json/Tanakh/Writings/Psalms/English/merged.json

{
    "title": "Psalms",
    "language": "en",
    "versionTitle": "merged",
    "versionSource": "https://www.sefaria.org/Psalms",
    "text": [
        [
            "Happy is the man who has not followed the counsel of the wicked,<br>or taken the path of sinners,<br>or joined the company of the insolent;",
            "rather, the teaching of the L<small>ORD</small> is his delight,<br>and he studies<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “recites”; lit. “utters.”</i> that teaching day and night.",
            "He is like a tree planted beside streams of water,<br>which yields its fruit in season,<br>whose foliage never fades,<br>and whatever <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “he does prospers.”</i>it produces thrives.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "Not so the wicked;<br>rather, they are like chaff that wind blows away.",
            "Therefore the wicked will not survive judgment,<br>nor will sinners, in the assembly of the righteous.",
            "For the L<small>ORD</small> cherishes the way of the righteous,<br>but the way of the wicked is doomed."
        ],
        [
            "Why do nations assemble,<br>and peoples plot<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “utter.”</i> vain things;",
            "kings of the earth take their stand,<br>and regents intrigue together<br>against the L<small>ORD</small> and against His anointed?",
            "“Let us break the cords of their yoke,<br>shake off their ropes from us!”",
            "He who is enthroned in heaven laughs;<br>the Lord mocks at them.",
            "Then He speaks to them in anger,<br>terrifying them in His rage,",
            "“But I have installed My king<br>on Zion, My holy mountain!”",
            "Let me tell of the decree:<br>the L<small>ORD</small> said to me,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Compare 2 Sam. 7.14, and Ps. 89.27 ff.</i>“You are My son,<br>I have fathered you this day.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "Ask it of Me,<br>and I will make the nations your domain;<br>your estate, the limits of the earth.",
            "You can smash them with an iron mace,<br>shatter them like potter’s ware.”<br>",
            "So now, O kings, be prudent;<br>accept discipline, you rulers of the earth!",
            "Serve the L<small>ORD</small> in awe;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain; others “rejoice with trembling.”</i>tremble with fright,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup>",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>pay homage in good faith,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-d</sup><br>lest He be angered, and your way be doomed<br>in the mere flash of His anger.<br>Happy are all who take refuge in Him."
        ],
        [
            "A psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom.<br>",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, my foes are so many!<br>Many are those who attack me;",
            "many say of me,<br>“There is no deliverance for him through God.” <i>Selah</i>.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">A liturgical direction of uncertain meaning.</i>",
            "But You, O L<small>ORD</small>, are a shield about me,<br>my glory, He who holds my head high.",
            "I cry aloud to the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>and He answers me from His holy mountain. <i>Selah</i>.",
            "I lie down and sleep and wake again,<br>for the L<small>ORD</small> sustains me.",
            "I have no fear of the myriad forces<br>arrayed against me on every side.<br>",
            "Rise, O L<small>ORD</small>!<br>Deliver me, O my God!<br>For You slap all my enemies in the face;<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “cheek.”</i><br>You break the teeth of the wicked.",
            "Deliverance is the L<small>ORD</small>’s;<br>Your blessing be upon Your people! <i>Selah</i>."
        ],
        [
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>For the leader; with instrumental music.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> A psalm of David.<br>",
            "Answer me when I call,<br>O God, my vindicator!<br>You freed me from distress;<br>have mercy on me and hear my prayer.",
            "You men, how long will my glory be mocked,<br>will you love illusions,<br>have recourse to frauds? <i>Selah</i>.",
            "Know that the L<small>ORD</small> singles out the faithful for Himself;<br>the L<small>ORD</small> hears when I call to Him.",
            "So tremble, and sin no more;<br>ponder it on your bed, and sigh.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Others “be still.”</i>",
            "Offer sacrifices in righteousness<br>and trust in the L<small>ORD</small>.<br>",
            "Many say, “O for good days!”<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us”; cf. Num. 6.25 f.</i>Bestow Your favor on us,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup> O L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "You put joy into my heart<br>when their grain and wine show increase.",
            "Safe and sound, I lie down and sleep,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “for You, O Lord, keep me alone and secure.”</i>for You alone, O L<small>ORD</small>, keep me secure.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-d</sup>"
        ],
        [
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>For the leader; on <i>neḥiloth</i>.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> A psalm of David.<br>",
            "Give ear to my speech, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>consider my utterance.",
            "Heed the sound of my cry,<br>my king and God,<br>for I pray to You.",
            "Hear my voice, O L<small>ORD</small>, at daybreak;<br>at daybreak I plead before You, and wait.<br>",
            "For You are not a God who desires wickedness;<br>evil cannot abide with You;",
            "wanton men cannot endure in Your sight.<br>You detest all evildoers;",
            "You doom those who speak lies;<br>murderous, deceitful men the L<small>ORD</small> abhors.<br>",
            "But I, through Your abundant love, enter Your house;<br>I bow down in awe at Your holy temple.",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “as You are righteous, lead me.”</i>lead me along Your righteous [path]<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>because of my watchful foes;<br>make Your way straight before me.",
            "For there is no sincerity on their lips;<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “mouth.”</i><br>their heart is [filled with] malice;<br>their throat is an open grave;<br>their tongue slippery.",
            "Condemn them, O God;<br>let them fall by their own devices;<br>cast them out for their many crimes,<br>for they defy You.",
            "But let all who take refuge in You rejoice,<br>ever jubilant as You shelter them;<br>and let those who love Your name exult in You.",
            "For You surely bless the righteous man, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>encompassing him with favor like a shield."
        ],
        [
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>For the leader; with instrumental music on the <i>sheminith</i>.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> A psalm of David.<br>",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, do not punish me in anger,<br>do not chastise me in fury.",
            "Have mercy on me, O L<small>ORD</small>, for I languish;<br>heal me, O L<small>ORD</small>, for my bones shake with terror.",
            "My whole being is stricken with terror,<br>while You, L<small>ORD</small>—O, how long!",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, turn! Rescue me!<br>Deliver me as befits Your faithfulness.",
            "For there is no praise of You among the dead;<br>in Sheol, who can acclaim You?<br>",
            "I am weary with groaning;<br>every night I drench my bed,<br>I melt my couch in tears.",
            "My eyes are wasted by vexation,<br>worn out because of all my foes.",
            "Away from me, all you evildoers,<br>for the L<small>ORD</small> heeds the sound of my weeping.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> heeds my plea,<br>the L<small>ORD</small> accepts my prayer.",
            "All my enemies will be frustrated and stricken with terror;<br>they will turn back in an instant, frustrated."
        ],
        [
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i><i>Shiggaion</i> of David,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> which he sang to the L<small>ORD</small>, concerning Cush, a Benjaminite.<br>",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, my God, in You I seek refuge;<br>deliver me from all my pursuers and save me,",
            "lest, like a lion, they tear me apart,<br>rending in pieces, and no one save me.",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, my God, if I have done such things,<br>if my hands bear the guilt of wrongdoing,",
            "if I have dealt evil to my ally—<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain; others “or stripped my foe clean.”</i>I who rescued my foe without reward<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>—",
            "then let the enemy pursue and overtake me;<br>let him trample my life to the ground,<br>and lay my body in the dust. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "Rise, O L<small>ORD</small>, in Your anger;<br>assert Yourself <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “in Your fury against my foes.”</i>against the fury of my foes;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup><br>bestir Yourself on my behalf;<br>You have ordained judgment.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>Let the assembly of peoples gather about You,<br>with You enthroned above, on high.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> judges the peoples;<br>vindicate me, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>for the righteousness and blamelessness that are mine.",
            "Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,<br>but establish the righteous;<br>he who probes the mind and conscience<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “kidneys.”</i> is God the righteous.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">e</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. Ibn Ezra and Kimhi; lit. “My Shield is upon God.”</i>I look to God to shield me;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-e</sup><br>the deliverer of the upright.",
            "God vindicates the righteous;<br>God <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">f</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Others “has indignation.”</i>pronounces doom<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-f</sup> each day.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">g</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of vv. 13–14 uncertain; an alternate rendering, with God as the main subject, is: 13If one does not turn back, He whets His sword, / bends His bow and aims it; / 14deadly weapons He prepares for him, / and makes His arrows sharp.</i>If one does not turn back, but whets his sword,<br>bends his bow and aims it,",
            "then against himself he readies deadly weapons,<br>and makes his arrows sharp.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-g</sup>",
            "See, he hatches evil, conceives mischief,<br>and gives birth to fraud.",
            "He has dug a pit and deepened it,<br>and will fall into the trap he made.",
            "His mischief will recoil upon his own head;<br>his lawlessness will come down upon his skull.",
            "I will praise the L<small>ORD</small> for His righteousness,<br>and sing a hymn to the name of the L<small>ORD</small> Most High."
        ],
        [
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>For the leader; on the <i>gittith</i>.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> A psalm of David.<br>",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, our Lord,<br>How majestic is Your name throughout the earth,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain; or “You whose splendor is celebrated all over the heavens!”</i>You who have covered the heavens with Your splendor!<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>From the mouths of infants and sucklings<br>You have founded strength on account of Your foes,<br>to put an end to enemy and avenger.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,<br>the moon and stars that You set in place,",
            "what is man that You have been mindful of him,<br>mortal man that You have taken note of him,",
            "that You have made him little less than divine,<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “the angels.”</i><br>and adorned him with glory and majesty;",
            "You have made him master over Your handiwork,<br>laying the world at his feet,",
            "sheep and oxen, all of them,<br>and wild beasts, too;",
            "the birds of the heavens, the fish of the sea,<br>whatever travels the paths of the seas.",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, our Lord, how majestic is Your name throughout the earth!"
        ],
        [
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain; some mss. and ancient versions, ‘al muth labben, as though “over the death of the son.”</i>For the leader; <i>‘almuth labben</i>.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> A psalm of David.<br>",
            "I will praise You, L<small>ORD</small>, with all my heart;<br>I will tell all Your wonders.",
            "I will rejoice and exult in You,<br>singing a hymn to Your name, O Most High.<br>",
            "When my enemies retreat,<br>they stumble to their doom at Your presence.",
            "For You uphold my right and claim,<br>enthroned as righteous judge.",
            "You blast the nations;<br>You destroy the wicked;<br>You blot out their name forever.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>The enemy is no more—<br>ruins everlasting;<br>You have torn down their cities;<br>their very names are lost.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "But the L<small>ORD</small> abides forever;<br>He has set up His throne for judgment;",
            "it is He who judges the world with righteousness,<br>rules the peoples with equity.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is a haven for the oppressed,<br>a haven in times of trouble.",
            "Those who know Your name trust You,<br>for You do not abandon those who turn to You, O L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "Sing a hymn to the L<small>ORD</small>, <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “O You who dwell in Zion.”</i>who reigns in Zion;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup><br>declare His deeds among the peoples.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Order of Hebrew clauses inverted for clarity.</i>For He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted;<br>He who requites bloodshed is mindful of them.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-d</sup>",
            "Have mercy on me, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>see my affliction at the hands of my foes,<br>You who lift me from the gates of death,",
            "so that in the gates of <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">e</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “the Daughter of Zion.”</i>Fair Zion<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-e</sup><br>I might tell all Your praise,<br>I might exult in Your deliverance.",
            "The nations sink in the pit they have made;<br>their own foot is caught in the net they have hidden.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> has made Himself known:<br>He works judgment;<br>the wicked man is snared by his own devices. <i>Higgaion</i>.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> <i>Selah</i>.",
            "Let the wicked be<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">f</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Others “return to.”</i> in Sheol,<br>all the nations who ignore God!",
            "Not always shall the needy be ignored,<br>nor the hope of the afflicted forever lost.",
            "Rise, O L<small>ORD</small>!<br>Let not men have power;<br>let the nations be judged in Your presence.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>Strike fear into them,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup> O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>let the nations know they are only men. <i>Selah</i>."
        ],
        [
            "Why, O L<small>ORD</small>, do You stand aloof, <br>heedless in times of trouble?",
            "The wicked in his arrogance hounds the lowly—<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “they (i.e., the lowly) are caught by the schemes they devised.”</i>may they be caught in the schemes they devise! <sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>The wicked crows about his unbridled lusts;<br>the grasping man reviles and scorns the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "The wicked, arrogant as he is,<br>in all his scheming [thinks],<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>“He does not call to account;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “There is no God.”</i>God does not care.”<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup>",
            "His ways prosper at all times;<br>Your judgments are far beyond him;<br>he snorts at all his foes.",
            "He thinks, “I shall not be shaken,<br>through all time never be in trouble.”",
            "His mouth is full of oaths, deceit, and fraud;<br>mischief and evil are under his tongue.",
            "He lurks in outlying places;<br>from a covert he slays the innocent;<br>his eyes spy out the hapless.",
            "He waits in a covert like a lion in his lair;<br>waits to seize the lowly;<br>he seizes the lowly as he pulls his net shut;",
            "he stoops, he crouches,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>and the hapless fall prey to his might.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "He thinks, “God is not mindful,<br>He hides His face, He never looks.”",
            "Rise, O L<small>ORD</small>!<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “Lift Your hand.”</i>Strike at him,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-d</sup> O God!<br>Do not forget the lowly.",
            "Why should the wicked man scorn God,<br>thinking You do not call to account?",
            "You do look!<br>You take note of mischief and vexation!<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>To requite is in Your power.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>To You the hapless can entrust himself;<br>You have ever been the orphan’s help.",
            "O break the power of the wicked and evil man,<br>so that when You <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">e</sup><i class=\"footnote\">A play on darash, which in vv. 4 and 13 means “to call to account.”</i>look for<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-e</sup> his wickedness<br>You will find it no more.<br>",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is king for ever and ever;<br>the nations will perish from His land.",
            "You will listen to the entreaty of the lowly, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>You will make their hearts firm;<br>You will incline Your ear",
            "to champion the orphan and the downtrodden,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>that men who are of the earth tyrannize no more.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>"
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. Of David.<br><br>In the L<small>ORD</small> I take refuge;<br>how can you say to me,<br>“Take to <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain; lit. “your hill, bird!”</i>the hills like a bird!<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "For see, the wicked bend the bow,<br>they set their arrow on the string<br>to shoot from the shadows at the upright.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “For the foundations are destroyed; what has the Righteous One done?” Or “If the foundations are destroyed, what has the righteous man accomplished?”</i>When the foundations are destroyed,<br>what can the righteous man do?”<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is in His holy palace;<br>the L<small>ORD</small>—His throne is in heaven;<br>His eyes behold, His gaze searches mankind.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> seeks out the righteous man,<br>but loathes the wicked one who loves injustice.",
            "He will rain down upon the wicked blazing coals and sulfur;<br>a scorching wind shall be <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “the portion of their cup.”</i>their lot.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup>",
            "For the L<small>ORD</small> is righteous;<br>He loves righteous deeds;<br>the upright shall behold His face."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; on the <i>sheminith</i>. A psalm of David.<br>",
            "Help, O L<small>ORD</small>!<br>For the faithful are no more;<br>the loyal have vanished from among men.",
            "Men speak lies to one another;<br>their speech is smooth;<br>they talk with duplicity.",
            "May the L<small>ORD</small> cut off all flattering lips,<br>every tongue that speaks arrogance.",
            "They say, “By our tongues we shall prevail;<br>with lips such as ours, who can be our master?”<br>",
            "“Because of the groans of the plundered poor and needy,<br>I will now act,” says the L<small>ORD</small>.<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>“I will give help,” He affirms to him.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>",
            "The words of the L<small>ORD</small> are pure words,<br>silver purged in an earthen crucible,<br>refined sevenfold.",
            "You, O L<small>ORD</small>, will keep them,<br>guarding each <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>from this age<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> evermore.",
            "On every side the wicked roam<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>when baseness is exalted among men.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>"
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. A psalm of David.<br>",
            "How long, O L<small>ORD</small>; will You ignore me forever?<br>How long will You hide Your face from me?",
            "How long will I have cares on my mind,<br>grief in my heart all day?<br>How long will my enemy have the upper hand?",
            "Look at me, answer me, O L<small>ORD</small>, my God!<br>Restore the luster to my eyes,<br>lest I sleep the sleep of death;",
            "lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,”<br>my foes exult when I totter.",
            "But I trust in Your faithfulness,<br>my heart will exult in Your deliverance.<br>I will sing to the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>for He has been good to me."
        ],
        [
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. Ps. 53.</i>For the leader. Of David.<br><br>The benighted man thinks,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “There is no God”; cf. Ps. 10.4.</i>“God does not care.”<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>Man’s deeds are corrupt and loathsome;<br>no one does good.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> looks down from heaven on mankind<br>to find a man of understanding,<br>a man mindful of God.",
            "All have turned bad,<br>altogether foul;<br>there is none who does good,<br>not even one.",
            "Are they so witless, all those evildoers,<br>who devour my people as they devour food,<br>and do not invoke the L<small>ORD</small>?",
            "There they will be seized with fright,<br>for God is present in the circle of the righteous.",
            "You may set at naught the counsel of the lowly,<br>but the L<small>ORD</small> is his refuge.<br>",
            "O that the deliverance of Israel might come from Zion!<br>When the L<small>ORD</small> restores the fortunes of His people,<br>Jacob will exult, Israel will rejoice."
        ],
        [
            "A psalm of David.<br><br>L<small>ORD</small>, who may sojourn in Your tent,<br>who may dwell on Your holy mountain?",
            "He who lives without blame,<br>who does what is right,<br>and in his heart acknowledges the truth;",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain; or “who has no slander upon his tongue.”</i>whose tongue is not given to evil;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>who has never done harm to his fellow,<br>or borne reproach for [his acts toward] his neighbor;",
            "for whom a contemptible man is abhorrent,<br>but who honors those who fear the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>who stands by his oath even to his hurt;",
            "who has never lent money at interest,<br>or accepted a bribe against the innocent.<br>The man who acts thus shall never be shaken."
        ],
        [
            "A <i>michtam</i><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> of David.<br><br>Protect me, O God, for I seek refuge in You.",
            "I say to the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>“You are my Lord, <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Others “I have no good but in You.”</i>my benefactor;<br>there is none above You.”<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain; “holy and mighty ones” taken as epithets for divine beings; cf. qedoshim in Ps. 89.6, 8, and ’addirim in 1 Sam. 4.8.</i>As to the holy and mighty ones that are in the land,<br>my whole desire concerning them is that",
            "those who espouse another [god]<br>may have many sorrows!<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup><br>I will have no part of their bloody libations;<br>their names will not pass my lips.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is my allotted share and portion;<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “cup.”</i><br>You control my fate.",
            "Delightful country has fallen to my lot;<br>lovely indeed is my estate.",
            "I bless the L<small>ORD</small> who has guided me;<br>my conscience<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">e</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “kidneys.”</i> admonishes me at night.",
            "I am ever mindful of the L<small>ORD</small>’s presence;<br>He is at my right hand; I shall never be shaken.",
            "So my heart rejoices,<br>my whole being exults,<br>and my body rests secure.",
            "For You will not abandon me to Sheol,<br>or let Your faithful one see the Pit.",
            "You will teach me the path of life.<br>In Your presence is perfect joy;<br>delights are ever in Your right hand."
