all devouring words, you deceitful tongue. 052:005 God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah. 052:006 The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying, 052:007 "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness." 052:008 But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God's house. I trust in God's loving kindness forever and ever. 052:009 I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your saints. 053:001 <<For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Mahalath." A contemplation by David.>> The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does good. 053:002 God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God. 053:003 Every one of them has gone back. They have become filthy together. There is no one who does good, no, not one. 053:004 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don't call on God? 053:005 There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them. 053:006 Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back his people from captivity, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. 054:001 <<For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, "Isn't David hiding himself among us?">> Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might. 054:002 Hear my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth. 054:003 For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah. 054:004 Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul. 054:005 He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth. 054:006 With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, Yahweh, for it is good. 054:007 For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies. 055:001 <<For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David.>> Listen to my prayer, God. Don't hide yourself from my supplication. 055:002 Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan, 055:003 Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me. 055:004 My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me. 055:005 Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me. 055:006 I said, "Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest. 055:007 Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness." Selah. 055:008 "I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm." 055:009 Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city. 055:010 Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her. 055:011 Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don't depart from her streets. 055:012 For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hid myself from him. 055:013 But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend. 055:014 We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God's house with company. 055:015 Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them. 055:016 As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me. 055:017 Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice. 055:018 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me. 055:019 God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, who don't fear God. 055:020 He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant. 055:021 His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords. 055:022 Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved. 055:023 But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you. 056:001 <<For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.>> Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me. 056:002 My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me. 056:003 When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. 056:004 In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? 056:005 All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil. 056:006 They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life. 056:007 Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God. 056:008 You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren't they in your book? 056:009 Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me. 056:010 In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word. 056:011 I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? 056:012 Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you. 056:013 For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living. 057:001 <<For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.>> Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed. 057:002 I cry out to God Most High, to God who accomplishes my requests for me. 057:003 He will send from heaven, and save me, he rebukes the one who is pursuing me. Selah. God will send out his loving kindness and his truth. 057:004 My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 057:005 Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth! 057:006 They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the midst of it themselves. Selah. 057:007 My heart is steadfast, God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises. 057:008 Wake up, my glory! Wake up, psaltery and harp! I will wake up the dawn. 057:009 I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples. I will sing praises to you among the nations. 057:010 For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, and your truth to the skies. 057:011 Be exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth. 058:001 <<For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David.>> Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men? 058:002 No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth. 058:003 The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies. 058:004 Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear, 058:005 which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be. 058:006 Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh. 058:007 Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt. 058:008 Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun. 058:009 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike. 058:010 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked; 058:011 so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth." 059:001 <<For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.>> Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me. 059:002 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Save me from the bloodthirsty men. 059:003 For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh. 059:004 I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me! 059:005 You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah. 059:006 They return at evening, howling like dogs, and prowl around the city. 059:007 Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?" 059:008 But you, Yahweh, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations. 059:009 Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower. 059:010 My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph. 059:011 Don't kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield. 059:012 For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter. 059:013 Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah. 059:014 At evening let them return. Let them howl like a dog, and go around the city. 059:015 They shall wander up and down for food, and wait all night if they aren't satisfied. 059:016 But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress. 059:017 To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy. 060:001 <<For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant." A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.>> God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again. 060:002 You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes. 060:003 You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger. 060:004 You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. 060:005 So that your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us. 060:006 God has spoken from his sanctuary: "I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth. 060:007 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter. 060:008 Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my shoe on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia." 060:009 Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom? 060:010 Haven't you, God, rejected us? You don't go out with our armies, God. 060:011 Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain. 060:012 Through God we shall do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries. 061:001 <<For the Chief Musician. For a stringed instrument. By David.>> Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer. 061:002 From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 061:003 For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy. 061:004 I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah. 061:005 For you, God, have heard my vows. You have given me the heritage of those who fear your name. 061:006 You will prolong the king's life; his years shall be for generations. 