By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,

For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.

But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

You hand us over to be eaten like sheep
and scatter us among the nations.

You sell your people for nothing, and do not increase your wealth by their price.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

Thou makest us to be a byword among the Heathen, and that the people shake their heads at us.

All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,

All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You,
Nor have we been false to Your covenant [which You made with our fathers].

If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

wouldn’t God have found this out,
since He knows the secrets of the heart?

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?
Awaken, do not reject us forever.

Why do You hide Your face
And forget our affliction and our oppression?

For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.

{To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.} My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Thou hast been beautified above the sons of men, Grace hath been poured into thy lips, Therefore hath God blessed thee to the age.

Strap your sword to your side, mighty warrior, along with your honor and majesty.

As to Thy majesty -- prosper! -- ride! Because of truth, and meekness -- righteousness, And Thy right hand showeth Thee fearful things.

Your arrows are sharpened to penetrate the hearts of the king's enemies. People will fall under you.

Thy throne, O God, is to times age-abiding and beyond, A sceptre of equity, is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear [to my instruction]:
Forget your people and your father’s house;

And the king doth desire thy beauty, Because he is thy lord -- bow thyself to him,

And the daughter of Tyre with a present, The rich of the people do appease thy face.

In divers colours she is brought to the king, Virgins -- after her -- her companions, Are brought to thee.

I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

{To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.} God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas;

The river's channels bring joy to the city of God, the special, holy dwelling place of the sovereign One.

God [is] in the midst of her; she will not be made to totter. God will help her {at daybreak}.

Come! Witness the exploits of the Lord, who brings devastation to the earth!

He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

The LORD of the heavenly armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Interlude To the Director: A song by the Sons of Korah.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.} O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

For the Lord Most High is to be feared; he is a great King over all the earth.

He will give us our heritage, the glory of Jacob who is dear to him. (Selah.)

Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

The princes of the peoples are gathered together To be the people of the God of Abraham: For the shields of the earth belong unto God; He is greatly exalted.

{A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.} Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

Fair and beautiful in elevation, the joy of all the earth,
Is Mount Zion [the City of David] in the far north,
The city of the great King.

God, in her palaces, is to be known as a high tower.

They saw it, then they were amazed;
They were stricken with terror, they fled in alarm.

As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of Jehovah of hosts, In the city of our God, God doth establish her -- to the age. Selah.

According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

That this God is our God -- To the age and for ever, He -- he doth lead us over death!

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.} Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.

Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

And precious is the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age.

so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.

For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.

This, their way, is a folly to them, And yet, their followers, with their mouth, approve. Selah.

They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.

But God will rescue my life from the power of Sheol; certainly he will pull me to safety. (Selah)

Do not fear when a man becomes rich, when the wealth of his house increases,

When he dies, he will not be able to take it all with him his possessions will not follow him to the grave,

Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods -- Jehovah -- hath spoken, And He calleth to the earth From the rising of the sun unto its going in.

He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.

Now have the heavens declared his righteousness, Because, God, is, about to judge. Selah.

“Hear, O My people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you:
I am God, your God.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

I do not need to take a bull from your household or goats from your sheepfolds.

For every wild animal in the forest belongs to me, as well as the cattle that graze on a thousand hills.

If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine is the world and its fulness.

Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?

Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows.

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

whereas thou hatest to be reformed, and hast cast my words behind thee?

When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives.

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

These things you did, and I kept silent, because you assumed that I was like you. But now I am going to rebuke you, and I will set forth my case before your very own eyes."

Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.} Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Multiply to wash me from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

For my transgressions I do know, And my sin is before me continually.

Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.

I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness;
In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And a willing spirit doth sustain me.

I teach transgressors Thy ways, And sinners unto Thee do return.

Be my saviour from violent death, O God, the God of my salvation; and my tongue will give praise to your righteousness.

For you do not delight [in] sacrifice or I would give [it]. [With] a burnt offering you are not pleased.

My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit;
A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.