The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

They have venom like the venom of a snake,
like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,

As a snail that melteth he goeth on, As an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.

For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.

I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me!

You, O Lord God of armies, are the God of Israel; come now and give punishment to the nations; have no mercy on any workers of deceit. (Selah.)

But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

Let them go wandering up and down in search of food, and be there all night if they have not enough.

But as for me, I will sing of Your mighty strength and power;
Yes, I will sing joyfully of Your lovingkindness in the morning;
For You have been my stronghold
And a refuge in the day of my distress.

O God, You have rejected us and cast us off. You have broken [down our defenses and scattered] us;
You have been angry; O restore us and turn again to us.

You have made the land quake, You have split it open;
Heal its rifts, for it shakes and totters.

You have made Your people experience hardship;
You have given us wine to drink that makes us stagger and fall.

You have set up a banner for those who fear You [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder—a banner to shield them from attack],
A banner that may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

Have not you put us away, O God? and you have not gone out with our armies.

Have You not rejected us, O God?
And will You not go out with our armies?

For You have been a shelter and a refuge for me,
A strong tower against the enemy.

For You have heard my vows, O God;
You have given me the inheritance of those who fear Your name [with reverence].

Only -- from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah.

Trust [confidently] in Him at all times, O people;
Pour out your heart before Him.
God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.

God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.

To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches -- I meditate on Thee.

For You have been my help,
And in the shadow of Your wings [where I am always protected] I sing for joy.

Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'

They search out iniquities; We have accomplished,'say they , a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.

And God doth shoot them with an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

When they were to have ruined another, their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight.

And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.

The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in him; and all the lovers of righteousness will give him glory.

It is right for you, O God, to have praise in Zion: to you let the offering be made.

Iniquities have prevailed against me: our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.

Who creates the mountains by His strength,
Being clothed with power,

So they who dwell at the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs [the evidence of Your presence].
You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.

You visit the earth and make it overflow [with water];
You greatly enrich it;
The stream of God is full of water;
You provide their grain, when You have prepared the earth.

Its ridges have been filled, Deepened hath been its furrow, With showers Thou dost soften it, Its springing up Thou blessest.

You have crowned the year with Your bounty,
And Your paths drip with fatness.

Clothed have lambs the flock, And valleys are covered with corn, They shout -- yea, they sing!

The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.

He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah.)

For You have tested us, O God;
You have refined us as silver is refined.

You have led us into a trap and set burdens on our backs.

Thou hast caused man to ride at our head. We have entered into fire and into water, And Thou bringest us out to a watered place.

Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

Unto Him with my mouth I have called, And exaltation is under my tongue.

Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear.

Earth, will have given her increase, God, our own God, will bless us:

But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy.

A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

God -- causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only -- the refractory have inhabited a dry place.

The earth hath shaken, Yea, the heavens have dropped before God, This Sinai -- before God, the God of Israel.

Thy company have dwelt in it, Thou preparest in Thy goodness for the poor, O God.

Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

You have ascended on high, You have led away captive Your captives;
You have received gifts among men,
Even from the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.

The GOD we have, is a GOD of saving deeds, And, due to Yahweh, My Lord, are escapes from death.

That thou mayest crush them , dipping thy foot in blood, That the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.

They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

Singers have been before, Behind are players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.

Your God has commanded your strength [your power in His service and your resistance to temptation];
Show Yourself strong, O God, who acted on our behalf.

To the Overseer. -- 'On the Lilies,' by David. Save me, O God, for come have waters unto the soul.

I have sunk in deep mire, And there is no standing, I have come into the depths of the waters, And a flood hath overflown me.

I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.

O God, Thou -- Thou hast known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations from Thee have not been hid.

Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of armies: let not those who are waiting for you be made low because of me, O God of Israel.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother.

For the zeal of thy house hath devoured me, and the reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.

When I have humbled my soul with fasting, Then hath it turned to my reproach;

When I have made my clothing of sackcloth, Then have I served them for a by-word;

You have seen my shame, how I was laughed at and made low; my haters are all before you.

Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.

Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

For they have pursued him Thou hast smitten, And recount of the pain of Thy pierced ones.

So shall it be more pleasing to Yahweh than a bullock of the herd, Showing horn and divided hoof.

The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

The seed of his servants will have their part in it, and there the lovers of his name will have rest.

Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.

Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May God be great.

In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age.

Be to me a rock of refuge and a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually come;
You have given the commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.

For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.

By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.

I have been as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.

For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,

Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.

And I continually do wait with hope, And have added unto all Thy praise.

My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers.

O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the [height of the] heavens,
You who have done great things;
O God, who is like You, [who is Your equal]?

You who have shown me many troubles and distresses
Will revive and renew me again,
And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You,
And my soul, which You have redeemed.

My tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed -- because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

For he will rescue the poor who cry out
and the afflicted who have no helper.

He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save.

May he have long life, and may gold from Sheba be given to him: may prayers be made for him at all times; may blessings be on him every day.