061:007 He shall be enthroned in God's presence forever. Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him. 061:008 So I will sing praise to your name forever, that I may fulfill my vows daily. 062:001 <<For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthan. A Psalm by David.>> My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. 062:002 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress—I will never be greatly shaken. 062:003 How long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence? 062:004 They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. 062:005 My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him. 062:006 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken. 062:007 With God is my salvation and my honor. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. 062:008 Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah. 062:009 Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath. 062:010 Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don't set your heart on them. 062:011 God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God. 062:012 Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work. 063:001 <<A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.>> God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water. 063:002 So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory. 063:003 Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. 063:004 So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name. 063:005 My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips, 063:006 when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches. 063:007 For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings. 063:008 My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up. 063:009 But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. 063:010 They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food. 063:011 But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced. 064:001 <<For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.>> Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 064:002 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil; 064:003 who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words, 064:004 to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly. 064:005 They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?" 064:006 They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning. 064:007 But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow. 064:008 Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads. 064:009 All mankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done. 064:010 The righteous shall be glad in Yahweh, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him! 065:001 <<For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.>> Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. To you shall vows be performed. 065:002 You who hear prayer, to you all men will come. 065:003 Sins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions. 065:004 Blessed is one whom you choose, and cause to come near, that he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy temple. 065:005 By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea; 065:006 Who by his power forms the mountains, having armed yourself with strength; 065:007 who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations. 065:008 They also who dwell in far-away places are afraid at your wonders. You call the morning's dawn and the evening with songs of joy. 065:009 You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it. 065:010 You drench its furrows. You level its ridges. You soften it with showers. You bless it with a crop. 065:011 You crown the year with your bounty. Your carts overflow with abundance. 065:012 The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness. 065:013 The pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys also are clothed with grain. They shout for joy! They also sing. 066:001 <<For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm.>> Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! 066:002 Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise! 066:003 Tell God, "How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you. 066:004 All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name." Selah. 066:005 Come, and see God's deeds—awesome work on behalf of the children of men. 066:006 He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him. 066:007 He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don't let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah. 066:008 Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard, 066:009 who preserves our life among the living, and doesn't allow our feet to be moved. 066:010 For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined. 066:011 You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs. 066:012 You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance. 066:013 I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you, 066:014 which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress. 066:015 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah. 066:016 Come, and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul. 066:017 I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue. 066:018 If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened. 066:019 But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer. 066:020 Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me. 067:001 <<For the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song.>> May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah. 067:002 That your way may be known on earth, and your salvation among all nations, 067:003 let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you. 067:004 Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah. 067:005 Let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you. 067:006 The earth has yielded its increase. God, even our own God, will bless us. 067:007 God will bless us. All the ends of the earth shall fear him. 068:001 <<For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.>> Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him. 068:002 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 068:003 But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness. 068:004 Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: to Yah, his name! Rejoice before him! 068:005 A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. 068:006 God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land. 068:007 God, when you went forth before your people, when you marched through the wilderness... Selah. 068:008 The earth trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai—at the presence of God, the God of Israel. 068:009 You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance, when it was weary. 068:010 Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor. 068:011 The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company. 068:012 "Kings of armies flee! They flee!" She who waits at home divides the spoil, 068:013 while you sleep among the campfires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold. 068:014 When the Almighty scattered kings in her, it snowed on Zalmon. 068:015 The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains. The mountains of Bashan are rugged. 068:016 Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever. 068:017 The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary. 068:018 You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there. 068:019 Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, even the God who is our salvation. Selah. 068:020 God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death. 068:021 But God will strike through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness. 068:022 The Lord said, "I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea; 068:023 That you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies." 068:024 They have seen your processions, God, even the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary. 068:025 The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the ladies playing with tambourines, 068:026 "Bless God in the congregations, even the Lord in the assembly of Israel!" 068:027 There is little Benjamin, their ruler, the princes of Judah, their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. 068:028 Your God has commanded your strength. Strengthen, God, that which you have done for us. 068:029 Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings shall bring presents to you. 068:030 Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war. 068:031 Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God. 068:032 Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord! Selah. 068:033 To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice. 068:034 Ascribe strength to God! His excellency is over Israel, his strength is in the skies. 