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¹Why do You stand far away, O LORD? Why do You hide [Yourself, veiling Your eyes] in times of trouble?

²In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

³For the wicked boasts and sings the praises of his heart's desire, And the greedy man curses and spurns [and even despises] the LORD.

⁴The wicked, in the haughtiness of his face, will not seek nor inquire for Him; All his thoughts are, "There is no God [so there is no accountability or punishment]."

⁵His ways prosper at all times; Your judgments [LORD] are on high, out of his sight [so he never thinks about them]; As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

⁶He says to himself, "I will not be moved; For throughout all generations I will not be in adversity [for nothing bad will happen to me]."

⁷His mouth is full of curses and deceit (fraud) and oppression; Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness [injustice and sin].

⁸He lurks in ambush in the villages; In hiding places he kills the innocent; He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless].

⁹He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in his lair; He lies in wait to catch the afflicted; He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

¹⁰He crushes [his prey] and crouches; And the unfortunate fall by his mighty claws.

¹¹He says to himself, "God has [quite] forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never see my deed."

¹²Arise, O LORD! O God, lift up Your hand [in judgment]; Do not forget the suffering.

¹³Why has the wicked spurned and shown disrespect to God? He has said to himself, "You will not require me to account."

¹⁴You have seen it, for You have noted mischief and vexation (irritation) to take it into Your hand. The unfortunate commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

¹⁵Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer, Seek out his wickedness until You find no more.

¹⁶The LORD is King forever and ever; The nations will perish from His land.

¹⁷O LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble and oppressed; You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear to hear,

¹⁸To vindicate and obtain justice for the fatherless and the oppressed, So that man who is of the earth will no longer terrify them.

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In the LORD I take refuge [and put my trust]; How can you say to me, "Flee like a bird to your mountain;

²For look, the wicked are bending the bow; They take aim with their arrow on the string To shoot [by stealth] in darkness at the upright in heart.

³"If the foundations [of a godly society] are destroyed, What can the righteous do?"

⁴The LORD is in His holy temple; the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes see, His eyelids test the children of men.

⁵The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked, And His soul hates the [malevolent] one who loves violence.

⁶Upon the wicked (godless) He will rain coals of fire; Fire and brimstone and a dreadful scorching wind will be the portion of their cup [of doom].

⁷For the LORD is [absolutely] righteous, He loves righteousness (virtue, morality, justice); The upright shall see His face.

¹To the Chief Musician; set an octave below. A Psalm of David. Save and help and rescue, LORD, for godly people cease to be, For the faithful vanish from among the sons of men.

²They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

³May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things [in boasting];

⁴Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord and master over us?"

⁵"Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise," says the LORD; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs."

⁶The words and promises of the LORD are pure words, Like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times.

⁷You, O LORD, will preserve and keep them; You will protect him from this [evil] generation forever.

⁸The wicked strut about [in pompous self-importance] on every side, As vileness is exalted and baseness is prized among the sons of men.

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

²How long must I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart day after day? How long will my enemy exalt himself and triumph over me?

³Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; Give light (life) to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,

⁴And my enemy will say, "I have overcome him," And my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.

⁵But I have trusted and relied on and been confident in Your lovingkindness and faithfulness; My heart shall rejoice and delight in Your salvation.

⁶I will sing to the LORD, Because He has dealt bountifully with me.

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The [spiritually ignorant] fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have committed repulsive and unspeakable deeds; There is no one who does good.

²The LORD has looked down from heaven upon the children of men To see if there are any who understand (act wisely), Who [truly] seek after God, [longing for His wisdom and guidance].

³They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one.

⁴Have all the workers of wickedness and injustice no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call upon the LORD?

⁵There they tremble with great fear, For God is with the [consistently] righteous generation.

⁶You [evildoers] shamefully plan against the poor, But the LORD is his safe refuge.

⁷Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, Then Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.

¹A Psalm of David. O LORD, who may lodge [as a guest] in Your tent? Who may dwell [continually] on Your holy hill?

²He who walks with integrity and strength of character, and works righteousness, And speaks and holds truth in his heart.

