When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
consider carefully what is before you,

Don’t brag about yourself before the king,
and don’t stand in the place of the great;

Two things I ask of You;
don’t deny them to me before I die:

a lion, which is mightiest among beasts
and doesn’t retreat before anything,

Can one say about anything,
“Look, this is new”?
It has already existed in the ages before us.

There is no remembrance of those who came before;
and of those who will come after
there will also be no remembrance
by those who follow them.

I said to myself, “Look, I have amassed wisdom far beyond all those who were over Jerusalem before me, and my mind has thoroughly grasped wisdom and knowledge.”

I acquired male and female servants and had slaves who were born in my house. I also owned many herds of cattle and flocks, more than all who were before me in Jerusalem.

So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; my wisdom also remained with me.

There is no limit to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Do not be hasty to speak, and do not be impulsive to make a speech before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.

What advantage then does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage is there for the poor person who knows how to conduct himself before others?

Don’t be excessively wicked, and don’t be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

Although a sinner commits crime a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I also know that it will go well with God-fearing people, for they are reverent before Him.

However, it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not lengthen their days like a shadow, for they are not reverent before God.

If the snake bites before it is charmed,
then there is no advantage for the charmer.

So remember your Creator in the days of your youth:

Before the days of adversity come,
and the years approach when you will say,
“I have no delight in them”;

before the sun and the light are darkened,
and the moon and the stars,
and the clouds return after the rain;