[1]Why do the nations conspire (Hebrew; Septuagint RAGE) and the peoples plot in vain? [2]The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the LORD and against his Anointed One. (or ANOINTED ONE) [3]“Let us break their chains,” they say, “and throw off their fetters.” [4]The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the LORD scoffs at them. [5]Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, [6]“I have installed my King (or KING) on Zion, my holy hill.” [7]I will proclaim the decree of the LORD: He said to me, “You are my Son (or SON); today I have become your Father.” (or HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU) [8]Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. [9]You will rule them with an iron scepter (or WILL BREAK THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON); you will dash them to pieces like pottery.” [10]Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. [11]Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling. [12]Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

[1]O LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! [2]Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” SELAH (A word of uncertain meaning, occurring frequently in the Psalms; possibly a musical term) [3]But you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift (or LORD, / MY GLORIOUS ONE, WHO LIFTS) up my head. [4]To the LORD I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill. SELAH [5]I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me. [6]I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side. [7]Arise, O LORD! Deliver me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. [8]From the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. SELAH

[1]Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; be merciful to me and hear my prayer. [2]How long, O men, will you turn my glory into shame (or WILL YOU DISHONOR MY GLORIOUS ONE)? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods (or SEEK LIES)? SELAH [3]Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself; the LORD will hear when I call to him. [4]In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent. SELAH [5]Offer right sacrifices and trust in the LORD. [6]Many are asking, “Who can show us any good?” Let the light of your face shine upon us, O LORD. [7]You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound. [8]I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

[1]Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my sighing. [2]Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. [3]In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation. [4]You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with you the wicked cannot dwell. [5]The arrogant cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who do wrong. [6]You destroy those who tell lies; bloodthirsty and deceitful men the LORD abhors. [7]But I, by your great mercy, will come into your house; in reverence will I bow down toward your holy temple. [8]Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies – make straight your way before me. [9]Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their heart is filled with destruction. Their throat is an open grave; with their tongue they speak deceit. [10]Declare them guilty, O God! Let their intrigues be their downfall. Banish them for their many sins, for they have rebelled against you. [11]But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you. [12]For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.

[1]O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. [2]Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony. [3]My soul is in anguish. How long, O LORD, how long? [4]Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love. [5]No one remembers you when he is dead. Who praises you from the grave? [6]I am worn out from groaning; all night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. [7]My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes. [8]Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping. [9]The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer. [10]All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.

[1]O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me, [2]or they will tear me like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me. [3]O LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands – [4]if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me or without cause have robbed my foe – [5]then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. SELAH [6]Arise, O LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice. [7]Let the assembled peoples gather around you. Rule over them from on high; [8]let the LORD judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High. [9]O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure. [10]My shield or (SOVERIGN) is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart. [11]God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day. [12]If he does not relent, he (or IF A MAN DOES NOT REPENT, GOD) will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow. [13]He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows. [14]He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment. [15]He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made. [16]The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head. [17]I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

[1]O LORD, our LORD, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. [2]From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise (or STRENGTH) because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. [3]When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, [4]what is man, that you are mindful of him, the son of man, that you care for him?[5]You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings (or THAN GOD) and crowned him with glory and honor. [6]You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: [7]all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, [8]the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. [9]O LORD, our LORD, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

[1]I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. [2]I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. [3]My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you. [4]For you have upheld my right and my cause; you have sat on your throne, judging righteously. [5]You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever. [6]Endless ruin has overtaken the enemy, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished. [7]The LORD reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment. [8]He will judge the world in righteousness; he will govern the peoples with justice. [9]The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. [10]Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you. [11]Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done. [12]For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted. [13]O LORD, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death, [14]that I may declare your praises in the gates of the Daughter of Zion and there rejoice in your salvation. [15]The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. [16]The LORD is known by his justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion. (or MEDITATION; possibly a musical notation) SELAH [17]The wicked return to the grave, (Hebrew SHEOL) all the nations that forget God. [18]But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish. [19]Arise, O LORD, let not man triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence. [20]Strike them with terror, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. SELAH

[1]Why, O LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? [2]In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises. [3]He boasts of the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD. [4]In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God. [5]His ways are always prosperous; he is haughty and your laws are far from him; he sneers at all his enemies. [6]He says to himself, “Nothing will shake me; I’ll always be happy and never have trouble.” [7]His mouth is full of curses and lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue. [8]He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent, watching in secret for his victims.[9]He lies in wait like a lion in cover; he lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net. [10]His victims are crushed, they collapse; [11]He says to himself, “God has forgotten; he covers his face and never sees.” [12]Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless. [13]Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, “He won’t call me to account”? [14]But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand. The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless. [15]Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; call him to account for his wickedness that would not be found out. [16]The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land. [17]You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry, [18]defending the fatherless and the oppressed, in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more.