³He does not slander with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

⁴In his eyes an evil person is despised, But he honors those who fear the LORD [and obediently worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder]. He keeps his word even to his own disadvantage and does not change it [for his own benefit];

⁵He does not put out his money at interest [to a fellow Israelite], And does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

¹A Mikhtam of David [probably intended to record memorable thoughts]. Keep and protect me, O God, for in You I have placed my trust and found refuge.

²I said to the LORD, "You are my Lord; I have no good besides You."

³As for the saints (godly people) who are in the land, They are the majestic and the noble and the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

⁴The sorrows [pain and suffering] of those who have chosen another god will be multiplied [because of their idolatry]; I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, Nor will I take their names upon my lips.

⁵The LORD is the portion of my inheritance, my cup [He is all I need]; You support my lot.

⁶The [boundary] lines [of the land] have fallen for me in pleasant places; Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.

⁷I will bless the LORD who has counseled me; Indeed, my heart (mind) instructs me in the night.

⁸I have set the LORD continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad and my glory [my innermost self] rejoices; My body too will dwell [confidently] in safety,

¹⁰For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.

¹¹You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

¹A Prayer of David. Hear the just (righteous) cause, O LORD; listen to my loud [piercing] cry; Listen to my prayer, that comes from guileless lips.

²Let my verdict of vindication come from Your presence; May Your eyes look with equity and behold things that are just.

³You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tested me and You find nothing [evil in me]; I intend that my mouth will not transgress.

⁴Concerning the deeds of men, by the word of Your lips I have kept away from the paths of the violent.

⁵My steps have held closely to Your paths; My feet have not staggered.

⁶I have called upon You, for You, O God, will answer me; Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.

⁷Wondrously show Your [marvelous and amazing] lovingkindness, O Savior of those who take refuge at Your right hand From those who rise up against them.

⁸Keep me [in Your affectionate care, protect me] as the apple of Your eye; Hide me in the [protective] shadow of Your wings

⁹From the wicked who despoil and deal violently with me, My deadly enemies who surround me.

¹⁰They have closed their unfeeling heart [to kindness and compassion]; With their mouths they speak proudly and make presumptuous claims.

¹¹They track us down and have now surrounded us in our steps; They set their eyes to force us to the ground,

¹²He is like a lion eager to tear [his prey], And like a young lion lurking in hiding places.

¹³Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down; Save my soul from the wicked with Your sword,

¹⁴From men with Your hand, O LORD, From men of the world [these moths of the night] whose portion [of enjoyment] is in this life—idle and vain, And whose belly You fill with Your treasure; They are satisfied with children, And they leave what they have left [of wealth] to their children.

¹⁵As for me, I shall see Your face in righteousness; I will be [fully] satisfied when I awake [to find myself] seeing Your likeness.

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spoke the words of this song to the LORD on the day when the LORD rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said: "I love You [fervently and devotedly], O LORD, my strength."

²The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and the One who rescues me; My God, my rock and strength in whom I trust and take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower—my stronghold.

³I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; And I am saved from my enemies.

⁴The cords of death surrounded me, And the streams of ungodliness and torrents of destruction terrified me.

⁵The cords of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

⁶In my distress [when I seemed surrounded] I called upon the LORD And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry for help came before Him, into His very ears.

⁷Then the earth shook and quaked, The foundations of the mountains trembled; They were shaken because He was indignant and angry.

⁸Smoke went up from His nostrils, And fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it.

⁹He bowed the heavens also and came down; And thick darkness was under His feet.

¹⁰And He rode upon a cherub (storm) and flew; And He sped on the wings of the wind.

¹¹He made darkness His hiding place (covering); His pavilion (canopy) around Him, The darkness of the waters, the thick clouds of the skies.

¹²Out of the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones and coals of fire.

¹³The LORD also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

¹⁴He sent out His arrows and scattered them; And He sent an abundance of lightning flashes and confused and routed them [in defeat].

¹⁵Then the stream beds of the waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare At Your rebuke, O LORD, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

¹⁶He reached from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.

