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¹A Psalm of David. LORD, I call upon You; hurry to me. Listen to my voice when I call to You.

²Let my prayer be counted as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.

³Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips [to keep me from speaking thoughtlessly].

⁴Do not incline my heart to [consent to or tolerate] any evil thing, Or to practice deeds of wickedness With men who plan and do evil; And let me not eat of their delicacies (be tempted by their gain).

⁵Let the righteous [thoughtfully] strike (correct) me—it is a kindness [done to encourage my spiritual maturity]. It is [the choicest anointing] oil on the head; Let my head not refuse [to accept and acknowledge and learn from] it; For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds.

⁶Their [wicked, godless] judges are thrown down the sides of the rocky cliff, And they [who followed them] will hear my words, for they are pleasant (just).

⁷As when the one plows and breaks open the ground [and the soil scatters behind him], Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol [by the injustices of the wicked].

⁸For my eyes are toward You, O GOD, the Lord; In You I take refuge; do not pour out my life nor leave me defenseless.

⁹Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares of those who do evil.

¹⁰Let the wicked fall into their own nets, While I pass by and safely escape [from danger].

¹A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of David; when he was in the cave. A Prayer. I cry aloud with my voice to the LORD; I make supplication with my voice to the LORD.

²I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare my trouble before Him.

³When my spirit was overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness], You knew my path. In the way where I walk They have hidden a trap for me.

⁴Look to the right [the point of attack] and see; For there is no one who has regard for me [to act in my favor]. Escape has failed me and I have nowhere to run; No one cares about my life.

⁵I cried out to You, O LORD; I said, "You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

⁶"Give attention to my cry, For I am brought very low; Rescue me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than I.

⁷"Bring my soul out of prison (adversity), So that I may give thanks and praise Your name; The righteous will surround me [in triumph], For You will look after me."

¹A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD, Listen to my supplications! Answer me in Your faithfulness, and in Your righteousness.

²And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.

³For the enemy has persecuted me, He has crushed my life down to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have been long dead.

⁴Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness]; My heart grows numb within me.

⁵I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that You have done; I ponder the work of Your hands.

⁶I reach out my hands to You; My throat thirsts for You, as a parched land [thirsts for water]. Selah.

⁷Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will become like those who go down into the pit (grave).

⁸Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, For I trust in You. Teach me the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to You.

⁹Rescue me, O LORD, from my enemies; I take refuge in You.

¹⁰Teach me to do Your will [so that I may please You], For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

¹¹Save my life, O LORD, for Your name's sake; In Your righteousness bring my life out of trouble.

¹²In your lovingkindness, silence and destroy my enemies And destroy all those who afflict my life, For I am Your servant.

¹A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock and my great strength, Who trains my hands for war And my fingers for battle;

²My [steadfast] lovingkindness and my fortress, My high tower and my rescuer, My shield and He in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me.

³LORD, what is man that You take notice of him? Or the son of man that You think of him?

⁴Man is like a mere breath; His days are like a shadow that passes away.

⁵Bow Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

⁶Flash lightning and scatter my enemies; Send out Your arrows and confuse and embarrass and frustrate them.

⁷Stretch out Your hand from above; Set me free and rescue me from great waters, Out of the hands of [hostile] foreigners [who surround us]

⁸Whose mouths speak deceit [without restraint], And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

⁹I will sing a new song to You, O God; Upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,

¹⁰Who gives salvation to kings, Who sets David His servant free from the evil sword.

¹¹Set me free and rescue me from the hand of [hostile] foreigners, Whose mouth speaks deceit [without restraint], And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

¹²Let our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, And our daughters like corner pillars fashioned for a palace;

¹³Let our barns be full, supplying every kind of produce, And our flocks bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;

¹⁴Let our cattle bear Without mishap and without loss, And let there be no outcry in our streets!

¹⁵How blessed and favored are the people in such circumstance; How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored] are the people whose God is the LORD!

¹A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God, O King, And [with gratitude and submissive wonder] I will bless Your name forever and ever.

²Every day I will bless You and lovingly praise You; Yes, [with awe-inspired reverence] I will praise Your name forever and ever.

³Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, And His greatness is [so vast and profound as to be] unsearchable [incomprehensible to man].

⁴One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty and remarkable acts.

⁵On the glorious splendor of Your majesty And on Your wonderful works, I will meditate.

⁶People will speak of the power of Your awesome acts, And [with gratitude and submissive wonder] I will tell of Your greatness.

⁷They will overflow [like a fountain] when they speak of Your great and abundant goodness And will sing joyfully of Your righteousness.

⁸The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.

⁹The LORD is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created].