[1]In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain. [2]For look, the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows against the strings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart. [3]When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (or WHAT IS THE RIGHTEOUS ONE DOING) [4]The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD is on his heavenly throne. He observes the sons of men; his eyes examine them. [5]The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked (or THE LORD, THE RIGHTEOUS ONE, EXAMINES THE WICKED) and those who love violence his soul hates. [6]On the wicked he will rain fiery coals and burning sulfur; a scorching wind will be their lot. [7]For the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; upright men will see his face.

[1]Help, LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men. [2]Everyone lies to his neighbor; their flattering lips speak with deception. [3]May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue[4]that says, “We will triumph with our tongues; we own our lips (or OUR LIPS ARE OUR PLOWSHARES) – who is our master?” [5]“Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will protect them from those who malign them.” [6]And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times. [7]O LORD, you will keep us safe and protect us from such people forever. [8]The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.

[1]How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? [2]How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? [3]Look on me and answer, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death; [4]my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes will rejoice when I fall. [5]But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. [6]I will sing to the LORD, for he has been good to me.

[1]The fool (The Hebrew words rendered FOOL in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient) says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good. [2]The LORD looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek god. [3]All have turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.[4]Will evildoes never learn – those who devour my people as men eat bread and who do not call on the LORD? [5]There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is present in the company of the righteous. [6]You evildoes frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge. [7]Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!

[1]LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill? [2]He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart, [3]and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman, [4]who despises a vile man but honors those who fear the LORD, who keeps his oath, even when it hurts, [5]who lends his money without usury and does not accept a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

[1]Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge. [2]I said to the LORD, “You are my LORD; apart from you I have no good thing.” [3]As for the saints who are in the land, they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight. (or AS FOR THE PAGAN PRIESTS WHO ARE IN THE LAND / AND THE NOBLES IN WHOM ALL DELIGHT, I SAID) [4]The sorrows of those will increase who run after other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood or take up their names on my lips. [5]LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. [6]The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. [7]I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. [8]I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. [9]Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, [10]because you will not abandon me to the grave, (Hebrew SHEOL) nor will you let your Holy One (or YOUR FAITHFUL ONE) see decay. [11]You have made (or YOU WILL MAKE) known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

[1]Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer – it does not rise from deceitful lips. [2]May my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right. [3]Though you probe my heart and examine me at night, though you test me, you will find nothing; I have resolved that my mouth will not sin. [4]As for the deeds of men – by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent. [5]My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not slipped. [6]I call on you, O God, for you will answer me; give ear to me, and hear my prayer. [7]Show the wonder of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes. [8]Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings [9]from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me. [10]They close up their callous hearts, and their mouths speak arrogance. [11]They have tracked me down, they now surround me, with eyes alert, to throw me to the ground. [12]They are like a lion hungry for prey, like a great lion crouching in cover. [13]Rise up, O LORD, confront them, bring them down; rescue me from the wicked by your sword. [14]O LORD, by your hand save me from such men, from men of this world whose reward is in this life. You still the hunger of those you cherish; their sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children. [15]And I – in righteousness I will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.

[1]I love you, O LORD, my strength. [2]The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield, and the horn (horn here symbolizes strength) of my salvation, my stronghold. [3]I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies. [4]The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. [5]The cords of the grave (Hebrew SHEOL) coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me. [6]In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears. [7]The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry. [8]Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it. [9]He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet. [10]He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind. [11]He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him – the dark rain clouds of the sky. [12]Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning. [13]The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. (some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint {see also 2 Sam. 22:14}; most Hebrew manuscripts RESOUNDED, / AMID HAILSTONES AND BOLTS OF LIGHTNING) [14]He shot his arrows and scattered the enemies, great bolts of lightning and routed them. [15]The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of breath from your nostrils. [16]He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. [17]He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me. [18]They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support. [19]He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me. [20]The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me. [21]For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I have not done evil by turning from my God. [22]All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees. [23]I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin. [24]The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight. [25]To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless, [26]to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd. [27]You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty. [28]You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. [29]With your help I can advance against a troop (or CAN RUN THROUGH A BARRICADE); with my God I can scale a wall. [30]As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him. [31]For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God? [32]It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. [33]He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights. [34]He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. [35]You gave me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great. [36]You broaden the path beneath me, so that my ankles do not turn. [37]I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed. [38]I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet. [39]You armed me with strength for battle; you made my adversaries bow at my feet. [40]You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes. [41]They cried for help, but there was no one to save them – to the LORD, but he did not answer. [42]I beat them as fine as dust borne on the wind; I poured them out like mud in the streets. [43]You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations; people I did not know are subject to me. [44]As soon as they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cringe before me. [45]They all lose heart; they all come trembling from their strongholds. [46]The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior! [47]He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me, [48]who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from violent men you rescued me. [49]Therefore I will praise you among the nations, O LORD; I will sing praises to your name. [50]He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.