068:035 You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God! 069:001 <<For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Lilies." By David.>> Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck! 069:002 I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 069:003 I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God. 069:004 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn't take away. 069:005 God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren't hidden from you. 069:006 Don't let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies. Don't let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel. 069:007 Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face. 069:008 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's children. 069:009 For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me. 069:010 When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach. 069:011 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. 069:012 Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards. 069:013 But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation. 069:014 Deliver me out of the mire, and don't let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters. 069:015 Don't let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don't let the pit shut its mouth on me. 069:016 Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me. 069:017 Don't hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily! 069:018 Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies. 069:019 You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you. 069:020 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none. 069:021 They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink. 069:022 Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap. 069:023 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can't see. Let their backs be continually bent. 069:024 Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them. 069:025 Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents. 069:026 For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt. 069:027 Charge them with crime upon crime. Don't let them come into your righteousness. 069:028 Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous. 069:029 But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me. 069:030 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. 069:031 It will please Yahweh better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs. 069:032 The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live. 069:033 For Yahweh hears the needy, and doesn't despise his captive people. 069:034 Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein! 069:035 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it. 069:036 The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein. 070:001 <<For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder.>> Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh. 070:002 Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. 070:003 Let them be turned because of their shame Who say, "Aha! Aha!" 070:004 Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, "Let God be exalted!" 070:005 But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. Yahweh, don't delay. 071:001 In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed. 071:002 Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me. 071:003 Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. 071:004 Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 071:005 For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh; my confidence from my youth. 071:006 I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother's womb. I will always praise you. 071:007 I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge. 071:008 My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all the day. 071:009 Don't reject me in my old age. Don't forsake me when my strength fails. 071:010 For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together, 071:011 saying, "God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him." 071:012 God, don't be far from me. My God, hurry to help me. 071:013 Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me. 071:014 But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise. 071:015 My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don't know its full measure. 071:016 I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh. I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone. 071:017 God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works. 071:018 Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don't forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come. 071:019 Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. God, who is like you? 071:020 You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth. 071:021 Increase my honor, and comfort me again. 071:022 I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel. 071:023 My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you! 071:024 My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me. 072:001 > God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son. 072:002 He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. 072:003 The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness. 072:004 He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces. 072:005 They shall fear you while the sun endures; and as long as the moon, throughout all generations. 072:006 He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth. 072:007 In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more. 072:008 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth. 072:009 Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust. 072:010 The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 072:011 Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him. 072:012 For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper. 072:013 He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy. 072:014 He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight. 072:015 They shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba. Men shall pray for him continually. They shall bless him all day long. 072:016 There shall be abundance of grain throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field. 072:017 His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed. 072:018 Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds. 072:019 Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen. 072:020 This ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse. 073:001 > Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. 073:002 But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped. 073:003 For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 073:004 For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm. 073:005 They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men. 073:006 Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment. 073:007 Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit. 073:008 They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression. 073:009 They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth. 073:010 Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance. 073:011 They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?" 073:012 Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches. 073:013 Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence, 073:014 For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning. 073:015 If I had said, "I will speak thus;" behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children. 073:016 When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me; 073:017 Until I entered God's sanctuary, and considered their latter end. 073:018 Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction. 073:019 How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors. 073:020 As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies. 073:021 For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart. 073:022 I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you. 073:023 Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand. 073:024 You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 073:025 Who do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth who I desire besides you. 073:026 My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. 073:027 For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you. 073:028 But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works. 074:001 <<A contemplation by Asaph.