I made known my sin to you, and my iniquity I did not cover. I said, "I will confess concerning my transgressions to Yahweh," and you took away the guilt of my sin. Selah

Therefore let all [the] faithful pray to you at [the] time [for] finding [you]. Surely at [the] flood of many waters they will not reach him.

Do not be like a horse [or] like a mule, without understanding; [that needs] his tackle--bridle and rein--for restraint [or he would not] come near you.

Give thanks to Yahweh with [the] lyre; with a harp of ten strings play to him.

Sing to him a new song; play skillfully with jubilant shout.

For {he himself spoke} and it came to pass. {He himself commanded} and it stood firm.

Yahweh brings to nothing [the] plan of nations; he frustrates [the] intents of peoples.

The plan of Yahweh stands firm forever, the intents of his heart {from one generation to the next}.

to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.

They looked to him and were radiant, and their faces shall not be ashamed.

Come, [you] children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

Who [is] the man who desires life, who loves [many] days in order to see good?

Turn from evil and do good. Seek peace and pursue it.

The face of Yahweh [is] against evildoers, to cut off the remembrance of them from [the] earth.

Yahweh [is] near to [those who are] heartbroken and saves [those who are] crushed in spirit.

Grasp buckler and shield and rise to my aid.

And draw [the] spear and javelin to meet [those who] pursue me. Say to my soul, "I [am] your salvation."

Violent witnesses rise up; they ask me [concerning] what I do not know.

They repay me evil in place of good. [It is] bereavement to my soul.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth. I weakened my soul with fasting, and my prayer {returned to me unanswered}.

I {behaved} as [though he were] a friend [or] as a brother to me. As one lamenting a mother, I was bowed down [in] mourning.

I will give thanks [to] you in [the] great assembly; among [the] mighty people I will praise you.

For they do not speak peace, but against [the] quiet [ones] of [the] land they plan deceitful words.

You have seen, O Yahweh. Do not be deaf. O Lord, do not be far from me.

Vindicate me according to your righteousness, O Yahweh my God, and do not let them rejoice over me.

Do not let them say in their hearts, "Aha, our desire." Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."

Then my tongue will proclaim your righteousness, [and] your praise all day.

For he flatters himself in his eyes, hating to detect his iniquity.

The words of his mouth [are] wickedness and deceit. He has ceased to have insight [and] to do good.

Prolong your loyal love to those who know you, and your righteousness to [the] upright of heart.

Do not let a foot of pride come against me, nor let a wicked hand make me to wander homeless.

There doers of evil have fallen; they are thrust down and not able to rise.

Do not fret because of evildoers; do not be envious of doers of wickedness.

Trust Yahweh and do good. Abide [in the] land and feed on faithfulness.

Take pleasure in Yahweh as well, and he will give to you the requests of your heart.

{Commit to} Yahweh your way; Trust also on him and he will act.

Be quiet before Yahweh and wait for him. Do not fret about one who succeeds [in] his way, about a man making plots.

Refrain from anger and forsake wrath. Do not fret; [it] only brings evil.

[The] Lord laughs at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

[The] wicked have drawn [the] sword and have bent their bow to throw down [the] poor and [the] needy, to kill [those] upright in [their] way.

[The] little belonging to the righteous [is] better than [the] wealth of many wicked.

They will not be put to shame in distressing times, and in [the] days of famine they will be satisfied.

All the day he [is] gracious and lends, and his children [are] a blessing.

Turn aside from evil and do good and [so] abide forever.

[The] wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

Wait for Yahweh and keep his way, and he will exalt you to possess [the] land. When [the] wicked are cut off, you will see [it].

O Yahweh, do not rebuke me in your anger or chastise me in your wrath.

For my iniquities have passed over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

My wounds start to stink; they rot because of my foolishness.

I am bowed down; I am bent over greatly. All the day I go about mourning.

Those who seek my life lay snares as well, and those intent on my harm speak threats. They also plot deceit all day.

For I [am] ready to stumble, and my pain [is] before me continually.

Do not forsake me, O Yahweh. O my God, do not be far from me.

Hurry to help me, O Lord, my salvation.

Look, you have made my days [mere] handbreadths, and my lifespan as nothing next to you. Surely every person standing firm [is] complete vanity. Selah

And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is for you.

From all my transgressions deliver me; do not make me [the] taunt of [the] fool.

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

Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, and listen [to] my cry for help; do not be deaf to my tears. For I [am] an alien with you, a sojourner like all my ancestors.

I waited patiently for Yahweh, And he inclined to me and heard my cry for help.

Then he put a new song in my mouth, a praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and will trust Yahweh.

Blessed [is] the man who makes Yahweh his trust and does not turn to [the] proud and [to those who] fall away [to] a lie.

Many things, O Yahweh my God, you have done-- your wonderful deeds and your thoughts toward us. There is none to compare with you. If I [tried to] proclaim and tell [of them], they would be too numerous to count.

A sacrifice and offering you do not desire. {My ears you have opened}. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not demanded.

'I delight to do your will, O my God, and your law [is] {deep within me}.'"

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

For evils without number have encompassed me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.

Be pleased, O Yahweh, to deliver me. O Yahweh, hurry to help me.

Let them be shamed and abashed altogether who seek to take away my life. Let them be repulsed and humiliated [who] desire my harm.

Let them be appalled because of their shame, those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!"

But I [am] poor and needy. Let my Lord consider me. You [are] my help and my deliverer. O my God, do not delay.

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

Yahweh protects him and keeps him alive; he is blessed in the land, and you do not give him into the will of his enemies.

Yahweh sustains him on [his] sick bed. In his illness, you {restore to health}.

As for me, I said, "O Yahweh, be gracious [to] me. Heal me, for I have sinned against you."

My enemies speak evil about me, "When will he die and 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.

But you, O Yahweh, be gracious to me and raise me up that I may repay them.

Blessed [be] Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

My tears have been my food day and night, while [they] say to me all day [long], "Where [is] your God?"

These I remember and I pour out my soul within me: that I would go with the multitude; I led them [in procession] to the house of God, with a voice of rejoicing and thanksgiving, a crowd celebrating a festival.

Deep [is] calling to deep at the thunder of your waterfalls. All your breakers and your waves have passed over me.

By day Yahweh commands his loyal love, and in the night his song [is] with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

I say to God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why must I walk about mourning because of [the] oppression of [the] enemy?"

[As] with a shattering in my bones my oppressors taunt me, while they say to me {all day}, "Where [is] your God?"

Send your light and your truth; they shall lead me. They shall bring me to {your holy mountain} and to your dwelling places.

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, {my surpassing joy}, and I will praise you with lyre, O God, my God.

For I do not trust my bow, and my sword cannot give me victory.

In God we boast all the day, and we will give thanks [to] your name forever. Selah

You have caused us to pull back from [the] enemy, and [so] those who hate us have plundered for themselves.

You have made us a taunt to our neighbors, a derision and a scorn to those around us.

{All day long} my disgrace [is] before me, and the shame of my face covers me,

All this has befallen us, though we have not forgotten you, and we have not been false to your covenant.

If we had forgotten the name of our God, or had spread out our hands [in prayer] to a foreign god,

Rather, on account of you we are killed {all day long}; we are accounted as sheep for slaughter.

Wake up! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Awake! Do not reject forever.

Why do you hide your face? [Have] you forgotten our misery and our oppression?

For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our {body} clings to the ground.

My heart is moved [with] a good word; I recite my {compositions} to [the] king. My tongue [is the] pen [of] a skilled scribe.

Let the king desire your beauty. Because he [is] your lord, therefore bow down to him.