As for my friends and my neighbors, they stand aloof from my distress; even my close relatives stand at a distance.

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

But as for me, like [the] deaf I cannot hear, and [I am] like [the] mute [who] cannot open his mouth.

For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

But my enemies are vigorous and powerful;
many hate me for no reason.

They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

And they requiting evil for good will be mine adversaries, for my pursuing Thou Thou wilt not forsake me, O Jehovah: my God, thou wilt not remove far off from me.

Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation. For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.

To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, 'I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked is before me.'

Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

I am mute. I do not open my mouth, for you, yourself, have done [it].

Turn thy plagues away from me, for I am consumed through the fear of thy hand.

When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more." For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

Lord my God, You have done many things—
Your wonderful works and Your plans for us;
none can compare with You.
If I were to report and speak of them,
they are more than can be told.

Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked.

Then, said I - Lo! I am come, In the written scroll, is it prescribed for me;

As for you, O Yahweh, do not withhold your mercies from me. Let your loyal love and your faithfulness continually preserve me.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me, O Jehovah, for my help make haste.

Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May the Lord be great.

And I am poor and needy, The Lord doth devise for me. My help and my deliverer art Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not.

Blessed [is the one who] has regard for [the] poor; in [the] day of disaster, Yahweh delivers him.

I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

As for my enemies, with malice they said, "When will he die and memory of his name perish?"

And when one comes to see [me], he speaks falsely; his heart gathers disaster for itself. He goes out to the street; he speaks.

All who hate me speak together against me. Against me they assume the {worst} for me:

As for my best friend, the one in whom I trusted, the one who ate my bread, even he has insulted me!

As for you, O Lord, have mercy on me and raise me up, so I can pay them back!"

By this I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen. BOOK II For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by the sons of Korah.

{To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.} As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

My God! over myself, my soul is cast down, - For this cause, will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

I will say to God my rock, Wherefore didst thou forget me? wherefore darkened shall I go for the oppression of the enemy?

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men!

For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

{To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.} We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.

In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;

Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

For thou didst crush us in the place of jackals, and thou wilt cover over us with the shadow of death.

Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.

{To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.} My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Appear in your majesty and be victorious! Ride forth for the sake of what is right, on behalf of justice! Then your right hand will accomplish mighty acts!

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.

So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

And the daughters of Tyre will be there with an offering; those who have wealth among the people will be looking for your approval.

Instead of thy fathers are thy sons, Thou dost appoint them for princes in all the earth.

I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

{To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.} God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

For this reason we do not fear when the earth shakes, and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea,

God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not be removed; for God helpeth her, and that right early.

Jehovah of Hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob. Selah.

Jehovah of hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob! Selah.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.} O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

{A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.} Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

We wait for thy loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.

For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.} Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?

As for them who are trusting in their wealth, - And, in the abundance of their riches, do boast themselves,

None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)