>> God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture? 074:002 Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived. 074:003 Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary. 074:004 Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs. 074:005 They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees. 074:006 Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers. 074:007 They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name. 074:008 They said in their heart, "We will crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped. 074:009 We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long. 074:010 How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever? 074:011 Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them! 074:012 Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. 074:013 You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters. 074:014 You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures. 074:015 You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers. 074:016 The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun. 074:017 You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter. 074:018 Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name. 074:019 Don't deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don't forget the life of your poor forever. 074:020 Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth. 074:021 Don't let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name. 074:022 Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day. 074:023 Don't forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually. 075:001 <<For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A Psalm by Asaph. A song.>> We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works. 075:002 When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly. 075:003 The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah. 075:004 I said to the arrogant, "Don't boast!" I said to the wicked, "Don't lift up the horn. 075:005 Don't lift up your horn on high. Don't speak with a stiff neck." 075:006 For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation. 075:007 But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another. 075:008 For in the hand of Yahweh there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs. 075:009 But I will declare this forever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. 075:010 I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up. 076:001 <<For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm by Asaph. A song.>> In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel. 076:002 His tent is also in Salem; His dwelling place in Zion. 076:003 There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah. 076:004 Glorious are you, and excellent, more than mountains of game. 076:005 Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands. 076:006 At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep. 076:007 You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry? 076:008 You pronounced judgment from heaven. The earth feared, and was silent, 076:009 when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah. 076:010 Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained. 076:011 Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared. 076:012 He will cut off the spirit of princes. He is feared by the kings of the earth. 077:001 <<For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by Asaph.>> My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen to me. 077:002 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn't get tired. My soul refused to be comforted. 077:003 I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah. 077:004 You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can't speak. 077:005 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. 077:006 I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires: 077:007 "Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more? 077:008 Has his loving kindness vanished forever? Does his promise fail for generations? 077:009 Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?" Selah. 077:010 Then I thought, "I will appeal to this: the years of the right hand of the Most High." 077:011 I will remember Yah's deeds; for I will remember your wonders of old. 077:012 I will also meditate on all your work, and consider your doings. 077:013 Your way, God, is in the sanctuary. What god is great like God? 077:014 You are the God who does wonders. You have made your strength known among the peoples. 077:015 You have redeemed your people with your arm, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. 077:016 The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed. 077:017 The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around. 077:018 The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook. 077:019 Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known. 077:020 You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron. 078:001 <<A contemplation by Asaph.>> Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth. 078:002 I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old, 078:003 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 078:004 We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous works that he has done. 078:005 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; 078:006 that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children, 078:007 that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments, 078:008 and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn't make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God. 078:009 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 078:010 They didn't keep God's covenant, and refused to walk in his law. 078:011 They forgot his doings, his wondrous works that he had shown them. 078:012 He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 078:013 He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap. 078:014 In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire. 078:015 He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths. 078:016 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. 078:017 Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert. 078:018 They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire. 078:019 Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? 078:020 Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?" 078:021 Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel, 078:022 because they didn't believe in God, and didn't trust in his salvation. 078:023 Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven. 078:024 He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky. 078:025 Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full. 078:026 He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind. 078:027 He rained also flesh on them as the dust; winged birds as the sand of the seas. 078:028 He let them fall in the midst of their camp, around their habitations. 078:029 So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire. 078:030 They didn't turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths, 078:031 when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of the fattest of them, and struck down the young men of Israel. 078:032 For all this they still sinned, and didn't believe in his wondrous works. 078:033 Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror. 078:034 When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly. 078:035 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer. 078:036 But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue. 078:037 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant. 078:038 But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn't destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn't stir up all his wrath. 078:039 He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn't come again. 078:040 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert! 078:041 They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel. 078:042 They didn't remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary; 078:043 how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan, 078:044 he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink. 078:045 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. 078:046 He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust. 078:047 He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost. 078:048 He gave over their livestock also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. 078:049 He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil. 078:050 He made a path for his anger. He didn't spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence, 078:051 and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham. 078:052 But he led forth his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. 078:053 He led them safely, so that they weren't afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. 078:054 He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken. 078:055 He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. 078:056 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn't keep his testimonies; 078:057 but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were turned aside like a deceitful bow. 078:058 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images. 