[1]The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. [2]Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. [3]There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. (or THEY HAVE NO SPEECH, THERE ARE NO WORDS; / NO SOUND IS HEARD FROM THEM) [4]Their voice (Septuagint, Jerome and Syriac; Hebrew LINE) goes out, into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun, [5]which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion, like a champion rejoicing to run his course. [6]It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat. [7]The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple. [8]The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes. [9]The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the LORD are sure, and altogether righteous. [10]They are more precious than gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb. [11]By them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward. [12]Who can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden faults. [13]Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression. [14]May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

[1]May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you. [2]May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion. [3]May he remember all your sacrifices and accept your burnt offerings. SELAH [4]May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed. [5]We will shout for joy when you are victorious and will lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your requests. [6]Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed; he answers him from his holy heaven with the saving power of his right hand. [7]Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we will trust in the name of the LORD our God. [8]They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm. [9]O LORD, save the king! Answer (or SAVE! / O KING, ANSWER) us when we call!

[1]O LORD, the king rejoices in your strength. How great is his joy in the victories you give! [2]You have granted him the desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips. SELAH [3]You welcomed him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head. [4]He asked you for life, and you gave it to him – length of days, for ever and ever. [5]Through the victories you gave, his glory is great; you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty. [6]Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence. [7]For the king trusts in the LORD; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken. [8]Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes. [9]At the time of your appearing you will make them like a fiery furnace. In his wrath the LORD will swallow them up, and his fire will consume them. [10]You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from mankind. [11]Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed; [12]for you will make them turn their backs when you aim at them with drawn bow. [13]Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength; we will sing and praise your might.

[1]My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? [2]O my God, I cry out by day but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent. [3]Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel. (or YET YOU ARE HOLY, / ENTHRONED ON THE PRAISES OF ISRAEL) [4]In you, our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them. [5]They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed. [6]But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. [7]All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads: [8]“He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.” [9]Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother's breast. [10]From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God. [11]Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help. [12]Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me. [13]Roaring lions tearing their prey open their mouths wide against me. [14]I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me. [15]My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me (or I AM LAID) in the dust of death. [16]Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced (some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; Most Hebrew manuscripts LIKE THE LION) my hands and my feet. [17]I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me. [18]They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing. [19]But you, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me. [20]Deliver my life from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs. [21]Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save (or YOU HAVE HEARD) me from the horns of the wild oxen. [22]I will declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation I will praise you. [23]You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel! [24]For he has not despised nor disdained the sufferings of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help. [25]From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you (Hebrew HIM) will I fulfill my vows. [26]The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise him – may your hearts live forever! [27]All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him, [28]for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations. [29]All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him – those who cannot keep themselves alive. [30]Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the LORD. [31]They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn – for he has done it.

[1]The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. [2]He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, [3]he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. [4]Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, (or THROUGH THE DARKEST VALLEY) I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. [5]You prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. [6]Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

[1]The earth is the LORD’S, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; [2]for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters. [3]Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place? [4]He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false. (or SWEAR FALSELY) [5]He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from God his Savior. [6]Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob SELAH [7]Lift up your heads, O you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. [8]Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. [9]Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the king of glory may come in. [10]Who is he, this King of glory? The LORD Almighty – he is the King of glory. SELAH

[1]To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul; [2]in you I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. [3]No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse. [4]Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; [5]guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. [6]Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. [7]Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O LORD. [8]Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways. [9]He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way. [10]All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of his covenant. [11]For the sake of your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, though it is great. [12]Who, then, is the man that fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way chosen for him. [13]He will spend his days in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land. [14]The LORD confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them. [15]My eyes are ever on the LORD, for only he will release my feet from the snare. [16]Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. [17]The troubles of my heart have multiplied; free me from my anguish. [18]Look upon my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins. [19]See how my enemies have increased and how fiercely they hate me! [20]Guard my life and rescue me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you. [21]May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you. [22]Redeem Israel, O God, from all their troubles!

[1]Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have led a blameless life. I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. [2]Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind; [3]for your love is ever before me, and I walk continually in your truth. [4]I do not sit with deceitful men, nor do I consort with hypocrites; [5]I abhor the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked. [6]I wash my hands in innocence, and go about your alter, O LORD, [7]proclaiming aloud your praise and telling of all your wonderful deeds. [8]I love the house where you live, O LORD, the place where your glory dwells. [9]Do not take away my soul along with sinners, my life with bloodthirsty men, [10]in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes. [11]But I lead a blameless life; redeem me and be merciful to me. [12]My feet stand on level ground; in the great assembly I will praise the LORD.