        ],
        [
            "A prayer of David.<br><br>Hear, O L<small>ORD</small>, what is just;<br>heed my cry, give ear to my prayer,<br>uttered without guile.",
            "My vindication will come from You;<br>Your eyes will behold what is right.",
            "You have visited me at night, probed my mind,<br>You have tested me and found nothing amiss;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>I determined that my mouth should not transgress.",
            "As for man’s dealings,<br>in accord with the command of Your lips,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>I have kept in view the fate<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. Prov. 1.19; lit. “paths.”</i> of the lawless.",
            "My feet have held to Your paths;<br>my legs have not given way.<br>",
            "I call on You;<br>You will answer me, God;<br>turn Your ear to me,<br>hear what I say.",
            "Display Your faithfulness in wondrous deeds,<br>You who deliver with Your right hand<br>those who seek refuge from assailants.",
            "Guard me like the apple of Your eye;<br>hide me in the shadow of Your wings",
            "from the wicked who despoil me,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “from my enemies who avidly.”</i>my mortal enemies who<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup> encircle me.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>Their hearts are closed to pity;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>they mouth arrogance;",
            "now they hem in our feet on every side;<br>they set their eyes roaming over the land.",
            "He is like a lion eager for prey,<br>a king of beasts lying in wait.<br>",
            "Rise, O L<small>ORD</small>! Go forth to meet him.<br>Bring him down;<br>rescue me from the wicked with Your sword,",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>from men, O L<small>ORD</small>, with Your hand,<br>from men whose share in life is fleeting.<br>But as to Your treasured ones,<br>fill their bellies.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>Their sons too shall be satisfied,<br>and have something to leave over for their young.",
            "Then I, justified, will behold Your face;<br>awake, I am filled with the vision of You."
        ],
        [
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">This poem occurs again at 2 Sam. 22, with a number of variations, some of which are cited in the following notes.</i>For the leader. Of David, the servant of the L<small>ORD</small>, who addressed the words of this song to the L<small>ORD</small> after the L<small>ORD</small> had saved him from the hands of all his enemies and from the clutches of Saul.",
            "He said:<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Not in 2 Sam. 22.2.</i>I adore you, O L<small>ORD</small>, my strength,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, my crag, my fortress, my rescuer,<br>my God, my rock in whom I seek refuge,<br>my shield, my <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “horn of rescue.”</i>mighty champion,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup> my haven.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Construction of Heb. uncertain.</i>All praise! I called on the L<small>ORD</small><sup class=\"endFootnote\">-d</sup><br>and was delivered from my enemies.",
            "Ropes<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">e</sup><i class=\"footnote\">2 Sam. 22.5, “breakers.”</i> of Death encompassed me;<br>torrents of Belial<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">f</sup><i class=\"footnote\">I.e., the netherworld, like “Death” and “Sheol.”</i> terrified me;",
            "ropes of Sheol encircled me;<br>snares of Death confronted me.",
            "In my distress I called on the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>cried out to my God;<br>in His temple He heard my voice;<br>my cry to Him reached His ears.",
            "Then the earth rocked and quaked;<br>the foundations of the mountains shook,<br>rocked by His indignation;",
            "smoke went up from His nostrils,<br>from His mouth came devouring fire;<br>live coals blazed forth from Him.",
            "He bent the sky and came down,<br>thick cloud beneath His feet.",
            "He mounted a cherub and flew,<br>gliding on the wings of the wind.",
            "He made darkness His screen;<br>dark thunderheads, dense clouds of the sky<br>were His pavilion round about Him.",
            "Out of the brilliance before Him,<br>hail and fiery coals <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">g</sup><i class=\"footnote\">2 Sam. 22.13, “blazed.”</i>pierced His clouds.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-g</sup>",
            "Then the L<small>ORD</small> thundered from heaven,<br>the Most High gave forth His voice—<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">h</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Not in 2 Sam. 22.14.</i>hail and fiery coals.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-h</sup>",
            "He let fly His shafts and scattered them;<br>He discharged lightning and routed them.",
            "The ocean bed was exposed;<br>the foundations of the world were laid bare<br>by Your mighty roaring, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.",
            "He reached down from on high, He took me;<br>He drew me out of the mighty waters;",
            "He saved me from my fierce enemy,<br>from foes too strong for me.",
            "They confronted me on the day of my calamity,<br>but the L<small>ORD</small> was my support.",
            "He brought me out to freedom;<br>He rescued me because He was pleased with me.<br>",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> rewarded me according to my merit;<br>He requited the cleanness of my hands;",
            "for I have kept to the ways of the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>and have not been guilty before my God;",
            "for I am mindful of all His rules;<br>I have not disregarded His laws.",
            "I have been blameless toward Him,<br>and have guarded myself against sinning;",
            "and the L<small>ORD</small> has requited me according to my merit,<br>the cleanness of my hands in His sight.",
            "With the loyal, You deal loyally;<br>with the blameless man, blamelessly.",
            "With the pure, You act purely,<br>and with the perverse, You are wily.",
            "It is You who deliver lowly folk,<br>but haughty eyes You humble.",
            "It is You who light my lamp;<br>the L<small>ORD</small>, my God, lights up my darkness.",
            "With You, I can rush a barrier;<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">i</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. note to 2 Sam. 22.30; or “troop.”</i><br>with my God I can scale a wall;",
            "the way of God is perfect;<br>the word of the L<small>ORD</small> is pure;<br>He is a shield to all who seek refuge in Him.",
            "Truly, who is a god except the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>who is a rock but our God?—",
            "the God who girded me with might,<br>who made my way perfect;",
            "who made my legs like a deer’s,<br>and let me stand firm on the<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">j</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Taking bamothai as a poetic form of bamoth; cf. Hab. 3.19; others “my.”</i> heights;",
            "who trained my hands for battle;<br>my arms can bend a bow of bronze.",
            "You have given me the shield of Your protection;<br>Your right hand has sustained me,<br>Your care<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">k</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain; others “condescension.”</i> has made me great.",
            "You have let me stride on freely;<br>my feet have not slipped.",
            "I pursued my enemies and overtook them;<br>I did not turn back till I destroyed them.",
            "I struck them down,<br>and they could rise no more;<br>they lay fallen at my feet.",
            "You have girded me with strength for battle,<br>brought my adversaries low before me,",
            "made my enemies turn tail before me;<br>I wiped out my foes.",
            "They cried out, but there was none to deliver;<br>[cried] to the L<small>ORD</small>, but He did not answer them.",
            "I ground them fine as windswept dust;<br>I trod them flat as dirt of the streets.",
            "You have rescued me from the strife of people;<br>You have set me at the head of nations;<br>peoples I knew not must serve me.",
            "At the mere report of me they are submissive;<br>foreign peoples cower before me;",
            "foreign peoples lose courage,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">l</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>and come trembling out of their strongholds.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-l</sup><br>",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> lives! Blessed is my rock!<br>Exalted be God, my deliverer,",
            "the God who has vindicated me<br>and made peoples subject to me,",
            "who rescued me from my enemies,<br>who raised me clear of my adversaries,<br>saved me from lawless men.",
            "For this I sing Your praise among the nations, L<small>ORD</small>,<br>and hymn Your name:",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">m</sup><i class=\"footnote\">2 Sam. 22.51, “Tower of victory.”</i>He accords great victories<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-m</sup> to His king,<br>keeps faith with His anointed,<br>with David and his offspring forever."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. A psalm of David.<br>",
            "The heavens declare the glory of God,<br>the sky proclaims His handiwork.",
            "Day to day makes utterance,<br>night to night speaks out.",
            "There is no utterance,<br>there are no words,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">With Septuagint, Symmachus, and Vulgate; or “their sound is not heard.”</i>whose sound goes unheard.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "Their voice<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. Septuagint, Symmachus, and Vulgate; Arabic qawwah, “to shout.”</i> carries throughout the earth,<br>their words to the end of the world.<br>He placed in them<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Viz., the heavens.</i> a tent for the sun,",
            "who is like a groom coming forth from the chamber,<br>like a hero, eager to run his course.",
            "His rising-place is at one end of heaven,<br>and his circuit reaches the other;<br>nothing escapes his heat.<br>",
            "The teaching of the L<small>ORD</small> is perfect,<br>renewing life;<br>the decrees of the L<small>ORD</small> are enduring,<br>making the simple wise;",
            "The precepts of the L<small>ORD</small> are just,<br>rejoicing the heart;<br>the instruction of the L<small>ORD</small> is lucid,<br>making the eyes light up.",
            "The fear of the L<small>ORD</small> is pure,<br>abiding forever;<br>the judgments of the L<small>ORD</small> are true,<br>righteous altogether,",
            "more desirable than gold,<br>than much fine gold;<br>sweeter than honey,<br>than drippings of the comb.",
            "Your servant pays them heed;<br>in obeying them there is much reward.",
            "Who can be aware of errors?<br>Clear me of unperceived guilt,",
            "and from <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “arrogant men”; cf. Ps. 119.51.</i>willful sins<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-d</sup> keep Your servant;<br>let them not dominate me;<br>then shall I be blameless<br>and clear of grave offense.",
            "May the words of my mouth<br>and the prayer of my heart<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">e</sup><i class=\"footnote\">For leb as a source of speech, see note to Eccl. 5.1.</i><br>be acceptable to You,<br>O L<small>ORD</small>, my rock and my redeemer."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. A psalm of David.<br>",
            "May the L<small>ORD</small> answer you in time of trouble,<br>the name of Jacob’s God keep you safe.",
            "May He send you help from the sanctuary,<br>and sustain you from Zion.",
            "May He receive the tokens<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Reference to azkara, “token portion” of meal offering; Lev. 2.2, 9, 16, etc.</i> of all your meal offerings,<br>and approve<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> your burnt offerings. <i>Selah</i>.",
            "May He grant you your desire,<br>and fulfill your every plan.",
            "May we shout for joy in your victory,<br>arrayed by standards in the name of our God.<br>May the L<small>ORD</small> fulfill your every wish.<br>",
            "Now I know that the L<small>ORD</small> will give victory to His anointed,<br>will answer him from His heavenly sanctuary<br>with the mighty victories of His right arm.",
            "They [call] on chariots, they [call] on horses,<br>but we call on the name of the L<small>ORD</small> our God.",
            "They collapse and lie fallen,<br>but we rally and gather strength.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or in the light of v. 7, “O Lord, grant victory to the king; may He answer us when we call.”</i>O L<small>ORD</small>, grant victory!<br>May the King answer us when we call.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup>"
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. A psalm of David.<br>",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, the king rejoices in Your strength;<br>how greatly he exults in Your victory!",
            "You have granted him the desire of his heart,<br>have not denied the request of his lips. <i>Selah</i>.",
            "You have proffered him blessings of good things,<br>have set upon his head a crown of fine gold.",
            "He asked You for life; You granted it;<br>a long life, everlasting.",
            "Great is his glory through Your victory;<br>You have endowed him with splendor and majesty.",
            "You have made him blessed forever,<br>gladdened him with the joy of Your presence.",
            "For the king trusts in the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>Through the faithfulness of the Most High<br>he will not be shaken.",
            "Your hand is equal to all Your enemies;<br>Your right hand overpowers Your foes.",
            "You set them ablaze like a furnace<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “at the time of Your anger.”</i>when You show Your presence.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>The L<small>ORD</small> in anger destroys them;<br>fire consumes them.",
            "You wipe their offspring from the earth,<br>their issue from among men.",
            "For they schemed against You;<br>they laid plans,<br>but could not succeed.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>For You make them turn back<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>by Your bows aimed at their face.",
            "Be exalted, O L<small>ORD</small>, through Your strength;<br>we will sing and chant the praises of Your mighty deeds."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; on <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i><i>ayyeleth ha-shaḥar</i>.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> A psalm of David.<br>",
            "My God, my God,<br>why have You abandoned me;<br>why so far from delivering me<br>and from my anguished roaring?",
            "My God,<br>I cry by day—You answer not;<br>by night, and have no respite.<br>",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “But You are holy, enthroned upon the praises of Israel.”</i>But You are the Holy One,<br>enthroned,<br>the Praise of Israel.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "In You our fathers trusted;<br>they trusted, and You rescued them.",
            "To You they cried out<br>and they escaped;<br>in You they trusted<br>and were not disappointed.<br>",
            "But I am a worm, less than human;<br>scorned by men, despised by people.",
            "All who see me mock me;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “they open wide with a lip.”</i>they curl their lips,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup><br>they shake their heads.",
            "“Let him commit himself to the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>let Him rescue him,<br>let Him save him,<br>for He is pleased with him.”",
            "You <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>drew me<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> from the womb,<br>made me secure at my mother’s breast.",
            "I became Your charge at birth;<br>from my mother’s womb You have been my God.",
            "Do not be far from me,<br>for trouble is near,<br>and there is none to help.",
            "Many bulls surround me,<br>mighty ones of Bashan encircle me.",
            "They open their mouths at me<br>like tearing, roaring lions.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “I am poured out like water.”</i>My life ebbs away:<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-d</sup><br>all my bones are disjointed;<br>my heart is like wax,<br>melting within me;",
            "my vigor dries up like a shard;<br>my tongue cleaves to my palate;<br>You commit me to the dust of death.",
            "Dogs surround me;<br>a pack of evil ones closes in on me,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">e</sup><i class=\"footnote\">With Rashi; cf. Isa. 38.13.</i>like lions [they maul] my hands and feet.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-e</sup>",
            "I take the count of all my bones<br>while they look on and gloat.",
            "They divide my clothes among themselves,<br>casting lots for my garments.<br>",
            "But You, O L<small>ORD</small>, be not far off;<br>my strength, hasten to my aid.",
            "Save my life from the sword,<br>my precious life<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">f</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “only one.”</i> from the clutches of a dog.",
            "Deliver me from a lion’s mouth;<br>from the horns of wild oxen rescue<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">g</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “answer.”</i> me.",
            "Then will I proclaim Your fame to my brethren,<br>praise You in the congregation.<br>",
            "You who fear the L<small>ORD</small>, praise Him!<br>All you offspring of Jacob, honor Him!<br>Be in dread of Him, all you offspring of Israel!",
            "For He did not scorn, He did not spurn<br>the plea<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">h</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “plight.”</i> of the lowly;<br>He did not hide His face from him;<br>when he cried out to Him, He listened.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">i</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “From You is my praise.”</i>Because of You I offer praise<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-i</sup> in the great congregation;<br>I pay my vows in the presence of His worshipers.",
            "Let the lowly eat and be satisfied;<br>let all who seek the L<small>ORD</small> praise Him.<br>Always be of good cheer!",
            "Let all the ends of the earth pay heed and turn to the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>and the peoples of all nations prostrate themselves before You;",
            "for kingship is the L<small>ORD</small>’s<br>and He rules the nations.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">j</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain; others “All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; / All they that go down to the dust shall kneel before Him, / Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.”</i>All those in full vigor shall eat and prostrate themselves;<br>all those at death’s door, whose spirits flag,<br>shall bend the knee before Him.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-j</sup>",
            "Offspring shall serve Him;<br>the Lord’s fame shall be proclaimed to the generation",
            "to come;<br>they shall tell of His beneficence to people yet to be born,<br>for He has acted."
        ],
        [
            "A psalm of David.<br><br>The L<small>ORD</small> is my shepherd;<br>I lack nothing.",
            "He makes me lie down in green pastures;<br>He leads me to <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Others “still waters.”</i>water in places of repose;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "He renews my life;<br>He guides me in right paths<br>as befits His name.",
            "Though I walk through <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Others “the valley of the shadow of death.”</i>a valley of deepest darkness,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>I fear no harm, for You are with me;<br>Your rod and Your staff—they comfort me.<br>",
            "You spread a table for me in full view of my enemies;<br>You anoint my head with oil;<br>my drink is abundant.",
            "Only goodness and steadfast love shall pursue me<br>all the days of my life,<br>and I shall dwell in the house of the L<small>ORD</small><br>for many long years."
        ],
        [
            "Of David. A psalm.<br><br>The earth is the L<small>ORD</small>’s and all that it holds,<br>the world and its inhabitants.",
            "For He founded it upon the ocean,<br>set it on the nether-streams.<br>",
            "Who may ascend the mountain of the L<small>ORD</small>?<br>Who may stand in His holy place?—",
            "He who has clean hands and a pure heart,<br>who has not taken a false oath by My<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Ancient versions and some mss. read “His.”</i> life<br>or sworn deceitfully.",
            "He shall carry away a blessing from the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>a just reward from God, his deliverer.",
            "Such is the circle<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “generation.”</i> of those who turn to Him,<br>Jacob, who seek Your presence. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "O gates, lift up your heads!<br>Up high, you everlasting doors,<br>so the King of glory may come in!",
            "Who is the King of glory?—<br>the L<small>ORD</small>, mighty and valiant,<br>the L<small>ORD</small>, valiant in battle.",
            "O gates, lift up your heads!<br>Lift them up, you everlasting doors,<br>so the King of glory may come in!",
            "Who is the King of glory?—<br>the L<small>ORD</small> of hosts,<br>He is the King of glory! <i>Selah</i>."
        ],
        [
            "Of David.<br>O L<small>ORD</small>, I set my hope on You;",
            "my God, in You I trust;<br>may I not be disappointed,<br>may my enemies not exult over me.",
            "O let none who look to You be disappointed;<br>let the faithless be disappointed, empty-handed.",
            "Let me know Your paths, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>teach me Your ways;",
            "guide me in Your true way and teach me,<br>for You are God, my deliverer;<br>it is You I look to at all times.",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, be mindful of Your compassion<br>and Your faithfulness;<br>they are old as time.",
            "Be not mindful of my youthful sins and transgressions;<br>in keeping with Your faithfulness consider what is in my favor,<br>as befits Your goodness, O L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "Good and upright is the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>therefore He shows sinners the way.",
            "He guides the lowly in the right path,<br>and teaches the lowly His way.",
            "All the L<small>ORD</small>’s paths are steadfast love<br>for those who keep the decrees of His covenant.",
            "As befits Your name, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>pardon my iniquity though it be great.",
            "Whoever fears the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>he shall be shown what path to choose.",
            "He shall live a happy life,<br>and his children shall inherit the land.",
            "The counsel<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “secret.”</i> of the L<small>ORD</small> is for those who fear Him;<br>to them He makes known His covenant.",
            "My eyes are ever toward the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>for He will loose my feet from the net.",
            "Turn to me, have mercy on me,<br>for I am alone and afflicted.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “The distress of my heart.”</i>My deep distress<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup> increases;<br>deliver me from my straits.",
            "Look at my affliction and suffering,<br>and forgive all my sins.",
            "See how numerous my enemies are,<br>and how unjustly they hate me!",
            "Protect me and save me;<br>let me not be disappointed,<br>for I have sought refuge in You.",
            "May integrity and uprightness watch over me,<br>for I look to You.",
            "O God, redeem Israel<br>from all its distress."
