So now, kings, be wise;
receive instruction, you judges of the earth.

“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.”

They advance against me; now they surround me.
They are determined
to throw me to the ground.

Now I know that the Lord gives victory to His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven
with mighty victories from His right hand.

Now the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him—
those who depend on His faithful love

I have been young and now I am old,
yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned
or his children begging for bread.

Now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in You.

Now it is not an enemy who insults me—
otherwise I could bear it;
it is not a foe who rises up against me—
otherwise I could hide from him.

Let the name of Yahweh be praised
both now and forever.

But we will praise the Lord,
both now and forever.
Hallelujah!

Before I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I keep Your word.

The Lord will protect your coming and going
both now and forever.

Jerusalem—the mountains surround her.
And the Lord surrounds His people,
both now and forever.

Israel, put your hope in the Lord,
both now and forever.

A song of ascents.Now praise the Lord,
all you servants of the Lord
who stand in the Lord’s house at night!

Let the righteous one strike me—
it is an act of faithful love;
let him rebuke me—
it is oil for my head;
let me not refuse it.
Even now my prayer is against
the evil acts of the wicked.