¹⁰All Your works shall give thanks to You and praise You, O LORD, And Your godly ones will bless You.

¹¹They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom And talk of Your power,

¹²To make known to the sons of men Your mighty acts And the glorious majesty of Your kingdom.

¹³Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

¹⁴The LORD upholds all those [of His own] who fall And raises up all those who are bowed down.

¹⁵The eyes of all look to You [in hopeful expectation], And You give them their food in due time.

¹⁶You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

¹⁷The LORD is [unwaveringly] righteous in all His ways And gracious and kind in all His works.

¹⁸The LORD is near to all who call on Him, To all who call on Him in truth (without guile).

¹⁹He will fulfill the desire of those who fear and worship Him [with awe-inspired reverence and obedience]; He also will hear their cry and will save them.

²⁰The LORD keeps all who love Him, But all the wicked He will destroy.

²¹My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, And all flesh will bless and gratefully praise His holy name forever and ever.

¹Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!) Praise the LORD, O my soul!

²While I live I will praise the LORD; I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.

³Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).

⁴When his spirit leaves him, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts and plans perish.

⁵How blessed and graciously favored is he whose help is the God of Jacob (Israel), Whose hope is in the LORD his God,

⁶Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them, Who keeps truth and is faithful forever,

⁷Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets free the prisoners.

⁸The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous [the upright in heart].

⁹The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow; But He makes crooked the way of the wicked.

¹⁰The LORD shall reign forever, Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

¹Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our [gracious and majestic] God; Praise is becoming and appropriate.

²The LORD is building up Jerusalem; He is gathering [together] the exiles of Israel.

³He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds [healing their pain and comforting their sorrow].

⁴He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names.

⁵Great is our [majestic and mighty] Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is inexhaustible [infinite, boundless].

⁶The LORD lifts up the humble; He casts the wicked down to the ground.

⁷Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God with the lyre,

⁸Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass grow on the mountains.

⁹He gives to the beast its food, And to the young ravens that for which they cry.

¹⁰He does not delight in the strength (military power) of the horse, Nor does He take pleasure in the legs (strength) of a man.

¹¹The LORD favors those who fear and worship Him [with awe-inspired reverence and obedience], Those who wait for His mercy and lovingkindness.

¹²Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!

¹³For He has strengthened the bars of your gates, He has blessed your children within you.

¹⁴He makes peace in your borders; He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat.

¹⁵He sends His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly.

¹⁶He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool; He scatters the frost like ashes.

¹⁷He casts out His ice like fragments; Who can stand before His cold?

¹⁸He sends out His word and melts the ice; He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.

¹⁹He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.

²⁰He has not dealt this way with any [other] nation; They have not known [understood, appreciated, heeded, or cherished] His ordinances. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

¹Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights!

²Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts (armies)!

³Praise Him, sun and moon: Praise Him, all stars of light!

⁴Praise Him, highest heavens, And the waters above the heavens!

⁵Let them praise the name of the LORD, For He commanded and they were created.

⁶He has also established them forever and ever; He has made a decree which shall not pass away.

⁷Praise the LORD from the earth, Sea monsters and all deeps;

⁸Lightning and hail, snow and fog; Stormy wind, fulfilling His orders;

⁹Mountains and all hills; Fruitful trees and all cedars;

¹⁰Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and winged birds;

¹¹Kings of the earth and all people; Princes and all judges of the earth;

¹²Both young men and virgins; Old men and children.

¹³Let them praise the name of the LORD, For His name alone is exalted and supreme; His glory and majesty are above earth and heaven.

¹⁴He has lifted up a horn for His people [giving them strength, prosperity, dignity, and preeminence], Praise for all His godly ones; For the people of Israel, a people near to Him. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

¹Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, And praise Him in the congregation of His godly ones (believers).

²Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; Let Zion's children rejoice in their King.

³Let them praise His name with dancing; Let them sing praises to Him with the tambourine and lyre.

⁴For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation.

⁵Let the godly ones exult in glory; Let them sing for joy on their beds.

⁶Let the high praises of God be in their throats, And a two-edged sword in their hands,

⁷To execute vengeance on the nations And punishment on the peoples,

⁸To bind their kings with chains And their nobles with fetters of iron,

⁹To execute on them the judgment written. This is the honor for all His godly ones. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

¹Praise the LORD! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty heavens.

²Praise Him for His mighty acts; Praise Him according to [the abundance of] His greatness.

³Praise Him with trumpet sound; Praise Him with harp and lyre.

⁴Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flute.

⁵Praise Him with resounding cymbals; Praise Him with loud cymbals.

⁶Let everything that has breath and every breath of life praise the LORD! Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)