And he smote his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.

He brought him from following the ewes that have their young, to be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be food to the birds of the heavens, the flesh of thy sanctified to the beasts of the earth.

They have shed their blood like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.

We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are round about us.

Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that do not know thee, and upon the kingdoms that do not call upon thy name.

Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers. Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are brought very low.

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee. According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those who are appointed to death,

and render to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached thee, O LORD,

so we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks forever. We will show forth thy praise to all generations.

Stir up thy might before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, and come to save us.

Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Thou have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.

Thou make us hatred to our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.

Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

It sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the River.

Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Sing aloud to God our strength. Make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast-day.

Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee, O Israel, if thou would hearken to me!

But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.

O that my people would hearken to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

(The haters of LORD feign obedience to him, but their time is forever.)

Judge the poor man and the orphan. Do justice to the afflicted and destitute man.

They know not, nor do they understand. They walk to and fro in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Nevertheless ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers.

Do thou to them as to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon,

who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession the habitations of God.

Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever. Yea, let them be confounded and perish,

My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out to the living God.

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are the highways [to Zion].

They go from strength to strength; each one of them appears before God in Zion.

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

LORD, thou have been favorable to thy land. Thou have brought back the captivity of Jacob.

Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine indignation toward us to cease.

Will thou be angry with us forever? Will thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

I will hear what God, LORD, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, and to his sanctified. But let them not turn again to folly.

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for to thee do I cry all the day long.

Rejoice the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

For thou, LORD, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in loving kindness to all those who call upon thee.

Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer, and hearken to the voice of my supplications.

In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee, for thou will answer me.

For thou are great, and do wondrous things. Thou alone are God.

Teach me thy way, O LORD, I will walk in thy truth. Unite my heart to fear thy name.

But thou, O LORD, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

O turn to me, and have mercy upon me. Give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.

Show me a sign for good, that those who hate me may see it, and be put to shame, because thou, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me.

O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.

Let my prayer enter into thy presence. Incline thine ear to my cry.

For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

Thou have put my acquaintances far from me. Thou have made me an abomination to them. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

My eye wastes away because of affliction. I have called daily upon thee, O LORD, I have spread forth my hands to thee.

Will thou show wonders to the dead? Shall those who are deceased arise and praise thee? Selah.

But to thee, O LORD, I have cried, and in the morning my prayer shall come before thee.

LORD, why do thou cast off my soul? Why do thou hide thy face from me?

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer thy terrors I am confounded.

They came round about me like water all the day long. They encompassed me around together.

I will sing of the loving kindness of LORD forever. With my mouth I will make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

I have made a covenant with my chosen. I have sworn to David my servant:

Thy seed I will establish forever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

For who in the clouds can be compared to LORD? Who among the sons of the mighty is like LORD,

a God very awesome in the council of the holy ones, and to be feared above all those who are round about him?

In thy name do they rejoice all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.

For our shield belongs to LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

Then thou spoke in a vision to thy sanctified, and said, I have laid help upon a mighty [man]. I have exalted a chosen [man] out of the people.

He shall cry to me, Thou are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

I will also make his seed to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

but my loving kindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

I have sworn once by my holiness; I will not lie to David.

Thou have abhorred the covenant of thy servant. Thou have profaned his crown to the ground.

Thou have broken down all his hedges. Thou have brought his strongholds to ruin.

All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

Thou have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. Thou have made all his enemies to rejoice.

Yea, thou turn back the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle.

Thou have made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

LORD, where are thy former loving kindnesses, which thou swore to David in thy faithfulness?

Before the mountains were brought forth, or thou had ever formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou are God.

Thou turn man to destruction, and say, Return, ye sons of men.

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

Who knows the power of thine anger, and thy wrath according to the fear that is due to thee?

So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom.

Make us glad according to the days in which thou have afflicted us, and the years in which we have seen evil.

Let thy work appear to thy servants, and thy glory upon their sons.

Thou shall not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flies by day,

for he will give his [heavenly] agents charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

It is a good thing to give thanks to LORD, and to sing praises to thy name, O Most High,

to show forth thy loving kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,

to show that LORD is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

O LORD, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.

Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth. Render to the proud a recompense.

For judgment shall return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

O come, let us sing to LORD. Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let us make a joyful noise to him with psalms.

Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, as the day of trial in the wilderness,

Forty years long I was grieved with [that] generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways.

O sing to LORD a new song. Sing to LORD, all the earth.

Sing to LORD, bless his name. Show forth his salvation from day to day.

For great is LORD, and greatly to be praised. He is to be feared above all gods.

Ascribe to LORD, ye kindred of the peoples. Ascribe to LORD glory and strength.