[1]The LORD is my light and my salvation – whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid? [2]When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, (or TO SLANDER ME) when my enemies and my foes attack me, they will stumble and fall. [3]though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then will I be confident. [4]One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. [5]For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock. [6]Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his tabernacle will I sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD. [7]Hear my voice when I call, O LORD; be merciful to me and answer me. [8]My heart says of you, “Seek his (or TO YOU, O MY HEART, HE HAS SAID, “SEEK MY) face!” Your face, LORD, I will seek. [9]Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, O God my Savior. [10]Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me. [11]Teach me your way, O LORD; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors. [12]Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence. [13]I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. [14]Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.

[1]To you I call, O LORD my Rock; do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who have gone down to the pit. [2]Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place. [3]Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak cordially with their neighbors but harbor malice in their hearts. [4]Repay them for their deeds and for their evil work; repay them for what their hands have done and bring back upon them what they deserve. [5]Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD and what his hands have done, he will tear them down and never build them up again. [6]Praise be to the LORD, for he has heard my cry for mercy. [7]The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song. [8]The LORD is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one. [9]Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever.

[1]Ascribe to the LORD, O mighty ones, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. [2]Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness. [3]The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD thunders over the mighty waters. [4]The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic. [5]The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. [6]He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, Sirion (that is, Mount Hermon) like a young wild ox. [7]The voice of the LORD strikes with flashes of lightning. [8]The voice of the LORD shakes the desert; the LORD shakes the desert of Kadesh. [9]The voice of the LORD twists the oaks (or LORD MAKES THE DEER GIVE BIRTH) and strips the forests bare. And in his temple all cry, “Glory!” [10]The LORD sits (or SAT) enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever. [11]The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.

[1]I will exalt you, O LORD, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me. [2]O LORD my God, I called to you for help and you healed me. [3]O LORD, you brought me up from the grave; (Hebrew Sheol) you spared me from going down into the pit. [4]Sing to the LORD, you saints of his; praise his holy name. [5]For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning. [6]When I felt secure, I said, “I will never be shaken.” [7]O LORD, when you favored me, you made my mountain (or HILL COUNTRY) stand firm; but when you hid your face, I was dismayed. [8]To you, O LORD, I called; to the LORD I cried for mercy: [9]What gain is there in my destruction, (or THERE IF I AM SILENCED) in my going down into the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your faithfulness? [10]Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me; O LORD, be my help.”[11]You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, [12]that my heart may sing to you and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever.

[1]In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness. [2]Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me. [3]Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me. [4]Free me from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge. [5]Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O LORD, the God of truth. [6]I hate those who cling to worthless idols; I trust in the LORD. [7]I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul. [8]You have not handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place. [9]Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief. [10]My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, (or GUILT) and my bones grow weak. [11]Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors; I am a dread to my friends – those who see me on the street flee from me. [12]I am forgotten by them as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery. [13]For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side; they conspire against me and plot to take my life. [14]But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.” [15]My times are in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me. [16]Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love. [17]Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and lie silent in the grave. (Hebrew SHEOL) [18]Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous. [19]How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you. [20]In the shelter of your presence you hide them from the intrigues of men; in your dwelling you keep them safe from accusing tongues. [21]Praise be to the LORD, for he showed his wonderful love to me when I was in a besieged city. [22]In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight!” Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help. [23]Love the LORD, all his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but the proud he pays back in full. [24]Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.

[1]Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. [2]Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit. [3]When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. [4]For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of the summer. SELAH [5]Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD” – and you forgave the guilt of my sin. SELAH [6]Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you while you may be found; surely when the mighty waters rise, they will not reach him. [7]You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. SELAH [8]I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. [9]Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you. [10]Many are the woes of the wicked, but the LORD’S unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in him. [11]Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous; sing, all you who are upright in heart!

[1]Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. [2]Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. [3]Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy. [4]For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. [5]The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love. [6]By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth. [7]He gathers the waters of the seas into jars, (or SEA AS INTO A HEAP) he puts the deep into storehouses. [8]Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere him. [9]For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. [10]The LORD foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples. [11]But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations. [12]Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance. [13]From heaven the LORD looks down and sees all mankind; [14]from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth – [15]he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do. [16]No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength. [17]A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save. [18]But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, [19]to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine. [20]We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. [21]In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. [22]May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you.

[1]I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. [2]My soul will boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice. [3]Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt his name together. [4]I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. [5]Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.[6]This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles. [7]The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them. [8]Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. [9]Fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing. [10]The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing. [11]Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. [12]Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, [13]keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies. [14]Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. [15]The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry; [16]the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth. [17]The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. [18]The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. [19]A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers them from them all; [20]he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken. [21]Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned. [22]The LORD redeems his servants; no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him.

