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¹LORD, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide in times of trouble?

²In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue their victims; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

³For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings; the one who is greedy curses and despises the LORD.

⁴In all his scheming, the wicked person arrogantly thinks, “There’s no accountability, since there’s no God.”

⁵His ways are always secure; your lofty judgments have no effect on him; he scoffs at all his adversaries.

⁶He says to himself, “I will never be moved — from generation to generation without calamity.”

⁷Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

⁸He waits in ambush near settlements; he kills the innocent in secret places. His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;

⁹he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket. He lurks in order to seize a victim; he seizes a victim and drags him in his net.

¹⁰So he is oppressed and beaten down; helpless people fall because of the wicked one’s strength.

¹¹He says to himself, “God has forgotten; he hides his face and will never see.”

¹²Rise up, LORD God! Lift up your hand. Do not forget the oppressed.

¹³Why has the wicked person despised God? He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.”

¹⁴But you yourself have seen trouble and grief, observing it in order to take the matter into your hands. The helpless one entrusts himself to you; you are a helper of the fatherless.

¹⁵Break the arm of the wicked, evil person, until you look for his wickedness, but it can’t be found.

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

¹⁷LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble; you will strengthen their hearts. You will listen carefully,

¹⁸doing justice for the fatherless and the oppressed so that mere humans from the earth may terrify them no more.

¹For the choir director. Of David. [1] I have taken refuge in the LORD. How can you say to me, “Escape to the mountains like a bird!

²For look, the wicked string bows; they put their arrows on bowstrings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

³When the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”

⁴The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD—his throne is in heaven. His eyes watch; his gaze examines everyone.

⁵The LORD examines the righteous, but he hates the wicked and those who love violence.

⁶Let him rain burning coals and sulfur on the wicked; let a scorching wind be the portion in their cup.

⁷For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds. The upright will see his face.

¹For the choir director: according to . A psalm of David. [1] Help, LORD, for no faithful one remains; the loyal have disappeared from the human race.

²They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.

³May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks boastfully.

⁴They say, “Through our tongues we have power; our lips are our own — who can be our master?”

⁵“Because of the devastation of the needy and the groaning of the poor, I will now rise up,” says the LORD. “I will provide safety for the one who longs for it.”

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

⁷You, LORD, will guard us; you will protect us from this generation forever.

⁸The wicked prowl all around, and what is worthless is exalted by the human race.

¹For the choir director. A psalm of David. [1] How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

²How long will I store up anxious concerns within me, agony in my mind every day? How long will my enemy dominate me?

³Consider me and answer, LORD my God. Restore brightness to my eyes; otherwise, I will sleep in death.

⁴My enemy will say, “I have triumphed over him,” and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

⁵But I have trusted in your faithful love; my heart will rejoice in your deliverance.

⁶I will sing to the LORD because he has treated me generously.

¹For the choir director. Of David. [1] The fool says in his heart, “There’s no God.” They are corrupt; they do vile deeds. There is no one who does good.

²The LORD looks down from heaven on the human race to see if there is one who is wise, one who seeks God.

³All have turned away; all alike have become corrupt. There is no one who does good, not even one.

⁴Will evildoers never understand? They consume my people as they consume bread; they do not call on the LORD.

⁵Then they will be filled with dread, for God is with those who are righteous.

⁶You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, but the LORD is his refuge.

⁷Oh, that Israel’s deliverance would come from Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

¹A psalm of David. [1] LORD, who can dwell in your tent? Who can live on your holy mountain?

²The one who lives blamelessly, practices righteousness, and acknowledges the truth in his heart  —

³who does not slander with his tongue, who does not harm his friend or discredit his neighbor,

⁴who despises the one rejected by the LORD but honors those who fear the LORD, who keeps his word whatever the cost,

⁵who does not lend his silver at interest or take a bribe against the innocent  — the one who does these things will never be shaken.

¹A of David. [1] Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you.

²I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have nothing good besides you.”

³As for the holy people who are in the land, they are the noble ones. All my delight is in them.

⁴The sorrows of those who take another god for themselves will multiply; I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, and I will not speak their names with my lips.

⁵LORD, you are my portion and my cup of blessing; you hold my future.

⁶The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

⁷I will bless the LORD who counsels me  — even at night when my thoughts trouble me.

⁸I always let the LORD guide me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad and my whole being rejoices; my body also rests securely.

¹⁰For you will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.

¹¹You reveal the path of life to me; in your presence is abundant joy; at your right hand are eternal pleasures.

¹A prayer of David. [1] LORD, hear a just cause; pay attention to my cry; listen to my prayer — from lips free of deceit.

²Let my vindication come from you, for you see what is right.