¹⁷He rescued me from my strong enemy, And from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.

¹⁸They confronted me in the day of my disaster, But the LORD was my support.

¹⁹He brought me out into a broad place; He rescued me because He was pleased with me and delighted in me.

²⁰The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness (moral character, spiritual integrity); According to the cleanness of my hands He has rewarded me.

²¹For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

²²For all His ordinances were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.

²³I was blameless before Him, And I kept myself free from my sin.

²⁴Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness (moral character, spiritual integrity), According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

²⁵With the kind (merciful, faithful, loyal) You show Yourself kind, With the blameless You show Yourself blameless,

²⁶With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.

²⁷For You save an afflicted and humble people, But bring down those [arrogant fools] with haughty eyes.

²⁸For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine; The LORD my God illumines my darkness.

²⁹For by You I can crush a troop, And by my God I can leap over a wall.

³⁰As for God, His way is blameless. The word of the LORD is tested [it is perfect, it is faultless]; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

³¹For who is God, but the LORD? Or who is a rock, except our God,

³²The God who encircles me with strength And makes my way blameless?

³³He makes my feet like hinds' feet [able to stand firmly and tread safely on paths of testing and trouble]; He sets me [securely] upon my high places.

³⁴He trains my hands for war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

³⁵You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, And Your right hand upholds and sustains me; Your gentleness [Your gracious response when I pray] makes me great.

³⁶You enlarge the path beneath me and make my steps secure, So that my feet will not slip.

³⁷I pursued my enemies and overtook them; And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

³⁸I shattered them so that they were not able to rise; They fell [wounded] under my feet.

³⁹For You have encircled me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

⁴⁰You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me [in defeat], And I silenced and destroyed those who hated me.

⁴¹They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— Even to the LORD [they cried], but He did not answer them.

⁴²Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the dirt of the streets.

⁴³You have rescued me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as the head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.

⁴⁴As soon as they hear me, they respond and obey me; Foreigners feign obedience to me.

⁴⁵Foreigners lose heart, And come trembling out of their strongholds.

⁴⁶The LORD lives, blessed be my rock; And may the God of my salvation be exalted,

⁴⁷The God who avenges me, And subdues peoples (nations) under me.

⁴⁸He rescues me from my enemies; Yes, You lift me up above those who rise up against me; You deliver me from the man of violence.

⁴⁹Therefore will I give thanks and praise You, O LORD, among the nations, And sing praises to Your name.

⁵⁰He gives great triumphs to His king, And shows steadfast love and mercy to His anointed, To David and his descendants forever.

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And the expanse [of heaven] is declaring the work of His hands.

²Day after day pours forth speech, And night after night reveals knowledge.

³There is no speech, nor are there [spoken] words [from the stars]; Their voice is not heard.

⁴Yet their voice [in quiet evidence] has gone out through all the earth, Their words to the end of the world. In them and in the heavens He has made a tent for the sun,

⁵Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber; It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.

⁶The sun's rising is from one end of the heavens, And its circuit to the other end of them; And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

⁷The law of the LORD is perfect (flawless), restoring and refreshing the soul; The statutes of the LORD are reliable and trustworthy, making wise the simple.

⁸The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

⁹The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the LORD are true, they are righteous altogether.

¹⁰They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.

¹¹Moreover, by them Your servant is warned [reminded, illuminated, and instructed]; In keeping them there is great reward.

¹²Who can understand his errors or omissions? Acquit me of hidden (unconscious, unintended) faults.

¹³Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous (deliberate, willful) sins; Let them not rule and have control over me. Then I will be blameless (complete), And I shall be acquitted of great transgression.

¹⁴Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable and pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my [firm, immovable] rock and my Redeemer.

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. May the LORD answer you (David) in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high [and defend you in battle]!

²May He send you help from the sanctuary (His dwelling place) And support and strengthen you from Zion!

³May He remember all your meal offerings And accept your burnt offering. Selah.

⁴May He grant you your heart's desire And fulfill all your plans.