[1]Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me. [2]Take up shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid. [3]Brandish spear and javelin (or AND BLOCK THE WAY) against those who pursue me. Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.” [4]May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plot my ruin be turned back in dismay. [5]May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away; [6]may their paths be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them. [7]Since they hid their net for me without cause and without cause dug a pit for me, [8]may ruin overtake them by surprise – may the net they hid entangle them, may they fall into the pit, to their ruin. [9]Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and delight in his salvation. [10]My whole being will exclaim, “Who is like you, O LORD? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them.” [11]Ruthless witnesses come forward; they question me on things I know nothing about. [12]They repay me evil for good and leave my soul forlorn. [13]Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers returned to me unanswered, [14]I went about mourning as though for a friend or brother. I bowed my head in grief as though weeping for my mother. [15]But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; attackers gathered against me when I was unaware. They slandered me without ceasing. [16]Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked (Septuagint; Hebrew may mean UNGODLY CIRCLE OF MOCKERS); they gnashed their teeth at me. [17]O LORD, how long will you look on? Rescue my life from their ravages, my precious life from these lions. [18]I will give you thanks in the great assembly; among throngs of people I will praise you. [19]Let not those gloat over me who are my enemies without cause; let not those who hate me without reason maliciously wink the eye. [20]They do not speak peaceably, but devise false accusations against those who live quietly in the land. [21]They gape at me and say, “Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we have seen it.” [22]O LORD, you have seen this; be not silent. Do not be far from me, O LORD. [23]Awake, and rise to my defense! Contend for me, my God and LORD. [24]Vindicate me in your righteousness, O LORD my God; do not let them gloat over me. [25]Do not let them think, “Aha, just what we wanted!” or say, “We have swallowed him up.” [26]May all who gloat over my distress be put to shame and confusion; may all who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace. [27]May those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “The LORD be exalted, who delights in the well-being of his servant.” [28]My tongue will speak of your righteousness and of your praises all day long.

[1]An oracle is within my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: (or HEART: SIN PROCEEDS FROM THE WICKED.) There is no fear of God before his eyes. [2]For in his own eyes he flatters himself too much to detect or hate his sin. [3]The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and to do good. [4]Even on his bed he plots evil; he commits himself to a sinful course and does not reject what is wrong. [5]Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. [6]Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep. O LORD, you preserve both man and beast. [7]How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find (or LOVE, O GOD! MEN FIND or LOVE! BOTH HEAVENLY BEINGS AND MEN FIND) refuge in the shadow of your wings. [8]They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights. [9]For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. [10]Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart. [11]May the foot of the proud not come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away. [12]See how the evildoers lie fallen – thrown down, not able to rise!

[1]Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong; [2]for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away. [3]Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. [4]Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. [5]Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: [6]He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. [7]Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. [8]Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret – it leads only to evil. [9]For evil men will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land. [10]A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found. [11]But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace. [12]The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them; [13]but the LORD laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming. [14]The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright. [15]But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken. [16]Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked; [17]for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous. [18]The days of the blameless are known to the LORD, and their inheritance will endure forever. [19]In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty. [20]But the wicked will perish; The LORD’S enemies will be like the beauty of the fields, they will vanish – vanish like smoke. [21]The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously; [22]those the LORD blesses will inherit the land, but those he curses will be cut off. [23]If the LORD delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm; [24]though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand. [25]I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. [26]They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed. [27]Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever. [28]For the LORD loves the just, and will not forsake his faithful ones. They will be protected forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off; [29]the righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever. [30]The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just. [31]The law of his God is in his heart; his feet do not slip. [32]The wicked lie in wait for the righteous, seeking their very lives; [33]but the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned when brought to trial. [34]Wait for the LORD and keep his way. He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you will see it. [35]I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a green tree in its native soil, [36]but he soon passed away and was no more; though I looked for him, he could not be found. [37]Consider the blameless, observe the upright; there is a future (or THERE WILL BE POSPERITY) for the man of peace. [38]But all sinners will be destroyed; the future (or POSPERITY) of the wicked will be cut off. [39]The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; he is their stronghold in time of trouble. [40]The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.

[1]O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. [2]For your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down upon me. [3]Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my sin. [4]My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear. [5]My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly. [6]I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning. [7]My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body. [8]I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart. [9]All my longings lie open before you, O LORD; my sighing is not hidden from you. [10]My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes. [11]My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away. [12]Those who seek my life set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they plot deception. [13]I am like a deaf man, who cannot hear, like a mute, who cannot open his mouth; [14]I have become like a man who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply. [15]I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O LORD, my God. [16]For I said, “Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.” [17]For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me. [18]I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. [19]Many are those who are my vigorous enemies; those who hate me without reason are numerous. [20]Those who repay my good with evil slander me when I pursue what is good. [21]O LORD, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God. [22]Come quickly to help me, O LORD my Savior.