        ],
        [
            "Of David.<br><br>Vindicate me, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>for I have walked without blame;<br>I have trusted in the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>I have not faltered.",
            "Probe me, O L<small>ORD</small>, and try me,<br>test my <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “kidneys and heart.”</i>heart and mind;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “I am aware of Your faithfulness, and always walk in Your true [path].”</i>for my eyes are on Your steadfast love;<br>I have set my course by it.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "I do not consort with scoundrels,<br>or mix with hypocrites;",
            "I detest the company of evil men,<br>and do not consort with the wicked;",
            "I wash my hands in innocence,<br>and walk around Your altar, O L<small>ORD</small>,",
            "raising my voice in thanksgiving,<br>and telling all Your wonders.",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, I love Your temple abode,<br>the dwelling-place of Your glory.",
            "Do not sweep me away with sinners,<br>or [snuff out] my life with murderers,",
            "who have schemes at their fingertips,<br>and hands full of bribes.",
            "But I walk without blame;<br>redeem me, have mercy on me!",
            "My feet are on level ground.<br>In assemblies I will bless the L<small>ORD</small>."
        ],
        [
            "Of David.<br><br>The L<small>ORD</small> is my light and my help;<br>whom should I fear?<br>The L<small>ORD</small> is the stronghold of my life,<br>whom should I dread?",
            "When evil men assail me<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “to slander me”; cf. Dan. 3.8; 6.25.</i>to devour my flesh<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>—<br>it is they, my foes and my enemies,<br>who stumble and fall.",
            "Should an army besiege me,<br>my heart would have no fear;<br>should war beset me,<br>still would I be confident.<br>",
            "One thing I ask of the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>only that do I seek:<br>to live in the house of the L<small>ORD</small><br>all the days of my life,<br>to gaze upon the beauty of the L<small>ORD</small>,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>to frequent<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup> His temple.",
            "He will shelter me in His pavilion<br>on an evil day,<br>grant me the protection of His tent,<br>raise me high upon a rock.",
            "Now is my head high<br>over my enemies round about;<br>I sacrifice in His tent with shouts of joy,<br>singing and chanting a hymn to the L<small>ORD</small>.<br>",
            "Hear, O L<small>ORD</small>, when I cry aloud;<br>have mercy on me, answer me.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>In Your behalf<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup> my heart says:<br>“Seek My face!”<br>O L<small>ORD</small>, I seek Your face.",
            "Do not hide Your face from me;<br>do not thrust aside Your servant in anger;<br>You have ever been my help.<br>Do not forsake me, do not abandon me,<br>O God, my deliverer.",
            "Though my father and mother abandon me,<br>the L<small>ORD</small> will take me in.",
            "Show me Your way, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>and lead me on a level path<br>because of my watchful foes.",
            "Do not subject me to the will of my foes,<br>for false witnesses and unjust accusers<br>have appeared against me.",
            "Had I not the assurance<br>that I would enjoy the goodness of the L<small>ORD</small><br>in the land of the living…<br>",
            "Look to the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>be strong and of good courage!<br>O look to the L<small>ORD</small>!"
        ],
        [
            "Of David.<br><br>O L<small>ORD</small>, I call to You;<br>my rock, do not disregard me,<br>for if You hold aloof from me,<br>I shall be like those gone down into the Pit.",
            "Listen to my plea for mercy<br>when I cry out to You,<br>when I lift my hands<br>toward Your inner sanctuary.",
            "Do not <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “drag me off”; Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>count me<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> with the wicked and evildoers<br>who profess goodwill toward their fellows<br>while malice is in their heart.",
            "Pay them according to their deeds,<br>their malicious acts;<br>according to their handiwork pay them,<br>give them their deserts.",
            "For they do not consider the L<small>ORD</small>’s deeds,<br>the work of His hands.<br>May He tear them down,<br>never to rebuild them!",
            "Blessed is the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>for He listens to my plea for mercy.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is my strength and my shield;<br>my heart trusts in Him.<br>I was helped,<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “strengthened.”</i> and my heart exulted,<br>so I will glorify Him with my song.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Septuagint, Saadia, and others render, and some mss. read, ‘oz le‘ammo, “the strength of His people.”</i>their strength;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup><br>He is a stronghold for the deliverance of His anointed.",
            "Deliver and bless Your very own people;<br>tend them and sustain them forever."
        ],
        [
            "A psalm of David.<br><br>Ascribe to the L<small>ORD</small>, O divine beings,<br>ascribe to the L<small>ORD</small> glory and strength.",
            "Ascribe to the L<small>ORD</small> the glory of His name;<br>bow down to the L<small>ORD</small>, majestic in holiness.",
            "The voice of the L<small>ORD</small> is over the waters;<br>the God of glory thunders,<br>the L<small>ORD</small>, over the mighty waters.",
            "The voice of the L<small>ORD</small> is power;<br>the voice of the L<small>ORD</small> is majesty;",
            "the voice of the L<small>ORD</small> breaks cedars;<br>the L<small>ORD</small> shatters the cedars of Lebanon.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “He makes them skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion, etc.”</i>He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>Sirion, like a young wild ox.",
            "The voice of the L<small>ORD</small> kindles flames of fire;",
            "the voice of the L<small>ORD</small> convulses the wilderness;<br>the L<small>ORD</small> convulses the wilderness of Kadesh;",
            "the voice of the L<small>ORD</small> causes hinds to calve,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “brings ewes to early birth.”</i>and strips forests bare;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>while in His temple all say “Glory!”",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> sat enthroned at the Flood;<br>the L<small>ORD</small> sits enthroned, king forever.<br>",
            "May the L<small>ORD</small> grant strength to His people;<br>may the L<small>ORD</small> bestow on His people wellbeing."
        ],
        [
            "A psalm of David. A song for the dedication of the House.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">I.e., the Temple.</i><br>",
            "I extol You, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>for You have lifted me up,<br>and not let my enemies rejoice over me.",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, my God,<br>I cried out to You,<br>and You healed me.",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, You brought me up from Sheol,<br>preserved me from going down into the Pit.<br>",
            "O you faithful of the L<small>ORD</small>, sing to Him,<br>and praise His holy name.",
            "For He is angry but a moment,<br>and when He is pleased there is life.<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “Weeping may linger for the night.”</i>One may lie down weeping at nightfall;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>but at dawn there are shouts of joy.<br>",
            "When I was untroubled,<br>I thought, “I shall never be shaken,”",
            "for You, O L<small>ORD</small>, when You were pleased,<br>made [me]<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Following Saadia, R. Isaiah of Trani; cf. Ibn Ezra.</i> firm as a mighty mountain.<br>When You hid Your face,<br>I was terrified.",
            "I called to You, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>to my Lord I made appeal,",
            "“What is to be gained from my death,<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “blood.”</i><br>from my descent into the Pit?<br>Can dust praise You?<br>Can it declare Your faithfulness?",
            "Hear, O L<small>ORD</small>, and have mercy on me;<br>O L<small>ORD</small>, be my help!”<br>",
            "You turned my lament into dancing,<br>you undid my sackcloth and girded me with joy,",
            "that [my] whole being might sing hymns to You endlessly;<br>O L<small>ORD</small> my God, I will praise You forever."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. A psalm of David.<br>",
            "I seek refuge in You, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>may I never be disappointed;<br>as You are righteous, rescue me.",
            "Incline Your ear to me;<br>be quick to save me;<br>be a rock, a stronghold for me,<br>a citadel, for my deliverance.",
            "For You are my rock and my fortress;<br>You lead me and guide me as befits Your name.",
            "You free me from the net laid for me,<br>for You are my stronghold.",
            "Into Your hand I entrust my spirit;<br>You redeem me, O L<small>ORD</small>, faithful God.",
            "I detest those who rely on empty folly,<br>but I trust in the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "Let me exult and rejoice in Your faithfulness<br>when You notice my affliction,<br>are mindful of my deep distress,",
            "and do not hand me over to my enemy,<br>but <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “make my feet stand in a broad place.”</i>grant me relief.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>",
            "Have mercy on me, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>for I am in distress;<br>my eyes are wasted by vexation,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>my substance and body too.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "My life is spent in sorrow,<br>my years in groaning;<br>my strength fails because of my iniquity,<br>my limbs waste away.",
            "Because of all my foes<br>I am the particular butt of my neighbors,<br>a horror to my friends;<br>those who see me on the street avoid me.",
            "I am put out of mind like the dead;<br>I am like an object given up for lost.",
            "I hear the whisperings of many,<br>intrigue<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Others “terror.”</i> on every side,<br>as they scheme together against me,<br>plotting to take my life.<br>",
            "But I trust in You, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>I say, “You are my God!”",
            "My fate is in Your hand;<br>save me from the hand of my enemies and pursuers.",
            "Show favor to Your servant;<br>as You are faithful, deliver me.",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, let me not be disappointed when I call You;<br>let the wicked be disappointed;<br>let them be silenced in Sheol;",
            "let lying lips be stilled<br>that speak haughtily against the righteous<br>with arrogance and contempt.",
            "How abundant is the good<br>that You have in store for those who fear You,<br>that You do in the full view of men<br>for those who take refuge in You.",
            "You grant them the protection of Your presence<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>against scheming men;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>You shelter them in Your pavilion<br>from contentious tongues.",
            "Blessed is the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>for He has been wondrously faithful to me,<br>a veritable bastion.",
            "Alarmed, I had thought,<br>“I am thrust out of Your sight”;<br>yet You listened to my plea for mercy<br>when I cried out to You.",
            "So love the L<small>ORD</small>, all you faithful;<br>the L<small>ORD</small> guards the loyal,<br>and more than requites<br>him who acts arrogantly.",
            "Be strong and of good courage,<br>all you who wait for the L<small>ORD</small>."
        ],
        [
            "Of David. <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>A <i>maskil</i>.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br><br>Happy is he whose transgression is forgiven,<br>whose sin is covered over.",
            "Happy the man whom the L<small>ORD</small> does not hold guilty,<br>and in whose spirit there is no deceit.<br>",
            "As long as I said nothing,<br>my limbs wasted away<br>from my anguished roaring all day long.",
            "For night and day<br>Your hand lay heavy on me;<br>my vigor waned<br>as in the summer drought. <i>Selah</i>.",
            "Then I acknowledged my sin to You;<br>I did not cover up my guilt;<br>I resolved, “I will confess my transgressions to the L<small>ORD</small>,”<br>and You forgave the guilt of my sin. <i>Selah</i>.",
            "Therefore let every faithful man pray to You<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain; others “in a time when You may be found.”</i>upon discovering [his sin],<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>that the rushing mighty waters<br>not overtake him.",
            "You are my shelter;<br>You preserve me from distress;<br>You surround me with the joyous shouts of deliverance. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "Let me enlighten you<br>and show you which way to go;<br>let me offer counsel; my eye is on you.",
            "Be not like a senseless horse or mule<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>whose movement must be curbed by bit and bridle;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain; for this rendering cf. Ibn Ezra.</i>far be it from you!<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup>",
            "Many are the torments of the wicked,<br>but he who trusts in the L<small>ORD</small><br>shall be surrounded with favor.",
            "Rejoice in the L<small>ORD</small> and exult, O you righteous;<br>shout for joy, all upright men!"
        ],
        [
            "Sing forth, O you righteous, to the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>it is fit that the upright acclaim Him.",
            "Praise the L<small>ORD</small> with the lyre;<br>with the ten-stringed harp sing to Him;",
            "sing Him a new song;<br>play sweetly with shouts of joy.",
            "For the word of the L<small>ORD</small> is right;<br>His every deed is faithful.",
            "He loves what is right and just;<br>the earth is full of the L<small>ORD</small>’s faithful care.",
            "By the word of the L<small>ORD</small> the heavens were made,<br>by the breath of His mouth, all their host.",
            "He heaps up the ocean waters like a mound,<br>stores the deep in vaults.<br>",
            "Let all the earth fear the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>let all the inhabitants of the world dread Him.",
            "For He spoke, and it was;<br>He commanded, and it endured.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> frustrates the plans of nations,<br>brings to naught the designs of peoples.",
            "What the L<small>ORD</small> plans endures forever,<br>what He designs, for ages on end.<br>",
            "Happy the nation whose God is the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>the people He has chosen to be His own.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> looks down from heaven;<br>He sees all mankind.",
            "From His dwelling-place He gazes<br>on all the inhabitants of the earth—",
            "He who fashions the hearts of them all,<br>who discerns all their doings.<br>",
            "Kings are not delivered by a large force;<br>warriors are not saved by great strength;",
            "horses are a false hope for deliverance;<br>for all their great power they provide no escape.",
            "Truly the eye of the L<small>ORD</small> is on those who fear Him,<br>who wait for His faithful care",
            "to save them from death,<br>to sustain them in famine.",
            "We set our hope on the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>He is our help and shield;",
            "in Him our hearts rejoice,<br>for in His holy name we trust.",
            "May we enjoy, O L<small>ORD</small>, Your faithful care,<br>as we have put our hope in You."
        ],
        [
            "Of David, <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. 1 Sam. 21.14 ff.</i>when he feigned madness in the presence of Abimelech, who turned him out, and he left.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>",
            "I bless the L<small>ORD</small> at all times;<br>praise of Him is ever in my mouth.",
            "I glory in the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>let the lowly hear it and rejoice.",
            "Exalt the L<small>ORD</small> with me;<br>let us extol His name together.",
            "I turned to the L<small>ORD</small>, and He answered me;<br>He saved me from all my terrors.",
            "Men look to Him and are radiant;<br>let their faces not be downcast.",
            "Here was a lowly man who called,<br>and the L<small>ORD</small> listened,<br>and delivered him from all his troubles.",
            "The angel of the L<small>ORD</small> camps around those who fear Him<br>and rescues them.",
            "Taste and see how good the L<small>ORD</small> is;<br>happy the man who takes refuge in Him!",
            "Fear the L<small>ORD</small>, you His consecrated ones,<br>for those who fear Him lack nothing.",
            "Lions have been reduced to starvation,<br>but those who turn to the L<small>ORD</small> shall not lack any good.",
            "Come, my sons, listen to me;<br>I will teach you what it is to fear the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "Who is the man who is eager for life,<br>who desires years of good fortune?",
            "Guard your tongue from evil,<br>your lips from deceitful speech.",
            "Shun evil and do good,<br>seek amity<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “integrity.”</i> and pursue it.",
            "The eyes of the L<small>ORD</small> are on the righteous,<br>His ears attentive to their cry.",
            "The face of the L<small>ORD</small> is set against evildoers,<br>to erase their names from the earth.",
            "They<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Viz., the righteous of v. 16.</i> cry out, and the L<small>ORD</small> hears,<br>and saves them from all their troubles.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is close to the brokenhearted;<br>those crushed in spirit He delivers.",
            "Though the misfortunes of the righteous be many,<br>the L<small>ORD</small> will save him from them all,",
            "Keeping all his bones intact,<br>not one of them being broken.",
            "One misfortune is the deathblow of the wicked;<br>the foes of the righteous shall be ruined.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> redeems the life of His servants;<br>all who take refuge in Him shall not be ruined."
        ],
        [
            "Of David.<br><br>O L<small>ORD</small>, strive with my adversaries,<br>give battle to my foes,",
            "take up shield and buckler,<br>and come to my defense;",
            "ready the spear and javelin<br>against my pursuers;<br>tell me, “I am your deliverance.”",
            "Let those who seek my life<br>be frustrated and put to shame;<br>let those who plan to harm me<br>fall back in disgrace.",
            "Let them be as chaff in the wind,<br>the L<small>ORD</small>’s angel driving them on.",
            "Let their path be dark and slippery,<br>with the L<small>ORD</small>’s angel in pursuit.",
            "For without cause they hid a net to trap me;<br>without cause they dug a pit<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Transferred from first clause for clarity.</i> for me.",
            "Let disaster overtake them unawares;<br>let the net they hid catch them;<br>let them fall into it when disaster [strikes].",
            "Then shall I exult in the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>rejoice in His deliverance.",
            "All my bones shall say,<br>“L<small>ORD</small>, who is like You?<br>You save the poor from one stronger than he,<br>the poor and needy from his despoiler.”<br>",
            "Malicious witnesses appear<br>who question me about things I do not know.",
            "They repay me evil for good,<br>[seeking] my bereavement.",
            "Yet, when they were ill,<br>my dress was sackcloth,<br>I kept a fast—<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain; lit. “my prayer returns upon my bosom.”</i>may what I prayed for happen to me!<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "I walked about as though it were my friend or my brother;<br>I was bowed with gloom, like one mourning for his mother.",
            "But when I stumble, they gleefully gather;<br>wretches gather against me,<br>I know not why;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>they tear at me without end.",
            "With impious, mocking grimace<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup><br>they gnash their teeth at me.<br>",
            "O Lord, how long will You look on?<br>Rescue me <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>from their attacks,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup><br>my precious life, from the lions,",
            "that I may praise You in a great congregation,<br>acclaim You in a mighty throng.",
            "Let not my treacherous enemies rejoice over me,<br>or those who hate me without reason wink their eyes.",
            "For they do not offer amity,<br>but devise fraudulent schemes against harmless folk.",
            "They open wide their mouths at me,<br>saying, “Aha, aha, we have seen it!”<br>",
            "You have seen it, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>do not hold aloof!<br>O Lord, be not far from me!",
            "Wake, rouse Yourself for my cause,<br>for my claim, O my God and my Lord!",
            "Take up my cause, O L<small>ORD</small> my God, as You are beneficent,<br>and let them not rejoice over me.",
            "Let them not think,<br>“Aha, just what we wished!”<br>Let them not say,<br>“We have destroyed him!”",
            "May those who rejoice at my misfortune<br>be frustrated and utterly disgraced;<br>may those who vaunt themselves over me<br>be clad in frustration and shame.",
            "May those who desire my vindication<br>sing forth joyously;<br>may they always say,<br>“Extolled be the L<small>ORD</small><br>who desires the well-being of His servant,”",
            "while my tongue shall recite Your beneficent acts,<br>Your praises all day long."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. Of the servant of the L<small>ORD</small>, of David.<br>",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “In my heart is.”</i>I know<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> what Transgression says to the wicked;<br>he has no sense of the dread of God,",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>because its speech is seductive to him<br>till his iniquity be found out and he be hated.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "His words are evil and deceitful;<br>he will not consider doing good.",
            "In bed he plots mischief;<br>he is set on a path of no good,<br>he does not reject evil.<br>",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, Your faithfulness reaches to heaven;<br>Your steadfastness to the sky;",
            "Your beneficence is like the high mountains;<br>Your justice like the great deep;<br>man and beast You deliver, O L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "How precious is Your faithful care, O God!<br>Mankind shelters in the shadow of Your wings.",
            "They feast on the rich fare of Your house;<br>You let them drink at Your refreshing stream.",
            "With You is the fountain of life;<br>by Your light do we see light.",
            "Bestow Your faithful care on those devoted to You,<br>and Your beneficence on upright men.",
            "Let not the foot of the arrogant tread on me,<br>or the hand of the wicked drive me away.",
            "There lie the evildoers, fallen,<br>thrust down, unable to rise."
