Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

O send out your light and your true word; let them be my guide: let them take me to your holy hill, and to your tents.

Then I will go up to the altar of God, to the God of my joy; I will be glad and give praise to you on an instrument of music, O God, my God.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why are you restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him,
The help of my [sad] countenance and my God.

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old.

Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.

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.

By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,

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

But You give us victory over our foes
and let those who hate us be disgraced.

Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves.

You hand us over to be eaten like sheep
and scatter us among the nations.

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

You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us.

Thou dust make us, A by-word among the nations, - A shaking of the head among the peoples.

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

And though all this be come upon us, yet do we not forget thee, nor behave ourselves unfaithfully in thy covenant.

Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade.

Because of You we are slain all day long;
we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.

Arise, LORD! Why sleepest thou? Awake, and be not absent from us forever.

Rise up! [Be a] help for us, and redeem us for the sake of your loyal love.

To the Overseer. -- 'On the Lilies.' -- By sons of Korah. -- An Instruction. -- A song of loves. My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My tongue is the pen of a speedy writer.

Most beautiful thou art, beyond the sons of men, Graciousness hath been poured forth by thy lips, For this cause, hath God blessed thee, to times age-abiding.

And go nobly on in your power, because you are good and true and without pride; and your right hand will be teaching you things of fear.

Thy arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; by which the people fall under thee.

All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made thee glad.

Listen, daughter, pay attention and consider:
forget your people and your father’s house,

And the king doth desire thy beauty, Because he is thy lord -- bow thyself to him,

And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.

Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make 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 Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. 'For the Virgins.' -- A song. God is to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.

Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. All ye peoples, clap the hand, Shout to God with a voice of singing,

For the Lord Most High is to be feared; he is a great King over all the earth.

He picked out for us a special land to be a source of pride for Jacob, whom he loves. (Selah)

The princes of the peoples are gathered together To be 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.

God, in her palaces, is to be known as a high tower.

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

By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish.

According to thy Name, O God, So, be thy praise, unto the ends of the earth, With righteousness, is, thy right hand, filled.

Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses, that it may be told them that come after.

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

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.

Pay attention, all you people, both rich and poor!

My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

I will bend, to a by-word, mine ear, I will open, on the lyre, mine enigma.

Why should I be afraid when evil days come my way, when the wickedness of those who deceive me surrounds me

There be some that put their trust in their goods, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches.

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 costly, and must be given up for ever,)

Within them [they think] their houses [are] forever, their dwelling places from generation to generation. They {name} [their] lands by their [own] names.

But, a son of earth, though wealthy, cannot tarry, He hath made himself a by-word - Beasts, they resemble:

They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

When he dies, he will not be able to take it all with him his possessions will not follow him to the grave,

A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish. A Psalm by Asaph.

A psalm by Asaph. El, God, the Lord speaks, and summons the earth to come from the east and west.

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

If I be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the whole world is mine, and all that therein is.

Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

whereas thou hatest to be reformed, and hast cast my words behind thee?

When you saw a thief, then you were pleased to be with him, and you have taken part with adulterers.

These things, hast thou done, and I have kept silence, Thou thoughtest that I should really be like thyself, I will convict thee, yea I will set thine offences in order before thine eyes.

Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in 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." For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.} Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean from evil.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Make me hear joy and gladness and be satisfied;
Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.

Let your face be turned from my wrongdoing, and take away all my sins.

Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free spirit be my support.

Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

Be my saviour from violent death, O God, the God of my salvation; and my tongue will give praise to your righteousness.

O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.

By Your favor do good to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.

Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, 'David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God is all the day.

The righteous will see it and fear,
And will [scoffingly] laugh, saying,

Behold, the man will not set God his strength, and he will trust in the multitude of his riches he will be strengthened in his mischief.

I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your saints. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Mahalath." A contemplation by David.

To the Overseer. -- 'On a disease.' -- An instruction, by David. A fool said in his heart, 'There is no God.' They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good.

God from the heavens looked on the sons of men, To see if there be an understanding one, One seeking God.

Then they will be filled with terror—
terror like no other—
because God will scatter
the bones of those who besiege you.
You will put them to shame,
for God has rejected them.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

{To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?} Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.

God, listen to my prayer, and pay attention to the words of my mouth.

He will pay back the evil to my enemies;
In Your faithfulness destroy them.

For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies. For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David.