[1]I said, “I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence.” [2]But when I was silent and still, not even saying anything good, my anguish increased. [3]My heart grew hot within me, and as I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue: [4]“Show me, O LORD, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life. [5]You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man’s life is but a breath. SELAH [6]Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro: He bustles about, but only in vain; he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it. [7]But now, LORD, what do I look for? My hope is in you. [8]Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools. [9]I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this. [10]Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand. [11]You rebuke and discipline men for their sin; you consume their wealth like a moth – each man is but a breath. SELAH [12]Hear my prayer, O LORD, listen to my cry for help; be not deaf to my weeping. For I dwell with you as an alien, a stranger, as all my fathers were. [13]Look away from me, that I may rejoice again before I depart and am no more.”

[1]I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. [2]He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. [3]He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD. [4]Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods. (or FALSEHOOD) [5]Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare. [6]Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but my ears you have pierced (or OPENED; or Hebrew; Septuagint BUT A BODY YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME {see also Symmachus and Thedodotion} ); burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require. [7]Then I said, “Here I am, I have come – it is written about me in the scroll. (or COME, WITH THE SCROLL WRITTEN FOR ME) [8]I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.” [9]I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; I do not seal my lips, as you know, O LORD. [10]I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and salvation. I do not conceal your love and your truth from the great assembly. [11]Do not withhold your mercy from me, O LORD; may your love and your truth always protect me. [12]For troubles without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails within me. [13]Be pleased, O LORD, to save me; O LORD, come quickly to help me. [14]May all who seek to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. [15]May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” be appalled at their own shame. [16]But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation always say, “The LORD be exalted!” [17]Yet I am poor and needy; may the LORD think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

[1]Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the LORD delivers him in times of trouble. [2]The LORD will protect him and preserve him his life; he will bless him in the land and not surrender him to the desire of his foes. [3]The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his bed of illness. [4]I said, “O LORD, have mercy on me; heal me, for I have sinned against you.” [5]My enemies say of me in malice, “When will he die and his name perish?” [6]Whenever one comes to see me, he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander; then he goes out and spreads it abroad. [7]All my enemies whisper together against me; they imagine the worst for me, saying, [8]“A vile disease has beset him; he will never get up from the place where he lies.” [9]Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. [10]But you, O LORD, have mercy on me; raise me up, that I may repay them. [11]I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me. [12]In my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever. [13]Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

[1]As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. [2]My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? [3]My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” [4]These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go with the multitude leading the procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and thanksgiving among the festive throng. [5]Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and [6]my God. My (a few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts PRAISE HIM FOR HIS SAVING HELP. / [6]O MY GOD MY ) soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Herman – from Mount Mizar. [7]Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me. [8]By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me – a prayer to the God of my life. [9]I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?” [10]My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, “Where is your God?” [11]Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

[1]Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from deceitful and wicked men. [2]You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy? [3]Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell. [4]Then will I go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the harp, O God my God. [5]Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

[1]We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us what you did in their days, in days long ago. [2]With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our fathers; you crushed the peoples and made our fathers flourish. [3]It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them. [4]You are my King and my God, who decrees (Septuagint, Aquila and Syriac; Hebrew KING, O GOD; /COMMAND) victories for Jacob. [5]Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes. [6]I do not trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory; [7]but you give us victory over our enemies, you put our adversaries to shame. [8]In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever. SELAH (A word of uncertain meaning, occurring frequently in the Psalms; possibly a musical term) [9]But now you have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out with our armies. [10]You made us retreat before the enemy, and our adversaries have plundered us. [11]You gave us up to be devoured like sheep and have scattered us among the nations. [12]You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale. [13]You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us. [14]You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us. [15]My disgrace is before me all day long, and my face is covered with shame [16]at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge. [17]All this happened to us, though we had not forgotten you or been false to your covenant. [18]Our hearts had not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path. [19]But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals and covered us over with deep darkness. [20]If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god, [21]would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart? [22]Yet for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. [23]Awake, O LORD! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever. [24]Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression? [25]We are brought down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground. [26]Rise up and help us; redeem us because of your unfailing love.

[1]My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer. [2]You are the most excellent of men and your lips have been anointed with grace, since God has blessed you forever. [3]Gird your sword upon your side, O mighty one; clothe yourself with splendor and majesty. [4]In your majesty ride forth victoriously in behalf of truth, humility and righteousness; let your right hand display awesome deeds. [5]Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies; let the nations fall beneath your feet. [6]Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. [7]You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy. [8]All your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces adorned with ivory the music of the strings makes you glad. [9]Daughters of kings are among your honored women; at your right hand is the royal bride in gold of Ophir. [10]Listen, O daughter, consider and give ear: Forget your people and your father’s house. [11]The king is enthralled by your beauty; honor him, for he is your LORD. [12]The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift, (or A TYRIAN ROBE IS AMONG THE GIFTS) men of wealth will seek your favor. [13]All glorious is the princess within her chamber; her gown is interwoven with gold. [14]In embroidered garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions follow her and are brought to you. [15]They are led in with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the king. [16]Your sons will take the place of your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land. [17]I will perpetuate your memory throughout all generations; therefore the nations will praise you for ever and ever.