        ],
        [
            "Of David.<br><br>Do not be vexed by evil men;<br>do not be incensed by wrongdoers;",
            "for they soon wither like grass,<br>like verdure fade away.",
            "Trust in the L<small>ORD</small> and do good,<br>abide in the land and remain loyal.",
            "Seek the favor of the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>and He will grant you the desires of your heart.",
            "Leave all<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “your way.”</i> to the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>trust in Him; He will do it.",
            "He will cause your vindication to shine forth like the light,<br>the justice of your case, like the noonday sun.",
            "Be patient and wait for the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>do not be vexed by the prospering man<br>who carries out his schemes.<br>",
            "Give up anger, abandon fury,<br>do not be vexed;<br>it can only do harm.",
            "For evil men will be cut off,<br>but those who look to the L<small>ORD</small>—<br>they shall inherit the land.",
            "A little longer and there will be no wicked man;<br>you will look at where he was—<br>he will be gone.",
            "But the lowly shall inherit the land,<br>and delight in abundant well-being.",
            "The wicked man schemes against the righteous,<br>and gnashes his teeth at him.",
            "The Lord laughs at him,<br>for He knows that his day will come.",
            "The wicked draw their swords, bend their bows,<br>to bring down the lowly and needy,<br>to slaughter <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “those whose way is upright.”</i>upright men.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "Their swords shall pierce their own hearts,<br>and their bows shall be broken.",
            "Better the little that the righteous man has<br>than the great abundance of the wicked.",
            "For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,<br>but the L<small>ORD</small> is the support of the righteous.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is concerned for the needs<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “days.”</i> of the blameless;<br>their portion lasts forever;",
            "they shall not come to grief in bad times;<br>in famine, they shall eat their fill.",
            "But the wicked shall perish,<br>and the enemies of the L<small>ORD</small> shall be consumed,<br>like meadow grass<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> consumed in smoke.",
            "The wicked man borrows and does not repay;<br>the righteous is generous and keeps giving.",
            "Those blessed by Him shall inherit the land,<br>but those cursed by Him shall be cut off.",
            "The steps of a man are made firm by the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>when He delights in his way.",
            "Though he stumbles, he does not fall down,<br>for the L<small>ORD</small> gives him support.",
            "I have been young and am now old,<br>but I have never seen a righteous man abandoned,<br>or his children seeking bread.",
            "He is always generous, and lends,<br>and his children are held blessed.",
            "Shun evil and do good,<br>and you shall abide forever.",
            "For the L<small>ORD</small> loves what is right,<br>He does not abandon His faithful ones.<br>They are preserved forever,<br>while the children of the wicked will be cut off.",
            "The righteous shall inherit the land,<br>and abide forever in it.",
            "The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,<br>and his tongue speaks what is right.",
            "The teaching of his God is in his heart;<br>his feet do not slip.",
            "The wicked watches for the righteous,<br>seeking to put him to death;",
            "the L<small>ORD</small> will not abandon him to his power;<br>He will not let him be condemned in judgment.",
            "Look to the L<small>ORD</small> and keep to His way,<br>and He will raise you high that you may inherit the land;<br>when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.",
            "I saw a wicked man, powerful,<br>well-rooted like a robust native tree.",
            "Suddenly he vanished and was gone;<br>I sought him, but he was not to be found.",
            "Mark the blameless, note the upright,<br>for there is a future for the man of integrity.",
            "But transgressors shall be utterly destroyed,<br>the future of the wicked shall be cut off.",
            "The deliverance of the righteous comes from the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>their stronghold in time of trouble.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> helps them and rescues them,<br>rescues them from the wicked and delivers them,<br>for they seek refuge in Him."
        ],
        [
            "A psalm of David. <i>Lehazkir</i>.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i><br>",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, do not punish me in wrath;<br>do not chastise me in fury.",
            "For Your arrows have struck me;<br>Your blows have fallen upon me.",
            "There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your rage,<br>no wholeness in my bones because of my sin.",
            "For my iniquities have <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “passed over my head.”</i>overwhelmed me;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>they are like a heavy burden, more than I can bear.",
            "My wounds stink and fester<br>because of my folly.",
            "I am all bent and bowed;<br>I walk about in gloom all day long.",
            "For my sinews are full of fever;<br>there is no soundness in my flesh.",
            "I am all benumbed and crushed;<br>I roar because of the turmoil in my mind.<br>",
            "O Lord, You are aware of all my entreaties;<br>my groaning is not hidden from You.",
            "My mind reels;<br>my strength fails me;<br>my eyes too have lost their luster.",
            "My friends and companions stand back from my affliction;<br>my kinsmen stand far off.",
            "Those who seek my life lay traps;<br>those who wish me harm speak malice;<br>they utter deceit all the time.",
            "But I am like a deaf man, unhearing,<br>like a dumb man who cannot speak up;",
            "I am like one who does not hear,<br>who has no retort on his lips.",
            "But I wait for You, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>You will answer, O Lord, my God.",
            "For I fear they will rejoice over me;<br>when my foot gives way they will vaunt themselves against me.",
            "For I am on the verge of collapse;<br>my pain is always with me.",
            "I acknowledge my iniquity;<br>I am fearful over my sin;",
            "for my mortal enemies are numerous;<br>my treacherous foes are many.",
            "Those who repay evil for good<br>harass me for pursuing good.",
            "Do not abandon me, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>my God, be not far from me;",
            "hasten to my aid,<br>O Lord, my deliverance."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; for <i>Jeduthun</i>. A psalm of David.<br>",
            "I resolved I would watch my step<br>lest I offend by my speech;<br>I would keep my mouth muzzled<br>while the wicked man was in my presence.",
            "I was dumb, silent;<br>I was very<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. use of t·wb in Hos. 10.1; Jonah 4.4.</i> still<br>while my pain was intense.",
            "My mind was in a rage,<br>my thoughts were all aflame;<br>I spoke out:",
            "Tell me, O L<small>ORD</small>, what my term is,<br>what is the measure of my days;<br>I would know how fleeting my life is.",
            "You have made my life just handbreadths long;<br>its span is as nothing in Your sight;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>no man endures any longer than a breath.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup> <i>Selah</i>.",
            "Man walks about as a mere shadow;<br>mere futility is his hustle and bustle,<br>amassing and not knowing who will gather in.",
            "What, then, can I count on, O Lord?<br>In You my hope lies.",
            "Deliver me from all my transgressions;<br>make me not the butt of the benighted.",
            "I am dumb, I do not speak up,<br>for it is Your doing.",
            "Take away Your plague from me;<br>I perish from Your blows.",
            "You chastise a man in punishment for his sin,<br>consuming like a moth what he treasures.<br>No man is more than a breath. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "Hear my prayer, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>give ear to my cry;<br>do not disregard my tears;<br>for like all my forebears<br>I am an alien, resident with You.",
            "Look away from me, <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>that I may recover,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>before I pass away and am gone."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. A psalm of David.<br>",
            "I put my hope in the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>He inclined toward me,<br>and heeded my cry.",
            "He lifted me out of the miry pit,<br>the slimy clay,<br>and set my feet on a rock,<br>steadied my legs.",
            "He put a new song into my mouth,<br>a hymn to our God.<br>May many see it and stand in awe,<br>and trust in the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "Happy is the man who makes the L<small>ORD</small> his trust,<br>who turns not to the arrogant or to followers of falsehood.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “You, O Lord my God, have done many things—/ the wonders You have devised for us; / none can equal You.”</i>You, O L<small>ORD</small> my God, have done many things;<br>the wonders You have devised for us<br>cannot be set out before You;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>I would rehearse the tale of them,<br>but they are more than can be told.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>You gave me to understand that<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>You do not desire sacrifice and meal offering;<br>You do not ask for burnt offering and sin offering.",
            "Then I said,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>“See, I will bring a scroll recounting what befell me.”<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "To do what pleases You, my God, is my desire;<br>Your teaching is in my inmost parts.",
            "I proclaimed [Your] righteousness in a great congregation;<br>see, I did not withhold my words;<br>O L<small>ORD</small>, You must know it.",
            "I did not keep Your beneficence to myself;<br>I declared Your faithful deliverance;<br>I did not fail to speak of Your steadfast love in a great congregation.",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, You will not withhold from me Your compassion;<br>Your steadfast love will protect me always.<br>",
            "For misfortunes without number envelop me;<br>my iniquities have caught up with me;<br>I cannot see;<br>they are more than the hairs of my head;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “my courage fails me.”</i>I am at my wits’ end.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup>",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">With vv. 14–18, cf. Ps. 70.</i>O favor me, L<small>ORD</small>, and save me;<br>O L<small>ORD</small>, hasten to my aid.",
            "Let those who seek to destroy my life<br>be frustrated and disgraced;<br>let those who wish me harm<br>fall back in shame.",
            "Let those who say “Aha! Aha!” over me<br>be desolate because of their frustration.",
            "But let all who seek You be glad and rejoice in You;<br>let those who are eager for Your deliverance always say,<br>“Extolled be the L<small>ORD</small>!”",
            "But I am poor and needy;<br>may the Lord devise [deliverance] for me.<br>You are my help and my rescuer;<br>my God, do not delay."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. A psalm of David.<br>",
            "Happy is he who is thoughtful of the wretched;<br>in bad times may the L<small>ORD</small> keep him from harm.",
            "May the L<small>ORD</small> guard him and preserve him;<br>and may he be thought happy in the land.<br>Do not subject him to the will of his enemies.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> will sustain him on his sickbed;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>You shall wholly transform his bed of suffering.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "I said, “O L<small>ORD</small>, have mercy on me,<br>heal me, for I have sinned against You.”",
            "My enemies speak evilly of me,<br>“When will he die and his name perish?”",
            "If one comes to visit, he speaks falsely;<br>his mind stores up evil thoughts;<br>once outside, he speaks them.",
            "All my enemies whisper together against me,<br>imagining the worst for me.",
            "“Something baneful has settled in him;<br>he’ll not rise from his bed again.”",
            "My ally in whom I trusted,<br>even he who shares my bread,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>has been utterly false to me.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "But You, O L<small>ORD</small>, have mercy on me;<br>let me rise again and repay them.",
            "Then shall I know that You are pleased with me:<br>when my enemy cannot shout in triumph over me.",
            "You will support me because of my integrity,<br>and let me abide in Your presence forever.",
            "Blessed is the L<small>ORD</small>, God of Israel,<br>from eternity to eternity.<br>Amen and Amen."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. A <i>maskil</i> of the Korahites.<br>",
            "Like a hind crying for water,<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “watercourses.”</i><br>my soul cries for You, O God;",
            "my soul thirsts for God, the living God;<br>O when will I come to appear before God!",
            "My tears have been my food day and night;<br>I am ever taunted with, “Where is your God?”",
            "When I think of this, I pour out my soul:<br>how I <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>walked with the crowd, moved with them,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>the festive throng, to the House of God<br>with joyous shouts of praise.",
            "Why so downcast, my soul,<br>why disquieted within me?<br>Have hope in God;<br>I will yet praise Him<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Several ancient versions and Heb. mss. connect the first word in v. 7 with the end of 6, reading yeshu‘ot panai we’Elohai, “my ever-present help, my God,” as in vv. 12 and Ps. 43.5.</i>for His saving presence.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup><br>",
            "O my God, my soul is downcast;<br>therefore I think of You<br>in this land of Jordan and Hermon,<br>in Mount Mizar,",
            "where deep calls to deep<br>in the roar of <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>Your cataracts;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>all Your breakers and billows have swept over me.",
            "By day may the L<small>ORD</small> vouchsafe His faithful care,<br>so that at night a song to Him may be with me,<br>a prayer to the God of my life.",
            "I say to God, my rock,<br>“Why have You forgotten me,<br>why must I walk in gloom,<br>oppressed by my enemy?”",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>Crushing my bones,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>my foes revile me,<br>taunting me always with, “Where is your God?”",
            "Why so downcast, my soul,<br>why disquieted within me?<br>Have hope in God;<br>I will yet praise Him,<br>my ever-present help, my God."
        ],
        [
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">A continuation of Ps. 42.</i>Vindicate me, O God,<br>champion my cause<br>against faithless people;<br>rescue me from the treacherous, dishonest man.",
            "For You are my God, my stronghold;<br>why have You rejected me?<br>Why must I walk in gloom,<br>oppressed by the enemy?",
            "Send forth Your light and Your truth;<br>they will lead me;<br>they will bring me to Your holy mountain,<br>to Your dwelling-place,",
            "that I may come to the altar of God,<br>God, my delight, my joy;<br>that I may praise You with the lyre,<br>O God, my God.",
            "Why so downcast, my soul,<br>why disquieted within me?<br>Have hope in God;<br>I will yet praise Him,<br>my ever-present help, my God."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. Of the Korahites. A <i>maskil</i>.<br>",
            "We have heard, O God,<br>our fathers have told us<br>the deeds You performed in their time,<br>in days of old.",
            "With Your hand You planted them,<br>displacing nations;<br>You brought misfortune on peoples,<br>and drove them out.",
            "It was not by their sword that they took the land,<br>their arm did not give them victory,<br>but Your right hand, Your arm, and Your goodwill,<br>for You favored them.",
            "You are my king, O God;<br>decree victories for Jacob!",
            "Through You we gore our foes;<br>by Your name we trample our adversaries;",
            "I do not trust in my bow;<br>it is not my sword that gives me victory;",
            "You give us victory over our foes;<br>You thwart those who hate us.",
            "In God we glory at all times,<br>and praise Your name unceasingly. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "Yet You have rejected and disgraced us;<br>You do not go with our armies.",
            "You make us retreat before our foe;<br>our enemies plunder us at will.",
            "You let them devour us like sheep;<br>You disperse us among the nations.",
            "You sell Your people for no fortune,<br>You set no high price on them.",
            "You make us the butt of our neighbors,<br>the scorn and derision of those around us.",
            "You make us a byword among the nations,<br>a laughingstock<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “a wagging of the head.”</i> among the peoples.",
            "I am always aware of my disgrace;<br>I am wholly covered with shame",
            "at the sound of taunting revilers,<br>in the presence of the vengeful foe.<br>",
            "All this has come upon us,<br>yet we have not forgotten You,<br>or been false to Your covenant.",
            "Our hearts have not gone astray,<br>nor have our feet swerved from Your path,",
            "though You cast us, crushed, to where the <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Heb. tannim = tannin, as in Ezek. 29.3 and 32.2.</i>sea monster<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup> is,<br>and covered us over with deepest darkness.",
            "If we forgot the name of our God<br>and spread forth our hands to a foreign god,",
            "God would surely search it out,<br>for He knows the secrets of the heart.",
            "It is for Your sake that we are slain all day long,<br>that we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.<br>",
            "Rouse Yourself; why do You sleep, O Lord?<br>Awaken, do not reject us forever!",
            "Why do You hide Your face,<br>ignoring our affliction and distress?",
            "We lie prostrate in the dust;<br>our body clings to the ground.",
            "Arise and help us,<br>redeem us, as befits Your faithfulness."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>on <i>shoshannim</i>.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> Of the Korahites. A <i>maskil</i>. A love song.<br>",
            "My heart is astir with gracious words;<br>I speak my poem to a king;<br>my tongue is the pen of an expert scribe.<br>",
            "You are fairer than all men;<br>your speech is endowed with grace;<br>rightly has God given you an eternal blessing.",
            "Gird your sword upon your thigh, O hero,<br>in your splendor and glory;",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>in your glory, win success;<br>ride on in the cause of truth and meekness and right;<br>and let your right hand lead you to awesome deeds.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "Your arrows, sharpened,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Order of Heb. clauses inverted for clarity.</i>[pierce] the breast of the king’s enemies;<br>peoples fall at your feet.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "Your <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. 1 Chron. 29.23.</i>divine throne<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup> is everlasting;<br>your royal scepter is a scepter of equity.",
            "You love righteousness and hate wickedness;<br>rightly has God, your God, chosen to anoint you<br>with oil of gladness over all your peers.",
            "All your robes [are fragrant] with<br>myrrh and aloes and cassia;<br>from ivoried palaces<br>lutes entertain you.",
            "Royal princesses are your favorites;<br>the consort stands at your right hand,<br>decked in gold of Ophir.<br>",
            "Take heed, lass, and note,<br>incline your ear:<br>forget your people and your father’s house,",
            "and let the king be aroused by your beauty;<br>since he is your lord, bow to him.",
            "O Tyrian lass,<br>the wealthiest people will court your favor with gifts,",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>goods of all sorts.<br><br>The royal princess,<br>her dress embroidered with golden mountings,",
            "is led inside to the king;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>maidens in her train, her companions,<br>are presented to you.",
            "They are led in with joy and gladness;<br>they enter the palace of the king.",
            "Your sons will succeed your ancestors;<br>you will appoint them princes throughout the land.<br>",
            "I commemorate your fame for all generations,<br>so peoples will praise you forever and ever."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. Of the Korahites;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>on <i>alamoth</i>.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> A song.<br>",
            "God is our refuge and stronghold,<br>a help in trouble, very near.",
            "Therefore we are not afraid<br>though the earth reels,<br>though mountains topple into the sea—",
            "its waters rage and foam;<br>in its swell mountains quake. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "There is a river whose streams gladden God’s city,<br>the holy dwelling-place of the Most High.",
            "God is in its midst, it will not be toppled;<br>by daybreak God will come to its aid.",
            "Nations rage, kingdoms topple;<br>at the sound of His thunder the earth dissolves.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> of hosts is with us;<br>the God of Jacob is our haven. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "Come and see what the L<small>ORD</small> has done,<br>how He has wrought desolation on the earth.",
            "He puts a stop to wars throughout the earth,<br>breaking the bow, snapping the spear,<br>consigning wagons to the flames.",
            "“Desist! Realize that I am God!<br>I dominate the nations;<br>I dominate the earth.”",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> of hosts is with us;<br>the God of Jacob is our haven. <i>Selah</i>."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. Of the Korahites. A psalm.<br>",
            "All you peoples, clap your hands,<br>raise a joyous shout for God.",
            "For the L<small>ORD</small> Most High is awesome,<br>great king over all the earth;",
            "He subjects peoples to us,<br>sets nations at our feet.",
            "He chose our heritage for us,<br>the pride of Jacob whom He loved. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "God ascends midst acclamation;<br>the L<small>ORD</small>, to the blasts of the horn.",
            "Sing, O sing to God;<br>sing, O sing to our king;",
            "for God is king over all the earth;<br>sing a hymn.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Heb. maskil, a musical term of uncertain meaning.</i>",
            "God reigns over the nations;<br>God is seated on His holy throne.",
            "The great of the peoples are gathered together,<br>the retinue of Abraham’s God;<br>for the guardians of the earth belong to God;<br>He is greatly exalted."