⁵We will sing joyously over your victory, And in the name of our God we will set up our banners. May the LORD fulfill all your petitions.

⁶Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven With the saving strength of His right hand.

⁷Some trust in chariots and some in horses, But we will remember and trust in the name of the LORD our God.

⁸They have bowed down and fallen, But we have risen and stood upright.

⁹O LORD, save [the king]; May the King answer us in the day we call.

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O LORD the king will delight in Your strength, And in Your salvation how greatly will he rejoice!

²You have given him his heart's desire, And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

³For You meet him with blessings of good things; You set a crown of pure gold on his head.

⁴He asked life of You, And You gave it to him, Long life forever and evermore.

⁵His glory is great because of Your victory; Splendor and majesty You bestow upon him.

⁶For You make him most blessed [and a blessing] forever; You make him joyful with the joy of Your presence.

⁷For the king [confidently] trusts in the LORD, And through the lovingkindness (faithfulness, goodness) of the Most High he will never be shaken.

⁸Your hand will reach out and defeat all your enemies; Your right hand will reach those who hate you.

⁹You will make them as [if in] a blazing oven in the time of your anger; The LORD will swallow them up in His wrath, And the fire will devour them.

¹⁰Their offspring You will destroy from the earth, And their descendants from the sons of men.

¹¹For they planned evil against You; They devised a [malevolent] plot And they will not succeed.

¹²For You will make them turn their backs [in defeat]; You will aim Your bowstring [of divine justice] at their faces.

¹³Be exalted, LORD, in Your strength; We will sing and praise Your power.

¹To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] Aijeleth Hashshahar (The Doe of the Dawn). A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

²O my God, I call out by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but I find no rest nor quiet.

³But You are holy, O You who are enthroned in [the holy place where] the praises of Israel [are offered].

⁴In You our fathers trusted [leaned on, relied on, and were confident]; They trusted and You rescued them.

⁵They cried out to You and were delivered; They trusted in You and were not disappointed or ashamed.

⁶But I am [treated as] a worm [insignificant and powerless] and not a man; I am the scorn of men and despised by the people.

⁷All who see me laugh at me and mock me; They [insultingly] open their lips, they shake their head, saying,

⁸"He trusted and committed himself to the LORD, let Him save him. Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him."

⁹Yet You are He who pulled me out of the womb; You made me trust when on my mother's breasts.

¹⁰I was cast upon You from birth; From my mother's womb You have been my God.

¹¹Do not be far from me, for trouble is near; And there is no one to help.

¹²Many [enemies like] bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

¹³They open wide their mouths against me, Like a ravening and a roaring lion.

¹⁴I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; It is melted [by anguish] within me.

¹⁵My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery; And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws; And You have laid me in the dust of death.

¹⁶For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me; A gang of evildoers has encircled me, They pierced my hands and my feet.

¹⁷I can count all my bones; They look, they stare at me.

¹⁸They divide my clothing among them And cast lots for my garment.

¹⁹But You, O LORD, do not be far from me; O You my help, come quickly to my assistance.

²⁰Rescue my life from the sword, My only life from the paw of the dog (the executioner).

²¹Save me from the lion's mouth; From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.

²²I will tell of Your name to my countrymen; In the midst of the congregation I will praise You.

²³You who fear the LORD [with awe-inspired reverence], praise Him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him. Fear Him [with submissive wonder], all you descendants of Israel.

²⁴For He has not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from him; But when he cried to Him for help, He listened.

²⁵My praise will be of You in the great assembly. I will pay my vows [made in the time of trouble] before those who [reverently] fear Him.

²⁶The afflicted will eat and be satisfied; Those who [diligently] seek Him and require Him [as their greatest need] will praise the LORD. May your hearts live forever!

²⁷All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, And all the families of the nations will bow down and worship before You,

²⁸For the kingship and the kingdom are the Lord's And He rules over the nations.

²⁹All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship; All those who go down to the dust (the dead) will bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

³⁰Posterity will serve Him; They will tell of the Lord to the next generation.

³¹They will come and declare His righteousness To a people yet to be born—that He has done it [and that it is finished].