The kings of the earth take their stand;
And the rulers take counsel together
Against the Lord and His Anointed (the Davidic King, the Messiah, the Christ), saying,

They say, "Let's tear off the shackles they've put on us! Let's free ourselves from their ropes!"

The king says, "I will announce the Lord's decree. He said to me: 'You are my son! This very day I have become your father!

Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

Tremble ye, and do not sin;' Say ye thus in your heart on your bed, And be ye silent. Selah.

There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

For the music director, to be accompanied by wind instruments; a psalm of David. Listen to what I say, Lord! Carefully consider my complaint!

For there is nothing reliable in what they say;
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.

O Lord my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,

The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved {throughout all generations}, [during] which [I will have] no trouble."

He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He has hidden his face. He never sees."

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it ?

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.

Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord and master over us?”

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

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

Lest mine enemy shall say, I prevailed against him; mine adversaries shall exult when I shall be moved.

[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good.

I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good besides You.”

You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.

I call on You, God,
because You will answer me;
listen closely to me; hear what I say.

From the men of thy hand, O LORD, from the men, I say, and from the evil world, which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure.

To the overseer; to the servant of Jehovah, of David who spake to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he will say, I will love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,

They say, "Commit yourself to the LORD; perhaps the LORD will deliver him, perhaps he will cause him to escape, since he delights in him."

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].”

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, and layeth bare the forests; and in his temple doth every one say, Glory!

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

Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

My soul will say great things of the Lord: the poor in spirit will have knowledge of it and be glad.

Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.

They open their mouths wide against me;
They say, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”

Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.

The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. I decided, "I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man."

O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.

Then I say, "Look! I come! What is written in the scroll pertains to me.

Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth -- his name hath perished!

An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

I thirst for God, for the living God. I say, "When will I be able to go and appear in God's presence?"

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.

{To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction; a song of the Beloved.} My heart is welling forth with a good matter: I say what I have composed touching the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

He says, "Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!"

He says: "Assemble my covenant people before me, those who ratified a covenant with me by sacrifice!"

He says: "Listen my people! I am speaking! Listen Israel! I am accusing you! I am God, your God!

If I shall hunger I shall not say to thee; for to me the habitable globe, and its fulness.

But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite My statutes
Or to take My covenant on your lips?

To the overseer instruction to David: In the coming of Doeg the Edomite to Saul, and he will say to him, David came to the house of Ahimelech. Why wilt thou boast in evil, thou strong one? the mercy of God is all the day.

The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you: strong in his wealth.

[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt and they have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.

To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of the Ziphim, and they say to Saul, 'Is not David hiding himself with us?' O God, by Thy name save me, and by Thy might judge me.

O God, listen to my prayer! Pay attention to what I say!

because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

And I say, 'Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,

All day long people distort what I say; all their schemes against me are for evil purposes.

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

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 all men that see it shall say, "This hath God done!" For they shall perceive that it is his work.

Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

The Lord says, "From Bashan I will bring them, I will bring them from the depths of the sea,

Say sharp words to the beast among the water-plants, the band of strong ones, with the lords of the peoples, put an end to the people whose delight is in war.

Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

and say, "God has abandoned him. Run after him and seize him, because there's no deliverer."

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

They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence.

And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

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

We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.

O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?

Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.

Do not disregard what your enemies say, or the unceasing shouts of those who defy you.

“When I select an appointed time,
I will judge with equity,” [says the Lord].

I say to the boastful, 'Do not boast!' and to the wicked, 'Do not lift up [your] horn!

All the horns of the wicked He will cut off,
But the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.

And I say: 'My weakness is, The changes of the right hand of the Most High.'

A Maskil of Asaph.My people, hear my instruction;
listen to what I say.

Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my word, O Israel, if you will only do as I say!

He says, "How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)

They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.

Who said, “Let us possess for ourselves
The pastures of God.”

I will hear [with expectant hope] what God the Lord will say,
For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones—
But let them not turn again to folly.