        ],
        [
            "A song. A psalm of the Korahites.<br>",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is great and much acclaimed<br>in the city of our God,<br>His holy mountain—",
            "fair-crested, joy of all the earth,<br>Mount Zion, summit of Zaphon,<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">A term for the divine abode.</i><br>city of the great king.",
            "Through its citadels, God has made Himself known as a haven.",
            "See, the kings joined forces;<br>they advanced together.",
            "At the mere sight of it they were stunned,<br>they were terrified, they panicked;",
            "they were seized there with a trembling,<br>like a woman in the throes of labor,",
            "as the Tarshish fleet was wrecked<br>in an easterly gale.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">See 1 Kings 22.49.</i>",
            "The likes of what we heard we have now witnessed<br>in the city of the L<small>ORD</small> of hosts,<br>in the city of our God—<br>may God preserve it forever! <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "In Your temple, God,<br>we meditate upon Your faithful care.",
            "The praise of You, God, like Your name,<br>reaches to the ends of the earth;<br>Your right hand is filled with beneficence.",
            "Let Mount Zion rejoice!<br>Let the towns<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “women.”</i> of Judah exult,<br>because of Your judgments.<br>",
            "Walk around Zion,<br>circle it;<br>count its towers,",
            "take note of its ramparts;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>go through<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-d</sup> its citadels,<br>that you may recount it to a future age.",
            "For God—He is our God forever;<br>He will lead us <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>evermore.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-d</sup>"
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. Of the Korahites. A psalm.<br>",
            "Hear this, all you peoples;<br>give ear, all inhabitants of the world,",
            "men of all estates,<br>rich and poor alike.",
            "My mouth utters wisdom,<br>my speech<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “utterance of my heart”; on leb, cf. Ps. 19.15.</i> is full of insight.",
            "I will turn my attention to a theme,<br>set forth my lesson to the music of a lyre.<br>",
            "In time of trouble, why should I fear<br>the encompassing evil of those who would supplant me—",
            "men who trust in their riches,<br>who glory in their great wealth?",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “A brother.”</i>Ah, it<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup> cannot redeem a man,<br>or pay his ransom to God;",
            "the price of life is too high;<br>and so one ceases to be, forever.",
            "Shall he live eternally,<br>and never see the grave?",
            "For one sees that the wise die,<br>that the foolish and ignorant both perish,<br>leaving their wealth to others.",
            "Their grave<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Taken with ancient versions and medieval commentators as the equivalent of qibram.</i> is their eternal home,<br>the dwelling-place for all generations<br>of those once famous on earth.",
            "Man does not abide in honor;<br>he is like the beasts that perish.<br>",
            "Such is the fate of those who are self-confident,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>the end of those pleased with their own talk.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-d</sup> <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "Sheeplike they head for Sheol,<br>with Death as their shepherd.<br>The upright shall rule over them at daybreak,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>and their form shall waste away in Sheol<br>till its nobility be gone.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-d</sup>",
            "But God will redeem my life from the clutches of Sheol,<br>for He will take me. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich,<br>when his household goods increase;",
            "for when he dies he can take none of it along;<br>his goods cannot follow him down.",
            "Though he congratulates himself in his lifetime<br>—<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>“They must admit that you did well by yourself”<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-d</sup>—",
            "yet he must join the company of his ancestors,<br>who will never see daylight again.",
            "Man does not understand honor;<br>he is like the beasts that perish."
        ],
        [
            "A psalm of Asaph.<br><br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Heb. ’El ’Elohim YHWH.</i>God, the L<small>ORD</small> God<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> spoke<br>and summoned the world from east to west.",
            "From Zion, perfect in beauty,<br>God appeared",
            "—let our God come and not fail to act!<br>Devouring fire preceded Him;<br>it stormed around Him fiercely.",
            "He summoned the heavens above,<br>and the earth, for the trial of His people.",
            "“Bring in My devotees,<br>who made a covenant with Me over sacrifice!”",
            "Then the heavens proclaimed His righteousness,<br>for He is a God who judges. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "“Pay heed, My people, and I will speak,<br>O Israel, and I will arraign you.<br>I am God, your God.",
            "I censure you not for your sacrifices,<br>and your burnt offerings, made to Me daily;",
            "I claim no bull from your estate,<br>no he-goats from your pens.",
            "For Mine is every animal of the forest,<br>the beasts on <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>a thousand mountains.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "I know every bird of the mountains,<br>the creatures of the field are subject to Me.",
            "Were I hungry, I would not tell you,<br>for Mine is the world and all it holds.",
            "Do I eat the flesh of bulls,<br>or drink the blood of he-goats?",
            "Sacrifice a thank offering to God,<br>and pay your vows to the Most High.",
            "Call upon Me in time of trouble;<br>I will rescue you, and you shall honor Me.”<br>",
            "And to the wicked, God said:<br>“Who are you to recite My laws,<br>and mouth the terms of My covenant,",
            "seeing that you spurn My discipline,<br>and brush My words aside?",
            "When you see a thief, you fall in with him,<br>and throw in your lot with adulterers;",
            "you devote your mouth to evil,<br>and yoke your tongue to deceit;",
            "you are busy maligning your brother,<br>defaming the son of your mother.",
            "If I failed to act when you did these things,<br>you would fancy that I was like you;<br>so I censure you and confront you with charges.",
            "Mark this, you who are unmindful of God,<br>lest I tear you apart and no one save you.<br>",
            "He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>and to him who improves his way<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>I will show the salvation of God.”"
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. A psalm of David,",
            "when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had come to Bathsheba.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. 2 Sam. 12.</i><br>",
            "Have mercy upon me, O God,<br>as befits Your faithfulness;<br>in keeping with Your abundant compassion,<br>blot out my transgressions.",
            "Wash me thoroughly of my iniquity,<br>and purify me of my sin;",
            "for I recognize my transgressions,<br>and am ever conscious of my sin.",
            "Against You alone have I sinned,<br>and done what is evil in Your sight;<br>so You are just in Your sentence,<br>and right in Your judgment.",
            "Indeed I was born with iniquity;<br>with sin my mother conceived me.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>Indeed You desire truth about that which is hidden;<br>teach me wisdom about secret things.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>",
            "Purge me with hyssop till I am pure;<br>wash me till I am whiter than snow.",
            "Let me hear tidings of joy and gladness;<br>let the bones You have crushed exult.",
            "Hide Your face from my sins;<br>blot out all my iniquities.",
            "Fashion a pure heart for me, O God;<br>create in me a steadfast spirit.",
            "Do not cast me out of Your presence,<br>or take Your holy spirit away from me.",
            "Let me again rejoice in Your help;<br>let a vigorous spirit sustain me.",
            "I will teach transgressors Your ways,<br>that sinners may return to You.<br>",
            "Save me from bloodguilt,<br>O God, God, my deliverer,<br>that I may sing forth Your beneficence.",
            "O Lord, open my lips,<br>and let my mouth declare Your praise.",
            "You do not want me to bring sacrifices;<br>You do not desire burnt offerings;",
            "True sacrifice to God is a contrite spirit;<br>God, You will not despise<br>a contrite and crushed heart.<br>",
            "May it please You to make Zion prosper;<br>rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.",
            "Then You will want sacrifices offered in righteousness,<br>burnt and whole offerings;<br>then bulls will be offered on Your altar."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. A <i>maskil</i> of David,",
            "when Doeg the Edomite came and informed Saul, telling him, “David came to Ahimelech’s house.”<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. 1 Sam. 22.9 ff.</i><br>",
            "Why do you boast of your evil, brave fellow?<br>God’s faithfulness <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “is all the day.”</i>never ceases.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "Your tongue devises mischief,<br>like a sharpened razor that works treacherously.",
            "You prefer evil to good,<br>the lie, to speaking truthfully. <i>Selah</i>.",
            "You love all pernicious words,<br>treacherous speech.",
            "So God will tear you down for good,<br>will break you and pluck you from your tent,<br>and root you out of the land of the living. <i>Selah</i>.",
            "The righteous, seeing it, will be awestruck;<br>they will jibe at him, saying,",
            "“Here was a fellow who did not make God his refuge,<br>but trusted in his great wealth,<br>relied upon his mischief.”<br>",
            "But I am like a thriving olive tree in God’s house;<br>I trust in the faithfulness of God forever and ever.",
            "I praise You forever, for You have acted;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain; others “I will wait for Your name for it is good.”</i>I declare that Your name is good<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup><br>in the presence of Your faithful ones."
        ],
        [
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. Ps. 14.</i>For the leader; on <i>mahalath</i>.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. unknown.</i> A <i>maskil</i> of David.<br>",
            "The benighted man thinks,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “There is no God”; cf. Ps. 10.4.</i>“God does not care.”<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup><br>Man’s wrongdoing is corrupt and loathsome;<br>no one does good.",
            "God looks down from heaven on mankind<br>to find a man of understanding,<br>a man mindful of God.",
            "Everyone is dross,<br>altogether foul;<br>there is none who does good,<br>not even one.",
            "Are they so witless, those evildoers,<br>who devour my people as they devour food,<br>and do not invoke God?",
            "There they will be seized with fright<br>—<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>never was there such a fright—<br>for God has scattered the bones of your besiegers;<br>you have put them to shame,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-d</sup><br>for God has rejected them.<br>",
            "O that the deliverance of Israel might come from Zion!<br>When God restores the fortunes of His people,<br>Jacob will exult, Israel will rejoice."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; with instrumental music. A <i>maskil</i> of David,",
            "when the Ziphites came and told Saul, “Know, David is in hiding among us.”<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. 1 Sam. 23.19.</i><br>",
            "O God, deliver me by Your name;<br>by Your power vindicate me.",
            "O God, hear my prayer;<br>give ear to the words of my mouth.",
            "For strangers have risen against me,<br>and ruthless men seek my life;<br>they are unmindful of God. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "See, God is my helper;<br>the Lord is my support.",
            "He will repay the evil of my watchful foes;<br>by Your faithfulness, destroy them!",
            "Then I will offer You a freewill sacrifice;<br>I will praise Your name, L<small>ORD</small>, for it is good,",
            "for it has saved me from my foes,<br>and let me gaze triumphant upon my enemies."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; with instrumental music. A <i>maskil</i> of David.<br>",
            "Give ear, O God, to my prayer;<br>do not ignore my plea;",
            "pay heed to me and answer me.<br>I am tossed about, complaining and moaning",
            "at the clamor of the enemy,<br>because of the oppression of the wicked;<br>for they bring evil upon me<br>and furiously harass me.",
            "My heart is convulsed within me;<br>terrors of death assail me.",
            "Fear and trembling invade me;<br>I am clothed with horror.",
            "I said,<br>“O that I had the wings of a dove!<br>I would fly away and find rest;",
            "surely, I would flee far off;<br>I would lodge in the wilderness; <i>selah</i>",
            "I would soon find me a refuge<br>from the sweeping wind,<br>from the tempest.”<br>",
            "O Lord, confound their speech, confuse it!<br>For I see lawlessness and strife in the city;",
            "day and night they make their rounds on its walls;<br>evil and mischief are inside it.",
            "Malice is within it;<br>fraud and deceit never leave its square.<br>",
            "It is not an enemy who reviles me<br>—I could bear that;<br>it is not my foe who vaunts himself against me<br>—I could hide from him;",
            "but it is you, my equal,<br>my companion, my friend;",
            "sweet was our fellowship;<br>we walked together in God’s house.",
            "Let Him incite death against them;<br>may they go down alive into Sheol!<br>For where they dwell,<br>there evil is.<br>",
            "As for me, I call to God;<br>the L<small>ORD</small> will deliver me.",
            "Evening, morning, and noon,<br>I complain and moan,<br>and He hears my voice.",
            "He redeems me unharmed<br>from the battle against me;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>it is as though many are on my side.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "God who has reigned from the first,<br>who will have no successor,<br>hears and humbles those who have no fear of God. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "He<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">I.e., the friend of v. 14.</i> harmed his ally,<br>he broke his pact;",
            "his talk was smoother than butter,<br>yet his mind was on war;<br>his words were more soothing than oil,<br>yet they were drawn swords.<br>",
            "Cast your burden on the L<small>ORD</small> and He will sustain you;<br>He will never let the righteous man collapse.",
            "For You, O God, will bring them down to the nethermost Pit—<br>those murderous, treacherous men;<br>they shall not live out half their days;<br>but I trust in You."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>on <i>yonath elem reḥokim</i>.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> Of David. A <i>michtam</i>; when the Philistines seized him in Gath.<br>",
            "Have mercy on me, O God,<br>for men persecute me;<br>all day long my adversary oppresses me.",
            "My watchful foes persecute me all day long;<br>many are my adversaries, O Exalted One.",
            "When I am afraid, I trust in You,",
            "in God, whose word I praise,<br>in God I trust;<br>I am not afraid;<br>what can mortals<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “flesh.”</i> do to me?",
            "All day long <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>they cause me grief in my affairs,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>they plan only evil against me.",
            "They plot, they lie in ambush;<br>they watch my every move, hoping for my death.",
            "Cast them out for their evil;<br>subdue peoples in Your anger, O God.<br>",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>You keep count of my wanderings;<br>put my tears into Your flask,<br>into Your record.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "Then my enemies will retreat when I call on You;<br>this I know, that God is for me.",
            "In God, whose word I praise,<br>in the L<small>ORD</small>, whose word I praise,",
            "in God I trust;<br>I am not afraid;<br>what can man do to me?",
            "I must pay my vows to You, O God;<br>I will render thank offerings to You.",
            "For You have saved me from death,<br>my foot from stumbling,<br>that I may walk before God in the light of life."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i><i>al tashḥeth</i>.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> Of David. A <i>michtam</i>; when he fled from Saul into a cave.<br>",
            "Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me,<br>for I seek refuge in You,<br>I seek refuge in the shadow of Your wings,<br>until danger passes.",
            "I call to God Most High,<br>to God who is good to me.",
            "He will reach down from heaven and deliver me:<br>God will send down His steadfast love;<br>my persecutor reviles. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "As for me, I lie down among man-eating lions<br>whose teeth are spears and arrows,<br>whose tongue is a sharp sword.",
            "Exalt Yourself over the heavens, O God,<br>let Your glory be over all the earth!",
            "They prepared a net for my feet <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. Mishnaic Heb. kefifah, a wicker basket used in fishing.</i>to ensnare me;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>they dug a pit for me,<br>but they fell into it. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">With vv. 8–12, cf. Ps. 108.2–6.</i>My heart is firm, O God;<br>my heart is firm;<br>I will sing, I will chant a hymn.",
            "Awake, O my soul!<br>Awake, O harp and lyre!<br>I will wake the dawn.",
            "I will praise You among the peoples, O Lord;<br>I will sing a hymn to You among the nations;",
            "for Your faithfulness is as high as heaven;<br>Your steadfastness reaches to the sky.",
            "Exalt Yourself over the heavens, O God,<br>let Your glory be over all the earth!"
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; <i>al tashḥeth</i>. Of David. A <i>michtam</i>.<br>",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>O mighty ones,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> do you really decree what is just?<br>Do you judge mankind with equity?",
            "In your minds you devise wrongdoing in the land;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>with your hands you deal out lawlessness.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "The wicked are defiant from birth;<br>the liars go astray from the womb.",
            "Their venom is like that of a snake,<br>a deaf viper that stops its ears",
            "so as not to hear the voice of charmers<br>or the expert mutterer of spells.<br>",
            "O God, smash their teeth in their mouth;<br>shatter the fangs of lions, O L<small>ORD</small>;",
            "let them melt, let them vanish like water;<br>let Him aim His arrows that they be cut down;",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>like a snail that melts away as it moves;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>like a woman’s stillbirth, may they never see the sun!",
            "Before <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>the thorns grow into a bramble,<br>may He whirl them away alive in fury.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>",
            "The righteous man will rejoice when he sees revenge;<br>he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.",
            "Men will say,<br>“There is, then, a reward for the righteous;<br>there is, indeed, divine justice on earth.”"
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; <i>al tashḥeth</i>. Of David. A <i>michtam</i>; when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to put him to death.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. 1 Sam. 19.11.</i><br>",
            "Save me from my enemies, O my God;<br>secure me against my assailants.",
            "Save me from evildoers;<br>deliver me from murderers.",
            "For see, they lie in wait for me;<br>fierce men plot against me<br>for no offense of mine,<br>for no transgression, O L<small>ORD</small>;",
            "for no guilt of mine<br>do they rush to array themselves against me.<br>Look, rouse Yourself on my behalf!",
            "You, O L<small>ORD</small> God of hosts,<br>God of Israel,<br>bestir Yourself to bring all nations to account;<br>have no mercy on any treacherous villain. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "They come each evening growling like dogs,<br>roaming the city.",
            "They rave with their mouths,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “swords.”</i>sharp words<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup> are on their lips;<br>[they think,] “Who hears?”",
            "But You, O L<small>ORD</small>, laugh at them;<br>You mock all the nations.<br>",
            "O my<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">With several mss.; cf. v. 18; lit. “His.”</i> strength, I wait for You;<br>for God is my haven.",
            "My faithful God will come to aid me;<br>God will let me gloat over my watchful foes.",
            "Do not kill them lest my people be unmindful;<br>with Your power make wanderers of them;<br>bring them low, O our shield, the Lord,",
            "because of their sinful mouths,<br>the words on their lips.<br>Let them be trapped by their pride,<br>and by the imprecations and lies they utter.",
            "In Your fury put an end to them;<br>put an end to them that they be no more;<br>that it may be known to the ends of the earth<br>that God does rule over Jacob. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "They come each evening growling like dogs,<br>roaming the city.",
            "They wander in search of food;<br>and whine if they are not satisfied.",
            "But I will sing of Your strength,<br>extol each morning Your faithfulness;<br>for You have been my haven,<br>a refuge in time of trouble.<br>",
            "O my strength, to You I sing hymns;<br>for God is my haven, my faithful God."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; on <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i><i>shushan eduth</i>.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> A <i>michtam</i> of David (to be taught),",
            "when he fought with Aram-Naharaim and Aram-Zobah, and Joab returned and defeated Edom—[an army] of twelve thousand men—in the Valley of Salt.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. 2 Sam. 8; 1 Chron. 18.</i><br>",
            "O God, You have rejected us,<br>You have made a breach in us;<br>You have been angry;<br>restore us!",
            "You have made the land quake;<br>You have torn it open.<br>Mend its fissures,<br>for it is collapsing.",
            "You have made Your people suffer hardship;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “You have sated Your people with a bitter draft.”</i>You have given us wine that makes us reel.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup>",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>Give those who fear You because of Your truth<br>a banner for rallying.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> <i>Selah</i>.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. Ps. 108.7–14.</i>That those whom You love might be rescued,<br>deliver with Your right hand and answer me.<br>",
            "God promised <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">e</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “by His holiness.”</i>in His sanctuary<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-e</sup><br>that I would exultingly divide up Shechem,<br>and measure the Valley of Sukkoth;",
            "Gilead and Manasseh would be mine,<br>Ephraim my chief stronghold,<br>Judah my scepter;",
            "Moab would be my washbasin;<br>on Edom I would cast my shoe;<br>acclaim me, O Philistia!<br>",
            "Would that I were brought to the bastion!<br>Would that I were led to Edom!<br>",
            "But You have rejected us, O God;<br>God, You do not march with our armies.",
            "Grant us Your aid against the foe,<br>for the help of man is worthless.",
            "With God we shall triumph;<br>He will trample our foes."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; with instrumental music. Of David.<br>",
            "Hear my cry, O God,<br>heed my prayer.",
            "From the end of the earth I call to You;<br>when my heart is faint,<br>You lead me to a rock that is high above me.",
            "For You have been my refuge,<br>a tower of strength against the enemy.",
            "O that I might dwell in Your tent forever,<br>take refuge under Your protecting wings. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "O God, You have heard my vows;<br>grant the request<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Taking the noun yr¦t as an alternate form of ’r¦t; cf. Ps. 21.3.</i> of those who fear Your name.",
            "Add days to the days of the king;<br>may his years extend through generations;",
            "may he dwell in God’s presence forever;<br>appoint<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> steadfast love to guard him.",
            "So I will sing hymns to Your name forever,<br>as I fulfill my vows day after day."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; on <i>Jeduthun</i>. A psalm of David.<br>",
            "Truly my soul waits quietly for God;<br>my deliverance comes from Him.",
            "Truly He is my rock and deliverance,<br>my haven; I shall never be shaken.",
            "How long will all of you attack<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> a man,<br>to crush<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> him, as though he were<br>a leaning wall, a tottering fence?",
            "They lay plans to topple him from his rank;<br>they delight in falsehood;<br>they bless with their mouths,<br>while inwardly they curse. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "Truly, wait quietly for God, O my soul,<br>for my hope comes from Him.",
            "He is my rock and deliverance,<br>my haven; I shall not be shaken.",
            "I rely on God, my deliverance and glory,<br>my rock of strength;<br>in God is my refuge.",
            "Trust in Him at all times, O people;<br>pour out your hearts before Him;<br>God is our refuge. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "Men are mere breath;<br>mortals, illusion;<br>placed on a scale all together,<br>they weigh even less than a breath.",
            "Do not trust in violence,<br>or put false hopes in robbery;<br>if force bears fruit pay it no mind.",
            "One thing God has spoken;<br>two things have I heard:<br>that might belongs to God,",
            "and faithfulness is Yours, O Lord,<br>to reward each man according to his deeds."
