It is he that delivereth my soul in peace from them that lay wait for me; for they are many against me.

Yea, they lay hands upon such as be at peace with him, and so they break his covenant.

My enemies have trampled upon me all day long,
For they are many who fight proudly against me.

They attack, they hide, they watch my {steps}, as they [lie in] wait for my life.

By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.

My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords are in their lips, for 'Who heareth?'

My God in His [steadfast] lovingkindness will meet me;
God will let me look triumphantly on my enemies [who lie in wait for me].

Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

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.

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

They have devised mischief, and communed among themselves how they may lay snares. "Tush," say they, "Who shall see them?"

Say to God, How terrible thy works! in the multitude of thy strength thine enemies shall lie to thee.

Thou broughtest us into a net, thou didst lay a heavy burden upon our loins;

When ye lie among the sheepfolds, It is as the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.

Wherefore will ye lie in wait, ye mountains of heights? the mountain God desired to dwell in it: also Jehovah will dwell forever.

To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

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.

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

Lay punishment on their iniquity, And let them not enter into thy righteousness;

For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take 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.

Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust.

They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.

Lo, these are the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.

If I have said, 'I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.

For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

They say to themselves, "We'll crush them completely;" They burned down all the meeting places of God in the land.

O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.

But God is judge, This He maketh low -- and this He lifteth up.

Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.

At Your rebuke, God of Jacob,
both chariot and horse lay still.

{Maschil of Asaph.} Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

We will not withhold them from their descendants; we'll declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD his might and awesome deeds that he has performed.

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. 'Also -- bread is He able to give? Doth He prepare flesh for His people?'

And -- they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,

O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

The swine from the forest will lay it waste, and the Moving thing of the field will feed upon it

God of hosts, restore to us the light of your favor. Then we'll be delivered. For the Director: On the Gittith. By Asaph.

For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

They hating Jehovah shall lie to him: and their time shall be forever.

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

They concoct crafty schemes against Your people,
And conspire together against Your hidden and precious ones.

Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

I mention Rahab and Babel to those knowing Me, Lo, Philistia, and Tyre, with Cush! This one was born there.

Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

Thy wrath lay upon me, and thou didst afflict with all thy breakers. Silence.

If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

“Nevertheless, I will not break off My lovingkindness from him,
Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.

Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction (sudden death) that lays waste at noon.

For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

My eye has looked on my foes;
My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

Enter! let us bow down, and bend low, Let us kneel, before Yahweh our maker;

in the LORD's presence, who comes to judge the earth; He'll judge the world righteously; and its people fairly.

His voice came to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept his witness, and the law which he gave them.

I am sleepless and lie awake [mourning],
I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.

He has exhausted my strength [humbling me with sorrow] in the way;
He has shortened my days.

Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.

And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

To give his chiefs teaching at his pleasure, and so that his law-givers might get wisdom from him.

By them they were crushed, and made low under their hands.

Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.

Let the money-lender lay a snare for all that is his; and let strangers take the fruit of his labor.

Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.

That cometh down low to look, through the heavens and through the earth;

He takes the poor man out of the dust, lifting him up from his low position;

The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.

I said in my alarm, Every man a lie.

ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

I will meditate on Your precepts
And [thoughtfully] regard Your ways [the path of life established by Your precepts].

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!

Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,

So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.

The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.

{Khet} Thou art my portion, O LORD, I have promised to keep thy law.

The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

May the arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me with a lie;
But I shall meditate on Your precepts.

The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

All Your commandments are faithful;
They have persecuted me with a lie; help me!