078:059 When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel; 078:060 So that he forsook the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; 078:061 and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary's hand. 078:062 He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance. 078:063 Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song. 078:064 Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn't weep. 078:065 Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine. 078:066 He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach. 078:067 Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn't choose the tribe of Ephraim, 078:068 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved. 078:069 He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever. 078:070 He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds; 078:071 from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance. 078:072 So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands. 079:001 > God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps. 079:002 They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth. 079:003 Their blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them. 079:004 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us. 079:005 How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire? 079:006 Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you; on the kingdoms that don't call on your name; 079:007 For they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his homeland. 079:008 Don't hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need. 079:009 Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake. 079:010 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out. 079:011 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death. 079:012 Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord. 079:013 So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations. 080:001 <<For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lilies of the Covenant." A Psalm by Asaph.>> Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine forth. 080:002 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us! 080:003 Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved. 080:004 Yahweh God of Armies, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people? 080:005 You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure. 080:006 You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves. 080:007 Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved. 080:008 You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it. 080:009 You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land. 080:010 The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God's cedars. 080:011 It sent out its branches to the sea, Its shoots to the River. 080:012 Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it? 080:013 The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it. 080:014 Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine, 080:015 the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself. 080:016 It's burned with fire. It's cut down. They perish at your rebuke. 080:017 Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself. 080:018 So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name. 080:019 Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved. 081:001 <<For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph.>> Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob! 081:002 Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp. 081:003 Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day. 081:004 For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. 081:005 He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn't know. 081:006 "I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket. 081:007 You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah." Selah. 081:008 "Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me! 081:009 There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god. 081:010 I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. 081:011 But my people didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me. 081:012 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels. 081:013 Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! 081:014 I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries. 081:015 The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever. 081:016 But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock." 082:001 > God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods. 082:002 "How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?" Selah. 082:003 "Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. 082:004 Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked." 082:005 They don't know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken. 082:006 I said, "You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High. 082:007 Nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers." 082:008 Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations. 083:001 <<A song. A Psalm by Asaph.>> God, don't keep silent. Don't keep silent, and don't be still, God. 083:002 For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads. 083:003 They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones. 083:004 "Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more." 083:005 For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you. 083:006 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites; 083:007 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; 083:008 Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah. 083:009 Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon; 083:010 who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth. 083:011 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna; 083:012 who said, "Let us take possession of God's pasturelands." 083:013 My God, make them like tumbleweed; like chaff before the wind. 083:014 As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire, 083:015 so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm. 083:016 Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Yahweh. 083:017 Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish; 083:018 that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth. 084:001 <<For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.>> How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies! 084:002 My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. 084:003 Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God. 084:004 Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah. 084:005 Blessed are those whose strength is in you; who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage. 084:006 Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings. 084:007 They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion. 084:008 Yahweh, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah. 084:009 Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed. 084:010 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 084:011 For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly. 084:012 Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you. 085:001 <<For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.>> Yahweh, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob. 085:002 You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin. Selah. 085:003 You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger. 085:004 Turn us, God of our salvation, and cause your indignation toward us to cease. 085:005 Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations? 085:006 Won't you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? 085:007 Show us your loving kindness, Yahweh. Grant us your salvation. 085:008 I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly. 085:009 Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. 085:010 Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 085:011 Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven. 085:012 Yes, Yahweh will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase. 085:013 Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps. 086:001 <> Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. 086:002 Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you. 086:003 Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long. 086:004 Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul. 086:005 For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you. 086:006 Hear, Yahweh, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions. 086:007 In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me. 086:008 There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds. 086:009 All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name. 086:010 For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone. 086:011 Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name. 086:012 I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forevermore. 