I was given over to You at birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

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

They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.

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.

And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.

I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed on me:

They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.

But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

I declare Thy name to my brethren, In the midst of the assembly I praise Thee.

For He has not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He listened.

My praise will be of You in the great assembly.
I will pay my vows [made in the time of trouble] before those who [reverently] fear Him.

The humble do eat and are satisfied, Praise Jehovah do those seeking Him, Your heart doth live for ever.

Remember and return unto Jehovah, Do all ends of the earth, And before Thee bow themselves, Do all families of the nations,

For to Jehovah is the kingdom, And He is ruling among nations.

All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

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

A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my shepherd, I do not lack,

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

Even though I walk through the [sunless] valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me.

Surely goodness and mercy, shall pursue me all the days of my life: and I dwelt in the house of Jehovah to the length of days.

A Psalm of David. To Jehovah is the earth and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it.

Who may ascend to Yahweh's hill? Who may stand in his holy place?

The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit.

Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor, Jacob's descendants, who pray to him. (Selah)

{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

O my God, in thee have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame; Let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause.

Make me to know thy ways, O Jehovah; teach me thy paths.

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Call to remembrance, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy loving-kindnesses, which have been ever of old.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.

The Lord is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live.

He causeth the humble to tread in judgment, And teacheth the humble His way.

All the paths of Jehovah are kindness and truth, To those keeping His covenant, And His testimonies.

For sake of thy name, O Jehovah, and thou forgavest to mine iniquity; for it was much.

The secret of Jehovah is with them that fear him, that he may make known his covenant to them.

My eyes are turned to the Lord at all times; for he will take my feet out of the net.

Turn to me [Lord] and be gracious to me,
For I am alone and afflicted.

Give thought to my grief and my pain; and take away all my sins.

Behold my foes, for they abound, - and, with the hatred of violence, do they hate me.

Oh keep my soul, and deliver me: Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in thee.

Integrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited on Thee.

Do me justice, O Yahweh, For, I, in my blamelessness, have walked, and, in Yahweh, have I trusted, I will not waver.

For, thy lovingkindness, hath been before mine eyes, and I have walked to and fro in thy faithfulness;

I do not sit with deceitful or unethical or worthless men,
Nor seek companionship with pretenders (self-righteous hypocrites).

I hate a crowd of evildoers,
and I do not sit with the wicked.

I wash my hands with innocency, O LORD, and so will I go to thine altar,

That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, And tell of all thy wondrous works.

Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.

Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,

who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe.

But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;
Redeem me and be merciful and gracious to me.

I have a safe resting-place for my feet; I will give praise to the Lord in the meetings of the people.

By David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?

When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Even when an army is deployed against me, I do not fear. Even when war is imminent, I remain confident.

One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.

For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me; He will lift me up upon a rock.

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.

Hear, Jehovah; with my voice do I call; be gracious unto me, and answer me.

To Thee said my heart 'They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'

Do not hide your face from me; do not turn your servant away in anger. You have been my help; do not abandon nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Make your way clear to me, O Lord, guiding me by the right way, because of my haters.

Deliver me not over to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, 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.

Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

For they attend not to the doing of Jehovah, And unto the work of His hands. He throweth them down, And doth not build them up.

May the Lord be praised, because he has given ear to the voice of my prayer.

Yahweh [is] my strength and my shield. My heart trusts him and I am helped. So my heart rejoices, and with my song I will give thanks to him.

Jehovah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance, And feed them, and carry them to the age!

A Psalm of David. Ascribe to Jehovah, ye sons of the mighty, Ascribe to Jehovah honour and strength.

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.

The voice of Jehovah will cause the desert to whirl; Jehovah will cause the desert of holiness to whirl.

The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.

Jehovah on the deluge hath sat, And Jehovah sitteth king -- to the age,

Jehovah strength to his people giveth, Jehovah blesseth His people with peace!

{A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.} I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

Jehovah my God, I have cried to Thee, And Thou dost heal me.

O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

Sing praise unto Jehovah, O ye saints of his, And give thanks to his holy memorial name .

For there is, a Moment, in his anger, a Life-time, in his good-pleasure, In the evening, cometh Weeping to lodge, But, by the morning, -- tis a Shout of Triumph!

And I -- I have said in mine ease, 'I am not moved -- to the age.

LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.

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

Hear, O Jehovah, and favour me, O Jehovah, be a helper to me.'

Thou hast turned my mourning to dancing for me, Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girdest me with joy.

To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

Rescue me from the net that they concealed to trap me; for you are my strength.

Into thy hand, do I commit my spirit - Thou hast ransomed me, O Yahweh, GOD most faithful.

I hate those who pay regard to vain (empty, worthless) idols;
But I trust in the Lord [and rely on Him with unwavering confidence].

And Thou hast not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, Thou hast caused my feet to stand in a broad place.