[1]God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. [2]Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, [3]though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. SELAH [4]There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. [5]God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day. [6]Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts. [7]The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. SELAH [8]Come and see the works of the LORD, the desolations he has brought on the earth. [9]He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear, he burns the shields (or CHARIOTS) with fire. [10]“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. SELAH

[1]Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. [2]How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth! [3]He subdued nations under us, peoples under our feet. [4]He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. SELAH [5]God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD amid the sounding of trumpets. [6]Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. [7]For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm (or A MASKIL {probably a literary or musical term}) of praise. [8]God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne. [9]The nobles of the nations assemble as the people of the God of Abraham, for the kings (or SHIELDS) of the earth belong to God; he is greatly exalted.

[1]Great is the LORD, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain. [2]It is beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth. Like the utmost heights of Zaphon (Zaphon can refer to a sacred mountain or the direction north) is Mount Zion, the (or EARTH, / MOUNT ZION, ON THE NORTHERN SIDE / OF THE) city of the Great King. [3]God is in her citadels; he has shown himself to be her fortress. [4]When the kings joined forces, when they advanced together, [5]they saw her and were astounded; they fled in terror. [6]Trembling seized them there, pain like that of a woman in labor. [7]You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish shattered by an east wind. [8]As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD Almighty, in the city of our God: God makes her secure forever. SELAH [9]Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love. [10]Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the end of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness. [11]Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments. [12]Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers, [13]consider her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation. [14]For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.

[1]Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who live in this world, [2]both low and high, rich and poor alike: [3]My mouth will speak words of wisdom; the utterance from my heart will give understanding. [4]I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle: [5]Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround me - [6]those who trust in their wealth and boast of their great riches? [7]No man can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for him - [8]the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough - [9]that he should live on forever and not see decay. [10]For all can see that wise men die; the foolish and the senseless alike perish and leave their wealth to others. [11]Their tombs will remain their houses (Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew IN THEIR THOUGHTS THEIR HOUSES WILL REMAIN) forever, their dwellings for endless generations, though they had (or / FOR THEY HAVE) named lands after themselves. [12]But man, despite his riches, does not endure; he is (Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac read verse 12 the same as verse 20) like the beasts that perish. [13]This is the fate of those who trust in themselves, and of their followers, who approve their sayings. SELAH [14]Like sheep they are destined for the grave (Hebrew SHEOL; also in verse 15) and death will feed on them. The upright will rule over them in the morning; their forms will decay in the grave, (Hebrew SHEOL; also in verse 15) far from their princely mansions. [15]But God will redeem my life from the grave; he will surely take me to himself. SELAH [16]Do not be overawed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases; [17]for he will take nothing with him when he dies, his splendor will not descend with him. [18]Though while he lived he counted himself blessed - and men praise you when you prosper - [19]he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of life. [20]A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.

[1]The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets. [2]From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth. [3]Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages. [4]He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people: [5]“Gather to me my consecrated ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice. ”[6]And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God himself is judge. SELAH [7]“Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God. [8]I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, which are ever before me. [9]I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens, [10]for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. [11]I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are mine. [12]If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it. [13]Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? [14]Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High, [15]and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.” [16]But to the wicked, God says: “What right do you have to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips? [17]You hate my instruction, and cast my words behind you. [18]When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers. [19]You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit. [20]You speak continually against your brother and slander your own mother's son. [21]These things you have done and I kept silent; you thought I was altogether (or THOUGHT THE 'I AM' WAS) like you. But I will rebuke you and accuse you to your face. [22]Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with none to rescue: [23]He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him (or AND TO HIM WHO CONSIDERS HIS WAY / I WILL SHOW) the salvation of God.”

[1]Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. [2]Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. [3]For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. [4]Against you, only you, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge. [5]Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. [6]Surely you desire truth in the inner parts (the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain); you teach (or YOU DESIRED...; / YOU TAUGHT) me wisdom in the inmost place. [7]Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. [8]Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. [9]Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. [10]Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. [11]Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. [12]Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. [13]Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you. [14]Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. [15]O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. [16]You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. [17]The sacrifices of God are (or MY SACRIFICE, O GOD, IS) a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. [18]In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem. [19]Then there will be righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings to delight you; then bulls will be offered on your altar.

[1]Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God? [2]Your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor, you who practice deceit. [3]You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth. SELAH [4]You love every harmful word, O you deceitful tongue! [5]Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. SELAH [6]The righteous will see and fear; they will laugh at him, saying, [7]“Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!” [8]But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever. [9]I will praise you forever for what you have done; in your name I will hope, for your name is good. I will praise you in the presence of your saints.