³You have tested my heart; you have examined me at night. You have tried me and found nothing evil; I have determined that my mouth will not sin.

⁴Concerning what people do: by the words from your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

⁵My steps are on your paths; my feet have not slipped.

⁶I call on you, God, because you will answer me; listen closely to me; hear what I say.

⁷Display the wonders of your faithful love, Savior of all who seek refuge from those who rebel against your right hand.

⁸Protect me as the pupil of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings

⁹from the wicked who treat me violently, my deadly enemies who surround me.

¹⁰They are uncaring; their mouths speak arrogantly.

¹¹They advance against me; now they surround me. They are determined to throw me to the ground.

¹²They are like a lion eager to tear, like a young lion lurking in ambush.

¹³Rise up, LORD! Confront him; bring him down. With your sword, save me from the wicked.

¹⁴With your hand, LORD, save me from men, from men of the world whose portion is in this life: You fill their bellies with what you have in store; their sons are satisfied, and they leave their surplus to their children.

¹⁵But I will see your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied with your presence.

¹For the choir director. Of the servant of the LORD, David, who spoke the words of this song to the LORD on the day the LORD rescued him from the grasp of all his enemies and from the power of Saul. He said: [1] I love you, LORD, my strength.

²The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock where I seek refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

³I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I was saved from my enemies.

⁴The ropes of death were wrapped around me; the torrents of destruction terrified me.

⁵The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

⁶I called to the LORD in my distress, and I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.

⁷Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the mountains trembled; they shook because he burned with anger.

⁸Smoke rose from his nostrils, and consuming fire came from his mouth; coals were set ablaze by it.

⁹He bent the heavens and came down, total darkness beneath his feet.

¹⁰He rode on a cherub and flew, soaring on the wings of the wind.

¹¹He made darkness his hiding place, dark storm clouds his canopy around him.

¹²From the radiance of his presence, his clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.

¹³The LORD thundered from heaven; the Most High made his voice heard.

¹⁴He shot his arrows and scattered them; he hurled lightning bolts and routed them.

¹⁵The depths of the sea became visible, the foundations of the world were exposed, at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

¹⁶He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he pulled me out of deep water.

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

¹⁸They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.

¹⁹He brought me out to a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.

²⁰The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; he repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

²¹For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not turned from my God to wickedness.

²²Indeed, I let all his ordinances guide me and have not disregarded his statutes.

²³I was blameless toward him and kept myself from my iniquity.

²⁴So the LORD repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

²⁵With the faithful you prove yourself faithful, with the blameless you prove yourself blameless,

²⁶with the pure you prove yourself pure; but with the crooked you prove yourself shrewd.

²⁷For you rescue an oppressed people, but you humble those with haughty eyes.

²⁸LORD, you light my lamp; my God illuminates my darkness.

²⁹With you I can attack a barricade, and with my God I can leap over a wall.

³⁰God — his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is pure. He is a shield to all who take refuge in him.

³¹For who is God besides the LORD? And who is a rock? Only our God.

³²God — he clothes me with strength and makes my way perfect.

³³He makes my feet like the feet of a deer and sets me securely on the heights.

³⁴He trains my hands for war; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

³⁵You have given me the shield of your salvation; your right hand upholds me, and your humility exalts me.

³⁶You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps, and my ankles do not give way.

³⁷I pursue my enemies and overtake them; I do not turn back until they are wiped out.

³⁸I crush them, and they cannot get up; they fall beneath my feet.

³⁹You have clothed me with strength for battle; you subdue my adversaries beneath me.

⁴⁰You have made my enemies retreat before me; I annihilate those who hate me.

⁴¹They cry for help, but there is no one to save them  — they cry to the LORD, but he does not answer them.

⁴²I pulverize them like dust before the wind; I trample them like mud in the streets.

⁴³You have freed me from the feuds among the people; you have appointed me the head of nations; a people I had not known serve me.

⁴⁴Foreigners submit to me cringing; as soon as they hear they obey me.

⁴⁵Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their fortifications.

⁴⁶The LORD lives — blessed be my rock! The God of my salvation is exalted.

⁴⁷God — he grants me vengeance and subdues peoples under me.

⁴⁸He frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my adversaries; you rescue me from violent men.

⁴⁹Therefore I will give thanks to you among the nations, LORD; I will sing praises about your name.

⁵⁰He gives great victories to his king; he shows loyalty to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.

¹For the choir director. A psalm of David. [1] The heavens declare the glory of God, and the expanse proclaims the work of his hands.

²Day after day they pour out speech; night after night they communicate knowledge.

³There is no speech; there are no words; their voice is not heard.