086:013 For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. 086:014 God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don't hold regard for you before them. 086:015 But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth. 086:016 Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid. 086:017 Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me. 087:001 <<A Psalm by the sons of Korah; a Song.>> His foundation is in the holy mountains. 087:002 Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 087:003 Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah. 087:004 I will record Rahab{Rahab is a reference to Egypt.} and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: "This one was born there." 087:005 Yes, of Zion it will be said, "This one and that one was born in her;" the Most High himself will establish her. 087:006 Yahweh will count, when he writes up the peoples, "This one was born there." Selah. 087:007 Those who sing as well as those who dance say, "All my springs are in you." 088:001 <<A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Suffering of Affliction." A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite.>> Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you. 088:002 Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry. 088:003 For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol. 088:004 I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help, 088:005 set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand. 088:006 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. 088:007 Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah. 088:008 You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape. 088:009 My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you. 088:010 Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Selah. 088:011 Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction? 088:012 Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 088:013 But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you. 088:014 Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me? 088:015 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted. 088:016 Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off. 088:017 They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me. 088:018 You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness. 089:001 <<A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.>> I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. 089:002 I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them." 089:003 "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant, 089:004 'I will establish your seed forever, and build up your throne to all generations.'" Selah. 089:005 The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. 089:006 For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh, 089:007 a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him? 089:008 Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you. 089:009 You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them. 089:010 You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. 089:011 The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them. 089:012 The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name. 089:013 You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted. 089:014 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face. 089:015 Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh. 089:016 In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted. 089:017 For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted. 089:018 For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king to the Holy One of Israel. 089:019 Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people. 089:020 I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil, 089:021 with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him. 089:022 No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him. 089:023 I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him. 089:024 But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted. 089:025 I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers. 089:026 He will call to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!' 089:027 I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. 089:028 I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him. 089:029 I will also make his seed endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. 089:030 If his children forsake my law, and don't walk in my ordinances; 089:031 if they break my statutes, and don't keep my commandments; 089:032 then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 089:033 But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail. 089:034 I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered. 089:035 Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David. 089:036 His seed will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me. 089:037 It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Selah. 089:038 But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed. 089:039 You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust. 089:040 You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin. 089:041 All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors. 089:042 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice. 089:043 Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle. 089:044 You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground. 089:045 You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah. 089:046 How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire? 089:047 Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men! 089:048 What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah. 089:049 Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness? 089:050 Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples, 089:051 With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one. 089:052 Blessed be Yahweh forevermore. Amen, and Amen. 090:001 <<A Prayer by Moses, the man of God.>> Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations. 090:002 Before the mountains were brought forth, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God. 090:003 You turn man to destruction, saying, "Return, you children of men." 090:004 For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night. 090:005 You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass. 090:006 In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry. 090:007 For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath. 090:008 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. 090:009 For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh. 090:010 The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away. 090:011 Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you? 090:012 So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. 090:013 Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants! 090:014 Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 090:015 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil. 090:016 Let your work appear to your servants; your glory to their children. 090:017 Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands. 091:001 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 091:002 I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust." 091:003 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence. 091:004 He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart. 091:005 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day; 091:006 nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday. 091:007 A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you. 091:008 You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked. 091:009 Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place, 091:010 no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling. 091:011 For he will give his angels charge over you, to guard you in all your ways. 091:012 They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won't dash your foot against a stone. 091:013 You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot. 091:014 "Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name. 091:015 He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him. 091:016 I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation." 092:001 <<A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.>> It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, to sing praises to your name, Most High; 092:002 to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night, 092:003 with the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, and with the melody of the lyre. 092:004 For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands. 092:005 How great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep. 092:006 A senseless man doesn't know, neither does a fool understand this: 092:007 though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evil-doers flourish, they will be destroyed forever. 