I lie down and sleep;
I wake again because the Lord sustains me.

Lord, lead me in Your righteousness
because of my adversaries;
make Your way straight before me.

Punish them, God;
let them fall by their own schemes.
Drive them out because of their many crimes,
for they rebel against You.

Turn, Lord! Rescue me;
save me because of Your faithful love.

My eyes are swollen from grief;
they grow old because of all my enemies.

Because of Your adversaries,
You have established a stronghold
from the mouths of children and nursing infants
to silence the enemy and the avenger.

Those who know Your name trust in You
because You have not abandoned
those who seek You, Yahweh.

So he is oppressed and beaten down;
the helpless fall because of his strength.

“Because of the oppression of the afflicted
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord.
“I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place.”

My enemy will say, “I have triumphed over him,”
and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

I will sing to the Lord
because He has treated me generously.

I keep the Lord in mind always.
Because He is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.

I call on You, God,
because You will answer me;
listen closely to me; hear what I say.

Then the earth shook and quaked;
the foundations of the mountains trembled;
they shook because He burned with anger.

He brought me out to a spacious place;
He rescued me because He delighted in me.

Do not be far from me, because distress is near
and there is no one to help.

I will give praise in the great congregation
because of You;
I will fulfill my vows
before those who fear You.

Do not remember the sins of my youth
or my acts of rebellion;
in keeping with Your faithful love, remember me
because of Your goodness, Lord.

Because of Your name, Yahweh,
forgive my sin, for it is great.

Davidic.Vindicate me, Lord,
because I have lived with integrity
and have trusted in the Lord without wavering.

Because of my adversaries,
show me Your way, Lord,
and lead me on a level path.

Because they do not consider
what the Lord has done
or the work of His hands,
He will tear them down and not rebuild them.

A psalm; a dedication song for the house. Davidic.I will exalt You, Lord,
because You have lifted me up
and have not allowed my enemies
to triumph over me.

For You are my rock and my fortress;
You lead and guide me
because of Your name.

I will rejoice and be glad in Your faithful love
because You have seen my affliction.
You have known the troubles of my life

Be gracious to me, Lord,
because I am in distress;
my eyes are worn out from angry sorrow—
my whole being as well.

Indeed, my life is consumed with grief
and my years with groaning;
my strength has failed
because of my sinfulness,
and my bones waste away.

For our hearts rejoice in Him
because we trust in His holy name.

The Lord laughs at him
because He sees that his day is coming.

Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed,
because the Lord holds his hand.

The Lord helps and delivers them;
He will deliver them from the wicked and will save them
because they take refuge in Him.

There is no health in my body
because of Your indignation;
there is no strength in my bones
because of my sin.

My wounds are foul and festering
because of my foolishness.

I am faint and severely crushed;
I groan because of the anguish of my heart.

So I confess my guilt;
I am anxious because of my sin.

I am speechless; I do not open my mouth
because of what You have done.

Remove Your torment from me;
I fade away because of the force of Your hand.

Let those who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
be horrified because of their shame.

You supported me because of my integrity
and set me in Your presence forever.

I will say to God, my rock,
“Why have You forgotten me?
Why must I go about in sorrow
because of the enemy’s oppression?”

For You are the God of my refuge.
Why have You rejected me?
Why must I go about in sorrow
because of the enemy’s oppression?

because of the voice of the scorner and reviler,
because of the enemy and avenger.

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

Rise up! Help us!
Redeem us because of Your faithful love.

Mount Zion is glad.
The towns of Judah rejoice
because of Your judgments.

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.

He will repay my adversaries for their evil.
Because of Your faithfulness, annihilate them.

I will sacrifice a freewill offering to You.
I will praise Your name, Yahweh,
because it is good.

because of the enemy’s voice,
because of the pressure of the wicked.
For they bring down disaster on me
and harass me in anger.

Let death take them by surprise;
let them go down to Sheol alive,
because evil is in their homes and within them.

God, the One enthroned from long ago,
will hear and will humiliate themSelah
because they do not change
and do not fear God.

Lord, look! They set an ambush for me.
Powerful men attack me,
but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.

I will keep watch for You, my strength,
because God is my stronghold.

To You, my strength, I sing praises,
because God is my stronghold—
my faithful God.

My lips will glorify You
because Your faithful love is better than life.

because You are my helper;
I will rejoice in the shadow of Your wings.

Say to God, “How awe-inspiring are Your works!
Your enemies will cringe before You
because of Your great strength.

Because of Your temple at Jerusalem,
kings will bring tribute to You.

Do not let those who put their hope in You
be disgraced because of me,
Lord God of Hosts;
do not let those who seek You
be humiliated because of me,
God of Israel.

For I have endured insults because of You,
and shame has covered my face.

because zeal for Your house has consumed me,
and the insults of those who insult You
have fallen on me.

Draw near to me and redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies.

Let those who say, “Aha, aha!”
retreat because of their shame.

I come because of the mighty acts of the Lord God;
I will proclaim Your righteousness, Yours alone.

My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to You
because You have redeemed me.

because they did not believe God
or rely on His salvation.

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

God of our salvation, help us—
for the glory of Your name.
Deliver us and atone for our sins,
because of Your name.

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

Because you have made the Lord—my refuge,
the Most High—your dwelling place,

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

For You have made me rejoice, Lord,
by what You have done;
I will shout for joy
because of the works of Your hands.

Zion hears and is glad,
and the towns of Judah rejoice
because of Your judgments, Lord.

Because of the sound of my groaning,
my flesh sticks to my bones.

because of Your indignation and wrath;
for You have picked me up and thrown me aside.

Yet He saved them because of His name,
to make His power known.

They angered the Lord at the waters of Meribah,
and Moses suffered because of them;

because they rebelled against God’s commands
and despised the counsel of the Most High.

Fools suffered affliction
because of their rebellious ways and their sins.

and fruitful land into salty wasteland,
because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.

But You, Yahweh my Lord,
deal kindly with me because of Your name;
deliver me because of the goodness of Your faithful love.

Not to us, Yahweh, not to us,
but to Your name give glory
because of Your faithful love, because of Your truth.

I love the Lord because He has heard
my appeal for mercy.

Because He has turned His ear to me,
I will call out to Him as long as I live.

I will give thanks to You
because You have answered me
and have become my salvation.

I will walk freely in an open place
because I seek Your precepts.

Rage seizes me because of the wicked
who reject Your instruction.

I have more insight than all my teachers
because Your decrees are my meditation.

I understand more than the elders
because I obey Your precepts.

I open my mouth and pant
because I long for Your commands.

My eyes pour out streams of tears
because people do not follow Your instruction.

My anger overwhelms me
because my foes forget Your words.

Salvation is far from the wicked
because they do not seek Your statutes.

I have seen the disloyal and feel disgust
because they do not keep Your word.

Because of my brothers and friends,
I will say, “Peace be with you.”

Because of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your good.

Because of Your servant David,
do not reject Your anointed one.

“This is My resting place forever;
I will make My home here
because I have desired it.

I will praise You
because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made.
Your works are wonderful,
and I know this very well.

Free me from prison
so that I can praise Your name.
The righteous will gather around me
because You deal generously with me.