        ],
        [
            "A psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.<br>",
            "God, You are my God;<br>I search for You,<br>my soul thirsts for You,<br>my body yearns for You,<br>as a parched and thirsty land that has no water.",
            "I shall behold You in the sanctuary,<br>and see Your might and glory,",
            "Truly Your faithfulness is better than life;<br>my lips declare Your praise.",
            "I bless You all my life;<br>I lift up my hands, invoking Your name.",
            "I am sated as with a <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “suet and fat.”</i>rich feast,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>I sing praises with joyful lips",
            "when I call You to mind upon my bed,<br>when I think of You in the watches of the night;",
            "for You are my help,<br>and in the shadow of Your wings<br>I shout for joy.",
            "My soul is attached to You;<br>Your right hand supports me.<br>",
            "May those who seek to destroy my life<br>enter the depths of the earth.",
            "May they be gutted by the sword;<br>may they be prey to jackals.",
            "But the king shall rejoice in God;<br>all who swear by Him shall exult,<br>when the mouth of liars is stopped."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. A psalm of David.<br>",
            "Hear my voice, O God, when I plead;<br>guard my life from the enemy’s terror.",
            "Hide me from a band of evil men,<br>from a crowd of evildoers,",
            "who whet their tongues like swords;<br>they aim their arrows—cruel words—",
            "to shoot from hiding at the blameless man;<br>they shoot him suddenly and without fear.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>They arm themselves with an evil word;<br>when they speak, it is to conceal traps;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>they think, “Who will see them?”",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of verse uncertain.</i>Let the wrongdoings <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Reading t·amnu with some mss. (cf. Minh·at Shai) and Rashi; most printed editions tamnu, traditionally rendered “they have accom-plished.”</i>they have concealed,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup><br>each one inside him, his secret thoughts,<br>be wholly exposed.",
            "God shall shoot them with arrows;<br>they shall be struck down suddenly.",
            "Their tongue shall be their downfall;<br>all who see them shall recoil in horror;",
            "all men shall stand in awe;<br>they shall proclaim the work of God<br>and His deed which they perceived.",
            "The righteous shall rejoice in the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>and take refuge in Him;<br>all the upright shall exult."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. A psalm of David. A song.<br>",
            "Praise befits You in Zion, O God;<br>vows are paid to You;",
            "all mankind<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “flesh.”</i> comes to You,<br>You who hear prayer.",
            "When all manner of sins overwhelm me,<br>it is You who forgive our iniquities.",
            "Happy is the man You choose and bring near<br>to dwell in Your courts;<br>may we be sated with the blessings of Your house,<br>Your holy temple.<br>",
            "Answer us with victory through awesome deeds,<br>O God, our deliverer,<br>in whom all the ends of the earth<br>and the distant seas<br>put their trust;",
            "who by His power fixed the mountains firmly,<br>who is girded with might,",
            "who stills the raging seas,<br>the raging waves,<br>and tumultuous peoples.",
            "Those who live at the ends of the earth are awed by Your signs;<br>You make the lands of sunrise and sunset shout for joy.",
            "You take care of the earth and irrigate it;<br>You enrich it greatly,<br>with the channel of God full of water;<br>You provide grain for men;<br>for so do You prepare it.",
            "Saturating its furrows,<br>leveling its ridges,<br>You soften it with showers,<br>You bless its growth.",
            "You crown the year with Your bounty;<br>fatness is distilled in Your paths;",
            "the pasturelands distill it;<br>the hills are girded with joy.",
            "The meadows are clothed with flocks,<br>the valleys mantled with grain;<br>they raise a shout, they break into song."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. A song. A psalm.<br><br>Raise a shout for God, all the earth;",
            "sing the glory of His name,<br>make glorious His praise.",
            "Say to God,<br>“How awesome are Your deeds,<br>Your enemies cower before Your great strength;",
            "all the earth bows to You,<br>and sings hymns to You;<br>all sing hymns to Your name.” <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "Come and see the works of God,<br>who is held in awe by men for His acts.",
            "He turned the sea into dry land;<br>they crossed the river on foot;<br>we therefore rejoice in Him.",
            "He rules forever in His might;<br>His eyes scan the nations;<br>let the rebellious not assert themselves. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "O peoples, bless our God,<br>celebrate His praises;",
            "who has granted us life,<br>and has not let our feet slip.<br>",
            "You have tried us, O God,<br>refining us, as one refines silver.",
            "You have caught us in a net,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “put a trammel on our loins.”</i>caught us in trammels.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "You have let men ride over us;<br>we have endured fire and water,<br>and You have brought us through to prosperity.<br>",
            "I enter Your house with burnt offerings,<br>I pay my vows to You,",
            "[vows] that my lips pronounced,<br>that my mouth uttered in my distress.",
            "I offer up fatlings to You,<br>with the odor of burning rams;<br>I sacrifice bulls and he-goats. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "Come and hear, all God-fearing men,<br>as I tell what He did for me.",
            "I called aloud to Him,<br>glorification on my tongue.",
            "Had I an evil thought in my mind,<br>the Lord would not have listened.",
            "But God did listen;<br>He paid heed to my prayer.",
            "Blessed is God who has not turned away my prayer,<br>or His faithful care from me."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; with instrumental music. A psalm. A song.<br>",
            "May God be gracious to us and bless us;<br>may He show us favor, <i>selah</i>",
            "that Your way be known on earth,<br>Your deliverance among all nations.<br>",
            "Peoples will praise You, O God;<br>all peoples will praise You.",
            "Nations will exult and shout for joy,<br>for You rule the peoples with equity,<br>You guide the nations of the earth. <i>Selah</i>.",
            "The peoples will praise You, O God;<br>all peoples will praise You.<br>",
            "May the earth yield its produce;<br>may God, our God, bless us.",
            "May God bless us,<br>and be revered to the ends of the earth."
        ],
        [
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">The coherence of this psalm and the meaning of many of its passages are uncertain.</i>For the leader. Of David. A psalm. A song.<br>",
            "God will arise,<br>His enemies shall be scattered,<br>His foes shall flee before Him.",
            "Disperse them as smoke is dispersed;<br>as wax melts at fire,<br>so the wicked shall perish before God.",
            "But the righteous shall rejoice;<br>they shall exult in the presence of God;<br>they shall be exceedingly joyful.<br>",
            "Sing to God, chant hymns to His name;<br>extol Him who rides the clouds;<br>the L<small>ORD</small> is His name.<br>Exult in His presence—",
            "the father of orphans, the champion of widows,<br>God, in His holy habitation.",
            "God restores the lonely to their homes,<br>sets free the imprisoned, safe and sound,<br>while the rebellious must live in a parched land.<br>",
            "O God, when You went at the head of Your army,<br>when You marched through the desert, <i>selah</i>",
            "the earth trembled, the sky rained because of God,<br>yon Sinai, because of God, the God of Israel.",
            "You released a bountiful rain, O God;<br>when Your own land languished, You sustained it.",
            "Your tribe dwells there;<br>O God, in Your goodness You provide for the needy.<br>",
            "The Lord gives a command;<br>the women who bring the news are a great host:",
            "“The kings and their armies are in headlong flight;<br>housewives are sharing in the spoils;",
            "even for those of you who lie among the sheepfolds<br>there are wings of a dove sheathed in silver,<br>its pinions in fine gold.”",
            "When Shaddai scattered the kings,<br>it seemed like a snowstorm in Zalmon.<br>",
            "O majestic mountain, Mount Bashan;<br>O jagged mountain, Mount Bashan;",
            "why so hostile, O jagged mountains,<br>toward the mountain God desired as His dwelling?<br>The L<small>ORD</small> shall abide there forever.<br>",
            "God’s chariots are myriads upon myriads,<br>thousands upon thousands;<br>the Lord is among them as in Sinai in holiness.<br>",
            "You went up to the heights, having taken captives,<br>having received tribute of men,<br>even of those who rebel<br>against the L<small>ORD</small> God’s abiding there.<br>",
            "Blessed is the Lord.<br>Day by day He supports us,<br>God, our deliverance. <i>Selah</i>.",
            "God is for us a God of deliverance;<br>G<small>OD</small> the Lord provides an escape from death.",
            "God will smash the heads of His enemies,<br>the hairy crown of him who walks about in his guilt.",
            "The Lord said, “I will retrieve from Bashan,<br>I will retrieve from the depths of the sea;",
            "that your feet may wade through blood;<br>that the tongue of your dogs may have its portion of your enemies.”<br>",
            "Men see Your processions, O God,<br>the processions of my God, my king,<br>into the sanctuary.",
            "First come singers, then musicians,<br>amidst maidens playing timbrels.",
            "In assemblies bless God,<br>the L<small>ORD</small>, O you who are from the fountain of Israel.",
            "There is little Benjamin who rules them,<br>the princes of Judah who command them,<br>the princes of Zebulun and Naphtali.<br>",
            "Your God has ordained strength for you,<br>the strength, O God,<br>which You displayed for us",
            "from Your temple above Jerusalem.<br>The kings bring You tribute.",
            "Blast the beast of the marsh,<br>the herd of bulls among the peoples, the calves,<br>till they come cringing with pieces of silver.<br>Scatter the peoples who delight in wars!",
            "Tribute-bearers shall come from Egypt;<br>Cush shall hasten its gifts to God.<br>",
            "O kingdoms of the earth,<br>sing to God;<br>chant hymns to the Lord, <i>selah</i>",
            "to Him who rides the ancient highest heavens,<br>who thunders forth with His mighty voice.",
            "Ascribe might to God,<br>whose majesty is over Israel,<br>whose might is in the skies.",
            "You are awesome, O God, in Your holy places;<br>it is the God of Israel who gives might and power to the people.<br>Blessed is God."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. On <i>shoshannim</i>.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> Of David.<br>",
            "Deliver me, O God,<br>for the waters have reached my neck;",
            "I am sinking into the slimy deep<br>and find no foothold;<br>I have come into the watery depths;<br>the flood sweeps me away.",
            "I am weary with calling;<br>my throat is dry;<br>my eyes fail<br>while I wait for God.",
            "More numerous than the hairs of my head<br>are those who hate me without reason;<br>many are those who would destroy me,<br>my treacherous enemies.<br>Must I restore what I have not stolen?<br>",
            "God, You know my folly;<br>my guilty deeds are not hidden from You.",
            "Let those who look to You,<br>O Lord, G<small>OD</small> of hosts,<br>not be disappointed on my account;<br>let those who seek You,<br>O God of Israel,<br>not be shamed because of me.",
            "It is for Your sake that I have been reviled,<br>that shame covers my face;",
            "I am a stranger to my brothers,<br>an alien to my kin.",
            "My zeal for Your house has been my undoing;<br>the reproaches of those who revile You have fallen upon me.",
            "When I wept and fasted,<br>I was reviled for it.",
            "I made sackcloth my garment;<br>I became a byword among them.",
            "Those who sit in the gate talk about me;<br>I am the taunt of drunkards.<br>",
            "As for me, may my prayer come to You, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>at a favorable moment;<br>O God, in Your abundant faithfulness,<br>answer me with Your sure deliverance.",
            "Rescue me from the mire;<br>let me not sink;<br>let me be rescued from my enemies,<br>and from the watery depths.",
            "Let the floodwaters not sweep me away;<br>let the deep not swallow me;<br>let the mouth of the Pit not close over me.",
            "Answer me, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>according to Your great steadfastness;<br>in accordance with Your abundant mercy<br>turn to me;",
            "do not hide Your face from Your servant,<br>for I am in distress;<br>answer me quickly.",
            "Come near to me and redeem me;<br>free me from my enemies.<br>",
            "You know my reproach,<br>my shame, my disgrace;<br>You are aware of all my foes.",
            "Reproach breaks my heart,<br>I am in despair;<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i><br>I hope for consolation, but there is none,<br>for comforters, but find none.",
            "They give me gall for food,<br>vinegar to quench my thirst.",
            "May their table be a trap for them,<br>a snare for their allies.",
            "May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see;<br>may their loins collapse continually.",
            "Pour out Your wrath on them;<br>may Your blazing anger overtake them;",
            "may their encampments be desolate;<br>may their tents stand empty.",
            "For they persecute those You have struck;<br>they talk about the pain of those You have felled.",
            "Add that to their guilt;<br>let them have no share of Your beneficence;",
            "may they be erased from the book of life,<br>and not be inscribed with the righteous.<br>",
            "But I am lowly and in pain;<br>Your help, O God, keeps me safe.",
            "I will extol God’s name with song,<br>and exalt Him with praise.",
            "That will please the L<small>ORD</small> more than oxen,<br>than bulls with horns and hooves.",
            "The lowly will see and rejoice;<br>you who are mindful of God, take heart!",
            "For the L<small>ORD</small> listens to the needy,<br>and does not spurn His captives.<br>",
            "Heaven and earth shall extol Him,<br>the seas, and all that moves in them.",
            "For God will deliver Zion<br>and rebuild the cities of Judah;<br>they shall live there and inherit it;",
            "the offspring of His servants shall possess it;<br>those who cherish His name shall dwell there."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. Of David. <i>Lehazkir</i>.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i><br>",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. Ps. 40.14–18.</i>Hasten, O God, to save me;<br>O L<small>ORD</small>, to aid me!",
            "Let those who seek my life<br>be frustrated and disgraced;<br>let those who wish me harm,<br>fall back in shame.",
            "Let those who say, “Aha! Aha!”<br>turn back because of their frustration.<br>",
            "But let all who seek You be glad and rejoice in You;<br>let those who are eager for Your deliverance always say,<br>“Extolled be God!”",
            "But I am poor and needy;<br>O God, hasten to me!<br>You are my help and my rescuer;<br>O L<small>ORD</small>, do not delay."
        ],
        [
            "I seek refuge in You, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>may I never be disappointed.",
            "As You are beneficent, save me and rescue me;<br>incline Your ear to me and deliver me.",
            "Be a sheltering rock for me to which I may always repair;<br>decree my deliverance,<br>for You are my rock and my fortress.",
            "My God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked,<br>from the grasp of the unjust and the lawless.<br>",
            "For You are my hope,<br>O Lord G<small>OD</small>,<br>my trust from my youth.",
            "While yet unborn, I depended on You;<br>in the womb of my mother, You were my support;<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i><br>I sing Your praises always.",
            "I have become an example for many,<br>since You are my mighty refuge.",
            "My mouth is full of praise to You,<br>glorifying You all day long.",
            "Do not cast me off in old age;<br>when my strength fails, do not forsake me!<br>",
            "For my enemies talk against me;<br>those who wait for me are of one mind,",
            "saying, “God has forsaken him;<br>chase him and catch him,<br>for no one will save him!”",
            "O God, be not far from me;<br>my God, hasten to my aid!",
            "Let my accusers perish in frustration;<br>let those who seek my ruin be clothed in reproach and disgrace!<br>",
            "As for me, I will hope always,<br>and add to the many praises of You.",
            "My mouth tells of Your beneficence,<br>of Your deliverance all day long,<br>though I know not how to tell it.",
            "I come with praise of Your mighty acts, O Lord G<small>OD</small>;<br>I celebrate Your beneficence, Yours alone.",
            "You have let me experience it, God, from my youth;<br>until now I have proclaimed Your wondrous deeds,",
            "and even in hoary old age do not forsake me, God,<br>until I proclaim Your strength to the next generation,<br>Your mighty acts, to all who are to come,",
            "Your beneficence, high as the heavens, O God,<br>You who have done great things;<br>O God, who is Your peer!",
            "You who have made me undergo many troubles and misfortunes<br>will revive me again,<br>and raise me up from the depths of the earth.",
            "You will grant me much greatness,<br>You will turn and comfort me.",
            "Then I will acclaim You to the music of the lyre<br>for Your faithfulness, O my God;<br>I will sing a hymn to You with a harp,<br>O Holy One of Israel.",
            "My lips shall be jubilant, as I sing a hymn to You,<br>my whole being, which You have redeemed.",
            "All day long my tongue shall recite Your beneficent acts,<br>how those who sought my ruin were frustrated and disgraced."
        ],
        [
            "Of Solomon.<br><br>O God, endow the king with Your judgments,<br>the king’s son with Your righteousness;",
            "that he may judge Your people rightly,<br>Your lowly ones, justly.",
            "Let the mountains produce well-being for the people,<br>the hills, the reward of justice.",
            "Let him champion the lowly among the people,<br>deliver the needy folk,<br>and crush those who wrong them.",
            "Let them fear You as long as the sun shines,<br>while the moon lasts, generations on end.",
            "Let him be like rain that falls on a mown field,<br>like a downpour of rain on the ground,",
            "that the righteous may flourish in his time,<br>and well-being abound, till the moon is no more.",
            "Let him rule from sea to sea,<br>from the river to the ends of the earth.",
            "Let desert-dwellers kneel before him,<br>and his enemies lick the dust.",
            "Let kings of Tarshish and the islands pay tribute,<br>kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.",
            "Let all kings bow to him,<br>and all nations serve him.<br>",
            "For he saves the needy who cry out,<br>the lowly who have no helper.",
            "He cares about the poor and the needy;<br>He brings the needy deliverance.",
            "He redeems them from fraud and lawlessness;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “their life is precious in his sight.”</i>the shedding of their blood weighs heavily upon him.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>",
            "So let him live, and receive gold of Sheba;<br>let prayers for him be said always,<br>blessings on him invoked at all times.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of some Heb. phrases in these verses uncertain.</i>Let abundant grain be in the land, to the tops of the mountains;<br>let his crops thrive like the forest of Lebanon;<br>and let men sprout up in towns like country grass.",
            "May his name be eternal;<br>while the sun lasts, may his name endure;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>let men invoke his blessedness upon themselves;<br>let all nations count him happy.<br>",
            "Blessed is the L<small>ORD</small> God, God of Israel,<br>who alone does wondrous things;",
            "Blessed is His glorious name forever;<br>His glory fills the whole world.<br>Amen and Amen.<br>",
            "End of the prayers of David son of Jesse."
