For they intended mischief against thee, and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform.

My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:

You are holy; you sit as king receiving the praises of Israel.

But as for me, I am only a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by people.

Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.

They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

But as for you, LORD, do not be far away from me; My Strength, come quickly to help me.

For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.

My praise is from thee, in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;
Those who [diligently] seek Him and require Him [as their greatest need] will praise the Lord.
May your hearts live forever!

For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.

All such as be fat upon earth have eaten and worshipped. All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before him; and no man hath quickened his own soul.

A seed doth serve Him, It is declared of the Lord to the generation.

They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is borne, that He hath made!

{A Psalm of David.} The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Thou arrangest before me a table, Over-against my adversaries, Thou hast anointed with oil my head, My cup is full!

Only -- goodness and kindness pursue me, All the days of my life, And my dwelling is in the house of Jehovah, For a length of days!

{A Psalm of David.} The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Who is allowed to ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may go up to his holy dwelling place?

He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to what is false,
Nor has sworn [oaths] deceitfully.

This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.

Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

To you, O Lord, my soul is lifted up.

For all they that hope in thee shall not be ashamed; but such as transgress without a cause shall be put to confusion.

Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

He leads the humble in justice,
And He teaches the humble His way.

All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.

For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.

For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

I do not sit with those committed to what is false, nor do I travel with hypocrites.

LORD, I love the dwelling place that is your house, the place where your glory resides.

In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

{A Psalm of David.} The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Though an army deploys against me,
my heart is not afraid;
though a war breaks out against me,
still I am confident.

I have asked one thing from the Lord;
it is what I desire:
to dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
gazing on the beauty of the Lord
and seeking Him in His temple.

And now, lifted up is my head, Above my enemies -- my surrounders, And I sacrifice in His tent sacrifices of shouting, I sing, yea, I sing praise to Jehovah.

When You said, “Seek My face [in prayer, require My presence as your greatest need],” my heart said to You,
“Your face, O Lord, I will seek [on the authority of Your word].”

Although my father and my mother have abandoned me,
Yet the Lord will take me up [adopt me as His child].

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

{A Psalm of David} Unto thee will I cry, O LORD, my strength; think no scorn of me, lest, if thou make as though thou hearest not, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Hear the voice of my supplication (specific requests, humble entreaties) as I cry to You for help,
As I lift up my hands and heart toward Your innermost sanctuary (Holy of Holies).

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

Blessed is Jehovah, For He hath heard the voice of my supplications.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.

The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

The voice of Jehovah is shivering cedars, Yea, Jehovah shivers the cedars of Lebanon.

And He causeth them to skip as a calf, Lebanon and Sirion as a son of Reems,

The voice of Jehovah is hewing fiery flames,

The voice of the Lord makes the doe labor and give birth
And strips the forests bare;
And in His temple all are saying, “Glory!”

Jehovah sat as King at the Flood; Yea, Jehovah sitteth as King for ever.

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.

By Your favor and grace, O Lord, you have made my mountain stand strong;
You hid Your face, and I was horrified.

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

So that honour doth praise Thee, and is not silent, O Jehovah, my God, to the age I thank Thee!

You will free me from the net
that is secretly set for me,
for You are my refuge.

I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah.

I will rejoice and be glad in your gracious love, for you see my affliction and take note that my soul is distressed.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear is round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,

But as for me, I trust you, O Yahweh. I say, "You [are] my God."

The course of my life is in Your power;
deliver me from the power of my enemies
and from my persecutors.

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

Blessed is Jehovah, For He hath made marvellous His kindness To me in a city of bulwarks.

As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.

Love Jehovah, all ye His saints, Jehovah is keeping the faithful, And recompensing abundantly a proud doer.

Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.

{A Psalm of David, Maschil.} Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

I acknowledged my sin to You,
And I did not hide my wickedness;
I said, “I will confess [all] my transgressions to the Lord”;
And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

Thou art my defense in the trouble that is come about me; Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

I will instruct and teach you about how you should live. I will advise you as I look you in the eye.

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

Many are the pains of the wicked; As to him who is trusting in Jehovah, Kindness doth compass him.

Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.

Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

Sing unto him, a song that is new, With skill, sweep the strings, with loud noise.

For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.

He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

For He hath said, and it is, He hath commanded, and it standeth.

The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

The Lord is looking down from heaven; he sees all the sons of men;

Who is forming their hearts together, Who is attending unto all their works.