{A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.} Jehovah, how many are they that trouble me, many they that rise up against me!

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.} When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness: in pressure thou hast enlarged me; be gracious unto me, and hear my prayer.

Ye sons of men, till when is my glory to be put to shame? How long will ye love vanity, will ye seek after a lie? Selah.

But know that Jehovah hath set apart the pious man for himself: Jehovah will hear when I call unto him.

When I see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast established;

When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence:

For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.

The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him! lest mine adversaries be joyful when I am moved.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Jehovah turneth again the captivity of his people, Jacob shall be glad, Israel shall rejoice.

When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him: but when he cried unto him, he heard.

When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness.

For I have heard the slander of many terror on every side when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life.

As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes; nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my groaning all the day long.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee at a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they will not reach him.

{A Psalm of David; when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.} I will bless Jehovah at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom:

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, even when his iniquity is found to be hateful.

Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, and he will exalt thee to possess the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified themselves against me.

When thou with rebukes dost correct a man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely, every man is vanity. Selah.

Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish?

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

Wherefore should I fear in the days of adversity, when the iniquity of my supplanters encompasseth me? --

Be not afraid when a man becometh rich, when the glory of his house is increased:

For when he dieth, he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.

Though he blessed his soul in his lifetime, and men will praise thee when thou doest well to thyself, --

When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.} Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in thy sight; that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, be clear when thou judgest.

{To the chief Musician: an instruction. Of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David came to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in evil, thou mighty man? The loving-kindness of God abideth continually.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God turneth again the captivity of his people, Jacob shall be glad, Israel shall rejoice.

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments: an instruction. Of David; when the Ziphites came, and said to Saul, Is not David hiding himself with us?} O God, by thy name save me, and by thy strength do me justice.

{To the chief Musician. On Jonathelem-rechokim. Of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be gracious unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me.

Then shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, for God is for me.

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul in the cave.} Be gracious unto me, O God, be gracious unto me; for my soul taketh refuge in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings do I take refuge, until the calamities be overpast.

Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked:

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God; secure me on high from them that rise up against me.

{To the chief Musician. On Shushan. Testimony. Michtam of David; to teach: when he strove with the Syrians of Mesopotamia, and the Syrians of Zobah, and Joab returned, and smote the Edomites in the valley of salt, twelve thousand.} O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased: restore us again.

From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my eart is overwhelmed: thou wilt lead me on to a rock which is too high for me.

{A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water:

When I remember thee upon my bed, I meditate on thee in the night-watches:

Thou hast visited the earth, thou hast watered it; thou greatly enrichest it: the river of God is full of water; thou providest their corn, when thou hast so prepared it:

Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness (Selah) --

Thou, O God, didst pour a plentiful rain upon thine inheritance, and when it was weary thou strengthenedst it.

When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it became snow-white as Zalmon.

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

Now also, when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not, until I have proclaimed thine arm unto this generation, thy might to every one that is to come.

My lips shall exult when I sing psalms unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;

As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.

When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,

When I shall receive the assembly, I will judge with equity.

Thou, thou art to be feared, and who can stand before thee when once thou art angry?

When God rose up to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

When the anger of God went up against them; and he slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after God;

They remembered not his hand, the day when he delivered them from the oppressor,

He ordained it in Joseph for a testimony, when he went forth over the land of Egypt, where I heard a language that I knew not.

Jehovah will count, when he inscribeth the peoples, This man was born there. Selah.

Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.

For a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever.

Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

When I said, My foot slippeth, thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. When wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

{A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah.} Jehovah, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee.

When Jehovah shall build up Zion, he will appear in his glory.

When the peoples shall be gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.

When they were a few men in number, of small account, and strangers in it.

Until the time when what he said came about: the word of Jehovah tried him.

But he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry;

When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;

I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;

And I am become a reproach unto them; when they look upon me they shake their heads.

Let them curse, but bless thou; when they rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice.

When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

How many shall be the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

My lips shall pour forth praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

{A Song of degrees. Of David.} I rejoiced when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of Jehovah.

If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us,

Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;

{A Song of degrees.} When Jehovah turned the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

Happy is the man that hath filled his quiver with them. They shall not be ashamed when they speak with enemies in the gate.

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

In the day when I called thou answeredst me; thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul.

All the kings of the earth shall celebrate thee, Jehovah, when they have heard the words of thy mouth;