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¹To the Chief Musician; to Jeduthun [Ethan, the noted musician, founder of an official musical family]. A Psalm of David. For God alone my soul waits in silence; From Him comes my salvation.

²He alone is my rock and my salvation, My defense and my strong tower; I will not be shaken or disheartened.

³How long will you attack a man So that you may murder him, all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

⁴They consult only to throw him down from his high position [to dishonor him]; They delight in lies. They bless with [the words of] their mouths, But inwardly they curse. Selah.

⁵For God alone my soul waits in silence and quietly submits to Him, For my hope is from Him.

⁶He only is my rock and my salvation; My fortress and my defense, I will not be shaken or discouraged.

⁷On God my salvation and my glory rest; He is my rock of [unyielding] strength, my refuge is in God.

⁸Trust [confidently] in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.

⁹Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion). In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value]; They are together lighter than a breath.

¹⁰Do not trust in oppression, And do not vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

¹¹God has spoken once, Twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God.

¹²Also to You, O Lord, belong lovingkindness and compassion, For You compensate every man according to [the value of] his work.

¹A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; with deepest longing I will seek You; My soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

²So I have gazed upon You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.

³Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.

⁴So will I bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.

⁵My soul [my life, my very self] is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth offers praises [to You] with joyful lips.

⁶When I remember You on my bed, I meditate and thoughtfully focus on You in the night watches,

⁷For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings [where I am always protected] I sing for joy.

⁸My soul [my life, my very self] clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.

⁹But those who seek my life to destroy it Will [be destroyed and] go into the depths of the earth [into the underworld].

¹⁰They will be given over to the power of the sword; They will be a prey for foxes.

¹¹But the king will rejoice in God; Everyone who swears by Him [honoring the true God, acknowledging His authority and majesty] will glory, For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; Guard my life from the terror of the enemy.

²Hide me from the secret counsel and conspiracy of the ungodly, From the scheming of those who do wrong,

³Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword. They aim venomous words as arrows,

⁴To shoot from ambush at the blameless [one]; Suddenly they shoot at him, without fear.

⁵They encourage themselves in [their pursuit of] an evil agenda; They talk of laying snares secretly; They say, "Who will discover us?"

⁶They devise acts of injustice, saying, "We are ready with a well-conceived plan." For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep (mysterious, unsearchable).

⁷But God will shoot them with an [unexpected] arrow; Suddenly they will be wounded.

⁸So they will be caused to stumble; Their own tongue is against them; All who gaze at them will shake the head [in scorn].

⁹Then all men will fear [God's judgment]; They will declare the work of God, And they will consider and wisely acknowledge what He has done.

¹⁰The righteous will rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; All the upright in heart will glory and offer praise.

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A Song. To You belongs silence [the submissive wonder of reverence], and [it bursts into] praise in Zion, O God; And to You the vow shall be performed.

²O You who hear prayer, To You all mankind comes.

³Wickedness and guilt prevail against me; Yet as for our transgressions, You forgive them [removing them from Your sight].

⁴Blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near To dwell in Your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple.

⁵By awesome and wondrous things You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, You who are the trust and hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;

⁶Who creates the mountains by His strength, Being clothed with power,

⁷Who stills the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples,

⁸So they who dwell at the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs [the evidence of Your presence]. You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.

⁹You visit the earth and make it overflow [with water]; You greatly enrich it; The stream of God is full of water; You provide their grain, when You have prepared the earth.

¹⁰You water its furrows abundantly, You smooth its ridges; You soften it with showers, You bless its growth.

¹¹You crown the year with Your bounty, And Your paths overflow.

¹²The pastures of the wilderness drip [with dew], And the hills are encircled with joy.

¹³The meadows are clothed with flocks And the valleys are covered with grain; They shout for joy and they sing.

¹To the Chief Musician. A Song. A Psalm. Shout joyfully to God, all the earth;

²Sing of the honor and glory and magnificence of His name; Make His praise glorious.

³Say to God, "How awesome and fearfully glorious are Your works! Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will pretend to be obedient to You.

⁴"All the earth will [bow down to] worship You [in submissive wonder], And will sing praises to You; They will praise Your name in song." Selah.

⁵Come and see the works of God, He is awesome in His deeds toward the children of men.

⁶He turned the sea into dry land; They crossed through the river on foot; There we rejoiced in Him.

⁷Who rules by His might forever, His eyes keep watch on the nations; Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

⁸Bless our God, O peoples, And make the sound of His praise be heard abroad,

⁹Who keeps us among the living, And does not allow our feet to slip or stumble.

¹⁰For You have tested us, O God; You have refined us as silver is refined.

¹¹You brought us into the net; You laid a heavy burden [of servitude] on us.

