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¹For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David. I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

²I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.

³My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.

⁴For you have upheld my right and my cause, sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.

⁵You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.

⁶Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.

⁷The LORD reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.

⁸He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity.

⁹The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

¹⁰Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.

¹¹Sing the praises of the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.

¹²For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.

¹³LORD, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,

¹⁴that I may declare your praises in the gates of Daughter Zion, and there rejoice in your salvation.

¹⁵The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

¹⁶The LORD is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.

¹⁷The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God.

¹⁸But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.

¹⁹Arise, LORD, do not let mortals triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.

²⁰Strike them with terror, LORD; let the nations know they are only mortal.

¹Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

²In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.

³He boasts about the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

⁴In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.

⁵His ways are always prosperous; your laws are rejected by him; he sneers at all his enemies.

⁶He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.” He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”

⁷His mouth is full of lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.

⁸He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent. His eyes watch in secret for his victims;

⁹like a lion in cover he lies in wait. He lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.

¹⁰His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength.

¹¹He says to himself, “God will never notice; he covers his face and never sees.”

¹²Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.

¹³Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, “He won’t call me to account”?

¹⁴But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.

¹⁵Break the arm of the wicked man; call the evildoer to account for his wickedness that would not otherwise be found out.

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

¹⁷You, LORD, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,

¹⁸defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror.

¹For the director of music. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain.

²For look, the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows against the strings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

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

⁴The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD is on his heavenly throne. He observes everyone on earth; his eyes examine them.

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

⁶On the wicked he will rain fiery coals and burning sulfur; a scorching wind will be their lot.

⁷For the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; the upright will see his face.

¹For the director of music. According to sheminith. A psalm of David. Help, LORD, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.

²Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.

³May the LORD silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue—

⁴those who say, “By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”

⁵“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will protect them from those who malign them.”

⁶And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times.

⁷You, LORD, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked,

⁸who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race.

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

²How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

³Look on me and answer, LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,

⁴and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

⁵But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.

⁶I will sing the LORD’s praise, for he has been good to me.

¹For the director of music. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.

²The LORD looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.

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

⁴Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on the LORD.

⁵But there they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is present in the company of the righteous.

⁶You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.

⁷Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!

¹A psalm of David. LORD, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain?

²The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart;

³whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor, and casts no slur on others;

⁴who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the LORD; who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind;

⁵who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.

¹A miktam of David. Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge.

²I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.”

³I say of the holy people who are in the land, “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”

⁴Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more. I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods or take up their names on my lips.

⁵LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure.

⁶The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.

⁷I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.

⁸I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,

¹⁰because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.

¹¹You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

¹A prayer of David. Hear me, LORD, my plea is just; listen to my cry. Hear my prayer— it does not rise from deceitful lips.

²Let my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right.

³Though you probe my heart, though you examine me at night and test me, you will find that I have planned no evil; my mouth has not transgressed.

⁴Though people tried to bribe me, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent through what your lips have commanded.

⁵My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not stumbled.

⁶I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.

⁷Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.

⁸Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings

⁹from the wicked who are out to destroy me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.

¹⁰They close up their callous hearts, and their mouths speak with arrogance.

¹¹They have tracked me down, they now surround me, with eyes alert, to throw me to the ground.

¹²They are like a lion hungry for prey, like a fierce lion crouching in cover.

¹³Rise up, LORD, confront them, bring them down; with your sword rescue me from the wicked.

¹⁴By your hand save me from such people, LORD, from those of this world whose reward is in this life. May what you have stored up for the wicked fill their bellies; may their children gorge themselves on it, and may there be leftovers for their little ones.

¹⁵As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.