Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.

O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,
Nor discipline me in Your burning anger.

For Your arrows have sunk into me and penetrate deeply,
And Your hand has pressed down on me and greatly disciplined me.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation;
There is no health in my bones because of my sin.

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

For my loins were filled with inflammation, and no soundness in my flesh.

Lord, all my longings are before you, and my groaning is not hidden from you.

My heart is panting, my power hath forsaken me, And the light of mine eyes, Even they are not with me.

My lovers and friends stand looking upon my trouble, and my kinsmen are gone afar off.

Yea they who are seeking my life, have laid snares, and they who are asking my harm, have threatened engulfing ruin, And, deceitful things - all day long, do they mutter.

As for me, I was like a deaf man and heard not; as one that were dumb, not opening his mouth.

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

For I said, “Don’t let them rejoice over me—
those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble.”

For I am ready to fall;
My sorrow is continually before me.

But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

I said, “I will guard my ways
That I may not sin with my tongue;
I will muzzle my mouth
While the wicked are in my presence.”

“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]! Selah.

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

“And now, Lord, for what do I expectantly wait?
My hope [my confident expectation] is in You.

I remain silent; I do not open my mouth, for you are the one who acted.

“Remove Your plague from me;
I am wasting away because of the conflict and opposition of Your hand.

By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Turn Your angry gaze from me
so that I may be cheered up
before I die and am gone.”

When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who makes the Lord his trust,
And does not regard the proud nor those who lapse into lies.

Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them;
You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word];
Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require.

“I delight to do Your will, O my God;
Your law is within my heart.”

I have told the great assembly about your justice. Look! I spare no words! O Lord, you know this is true.

I have not concealed Your righteousness within my heart;
I have proclaimed Your faithfulness and Your salvation.
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly.

Do not withhold Your compassion and tender mercy from me, O Lord;
Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are seeking my soul to destroy it, They are turned backward, And are ashamed, who are desiring my evil.

They are desolate because of their shame, Who are saying to me, 'Aha, aha.'

All seeking Thee rejoice and are glad in Thee, Those loving Thy salvation say continually, 'Jehovah is magnified.'

Even though I am afflicted and needy,
Still the Lord takes thought and is mindful of me.
You are my help and my rescuer.
O my God, do not delay.

Blessed is the one who is considerate of the destitute; the LORD will deliver him when the times are evil.

The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed;
You will heal him on the bed where he lies.

All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.

“Lethal poison has been poured into him,
and he won’t rise again from where he lies!”

In this way I will know that you are pleased with me, and that my enemies will not shout in triumph over me.

As for me, You uphold me in my integrity,
And You set me in Your presence forever.

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
Why have you become restless and disquieted within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

For You are the God of my strength [my stronghold—in whom I take refuge]; why have You rejected me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me;
Let them bring me to Your holy hill
And to Your dwelling places.

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 chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.} We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

You drove out the [pagan] nations with Your own hand;
Then you planted and established them (Israel);
[It was by Your power that] You uprooted the [pagan] peoples,
Then You spread them abroad.

For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword,
Nor did their own arm save them,
But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,
Because You favored and delighted in them.

You are my King, O God;
Command victories and deliverance for Jacob (Israel).

Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

In God have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. Selah

But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

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

You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations.

You sell Your people cheaply,
And have not increased Your wealth by their sale.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You,
Nor have we been false to Your covenant [which You made with our fathers].

Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

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

If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

Wake up, Lord! Why are You sleeping?
Get up! Don’t reject us forever!

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.

My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

You are fairer than the sons of men;
Graciousness is poured upon Your lips;
Therefore God has blessed You forever.

Strap Your sword on Your thigh, O mighty One,
In Your splendor and Your majesty!

And in Your majesty ride on triumphantly
For the cause of truth and humility and righteousness;
Let Your right hand guide You to awesome things.

Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

You have loved righteousness (virtue, morality, justice) and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, your God, has anointed You
Above Your companions with the oil of jubilation.

Myrrh and aloes, cassia, are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.

Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

Then the King will desire your beauty;
Because He is your Lord, bow down and honor Him.

The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;
The rich among the people will seek your favor.

All glorious - the daughter of a king sitteth within, Brocades, wrought with gold, are her clothing!

In divers colours she is brought to the king, Virgins -- after her -- her companions, Are brought to thee.

They are brought with joy and gladness, They come into the palace of the king.

Instead of thy fathers are thy sons, Thou dost appoint them for princes in all the earth.

I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations;
Therefore the peoples will praise and give You thanks forever and ever.

{To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.} God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Therefore we won't be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;

Roar -- troubled are its waters, Mountains they shake in its pride. Selah.