Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.

Consider her defenses. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.

For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.

I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.

For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.

Do not be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased.

Though while he lived he blessed his soul?and men praise you when you do well for yourself?

he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks, and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:

"Gather my holy ones together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice."

I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.

Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.

Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me."

But to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,

"You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

"Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be none to deliver.

Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him."

Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

Do not throw me from your presence, and do not take your holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.

Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners shall be converted to you.

For you do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.

Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.

Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God's loving kindness endures continually.

God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God.

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call on God?

There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.

Hear my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth.

For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.

He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth.

With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, LORD, for it is good.

Listen to my prayer, God. Do not hide yourself from my supplication.

Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

"I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm."

Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.

Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies do not depart from her streets.

God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, who do not fear God.

Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren't they in your book?

Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.

I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.

Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.

I cry out to God Most High, to God who accomplishes my requests for me.

I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples. I will sing praises to you among the nations.

For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, and your truth to the skies.

Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me.

You, LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.

Do not kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.

Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah.

They shall wander up and down for food, and wait all night if they aren't satisfied.

But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.

To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.

You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom?

Haven't you, God, rejected us? You do not go out with our armies, God.

Through God we shall do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.

Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer.

From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

So I will sing praise to your name forever, that I may fulfill my vows day after day.

They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

Do not trust in oppression. Do not become vain in robbery. If riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.

My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.

But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.

to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.

Praise awaits you, God, in Zion. And to you shall vows be performed.

You who hear prayer, to you all men will come.

Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth.

Sing to the glory of his name. Offer glory and praise.

Tell God, "How awesome are your deeds. Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.

All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name." Selah.

He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Do not let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah.

who preserves our life among the living, and doesn't allow our feet to be moved.

You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.

I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you,

I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.

I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.

If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened.

May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah.

Sing to God. Sing praises to his name. Extol him who rides on the clouds: to the LORD, his name. Rejoice before him.

Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, the LORD will dwell there forever.

God is to us a God of deliverance. To the LORD, the Lord, belongs escape from death.

Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings shall bring presents to you.

Envoys shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God.

Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth. Sing praises to the Lord. Selah.

To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.