092:008 But you, Yahweh, are on high forevermore. 092:009 For, behold, your enemies, Yahweh, for, behold, your enemies shall perish. All the evil-doers will be scattered. 092:010 But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil. 092:011 My eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me. 092:012 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 092:013 They are planted in Yahweh's house. They will flourish in our God's courts. 092:014 They will still bring forth fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green, 092:015 to show that Yahweh is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. 093:001 Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty! Yahweh is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can't be moved. 093:002 Your throne is established from long ago. You are from everlasting. 093:003 The floods have lifted up, Yahweh, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves. 093:004 Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty. 093:005 Your statutes stand firm. Holiness adorns your house, Yahweh, forevermore. 094:001 Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth. 094:002 Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve. 094:003 Yahweh, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph? 094:004 They pour out arrogant words. All the evil-doers boast. 094:005 They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, and afflict your heritage. 094:006 They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless. 094:007 They say, "Yah will not see, neither will Jacob's God consider." 094:008 Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise? 094:009 He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see? 094:010 He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows. 094:011 Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile. 094:012 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law; 094:013 that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked. 094:014 For Yahweh won't reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. 094:015 For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it. 094:016 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers? 094:017 Unless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence. 094:018 When I said, "My foot is slipping!" Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up. 094:019 In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul. 094:020 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute? 094:021 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. 094:022 But Yahweh has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge. 094:023 He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off. 095:001 Oh come, let's sing to Yahweh. Let's shout aloud to the rock of our salvation! 095:002 Let's come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let's extol him with songs! 095:003 For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above all gods. 095:004 In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also his. 095:005 The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land. 095:006 Oh come, let's worship and bow down. Let's kneel before Yahweh, our Maker, 095:007 for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice! 095:008 Don't harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness, 095:009 when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work. 095:010 Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, "It is a people that errs in their heart. They have not known my ways." 095:011 Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They won't enter into my rest." 096:001 Sing to Yahweh a new song! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth. 096:002 Sing to Yahweh! Bless his name! Proclaim his salvation from day to day! 096:003 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples. 096:004 For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods. 096:005 For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh made the heavens. 096:006 Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. 096:007 Ascribe to Yahweh, you families of nations, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength. 096:008 Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come into his courts. 096:009 Worship Yahweh in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth. 096:010 Say among the nations, "Yahweh reigns." The world is also established. It can't be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity. 096:011 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and its fullness! 096:012 Let the field and all that is in it exult! Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy 096:013 before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth. 097:001 Yahweh reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad! 097:002 Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. 097:003 A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side. 097:004 His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles. 097:005 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 097:006 The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory. 097:007 Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods! 097:008 Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced, because of your judgments, Yahweh. 097:009 For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods. 097:010 You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked. 097:011 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. 097:012 Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name. 098:001 > Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him. 098:002 Yahweh has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations. 098:003 He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 098:004 Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises! 098:005 Sing praises to Yahweh with the harp, with the harp and the voice of melody. 098:006 With trumpets and sound of the ram's horn, make a joyful noise before the King, Yahweh. 098:007 Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein. 098:008 Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together. 098:009 Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity. 099:001 Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved. 099:002 Yahweh is great in Zion. He is high above all the peoples. 099:003 Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is Holy! 099:004 The King's strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob. 099:005 Exalt Yahweh our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy! 099:006 Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel among those who call on his name; they called on Yahweh, and he answered them. 099:007 He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, the statute that he gave them. 099:008 You answered them, Yahweh our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings. 099:009 Exalt Yahweh, our God. Worship at his holy hill, for Yahweh, our God, is holy! 100:001 <<A Psalm of thanksgiving.>> Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands! 100:002 Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing. 100:003 Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 100:004 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name. 100:005 For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations. 101:001 > I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises. 101:002 I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart. 101:003 I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me. 101:004 A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil. 101:005 I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited. 101:006 My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me. 101:007 He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes. 101:008 Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh's city. 102:001 <<A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Yahweh.>> Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you. 102:002 Don't hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call. 102:003 For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a firebrand. 102:004 My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread. 102:005 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin. 102:006 I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places. 102:007 I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop. 102:008 My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse. 102:009 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears, 102:010 Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away. 102:011 My days are like a long shadow. I have