        ],
        [
            "A psalm of Asaph.<br><br>God is truly good to Israel,<br>to those whose heart is pure.",
            "As for me, my feet had almost strayed,<br>my steps were nearly led off course,",
            "for I envied the wanton;<br>I saw the wicked at ease.",
            "Death has no pangs for them;<br>their body is healthy.",
            "They have no part in the travail of men;<br>they are not afflicted like the rest of mankind.",
            "So pride adorns their necks,<br>lawlessness enwraps them as a mantle.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>Fat shuts out their eyes;<br>their fancies are extravagant.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "They scoff and plan evil;<br>from their eminence they plan wrongdoing.",
            "They set their mouths against heaven,<br>and their tongues range over the earth.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>So they pound His people again and again,<br>until they are drained of their very last tear.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "Then they say, “How could God know?<br>Is there knowledge with the Most High?”",
            "Such are the wicked;<br>ever tranquil, they amass wealth.<br>",
            "It was for nothing that I kept my heart pure<br>and washed my hands in innocence,",
            "seeing that I have been constantly afflicted,<br>that each morning brings new punishments.",
            "Had I decided to say these things,<br>I should have been false to the circle of Your disciples.",
            "So I applied myself to understand this,<br>but it seemed a hopeless task",
            "till I entered God’s sanctuary<br>and reflected on their fate.<br>",
            "You surround them with flattery;<br>You make them fall through blandishments.",
            "How suddenly are they ruined,<br>wholly swept away by terrors.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>When You are aroused You despise their image,<br>as one does a dream after waking, O Lord.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>",
            "My mind was stripped of its reason,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “I was pierced through in my kidneys.”</i>my feelings were numbed.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "I was a dolt, without knowledge;<br>I was brutish toward You.<br>",
            "Yet I was always with You,<br>You held my right hand;",
            "You guided me by Your counsel<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain; others “And afterward receive me with glory.”</i>and led me toward honor.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup>",
            "Whom else have I in heaven?<br>And having You, I want no one on earth.",
            "My body and mind fail;<br>but God is the stay<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “rock.”</i> of my mind, my portion forever.",
            "Those who keep far from You perish;<br>You annihilate all who are untrue to You.",
            "As for me, nearness to God is good;<br>I have made the Lord G<small>OD</small> my refuge,<br>that I may recount all Your works."
        ],
        [
            "A <i>maskil</i> of Asaph.<br><br>Why, O God, do You forever reject us,<br>do You fume in anger at the flock that You tend?",
            "Remember the community You made Yours long ago,<br>Your very own tribe that You redeemed,<br>Mount Zion, where You dwell.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “Lift up Your feet.”</i>Bestir Yourself<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> because of the <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>perpetual tumult,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>all the outrages of the enemy in the sanctuary.",
            "Your foes roar inside Your meeting-place;<br>they take their signs for true signs.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>It is like men wielding axes<br>against a gnarled tree;",
            "with hatchet and pike<br>they hacked away at its carved work.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "They made Your sanctuary go up in flames;<br>they brought low in dishonor the dwelling-place of Your presence.",
            "They resolved, “Let us destroy them altogether!”<br>They burned all God’s tabernacles in the land.",
            "No signs appear for us;<br>there is no longer any prophet;<br>no one among us knows for how long.<br>",
            "Till when, O God, will the foe blaspheme,<br>will the enemy forever revile Your name?",
            "Why do You hold back Your hand, Your right hand?<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>Draw it out of Your bosom!<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>",
            "O God, my King from of old,<br>who brings deliverance throughout the land;",
            "it was You who drove back the sea with Your might,<br>who smashed the heads of the monsters in the waters;",
            "it was You who crushed the heads of Leviathan,<br>who left him as food for <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “seafaring men”; meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>the denizens of the desert;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup>",
            "it was You who released springs and torrents,<br>who made mighty rivers run dry;",
            "the day is Yours, the night also;<br>it was You who set in place the orb of the sun;",
            "You fixed all the boundaries of the earth;<br>summer and winter—You made them.<br>",
            "Be mindful of how the enemy blasphemes the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>how base people revile Your name.",
            "Do not deliver Your dove to the wild beast;<br>do not ignore forever the band of Your lowly ones.",
            "Look to the covenant!<br>For the dark places of the land are full of the haunts of lawlessness.",
            "Let not the downtrodden turn away disappointed;<br>let the poor and needy praise Your name.",
            "Rise, O God, champion Your cause;<br>be mindful that You are blasphemed by base men all day long.",
            "Do not ignore the shouts of Your foes,<br>the din of Your adversaries that ascends all the time."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; <i>al tashḥeth</i>.<br>A psalm of Asaph, a song.<br>",
            "We praise You, O God;<br>we praise You;<br>Your presence is near;<br>men tell of Your wondrous deeds.<br>",
            "“At the time I choose,<br>I will give judgment equitably.",
            "Earth and all its inhabitants dissolve;<br>it is I who keep its pillars firm. <i>Selah</i>.",
            "To wanton men I say, ‘Do not be wanton!’<br>to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns!’”<br>",
            "Do not lift your horns up high<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “with arrogant neck you speak.”</i>in vainglorious bluster.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "For what lifts a man comes not from the east<br>or the west or the wilderness;<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Reading midba¯r with many mss.</i>",
            "for God it is who gives judgment;<br>He brings down one man, He lifts up another.",
            "There is a cup in the L<small>ORD</small>’s hand<br>with foaming wine fully mixed;<br>from this He pours;<br>all the wicked of the earth drink,<br>draining it to the very dregs.",
            "As for me, I will declare forever,<br>I will sing a hymn to the God of Jacob.<br>",
            "“All the horns of the wicked I will cut;<br>but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.”"
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; with instrumental music.<br>A psalm of Asaph, a song.<br>",
            "God has made Himself known in Judah,<br>His name is great in Israel;",
            "Salem became His abode;<br>Zion, His den.",
            "There He broke the fiery arrows of the bow,<br>the shield and the sword of war. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "You were resplendent,<br>glorious, on the mountains of prey.",
            "The stout-hearted were despoiled;<br>they were in a stupor;<br>the bravest of men could not lift a hand.",
            "At Your blast, O God of Jacob,<br>horse and chariot lay stunned.",
            "O You! You are awesome!<br>Who can withstand You<br>when You are enraged?",
            "In heaven You pronounced sentence;<br>the earth was numbed with fright",
            "as God rose to execute judgment,<br>to deliver all the lowly of the earth. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>The fiercest of men shall acknowledge You,<br>when You gird on the last bit of fury.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "Make vows and pay them to the L<small>ORD</small> your God;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>all who are around Him shall bring tribute to the Awesome One.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "He curbs the spirit of princes,<br>inspires awe in the kings of the earth."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; on <i>Jeduthun</i>.<br>Of Asaph. A psalm.<br>",
            "I cry aloud to God;<br>I cry to God that He may give ear to me.",
            "In my time of distress I turn to the Lord,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>with my hand [uplifted];<br>[my eyes] flow all night without respite;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br><br>I will not be comforted.",
            "I call God to mind, I moan,<br>I complain, my spirit fails. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "You have held my eyelids open;<br>I am overwrought, I cannot speak.",
            "My thoughts turn to days of old,<br>to years long past.",
            "I recall at night their jibes at me;<br>I commune with myself;<br>my spirit inquires,",
            "“Will the Lord reject forever<br>and never again show favor?",
            "Has His faithfulness disappeared forever?<br>Will His promise be unfulfilled for all time?",
            "Has God forgotten how to pity?<br>Has He in anger stifled His compassion?” <i>Selah</i>.",
            "And I said, <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>“It is my fault<br>that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>",
            "I recall the deeds of the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>yes, I recall Your wonders of old;",
            "I recount all Your works;<br>I speak of Your acts.",
            "O God, Your ways are holiness;<br>what god is as great as God?",
            "You are the God who works wonders;<br>You have manifested Your strength among the peoples.",
            "By Your arm You redeemed Your people,<br>the children of Jacob and Joseph. <i>Selah</i>.",
            "The waters saw You, O God,<br>the waters saw You and were convulsed;<br>the very deep quaked as well.",
            "Clouds streamed water;<br>the heavens rumbled;<br>Your arrows flew about;",
            "Your thunder rumbled like wheels;<br>lightning lit up the world;<br>the earth quaked and trembled.",
            "Your way was through the sea,<br>Your path, through the mighty waters;<br>Your tracks could not be seen.",
            "You led Your people like a flock<br>in the care of Moses and Aaron."
        ],
        [
            "A <i>maskil</i> of Asaph.<br><br>Give ear, my people, to my teaching,<br>turn your ear to what I say.",
            "I will expound a theme,<br>hold forth on the lessons of the past,",
            "things we have heard and known,<br>that our fathers have told us.",
            "We will not withhold them from their children,<br>telling the coming generation<br>the praises of the L<small>ORD</small> and His might,<br>and the wonders He performed.",
            "He established a decree in Jacob,<br>ordained a teaching in Israel,<br>charging our fathers<br>to make them known to their children,",
            "that a future generation might know<br>—children yet to be born—<br>and in turn tell their children",
            "that they might put their confidence in God,<br>and not forget God’s great deeds,<br>but observe His commandments,",
            "and not be like their fathers,<br>a wayward and defiant generation,<br>a generation whose heart was inconstant,<br>whose spirit was not true to God.<br>",
            "Like the Ephraimite bowmen<br>who played false in the day of battle,",
            "they did not keep God’s covenant,<br>they refused to follow His instruction;",
            "they forgot His deeds<br>and the wonders that He showed them.",
            "He performed marvels in the sight of their fathers,<br>in the land of Egypt, the plain of Zoan.",
            "He split the sea and took them through it;<br>He made the waters stand like a wall.",
            "He led them with a cloud by day,<br>and throughout the night by the light of fire.",
            "He split rocks in the wilderness<br>and gave them drink as if from the great deep.",
            "He brought forth streams from a rock<br>and made them flow down like a river.<br>",
            "But they went on sinning against Him,<br>defying the Most High in the parched land.",
            "To test God was in their mind<br>when they demanded food for themselves.",
            "They spoke against God, saying,<br>“Can God spread a feast in the wilderness?",
            "True, He struck the rock and waters flowed,<br>streams gushed forth;<br>but can He provide bread?<br>Can He supply His people with meat?”",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> heard and He raged;<br>fire broke out against Jacob,<br>anger flared up at Israel,",
            "because they did not put their trust in God,<br>did not rely on His deliverance.",
            "So He commanded the skies above,<br>He opened the doors of heaven",
            "and rained manna upon them for food,<br>giving them heavenly grain.",
            "Each man ate a hero’s meal;<br>He sent them provision in plenty.",
            "He set the east wind moving in heaven,<br>and drove the south wind by His might.",
            "He rained meat on them like dust,<br>winged birds like the sands of the sea,",
            "making them come down inside His camp,<br>around His dwelling-place.",
            "They ate till they were sated;<br>He gave them what they craved.",
            "They had not yet wearied of what they craved,<br>the food was still in their mouths",
            "when God’s anger flared up at them.<br>He slew their sturdiest,<br>struck down the youth of Israel.",
            "Nonetheless, they went on sinning<br>and had no faith in His wonders.",
            "He made their days end in futility,<br>their years in sudden death.",
            "When He struck<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “killed.”</i> them, they turned to Him<br>and sought God once again.",
            "They remembered that God was their rock,<br>God Most High, their Redeemer.",
            "Yet they deceived Him with their speech,<br>lied to Him with their words;",
            "their hearts were inconstant toward Him;<br>they were untrue to His covenant.",
            "But He, being merciful, forgave iniquity<br>and would not destroy;<br>He restrained His wrath time and again<br>and did not give full vent to His fury;",
            "for He remembered that they were but flesh,<br>a passing breath that does not return.<br>",
            "How often did they defy Him in the wilderness,<br>did they grieve Him in the wasteland!",
            "Again and again they tested God,<br>vexed<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “set a limit to.”</i> the Holy One of Israel.",
            "They did not remember His strength,<br>or the day He redeemed them from the foe;",
            "how He displayed His signs in Egypt,<br>His wonders in the plain of Zoan.",
            "He turned their rivers into blood;<br>He made their waters undrinkable.",
            "He inflicted upon them swarms of insects to devour them,<br>frogs to destroy them.",
            "He gave their crops over to grubs,<br>their produce to locusts.",
            "He killed their vines with hail,<br>their sycamores <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>with frost.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup>",
            "He gave their beasts over to hail,<br>their cattle to lightning bolts.",
            "He inflicted His burning anger upon them,<br>wrath, indignation, trouble,<br>a band of deadly messengers.",
            "He cleared a path for His anger;<br>He did not stop short of slaying them,<br>but gave them over to pestilence.",
            "He struck every first-born in Egypt,<br>the first fruits of their vigor in the tents of Ham.",
            "He set His people moving like sheep,<br>drove them like a flock in the wilderness.",
            "He led them in safety; they were unafraid;<br>as for their enemies, the sea covered them.",
            "He brought them to His holy realm,<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “hill” with Septuagint and Saadia.</i><br>the mountain His right hand had acquired.",
            "He expelled nations before them,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">e</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Inverted for clarity.</i>settled the tribes of Israel in their tents,<br>allotting them their portion by the line.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-e</sup><br>",
            "Yet they defiantly tested God Most High,<br>and did not observe His decrees.",
            "They fell away, disloyal like their fathers;<br>they played false like a treacherous bow.",
            "They vexed Him with their high places;<br>they incensed Him with their idols.",
            "God heard it and was enraged;<br>He utterly rejected Israel.",
            "He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh,<br>the tent He had set among men.",
            "He let His might<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">f</sup><i class=\"footnote\">I.e., the Ark; cf. Ps. 132.8.</i> go into captivity,<br>His glory into the hands of the foe.",
            "He gave His people over to the sword;<br>He was enraged at His very own.",
            "Fire consumed their young men,<br>and their maidens <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">g</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “had no nuptial song.”</i>remained unwed.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-g</sup>",
            "Their priests fell by the sword,<br>and their widows could not weep.<br>",
            "The Lord awoke as from sleep,<br>like a warrior <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>shaking off<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup> wine.",
            "He beat back His foes,<br>dealing them lasting disgrace.",
            "He rejected the clan of Joseph;<br>He did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.",
            "He did choose the tribe of Judah,<br>Mount Zion, which He loved.",
            "He built His Sanctuary like the heavens,<br>like the earth that He established forever.",
            "He chose David, His servant,<br>and took him from the sheepfolds.",
            "He brought him from minding the nursing ewes<br>to tend His people Jacob, Israel, His very own.",
            "He tended them with blameless heart;<br>with skillful hands he led them."
        ],
        [
            "A psalm of Asaph.<br><br>O God, heathens have entered Your domain,<br>defiled Your holy temple,<br>and turned Jerusalem into ruins.",
            "They have left Your servants’ corpses<br>as food for the fowl of heaven,<br>and the flesh of Your faithful for the wild beasts.",
            "Their blood was shed like water around Jerusalem,<br>with none to bury them.",
            "We have become the butt of our neighbors,<br>the scorn and derision of those around us.<br>",
            "How long, O L<small>ORD</small>, will You be angry forever,<br>will Your indignation blaze like fire?",
            "Pour out Your fury on the nations that do not know You,<br>upon the kingdoms that do not invoke Your name,",
            "for they have devoured Jacob<br>and desolated his home.",
            "Do not hold our former iniquities against us;<br>let Your compassion come swiftly toward us,<br>for we have sunk very low.",
            "Help us, O God, our deliverer,<br>for the sake of the glory of Your name.<br>Save us and forgive our sin,<br>for the sake of Your name.",
            "Let the nations not say, “Where is their God?”<br>Before our eyes let it be known among the nations<br>that You avenge the spilled blood of Your servants.",
            "Let the groans of the prisoners reach You;<br>reprieve those condemned to death,<br>as befits Your great strength.",
            "Pay back our neighbors sevenfold<br>for the abuse they have flung at You, O Lord.",
            "Then we, Your people,<br>the flock You shepherd,<br>shall glorify You forever;<br>for all time we shall tell Your praises."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; on <i>shoshannim</i>, <i>eduth</i>. Of Asaph. A psalm.<br>",
            "Give ear, O shepherd of Israel<br>who leads Joseph like a flock!<br>Appear, You who are enthroned on the cherubim,",
            "at the head of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh!<br>Rouse Your might and come to our help!",
            "Restore us, O God;<br>show Your favor that we may be delivered.<br>",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, God of hosts,<br>how long will You be wrathful<br>toward the prayers of Your people?",
            "You have fed them tears as their daily bread,<br>made them drink great measures of tears.",
            "You set us at strife with our neighbors;<br>our enemies mock us at will.",
            "O God of hosts, restore us;<br>show Your favor that we may be delivered.<br>",
            "You plucked up a vine from Egypt;<br>You expelled nations and planted it.",
            "You cleared a place for it;<br>it took deep root and filled the land.",
            "The mountains were covered by its shade,<br>mighty cedars by its boughs.",
            "Its branches reached the sea,<br>its shoots, the river.",
            "Why did You breach its wall<br>so that every passerby plucks its fruit,",
            "wild boars gnaw at it,<br>and creatures of the field feed on it?<br>",
            "O God of hosts, turn again,<br>look down from heaven and see;<br>take note of that vine,",
            "the stock planted by Your right hand,<br>the stem<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “son.”</i> you have taken as Your own.",
            "For it is burned by fire and cut down,<br>perishing before Your angry blast.",
            "Grant Your help<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “hand.”</i> to the man at Your right hand,<br>the one You have taken as Your own.",
            "We will not turn away from You;<br>preserve our life that we may invoke Your name.",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, God of hosts, restore us;<br>show Your favor that we may be delivered."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; on the <i>gittith</i>. Of Asaph.<br>",
            "Sing joyously to God, our strength;<br>raise a shout for the God of Jacob.",
            "Take up the song,<br>sound the timbrel,<br>the melodious lyre and harp.",
            "Blow the horn on the new moon,<br>on the full moon for our feast day.",
            "For it is a law for Israel,<br>a ruling of the God of Jacob;",
            "He imposed it as a decree upon Joseph<br>when <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “He went forth against.”</i>he went forth from<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> the land of Egypt;<br>I heard a language that I knew not.<br>",
            "I relieved his shoulder of the burden,<br>his hands were freed from the basket.",
            "In distress you called and I rescued you;<br>I answered you from the <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>secret place of thunder<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>I tested you at the waters of Meribah. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "Hear, My people, and I will admonish you;<br>Israel, if you would but listen to Me!",
            "You shall have no foreign god,<br>you shall not bow to an alien god.",
            "I the L<small>ORD</small> am your God<br>who brought you out of the land of Egypt;<br>open your mouth wide and I will fill it.<br>",
            "But My people would not listen to Me,<br>Israel would not obey Me.",
            "So I let them go after their willful heart<br>that they might follow their own devices.",
            "If only My people would listen to Me,<br>if Israel would follow My paths,",
            "then would I subdue their enemies at once,<br>strike their foes again and again.",
            "Those who hate the L<small>ORD</small> shall cower before Him;<br>their doom shall be eternal.",
            "He fed them<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “him,” i.e., Israel.</i> the finest wheat;<br>I sated you with honey from the rock."
