{To the chief Musician. On Jonathelem-rechokim. Of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be gracious unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me.

In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee.

In God will I praise his word, in God I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can flesh do unto me?

Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

Thou countest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

Then shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, for God is for me.

In God will I praise his word; in Jehovah will I praise his word.

In God have I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can man do unto me?

For thou hast delivered my soul from death; wilt thou not keep my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul in the cave.} Be gracious unto me, O God, be gracious unto me; for my soul taketh refuge in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings do I take refuge, until the calamities be overpast.

My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down among them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.

O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked:

And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God; secure me on high from them that rise up against me.

For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

They return in the evening; they howl like a dog, and go round about the city:

Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who say they doth hear?

But thou, Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; thou wilt have all the nations in derision.

Because of the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.

Make an end in wrath, make an end, that they may be no more; that they may know that God ruleth in Jacob, unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

And in the evening they shall return, they shall howl like a dog, and go round about the city.

But as for me, I will sing of thy strength; yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving-kindness in the morning; for thou hast been to me a high fortress, and a refuge in the day of my trouble.

{To the chief Musician. On Shushan. Testimony. Michtam of David; to teach: when he strove with the Syrians of Mesopotamia, and the Syrians of Zobah, and Joab returned, and smote the Edomites in the valley of salt, twelve thousand.} O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased: restore us again.

Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us to drink the wine of bewilderment.

God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

{To the chief Musician. On a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David.} Hear, O God, my cry; attend unto my prayer.

From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my eart is overwhelmed: thou wilt lead me on to a rock which is too high for me.

I will sojourn in thy tent for ever; I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

{To the chief Musician. On Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.} Upon God alone doth my soul rest peacefully; from him is my salvation.

They only consult to thrust him down from his excellency; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but in their inward part they curse. Selah.

With God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, my refuge is in God.

Confide in him at all times, ye people; pour out your heart before him: God is our refuge. Selah.

Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together lighter than vanity.

Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.

{A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water:

To see thy power and thy glory, as I have beheld thee in the sanctuary;

So will I bless thee while I live; I will lift up my hands in thy name.

When I remember thee upon my bed, I meditate on thee in the night-watches:

For thou hast been my help, and in the shadow of thy wings will I sing for joy.

But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?

They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward thought and heart is deep.

But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;

By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.

The righteous shall rejoice in Jehovah, and trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David: a Song.} Praise waiteth for thee in silence, O God, in Zion; and unto thee shall the vow be performed.

Blessed is he whom thou choosest and causest to approach: he shall dwell in thy courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, of thy holy temple.

By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation, thou confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the distant regions of the sea. ...

And they that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens; thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

Thou hast visited the earth, thou hast watered it; thou greatly enrichest it: the river of God is full of water; thou providest their corn, when thou hast so prepared it:

Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doings toward the children of men.

He turned the sea into dry land; they went through the river on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

Who hath set our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

Had I regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear.

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm: a Song.} God be gracious unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah,

Sing unto God, sing forth his name; cast up a way for him that rideth in the deserts: his name is Jah; and rejoice before him.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

God maketh the solitary into families; those that were bound he bringeth out into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness (Selah) --

The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God, yon Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Thou, O God, didst pour a plentiful rain upon thine inheritance, and when it was weary thou strengthenedst it.

Thy flock hath dwelt therein: thou hast prepared in thy goodness, for the afflicted, O God!

When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it became snow-white as Zalmon.

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them: it is a Sinai in holiness.

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts in Man, and even for the rebellious, for the dwelling there of Jah Elohim.

Verily God will smite the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth on still in his trespasses.

That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood: the tongue of thy dogs has its portion from enemies.

They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets.

In the congregations bless ye God, the Lord, ye from the fountain of Israel.

Rebuke the beast of the reeds, the assembly of the strong, with the calves of the peoples: every one submitteth himself with pieces of silver. Scatter the peoples that delight in war.

Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.

{To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.

Let not them that wait on thee, Lord, Jehovah of hosts, be ashamed through me; let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O God of Israel.

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;

They that sit in the gate talk of me, and I am the song of the drunkards.

But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to the truth of thy salvation:

And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: answer me speedily.

Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Let their habitation be desolate; let there be no dweller in their tents.

But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high.

And it shall please Jehovah more than an ox, a bullock with horns and cloven hoofs.

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;

Let all those that seek thee be glad and rejoice in thee, and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified!

In thee, Jehovah, do I trust: let me never be ashamed.

Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me; incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

On thee have I been stayed from the womb; from the bowels of my mother thou didst draw me forth: my praise shall be continually of thee.

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

I will go in the might of the Lord Jehovah; I will recall thy righteousness, thine alone.

Now also, when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not, until I have proclaimed thine arm unto this generation, thy might to every one that is to come.

And thy righteousness, O God, reacheth on high, thou who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee?

Thou wilt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.