The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

[He] makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks [the] bow and cuts off [the] spear. [The] wagons [of war] he burns with fire.

“Stop your fighting—and know that I am God,
exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth.”

The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.} O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

The princes of the people are gathered together, even 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.

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

They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.

As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

We have thought of Your lovingkindness, O God,
In the midst of Your temple.

As is Your name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness, justice).

Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.

Set your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that ye recount to a later generation,

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

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.} Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart are things of understanding.

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?

Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

None of them can by any means redeem [either himself or] his brother,
Nor give to God a ransom for him—

Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever,their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.

but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.

This their way is folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

Be not afraid when [an ungodly] man becomes rich,
When the wealth and glory of his house are increased;

you will end up like your ancestors' generation, never again to see the light of day!

Wealthy people do not understand; they are like animals that perish.

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

“Hear, O My people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you:
I am God, your God.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

“I will accept no young bull from your house
Nor male goat from your folds.

“For every beast of the forest is Mine,
And the cattle on a thousand hills.

I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

“Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving
And pay your vows to the Most High;

Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!"

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

You hate instruction
and turn your back on My words.

When you see a thief, then you are pleased with him, and your association [is] with adulterers.

“You give your mouth to evil
And your tongue frames deceit.

“You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.

These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.

Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;
According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

Against You, You only, have I sinned
And done that which is evil in Your sight,
So that You are justified when You speak [Your sentence]
And faultless in Your judgment.

Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.

Hide Your face from my sins
And blot out all my iniquities.

Do not cast me away from Your presence
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
And sustain me with a willing spirit.

Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted and return to You.

Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;
Then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness and Your justice.

O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.

For Thou desirest not sacrifice, or I give it, Burnt-offering Thou acceptest not.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

By Your favor do good to Zion;
May You rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,
In burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

Why do you make evil the foundation of your boasting, mighty one? God's gracious love never ceases.

Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.

But God will break you down forever;
He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

I will thank You forever, because You have done it, [You have rescued me and kept me safe].
I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.

{To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Do not evildoers know, [they] who eat my people [as though] they were eating bread? They do not call on God.

There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised 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.

Save me, O God, by Your name;
And vindicate me by Your [wondrous] power.

Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

Look, God is my helper; the Lord is with those who are guarding my life.

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

With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to You;
I will give thanks and praise Your name, O Lord, for it is good.

{To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David.} Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

Then I said - Oh that there were given me a pinion, like a dove, I would fly away and be at rest:

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.

For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear it, He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.

Desolations are upon them, They go down to Sheol -- alive, For wickedness is in their dwelling, in their midst.

He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.

God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.

He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

Cast your burden on the Lord [release it] and He will sustain and uphold you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken (slip, fall, fail).

But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.

Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled on me;
All day long the adversary oppresses and torments me.

Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

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

Cast them out because of their wickedness.
In anger bring down the peoples, O God!

Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?