¹²You made men (charioteers) ride over our heads [in defeat]; We went through fire and through water, Yet You brought us out into a [broad] place of abundance [to be refreshed].

¹³I shall come into Your house with burnt offerings; I shall pay You my vows,

¹⁴Which my lips uttered And my mouth spoke as a promise when I was in distress.

¹⁵I shall offer to You burnt offerings of fat lambs, With the [sweet] smoke of rams; I will offer bulls with male goats. Selah.

¹⁶Come and hear, all who fear God [and worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience], And I will tell what He has done for me.

¹⁷I cried aloud to Him; He was highly praised with my tongue.

¹⁸If I regard sin and baseness in my heart [that is, if I know it is there and do nothing about it], The Lord will not hear [me];

¹⁹But certainly God has heard [me]; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer Nor His lovingkindness from me.

¹To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. God be gracious and kind-hearted to us and bless us, And make His face shine [with favor] on us— Selah.

²That Your way may be known on earth, Your salvation and deliverance among all nations.

³Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You.

⁴Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, For You will judge the people fairly And guide the nations on earth. Selah.

⁵Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You.

⁶The earth has yielded its harvest [as evidence of His approval]; God, our God, blesses us.

⁷God blesses us, And all the ends of the earth shall fear Him [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder].

¹To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A Song. Let God arise, and His enemies be scattered; Let those who hate Him flee before Him.

²As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked and guilty perish before [the presence of] God.

³But let the righteous be glad; let them be in good spirits before God, Yes, let them rejoice with delight.

⁴Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Lift up a song for Him who rides through the desert— His name is the LORD—be in good spirits before Him.

⁵A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows, Is God in His holy habitation.

⁶God makes a home for the lonely; He leads the prisoners into prosperity, Only the stubborn and rebellious dwell in a parched land.

⁷O God, when You went out before Your people, When You marched through the wilderness, Selah.

⁸The earth trembled; The heavens also poured down rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

⁹You, O God, sent abroad plentiful rain; You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched and weary.

¹⁰Your flock found a dwelling place in it; O God, in Your goodness You provided for the poor.

¹¹The Lord gives the command [to take Canaan]; The women who proclaim the good news are a great host (army);

¹²"The kings of the [enemies'] armies flee, they flee, And the beautiful woman who remains at home divides the spoil [left behind]."

¹³When you lie down [to rest] among the sheepfolds, You [Israel] are like the wings of a dove [of victory] overlaid with silver, Its feathers glistening with gold [trophies taken from the enemy].

¹⁴When the Almighty scattered [the Canaanite] kings in the land of Canaan, It was snowing on Zalmon.

¹⁵A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A [high] mountain of many summits is Mount Bashan [rising east of the Jordan].

¹⁶Why do you look with envy, mountains with many peaks, At the mountain [of the city of Zion] which God has desired for His dwelling place? Yes, the LORD will dwell there forever.

¹⁷The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them as He was at Sinai, in holiness.

¹⁸You have ascended on high, You have led away captive Your captives; You have received gifts among men, Even from the rebellious also, that the LORD God may dwell there.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord, who bears our burden day by day, The God who is our salvation! Selah.

²⁰God is to us a God of acts of salvation; And to GOD the Lord belong escapes from death [setting us free].

²¹Surely God will shatter the head of His enemies, The hairy scalp of one who goes on in his guilty ways.

²²The Lord said, "I will bring your enemies back from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the [Red] Sea,

²³That your foot may crush them in blood, That the tongue of your dogs may have its share from your enemies."

²⁴They have seen Your [solemn] procession, O God, The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary [in holiness].

²⁵The singers go in front, the players of instruments last; Between them the maidens playing on tambourines.

²⁶Bless God in the congregations, [give thanks, gratefully praise Him], The LORD, you who are from [Jacob] the fountain of Israel.

²⁷The youngest is there, Benjamin, ruling them, The princes of Judah and their company [the southern tribes], The princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali [the northern tribes].

²⁸Your God has commanded your strength [your power in His service and your resistance to temptation]; Show Yourself strong, O God, who acted on our behalf.

²⁹Because of Your temple at Jerusalem [Pagan] kings will bring gifts to You [out of respect].

³⁰Rebuke the beasts [living] among the reeds [in Egypt], The herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples; Trampling underfoot the pieces of silver; He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.

³¹Princes and envoys shall come from Egypt; Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands [with the offerings of submission] to God.

³²Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, Sing praises to the Lord! Selah.

³³To Him who rides in the highest heavens, the ancient heavens, Behold, He sends out His voice, a mighty and majestic voice.

³⁴Ascribe strength to God; His majesty is over Israel And His strength is in the skies.

³⁵O God, You are awesome and profoundly majestic from Your sanctuary; The God of Israel gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!