O Lord, lead me in Your righteousness because of my foes;
Make Your way straight before me.

Return, O Lord, rescue my soul;
Save me because of Your lovingkindness.

My eye has wasted away with grief;
It has become old because of all my adversaries.

From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”

I will sing to the Lord,
Because He has dealt bountifully with me. Cross references: Psalm 13:1 : Ps 44:24 Psalm 13:1 : Job 13:24; Ps 89:46 Psalm 13:2 : Ps 42:4 Psalm 13:2 : Ps 42:9 Psalm 13:3 : Ps 5:1 Psalm 13:3 : 1 Sam 14:29; Ezra 9:8; Job 33:30; Ps 18:28 Psalm 13:3 : Jer 51:39 Psalm 13:4 : Ps 12:4 Psalm 13:4 : Ps 25:2; 38:16 Psalm 13:5 : Ps 52:8 Psalm 13:5 : Ps 9:14 Psalm 13:6 : Ps 96:1, 2 Psalm 13:6 : Ps 116:7; 119:17; 142:7 end of crossrefs

I have set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Then the earth shook and quaked;
And the foundations of the mountains were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.

He brought me forth also into a broad place;
He rescued me, because He delighted in me.

“Commit yourself to the Lord; let Him deliver him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”

Teach me Your way, O Lord,
And lead me in a level path
Because of my foes.

Because they do not regard the works of the Lord
Nor the deeds of His hands,
He will tear them down and not build them up.

Blessed be the Lord,
Because He has heard the voice of my supplication.

I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,
Because You have seen my affliction;
You have known the troubles of my soul,

For my life is spent with sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My strength has failed because of my iniquity,
And my body has wasted away.

Because of all my adversaries, I have become a reproach,
Especially to my neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me in the street flee from me.

For our heart rejoices in Him,
Because we trust in His holy name.

A Psalm of David.
Do not fret because of evildoers,
Be not envious toward wrongdoers.

Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong,
Because the Lord is the One who holds his hand.

The Lord helps them and delivers them;
He delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
Because they take refuge in Him.

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

My wounds grow foul and fester
Because of my folly.

I am benumbed and badly crushed;
I groan because of the agitation of my heart.

For I confess my iniquity;
I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

And those who repay evil for good,
They oppose me, because I follow what is good.

“I have become mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is You who have done it.

“Remove Your plague from me;
Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing.

Let those be appalled because of their shame
Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”

By this I know that You are pleased with me,
Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,
Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.

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

Let Mount Zion be glad,
Let the daughters of Judah rejoice
Because of Your judgments.

I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it,
And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.

There they were in great fear where no fear had been;
For God scattered the bones of him who encamped against you;
You put them to shame, because God had rejected them.

Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the pressure of the wicked;
For they bring down trouble upon me
And in anger they bear a grudge against me.

Because of wickedness, cast them forth,
In anger put down the peoples, O God!

Because of his strength I will watch for You,
For God is my stronghold.

You have given a banner to those who fear You,
That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

“Moab is My washbowl;
Over Edom I shall throw My shoe;
Shout loud, O Philistia, because of Me!”

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips will praise You.

Say to God, “How awesome are Your works!
Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will give feigned obedience to You.

Because of Your temple at Jerusalem
Kings will bring gifts to You.

Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Dishonor has covered my face.

Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it;
Ransom me because of my enemies!

Let those be turned back because of their shame
Who say, “Aha, aha!”

Because they did not believe in God
And did not trust in His salvation.

Show me a sign for good,
That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,
Because You, O Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

My eye has wasted away because of affliction;
I have called upon You every day, O Lord;
I have spread out my hands to You.

“Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name.

Zion heard this and was glad,
And the daughters of Judah have rejoiced
Because of Your judgments, O Lord.

Because of the loudness of my groaning
My bones cling to my flesh.

Because of Your indignation and Your wrath,
For You have lifted me up and cast me away.

Because they were rebellious against His Spirit,
He spoke rashly with his lips.

Because they had rebelled against the words of God
And spurned the counsel of the Most High.

Fools, because of their rebellious way,
And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.

Then they were glad because they were quiet,
So He guided them to their desired haven.

A fruitful land into a salt waste,
Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,
But persecuted the afflicted and needy man,
And the despondent in heart, to put them to death.

But You, O God, the Lord, deal kindly with me for Your name’s sake;
Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;

Not to us, O Lord, not to us,
But to Your name give glory
Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth.

I love the Lord, because He hears
My voice and my supplications.

Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I shall call upon Him as long as I live.

My soul weeps because of grief;
Strengthen me according to Your word.

Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked,
Who forsake Your law.

At midnight I shall rise to give thanks to You
Because of Your righteous ordinances.

May those who fear You see me and be glad,
Because I wait for Your word.

I understand more than the aged,
Because I have observed Your precepts.

My eyes shed streams of water,
Because they do not keep Your law.

My zeal has consumed me,
Because my adversaries have forgotten Your words.

I behold the treacherous and loathe them,
Because they do not keep Your word.

Seven times a day I praise You,
Because of Your righteous ordinances.