He brought them to His holy land,
to the mountain His right hand acquired.

He gave up His strength to captivity
and His splendor to the hand of a foe.

He surrendered His people to the sword
because He was enraged with His heritage.

He brought him from tending ewes
to be shepherd over His people Jacob—
over Israel, His inheritance.

They gave the corpses of Your servants
to the birds of the sky for food,
the flesh of Your godly ones
to the beasts of the earth.

They poured out their blood
like water all around Jerusalem,
and there was no one to bury them.

We have become an object of reproach
to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule
to those around us.

Pour out Your wrath on the nations
that don’t acknowledge You,
on the kingdoms that don’t call on Your name,

Do not hold past sins against us;
let Your compassion come to us quickly,
for we have become weak.

Let the groans of the prisoners reach You;
according to Your great power,
preserve those condemned to die.

Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors
the reproach they have hurled at You, Lord.

Then we, Your people, the sheep of Your pasture,
will thank You forever;
we will declare Your praise
to generation after generation.

before Ephraim,
Benjamin, and Manasseh.
Rally Your power and come to save us.

You fed them the bread of tears
and gave them a full measure
of tears to drink.

For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph.Sing for joy to God our strength;
shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.

Blow the horn on the day of our feasts
during the new moon
and during the full moon.

Listen, My people, and I will admonish you.
Israel, if you would only listen to Me!

There must not be a strange god among you;
you must not bow down to a foreign god.

“But My people did not listen to Me;
Israel did not obey Me.

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own plans.

If only My people would listen to Me
and Israel would follow My ways,

Those who hate the Lord
would pretend submission to Him;
their doom would last forever.

“How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked?Selah

They do not know or understand;
they wander in darkness.
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

However, you will die like men
and fall like any other ruler.”

Rise up, God, judge the earth,
for all the nations belong to You.

A song. A psalm of Asaph.God, do not keep silent.
Do not be deaf, God; do not be idle.

Even Assyria has joined them;
they lend support to the sons of Lot.Selah

Let them be put to shame and terrified forever;
let them perish in disgrace.

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

Better a day in Your courts
than a thousand anywhere else.
I would rather be at the door of the house of my God
than to live in the tents of wicked people.

For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.Lord, You showed favor to Your land;
You restored Jacob’s prosperity.

Return to us, God of our salvation,
and abandon Your displeasure with us.

I will listen to what God will say;
surely the Lord will declare peace
to His people, His godly ones,
and not let them go back to foolish ways.

Righteousness will go before Him
to prepare the way for His steps.

Be gracious to me, Lord,
for I call to You all day long.

Bring joy to Your servant’s life,
because I turn to You, Lord.

For You, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive,
rich in faithful love to all who call on You.

Lord, hear my prayer;
listen to my plea for mercy.

I call on You in the day of my distress,
for You will answer me.

Teach me Your way, Yahweh,
and I will live by Your truth.
Give me an undivided mind to fear Your name.

But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth.

Turn to me and be gracious to me.
Give Your strength to Your servant;
save the son of Your female servant.

Show me a sign of Your goodness;
my enemies will see and be put to shame
because You, Lord, have helped and comforted me.

A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.Lord, God of my salvation,
I cry out before You day and night.

May my prayer reach Your presence;
listen to my cry.

I am counted among those going down to the Pit.
I am like a man without strength,

You have distanced my friends from me;
You have made me repulsive to them.
I am shut in and cannot go out.

My eyes are worn out from crying.
Lord, I cry out to You all day long;
I spread out my hands to You.

Do You work wonders for the dead?
Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?Selah

But I call to You for help, Lord;
in the morning my prayer meets You.

Lord, why do You reject me?
Why do You hide Your face from me?

They surround me like water all day long;
they close in on me from every side.

A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.I will sing about the Lord’s faithful love forever;
I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations
with my mouth.

The Lord said,
“I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn an oath to David My servant:

They rejoice in Your name all day long,
and they are exalted by Your righteousness.

Surely our shield belongs to the Lord,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.

You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones
and said: “I have granted help to a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen from the people.

I will extend his power to the sea
and his right hand to the rivers.

He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, the rock of my salvation.’

If his sons forsake My instruction
and do not live by My ordinances,

if they dishonor My statutes
and do not keep My commands,

then I will call their rebellion
to account with the rod,
their sin with blows.

Once and for all
I have sworn an oath by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.

You have broken down all his walls;
You have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.

All who pass by plunder him;
he has become an object of ridicule
to his neighbors.

Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful love
that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

Before the mountains were born,
before You gave birth to the earth and the world,
from eternity to eternity, You are God.

You return mankind to the dust,
saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”

Who understands the power of Your anger?
Your wrath matches the fear that is due You.

Teach us to number our days carefully
so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.

I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”

You will not fear the terror of the night,
the arrow that flies by day,

no harm will come to you;
no plague will come near your tent.

For He will give His angels orders concerning you,
to protect you in all your ways.

Because he is lovingly devoted to Me,
I will deliver him;
I will protect him because he knows My name.

When he calls out to Me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble.
I will rescue him and give him honor.

A psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.It is good to praise Yahweh,
to sing praise to Your name, Most High,

to declare Your faithful love in the morning
and Your faithfulness at night,

to declare: “The Lord is just;
He is my rock,
and there is no unrighteousness in Him.”

Lord, Your testimonies are completely reliable;
holiness is the beauty of Your house
for all the days to come.

They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it.
The God of Jacob doesn’t pay attention.”

to give him relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug for the wicked.

They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.

Come, let us shout joyfully to the Lord,
shout triumphantly to the rock of our salvation!

Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving;
let us shout triumphantly to Him in song.

Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah,
as on that day at Massah in the wilderness

For 40 years I was disgusted with that generation;
I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray;
they do not know My ways.”

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

Sing to Yahweh, praise His name;
proclaim His salvation from day to day.

Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

Ascribe to Yahweh the glory of His name;
bring an offering and enter His courts.

before the Lord, 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.

All who serve carved images,
those who boast in idols, will be put to shame.
All the gods must worship Him.

A psalm.Sing a new song to the Lord,
for He has performed wonders;
His right hand and holy arm
have won Him victory.

He has remembered His love
and faithfulness to the house of Israel;
all the ends of the earth
have seen our God’s victory.

Shout to the Lord, all the earth;
be jubilant, shout for joy, and sing.

Sing to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and melodious song.

before the Lord,
for He is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world righteously
and the peoples fairly.

Moses and Aaron were among His priests;
Samuel also was among those calling on His name.
They called to Yahweh and He answered them.