Arise, O Lord, do not let man prevail;
Let the nations be judged before You.

Why do You stand afar off, O Lord?
Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?

He says to himself, “I will not be moved;
Throughout all generations I will not be in adversity.”

He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair;
He lurks to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

He says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”

Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up Your hand.
Do not forget the afflicted.

Why has the wicked spurned God?
He has said to himself, “You will not require it.”

You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand.
The unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the helper of the orphan.

To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed,
So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
In the Lord I take refuge;
How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain;

For, behold, the wicked bend the bow,
They make ready their arrow upon the string
To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

If the foundations are destroyed,
What can the righteous do?”

For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.
Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases to be,
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

They speak falsehood to one another;
With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.

How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
Having sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

I will sing to the Lord,
Because He has dealt bountifully with me. Cross references: Psalm 13:1 : Ps 44:24 Psalm 13:1 : Job 13:24; Ps 89:46 Psalm 13:2 : Ps 42:4 Psalm 13:2 : Ps 42:9 Psalm 13:3 : Ps 5:1 Psalm 13:3 : 1 Sam 14:29; Ezra 9:8; Job 33:30; Ps 18:28 Psalm 13:3 : Jer 51:39 Psalm 13:4 : Ps 12:4 Psalm 13:4 : Ps 25:2; 38:16 Psalm 13:5 : Ps 52:8 Psalm 13:5 : Ps 9:14 Psalm 13:6 : Ps 96:1, 2 Psalm 13:6 : Ps 116:7; 119:17; 142:7 end of crossrefs

The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there are any who understand,
Who seek after God.

Do all the workers of wickedness not know,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the Lord?

You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted,
But the Lord is his refuge.

He does not slander with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

In whose eyes a reprobate is despised,
But who honors those who fear the Lord;
He swears to his own hurt and does not change;

I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good besides You.”

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol;
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.

You will make known to me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.

A Prayer of David.
Hear a just cause, O Lord, give heed to my cry;
Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.

My steps have held fast to Your paths.
My feet have not slipped.

I have called upon You, for You will answer me, O God;
Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.

They have now surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes to cast us down to the ground.

He is like a lion that is eager to tear,
And as a young lion lurking in hiding places.

From men with Your hand, O Lord,
From men of the world, whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And leave their abundance to their babes.

I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
And I am saved from my enemies.

In my distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice out of His temple,
And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

He delivered me from my strong enemy,
And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
But the Lord was my stay.

The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

As for God, His way is blameless;
The word of the Lord is tried;
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise;
They fell under my feet.

You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,
And I destroyed those who hated me.

They cried for help, but there was none to save,
Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

As soon as they hear, they obey me;
Foreigners submit to me.

Therefore I will give thanks to You among the nations, O Lord,
And I will sing praises to Your name.

He gives great deliverance to His king,
And shows lovingkindness to His anointed,
To David and his descendants forever.

Day to day pours forth speech,
And night to night reveals knowledge.

Their line has gone out through all the earth,
And their utterances to the end of the world.
In them He has placed a tent for the sun,

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber;
It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.

Its rising is from one end of the heavens,
And its circuit to the other end of them;
And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble!
May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high!

Save, O Lord;
May the King answer us in the day we call.

He asked life of You,
You gave it to him,
Length of days forever and ever.

O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but I have no rest.

To You they cried out and were delivered;
In You they trusted and were not disappointed.

“Commit yourself to the Lord; let Him deliver him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”

Be not far from me, for trouble is near;
For there is none to help.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
And You lay me in the dust of death.

But You, O Lord, be not far off;
O You my help, hasten to my assistance.

I will tell of Your name to my brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.

For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the families of the nations will worship before You.

All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,
All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

Posterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.

They will come and will declare His righteousness
To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood
And has not sworn deceitfully.

A Psalm of David.
To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

O my God, in You I trust,
Do not let me be ashamed;
Do not let my enemies exult over me.

Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
For You I wait all the day.

Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
According to Your lovingkindness remember me,
For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.

All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth
To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

Turn to me and be gracious to me,
For I am lonely and afflicted.

Guard my soul and deliver me;
Do not let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in You.

I do not sit with deceitful men,
Nor will I go with pretenders.

Do not take my soul away along with sinners,
Nor my life with men of bloodshed,

But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;
Redeem me, and be gracious to me.

When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh,
My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.

One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the Lord
And to meditate in His temple.

For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle;
In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;
He will lift me up on a rock.

And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,
And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice,
And be gracious to me and answer me.

When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You,
“Your face, O Lord, I shall seek.”

Do not hide Your face from me,
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not abandon me nor forsake me,
O God of my salvation!

Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence.

A Psalm of David.
To You, O Lord, I call;
My rock, do not be deaf to me,
For if You are silent to me,
I will become like those who go down to the pit.

Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help,
When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

Do not drag me away with the wicked
And with those who work iniquity,
Who speak peace with their neighbors,
While evil is in their hearts.

Requite them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices;
Requite them according to the deeds of their hands;
Repay them their recompense.

Because they do not regard the works of the Lord
Nor the deeds of His hands,
He will tear them down and not build them up.

The Lord is their strength,
And He is a saving defense to His anointed.

A Psalm of David.
Ascribe to the Lord, O sons of the mighty,
Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due to His name;
Worship the Lord in holy array.

The voice of the Lord makes the deer to calve
And strips the forests bare;
And in His temple everything says, “Glory!”

The Lord will give strength to His people;
The Lord will bless His people with peace.

O Lord my God,
I cried to You for help, and You healed me.

O Lord, You have brought up my soul from Sheol;
You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.

Sing praise to the Lord, you His godly ones,
And give thanks to His holy name.

O Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong;
You hid Your face, I was dismayed.

To You, O Lord, I called,
And to the Lord I made supplication:

“What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?

“Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me;
O Lord, be my helper.”

That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.