⁴Their message has gone out to the whole earth, and their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun.

⁵It is like a bridegroom coming from his home; it rejoices like an athlete running a course.

⁶It rises from one end of the heavens and circles to their other end; nothing is hidden from its heat.

⁷The instruction of the LORD is perfect, renewing one’s life; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making the inexperienced wise.

⁸The precepts of the LORD are right, making the heart glad; the command of the LORD is radiant, making the eyes light up.

⁹The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the LORD are reliable and altogether righteous.

¹⁰They are more desirable than gold — than an abundance of pure gold; and sweeter than honey dripping from a honeycomb.

¹¹In addition, your servant is warned by them, and in keeping them there is an abundant reward.

¹²Who perceives his unintentional sins? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.

¹³Moreover, keep your servant from willful sins; do not let them rule me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed from blatant rebellion.

¹⁴May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, LORD, my rock and my Redeemer.

¹For the choir director. A psalm of David. [1] May the LORD answer you in a day of trouble; may the name of Jacob’s God protect you.

²May he send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.

³May he remember all your offerings and accept your burnt offering. Selah

⁴May he give you what your heart desires and fulfill your whole purpose.

⁵Let us shout for joy at your victory and lift the banner in the name of our God. May the LORD fulfill all your requests.

⁶Now I know that the LORD gives victory to his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with mighty victories from his right hand.

⁷Some take pride in chariots, and others in horses, but we take pride in the name of the LORD our God.

⁸They collapse and fall, but we rise and stand firm.

⁹LORD, give victory to the king! May he answer us on the day that we call.

¹For the choir director. A psalm of David. [1] LORD, the king finds joy in your strength. How greatly he rejoices in your victory!

²You have given him his heart’s desire and have not denied the request of his lips. Selah

³For you meet him with rich blessings; you place a crown of pure gold on his head.

⁴He asked you for life, and you gave it to him — length of days forever and ever.

⁵His glory is great through your victory; you confer majesty and splendor on him.

⁶You give him blessings forever; you cheer him with joy in your presence.

⁷For the king relies on the LORD; through the faithful love of the Most High he is not shaken.

⁸Your hand will capture all your enemies; your right hand will seize those who hate you.

⁹You will make them burn like a fiery furnace when you appear; the LORD will engulf them in his wrath, and fire will devour them.

¹⁰You will wipe their progeny from the earth and their offspring from the human race.

¹¹Though they intend to harm you and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.

¹²Instead, you will put them to flight when you ready your bowstrings to shoot at them.

¹³Be exalted, LORD, in your strength; we will sing and praise your might.

¹For the choir director: according to “The Deer of the Dawn.” A psalm of David. [1] My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from my deliverance and from my words of groaning?

²My God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, by night, yet I have no rest.

³But you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

⁴Our fathers trusted in you; they trusted, and you rescued them.

⁵They cried to you and were set free; they trusted in you and were not disgraced.

⁶But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by people.

⁷Everyone who sees me mocks me; they sneer and shake their heads:

⁸“He relies on the LORD; let him save him; let the LORD rescue him, since he takes pleasure in him.”

⁹It was you who brought me out of the womb, making me secure at my mother’s breast.

¹⁰I was given over to you at birth; you have been my God from my mother’s womb.

¹¹Don’t be far from me, because distress is near and there’s no one to help.

¹²Many bulls surround me; strong ones of Bashan encircle me.

¹³They open their mouths against me — lions, mauling and roaring.

¹⁴I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed; my heart is like wax, melting within me.

¹⁵My strength is dried up like baked clay; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You put me into the dust of death.

¹⁶For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has closed in on me; they pierced my hands and my feet.

¹⁷I can count all my bones; people look and stare at me.

¹⁸They divided my garments among themselves, and they cast lots for my clothing.

¹⁹But you, LORD, don’t be far away. My strength, come quickly to help me.

²⁰Rescue my life from the sword, my only life from the power of these dogs.

²¹Save me from the lion’s mouth, from the horns of wild oxen. You answered me!

²²I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters; I will praise you in the assembly.

²³You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! All you descendants of Israel, revere him!

²⁴For he has not despised or abhorred the torment of the oppressed. He did not hide his face from him but listened when he cried to him for help.

²⁵I will give praise in the great assembly because of you; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear you.

²⁶The humble will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise him. May your hearts live forever!

²⁷All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before you,

²⁸for kingship belongs to the LORD; he rules the nations.

²⁹All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down; all those who go down to the dust will kneel before him — even the one who cannot preserve his life.

³⁰Their descendants will serve him; the next generation will be told about the Lord.

³¹They will come and declare his righteousness; to a people yet to be born they will declare what he has done.