He brought him from following nursing ewes to shepherd Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.

And he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, and led them by the skillfulness of his hands.

O God, [the] nations have entered your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have reduced Jerusalem to ruins.

They have given the bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the heavens, the flesh of your faithful to [the] beasts of [the] earth.

They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was none to bury [them].

We have become a taunt to our neighbors, a derision and a scorn to those around us.

Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on [the] kingdoms that do not call on your name,

Do not remember against us former iniquities; let your mercies meet us quickly because we are brought very low.

Let the groaning of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your {power}, spare [the] children [appointed to] death.

And return to our neighbors sevenfold {upon them} their taunts [with] which they taunted you, O Lord.

Then we, your people and the flock of your pasture, we will give thanks to you forever. {Generation after generation} we will tell of your praise.

O God, restore us, and cause your face to shine that we may be saved.

You have fed them [the] bread of tears; you have given them tears to drink in full measure.

You have made us [an object of] strife to our neighbors, and our enemies mock among themselves.

O God [of] hosts, restore us and cause your face to shine that we may be saved.

It spread its branches to [the] sea and its shoots to [the] river.

Please return, O God [of] hosts. Observe from heaven and see, and pay attention to this vine,

Then we will not turn back from you. Restore us to life, and we will proclaim your name.

O Yahweh God [of] hosts, restore us; cause your face to shine that we may be saved.

Shout out to God our strength; shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.

Blow [the] horn at new moon, at full moon, for our feast day,

Hear, O my people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would [but] listen to me.

There shall be no strange god among you, and you shall not bow down to a foreign god.

But my people did not listen to my voice, and Israel did not yield to me.

Oh that my people would listen to me; [that] Israel would walk in my ways.

"How long will you judge unjustly and {show favoritism to the wicked}? Selah

Judge [on behalf of the] helpless and [the] orphan; provide justice [to the] afflicted and [the] poor.

They do not know or consider. They go about in the darkness, [so that] all [the] foundations of [the] earth are shaken.

However, you will die like men, and you will fall like one of the princes."

O God, do not rest [silently]. Do not keep silent or be still, O God.

Assyria also has joined with them. They {provide help} to the children of Lot. Selah

Do to them as [you did with] Midian, as [with] Sisera, as [with] Jabin at the wadi of Kishon.

My soul longs and even fails for the courtyards of Yahweh. My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Blessed [is the] man whose strength [is] in you; in their heart [are the] highways [to Zion].

They go from strength to strength, [until each] appears before God in Zion.

Because better [is] a day in your courtyards than a thousand [elsewhere]. I would rather be at the threshold of the house of my God than to dwell in [the] tents of wickedness.

I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, because he will speak peace to his people, even his faithful [ones], but let them not return to folly.

Be gracious to me, O Lord, because I call to you {all day long}.

For you, O Lord, [are] good and forgiving, and abundant in loyal love for all who call to you.

Heed, O Yahweh, my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.

In the day of my trouble I call to you, because you answer me.

Teach me, O Yahweh, your way, [that] I may walk in your truth. Unite my heart to fear your name.

O God, arrogant men have risen up against me, even a gang of ruthless men seek my life, but they do not set you before them.

But you, O Lord, [are] a compassionate and gracious God, {slow to anger} and abundant in loyal love and faithfulness.

Turn to me and be gracious to me. Give your strength to your servant, and grant victory to the son of your maidservant.

Do a sign [that] benefits me, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame, because you, O Yahweh, have helped me and comforted me.

But with respect to Zion it shall be said, "{Each one} was born in her," for the Most High himself will establish her.

O Yahweh, God of my salvation, I cry out by day [and] through the night before you.

Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.

I am reckoned with [those] descending to [the] pit. I am like a man without strength,

You have removed my acquaintances far from me. You have made me detestable to them. [I am] confined and cannot go out.

My eye languishes from misery. I call on you, O Yahweh, every day; I spread out my hands to you.

Do you work wonders for the dead? Or do [the] departed spirits rise up [to] praise you? Selah

But as for me, I cry for help to you, O Yahweh, and in the morning my prayer comes before you.

Why do you reject my soul, O Yahweh? [Why] do you hide your face from me?

They surround me like water all the day; they circle about me altogether.

I will sing forever of Yahweh's acts of loyal love. {From generation to generation} I will make known your faithfulness with my mouth.

"I made a covenant with my chosen one; I swore [an oath] to David my servant:

'I will establish your descendants forever, and I will build up your throne {from generation to generation}.'" Selah

For who in the sky is equal to Yahweh? [Who is] like Yahweh among the sons of God,

In your name they rejoice all the day, and in your righteousness they rise up.

because our shield belongs to Yahweh, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

Formerly you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones, and said, "I have bestowed help on a mighty man; I have exalted one chosen from [the] people.

He will call out [to] me, 'You [are] my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'

If his sons forsake my law and do not walk in my judgments,

if they defile my statutes and do not keep my commandments,

Once I have sworn by my holiness, 'I will surely not lie to David,

All passing along [the] road plunder him; he has become a taunt to his neighbors.

You have made his splendor to cease, and cast his throne to the ground.

Where [are] your former acts of loyal love, O Lord, [that] you swore to David by your faithfulness?

Before [the] mountains were born and you brought forth [the] earth and [the] world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you [are] God.

You return man to [the] dust, {saying}, "Return, O sons of man."

For we are brought to an end by your anger, and we hasten [off] by your wrath.

Who knows the strength of your anger, and your rage consistent with [the] fear due you?

So teach [us] to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Let your work be visible to your servants, and your majesty to their children.

I will say to Yahweh, "[You are] my refuge and my fortress, my God [in whom] I trust."

You need not fear [the] terror of [the] night, [or the] arrow [that] flies by day,

For he will command his angels concerning you, to watch over you in all your ways.

[It is] good to give thanks to Yahweh, and to sing praise concerning your name, O Most High;

to declare in the morning your loyal love and your faithfulness in the night,

to declare that Yahweh [is] upright. [He is] my rock, and [there is] no injustice in him.

Rise up, O Judge of the earth. Repay upon the proud what is [their] rightful due.

Yahweh knows [the] thoughts of humankind, that {they [are] to no purpose}.

to give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

For judgment will return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart [will follow] after it.

Come, let us sing for joy to Yahweh; let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; with songs let us shout joyfully to him.

to whom belongs the sea that he made, and [the] dry land [that] his hands formed.

"Do not harden your heart as [at] Meribah, as [in] the day of Massah in the wilderness,

when your ancestors tried me. They put me to the test, [even] though they had seen my work.

For forty years I loathed [that] generation, and said, '[They are] a people [whose] heart wanders. And my ways they do not know.'

Sing to Yahweh a new song; sing to Yahweh, all the earth.

Sing to Yahweh; bless his name. Announce his salvation from day to day.

For Yahweh [is] great and very worthy of praise; he [is to be] feared above all gods.

Ascribe to Yahweh, you families of [the] peoples, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.

Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due his name; bring an offering and come into his courts.

before Yahweh, for he is coming; for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge [the] world with righteousness, and [the] peoples with his faithfulness.

Be glad in Yahweh, [you] righteous, and give thanks {to his holy name}.

Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done wonders. His right hand and his holy arm have secured his victory.