[1]The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one who does good. [2]God looks down from heaven to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God. [3]Everyone has turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one. [4]Will the evildoers never learn - those who devour my people as men eat bread and who do not call on God? [5]There they were, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to dread. God scattered the bones of those who attacked you; you put them to shame, for God despised them. [6]Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!

[1]Save me, O God, by your name; vindicate me by your might. [2]Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth. [3]Strangers are attacking me; ruthless men seek my life - men without regard for God. SELAH [4]Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me. [5]Let evil recoil on those who slander me; in your faithfulness destroy them. [6]I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you; I will praise your name, O Lord, for it is good. [7]For he has delivered me from all my troubles, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.

[1]Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea; [2]hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught [3]at the voice of the enemy, at the stares of the wicked; for they bring down suffering upon me and revile me in their anger. [4]My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death assail me. [5]Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me. [6]I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest - [7]I would flee far away and stay in the desert; SELAH [8]I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm.” [9]Confuse the wicked, O Lord, confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city. [10]Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it. [11]Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets. [12]If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were raising himself against me, I could hide from him. [13]But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend, [14]with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship as we walked with the throng at the house of God. [15]Let death take my enemies by suprise; let them go down alive to the grave, (Hebrew SHEOL) for evil finds lodging among them. [16]But I call to God, and the LORD saves me. [17]Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice. [18]He ransoms me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me. [19]God, who is enthroned forever, will hear them and afflict them - SELAH men who never change their ways and have no fear of God. [20]My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant. [21]His speech is as smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords. [22]Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall. [23]But you, O God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful men will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you.

[1]Be merciful to me, O God, for men hotly pursue me; all day long they press their attack. [2]My slanderers pursue me all day long; many are attacking me in their pride. [3]When I am afraid, I will trust in you. [4]In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me? [5]All day long they twist my words; they are always plotting to harm me. [6]They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, eager to take my life. [7]On no account let them escape; in your anger, O God, bring down the nations. [8]Record my lament; list my tears on your scroll (or PUT MY TEARS IN YOUR WINESKIN) - are they not in your record? [9]Then my enemies will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me. [10]In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise - [11]in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? [12]I am under vows to you, O God; I will present my thank offerings to you. [13]For you have delivered me (or MY SOUL) from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life. (or THE LAND OF THE LIVING)

[1]Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me, for in you my soul takes refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed. [2]I cry out to God Most High, to God, who fulfills his purpose for me. [3]He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me; SELAH God sends his love and his faithfulness. [4]I am in the midst of lions; I lie among ravenous beasts - men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords. [5]Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth. [6]They spread a net for my feet - I was bowed down in distress. They dug a pit in my path - but they have fallen into it themselves. SELAH [7]My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music. [8]Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. [9]I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. [10]For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. [11]Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

[1]Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge uprightly among men? [2]No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth. [3]Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward and speak lies. [4]Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears, [5]that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be. [6]Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; tear out, O LORD, the fangs of the lions! [7]Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows be blunted. [8]Like a slug melting away as it moves along, like a stillborn child, may they not see the sun. [9]Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns - whether they be green or dry - the wicked will be swept away. (the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.) [10]The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked. [11]Then men will say, “Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth.”

[1]Deliver me from my enemies, O God, protect me from those who rise up against me. [2]Deliver me from evildoers and save me from bloodthirsty men. [3]See how they lie in wait for me! Fierce men conspire against me for no offense or sin of mine, O LORD. [4]I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Arise to help me; look on my plight! [5]O LORD God Almighty, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to wicked traitors. SELAH [6]They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city. [7]See what they spew from their mouths - they spew out swords from their lips, and they say, “Who can hear us?” [8]But you, O LORD, laugh at them; you scoff at all those nations. [9]O my Strength, I watch for you; you, O God, are my fortress, [10]my loving God. God will go before me and will let me gloat over those who slander me. [11]But do not kill them, O Lord our shield, (or SOVEREIGN) or my people will forget. In your might make them wander about, and bring them down. [12]For the sins of their mouths, for the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride. For the curses and lies they utter, [13]consume them in wrath, consume them till they are no more. Then it will be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. SELAH [14]They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city. [15]They wander about for food and howl if not satisfied. [16]But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. [17]O my Strength, I sing praise to you; you, O God, are my fortress, my loving God.

[1]You have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us; you have been angry - now restore us! [2]You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking. [3]You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us wine that makes us stagger. [4]But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow. SELAH [5]Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered. God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the Valley of Succoth. [7]Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my scepter. [8]Moab is my washbasin, upon Edom I toss my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.” [9]Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom? [10]Is it not you, O God, you who have rejected us and no longer go out with our armies? [11]Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless. [12]With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.