        ],
        [
            "A psalm of Asaph.<br><br>God stands in the divine assembly;<br>among the divine beings He pronounces judgment.",
            "How long will you judge perversely,<br>showing favor to the wicked? <i>Selah</i>.",
            "Judge the wretched and the orphan,<br>vindicate the lowly and the poor,",
            "rescue the wretched and the needy;<br>save them from the hand of the wicked.<br>",
            "They neither know nor understand,<br>they go about in darkness;<br>all the foundations of the earth totter.",
            "I had taken you for divine beings,<br>sons of the Most High, all of you;",
            "but you shall die as men do,<br>fall like any prince.<br>",
            "Arise, O God, judge the earth,<br>for all the nations are Your possession."
        ],
        [
            "A song, a psalm of Asaph.<br>",
            "O God, do not be silent;<br>do not hold aloof;<br>do not be quiet, O God!",
            "For Your enemies rage,<br>Your foes <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “lift up the head.”</i>assert themselves.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "They plot craftily against Your people,<br>take counsel against Your treasured ones.",
            "They say, “Let us wipe them out as a nation;<br>Israel’s name will be mentioned no more.”",
            "Unanimous in their counsel<br>they have made an alliance against You—",
            "the clans of Edom and the Ishmaelites,<br>Moab and the Hagrites,",
            "Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,<br>Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;",
            "Assyria too joins forces with them;<br>they give support to the sons of Lot. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "Deal with them as You did with Midian,<br>with Sisera, with Jabin,<br>at the brook Kishon—",
            "who were destroyed at En-dor,<br>who became dung for the field.",
            "Treat their great men like Oreb and Zeeb,<br>all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,",
            "who said, “Let us take the meadows of God as our possession.”",
            "O my God, make them like thistledown,<br>like stubble driven by the wind.",
            "As a fire burns a forest,<br>as flames scorch the hills,",
            "pursue them with Your tempest,<br>terrify them with Your storm.",
            "Cover<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “Fill.”</i> their faces with shame<br>so that they seek Your name, O L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "May they be frustrated and terrified,<br>disgraced and doomed forever.",
            "May they know<br>that Your name, Yours alone, is the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>supreme over all the earth."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader; on the <i>gittith</i>. Of the Korahites. A psalm.<br>",
            "How lovely is Your dwelling-place,<br>O L<small>ORD</small> of hosts.",
            "I long, I yearn for the courts of the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>my body and soul shout for joy to the living God.",
            "Even the sparrow has found a home,<br>and the swallow a nest for herself<br>in which to set her young,<br>near Your altar, O L<small>ORD</small> of hosts,<br>my king and my God.",
            "Happy are those who dwell in Your house;<br>they forever praise You. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "Happy is the man who finds refuge in You,<br>whose mind is on the [pilgrim] highways.",
            "They pass through the Valley of Baca,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>regarding it as a place of springs,<br>as if the early rain had covered it with blessing.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "They go from <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Others “strength to strength.”</i>rampart to rampart,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>appearing before God in Zion.",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, God of hosts,<br>hear my prayer;<br>give ear, O God of Jacob. <i>Selah</i>.",
            "O God, behold our shield,<br>look upon the face of Your anointed.<br>",
            "Better one day in Your courts than a thousand [anywhere else];<br>I would rather stand at the threshold of God’s house<br>than dwell in the tents of the wicked.",
            "For the L<small>ORD</small> God is sun<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “bulwark,” with Targum; cf. Isa. 54.12.</i> and shield;<br>the L<small>ORD</small> bestows grace and glory;<br>He does not withhold His bounty from those who live without blame.",
            "O L<small>ORD</small> of hosts,<br>happy is the man who trusts in You."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. Of the Korahites. A psalm.<br>",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, You <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “have favored.”</i>will favor<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> Your land,<br>restore<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “have restored.”</i> Jacob’s fortune;",
            "You <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “have forgiven.”</i>will forgive<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup> Your people’s iniquity,<br>pardon<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “have pardoned.”</i> all their sins; <i>selah</i>",
            "You <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">e</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “have withdrawn.”</i>will withdraw<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-e</sup> all Your anger,<br>turn<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">f</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “have turned.”</i> away from Your rage.",
            "Turn again, O God, our helper,<br>revoke Your displeasure with us.",
            "Will You be angry with us forever,<br>prolong Your wrath for all generations?",
            "Surely You will revive us again,<br>so that Your people may rejoice in You.",
            "Show us, O L<small>ORD</small>, Your faithfulness;<br>grant us Your deliverance.<br>",
            "Let me hear what God, the L<small>ORD</small>, will speak;<br>He will promise well-being to His people, His faithful ones;<br>may they not turn to folly.",
            "His help is very near those who fear Him,<br>to make His glory dwell in our land.",
            "Faithfulness and truth meet;<br>justice and well-being kiss.",
            "Truth springs up from the earth;<br>justice looks down from heaven.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> also bestows His bounty;<br>our land yields its produce.",
            "Justice goes before Him<br>as He sets out on His way."
        ],
        [
            "A prayer of David.<br><br>Incline Your ear, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>answer me,<br>for I am poor and needy.",
            "Preserve my life, for I am steadfast;<br>O You, my God,<br>deliver Your servant who trusts in You.",
            "Have mercy on me, O Lord,<br>for I call to You all day long;",
            "bring joy to Your servant’s life,<br>for on You, Lord, I set my hope.",
            "For You, Lord, are good and forgiving,<br>abounding in steadfast love to all who call on You.",
            "Give ear, O L<small>ORD</small>, to my prayer;<br>heed my plea for mercy.",
            "In my time of trouble I call You,<br>for You will answer me.<br>",
            "There is none like You among the gods, O Lord,<br>and there are no deeds like Yours.",
            "All the nations You have made<br>will come to bow down before You, O Lord,<br>and they will pay honor to Your name.",
            "For You are great and perform wonders;<br>You alone are God.",
            "Teach me Your way, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>I will walk in Your truth;<br>let my heart be undivided in reverence for Your name.",
            "I will praise You, O Lord, my God, with all my heart<br>and pay honor to Your name forever.",
            "For Your steadfast love toward me is great;<br>You have saved me from the depths of Sheol.<br>",
            "O God, arrogant men have risen against me;<br>a band of ruthless men seek my life;<br>they are not mindful of You.",
            "But You, O Lord, are a God<br>compassionate and merciful,<br>slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.",
            "Turn to me and have mercy on me;<br>grant Your strength to Your servant<br>and deliver the son of Your maidservant.",
            "Show me a sign of Your favor,<br>that my enemies may see and be frustrated<br>because You, O L<small>ORD</small>, have given me aid and comfort."
        ],
        [
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">The meaning of many passages in this psalm is uncertain.</i>Of the Korahites. A psalm. A song.<br>",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Order of lines inverted for clarity.</i>The L<small>ORD</small> loves the gates of Zion,<br>His foundation on the holy mountains,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>more than all the dwellings of Jacob.",
            "Glorious things are spoken of you,<br>O city of God. <i>Selah</i>.",
            "I mention Rahab<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">A primeval monster; here, a poetic term for Egypt; cf. Isa. 30.7.</i> and Babylon among those who acknowledge Me;<br>Philistia, and Tyre, and Cush—each was born there.",
            "Indeed, it shall be said of Zion,<br>“Every man was born there.”<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “He will preserve it supreme.”</i>He, the Most High, will preserve it.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-d</sup>",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> will inscribe in the register of peoples<br>that each was born there. <i>Selah</i>.",
            "Singers and dancers alike [will say]:<br>“All my roots<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">e</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “sources.”</i> are in You.”"
        ],
        [
            "A song. A psalm of the Korahites. For the leader; <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>on maḥalath leannoth.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.<br>",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, God of my deliverance,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “by day I cry out [and] by night.”</i>when I cry out in the night<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup> before You,",
            "let my prayer reach You;<br>incline Your ear to my cry.",
            "For I am sated with misfortune;<br>I am at the brink of Sheol.",
            "I am numbered with those who go down to the Pit;<br>I am a helpless man",
            "abandoned<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “released.”</i> among the dead,<br>like bodies lying in the grave<br>of whom You are mindful no more,<br>and who are cut off from Your care.",
            "You have put me at the bottom of the Pit,<br>in the darkest places, in the depths.",
            "Your fury lies heavy upon me;<br>You afflict me with all Your breakers. <i>Selah</i>.",
            "You make my companions shun me;<br>You make me abhorrent to them;<br>I am shut in and do not go out.",
            "My eyes pine away from affliction;<br>I call to You, O L<small>ORD</small>, each day;<br>I stretch out my hands to You.<br>",
            "Do You work wonders for the dead?<br>Do the shades rise to praise You? <i>Selah</i>.",
            "Is Your faithful care recounted in the grave,<br>Your constancy in the place of perdition?",
            "Are Your wonders made known in the netherworld,<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “darkness.”</i><br>Your beneficent deeds in the land of oblivion?<br>",
            "As for me, I cry out to You, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>each morning my prayer greets You.",
            "Why, O L<small>ORD</small>, do You reject me,<br>do You hide Your face from me?",
            "From my youth I have been afflicted<br>and near death;<br>I suffer Your terrors <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">e</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Following Saadia; meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>wherever I turn.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-e</sup>",
            "Your fury overwhelms me;<br>Your terrors destroy me.",
            "They swirl about me like water all day long;<br>they encircle me on every side.",
            "You have put friend and neighbor far from me<br>and my companions out of my sight.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">f</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “into darkness.”</i>"
        ],
        [
            "A <i>maskil</i> of Ethan the Ezrahite.<br>",
            "I will sing of the L<small>ORD</small>’s steadfast love forever;<br>to all generations I will proclaim Your faithfulness with my mouth.",
            "I declare, “Your steadfast love is confirmed forever;<br>there in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”<br>",
            "“I have made a covenant with My chosen one;<br>I have sworn to My servant David:",
            "I will establish your offspring forever,<br>I will confirm your throne for all generations.” <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "Your wonders, O L<small>ORD</small>, are praised by the heavens,<br>Your faithfulness, too, in the assembly of holy beings.",
            "For who in the skies can equal the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>can compare with the L<small>ORD</small> among the divine beings,",
            "a God greatly dreaded in the council of holy beings,<br>held in awe by all around Him?",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, God of hosts,<br>who is mighty like You, O L<small>ORD</small>?<br>Your faithfulness surrounds You;",
            "You rule the swelling of the sea;<br>when its waves surge, You still them.",
            "You crushed Rahab; he was like a corpse;<br>with Your powerful arm You scattered Your enemies.",
            "The heaven is Yours,<br>the earth too;<br>the world and all it holds—<br>You established them.",
            "North and south—<br>You created them;<br>Tabor and Hermon sing forth Your name.",
            "Yours is an arm endowed with might;<br>Your hand is strong;<br>Your right hand, exalted.",
            "Righteousness and justice are the base of Your throne;<br>steadfast love and faithfulness stand before You.<br>",
            "Happy is the people who know the joyful shout;<br>O L<small>ORD</small>, they walk in the light of Your presence.",
            "They rejoice in Your name all day long;<br>they are exalted through Your righteousness.",
            "For You are their strength in which they glory;<br>our horn is exalted through Your favor.",
            "Truly our shield is of the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>our king, of the Holy One of Israel.<br>",
            "Then<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Referring to vv. 4–5; cf. 2 Sam. 7.1–17.</i> You spoke to Your faithful ones in a vision<br>and said, “I have conferred power upon a warrior;<br>I have exalted one chosen out of the people.",
            "I have found David, My servant;<br>anointed him with My sacred oil.",
            "My hand shall be constantly with him,<br>and My arm shall strengthen him.",
            "No enemy shall <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>oppress him,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>no vile man afflict him.",
            "I will crush his adversaries before him;<br>I will strike down those who hate him.",
            "My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him;<br>his horn shall be exalted through My name.",
            "I will set his hand upon the sea,<br>his right hand upon the rivers.",
            "He shall say to Me,<br>‘You are my father, my God, the rock of my deliverance.’",
            "I will appoint him first-born,<br>highest of the kings of the earth.",
            "I will maintain My steadfast love for him always;<br>My covenant with him shall endure.",
            "I will establish his line forever,<br>his throne, as long as the heavens last.",
            "If his sons forsake My Teaching<br>and do not live by My rules;",
            "if they violate My laws,<br>and do not observe My commands,",
            "I will punish their transgression with the rod,<br>their iniquity with plagues.",
            "But I will not take away My steadfast love from him;<br>I will not betray My faithfulness.",
            "I will not violate My covenant,<br>or change what I have uttered.",
            "I have sworn by My holiness, once and for all;<br>I will not be false to David.",
            "His line shall continue forever,<br>his throne, as the sun before Me,",
            "as the moon, established forever,<br>an enduring witness in the sky.” <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "Yet You have rejected, spurned,<br>and become enraged at Your anointed.",
            "You have repudiated the covenant with Your servant;<br>You have dragged his dignity in the dust.",
            "You have breached all his defenses,<br>shattered his strongholds.",
            "All who pass by plunder him;<br>he has become the butt of his neighbors.",
            "You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries,<br>and made all his enemies rejoice.",
            "You have turned back the blade of his sword,<br>and have not sustained him in battle.",
            "You have brought <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>his splendor<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup> to an end<br>and have hurled his throne to the ground.",
            "You have cut short the days of his youth;<br>You have covered him with shame. <i>Selah</i>.",
            "How long, O L<small>ORD</small>; will You forever hide Your face,<br>will Your fury blaze like fire?",
            "O remember <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>how short my life is;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>why should You have created every man in vain?",
            "What man can live and not see death,<br>can save himself from the clutches of Sheol? <i>Selah</i>.",
            "O Lord, where is Your steadfast love of old<br>which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?",
            "Remember, O Lord, the abuse flung at Your servants<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>that I have borne in my bosom [from] many peoples,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "how Your enemies, O L<small>ORD</small>, have flung abuse,<br>abuse at Your anointed at every step.",
            "Blessed is the L<small>ORD</small> forever;<br>Amen and Amen."
        ],
        [
            "A prayer of Moses, the man of God.<br><br>O Lord, You have been our refuge in every generation.",
            "Before the mountains came into being,<br>before You brought forth the earth and the world,<br>from eternity to eternity You are God.<br>",
            "You return man to dust;<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “contrition.”</i><br>You decreed, “Return you mortals!”",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>For in Your sight a thousand years<br>are like yesterday that has passed,<br>like a watch of the night.",
            "You engulf men in sleep;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>at daybreak they are like grass that renews itself;",
            "at daybreak it flourishes anew;<br>by dusk it withers and dries up.",
            "So we are consumed by Your anger,<br>terror-struck by Your fury.",
            "You have set our iniquities before You,<br>our hidden sins in the light of Your face.",
            "All our days pass away in Your wrath;<br>we spend our years like a sigh.",
            "The span of our life is seventy years,<br>or, given the strength, eighty years;<br>but the <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>best of them<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup> are trouble and sorrow.<br>They pass by speedily, and we <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “fly away.”</i>are in darkness.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup>",
            "Who can know Your furious anger?<br>Your wrath matches the fear of You.",
            "Teach us to count our days rightly,<br>that we may obtain a wise heart.<br>",
            "Turn, O L<small>ORD</small>!<br>How long?<br>Show mercy to Your servants.",
            "Satisfy us at daybreak with Your steadfast love<br>that we may sing for joy all our days.",
            "Give us joy for as long as You have afflicted us,<br>for the years we have suffered misfortune.",
            "Let Your deeds be seen by Your servants,<br>Your glory by their children.",
            "May the favor of the Lord, our God, be upon us;<br>let the work of our hands prosper,<br>O prosper the work of our hands!"
        ],
        [
            "O you who dwell in the shelter of the Most High<br>and abide in the protection of Shaddai—",
            "I say of the L<small>ORD</small>, my refuge and stronghold,<br>my God in whom I trust,",
            "that He will save you from the fowler’s trap,<br>from the destructive plague.",
            "He will cover you with His pinions;<br>you will find refuge under His wings;<br>His fidelity is an encircling shield.",
            "You need not fear the terror by night,<br>or the arrow that flies by day,",
            "the plague that stalks in the darkness,<br>or the scourge that ravages at noon.",
            "A thousand may fall at your left side,<br>ten thousand at your right,<br>but it shall not reach you.",
            "You will see it with your eyes,<br>you will witness the punishment of the wicked.",
            "Because you took the L<small>ORD</small>—my refuge,<br>the Most High—as your haven,",
            "no harm will befall you,<br>no disease touch your tent.",
            "For He will order His angels<br>to guard you wherever you go.",
            "They will carry you in their hands<br>lest you hurt your foot on a stone.",
            "You will tread on cubs and vipers;<br>you will trample lions and asps.<br>",
            "“Because he is devoted to Me I will deliver him;<br>I will keep him safe, for he knows My name.",
            "When he calls on Me, I will answer him;<br>I will be with him in distress;<br>I will rescue him and make him honored;",
            "I will let him live to a ripe old age,<br>and show him My salvation.”"
        ],
        [
            "A psalm. A song; for the sabbath day.<br>",
            "It is good to praise the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>to sing hymns to Your name, O Most High,",
            "To proclaim Your steadfast love at daybreak,<br>Your faithfulness each night",
            "With a ten-stringed harp,<br>with voice and lyre together.<br>",
            "You have gladdened me by Your deeds, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>I shout for joy at Your handiwork.",
            "How great are Your works, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>how very subtle<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “profound.”</i> Your designs!",
            "A brutish man cannot know,<br>a fool cannot understand this:",
            "though the wicked sprout like grass,<br>though all evildoers blossom,<br>it is only that they may be destroyed forever.<br>",
            "But You are exalted, O L<small>ORD</small>, for all time.<br>",
            "Surely, Your enemies, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>surely, Your enemies perish;<br>all evildoers are scattered.",
            "You raise my horn high like that of a wild ox;<br>I am soaked in freshening oil.",
            "I shall see the defeat of my watchful foes,<br>hear of the downfall of the wicked who beset me.",
            "The righteous bloom like a date-palm;<br>they thrive like a cedar in Lebanon;",
            "planted in the house of the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>they flourish in the courts of our God.",
            "In old age they still produce fruit;<br>they are full of sap and freshness,",
            "attesting that the L<small>ORD</small> is upright,<br>my rock, in whom there is no wrong."
        ],
        [
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is king,<br>He is robed in grandeur;<br>the L<small>ORD</small> is robed,<br>He is girded with strength.<br>The world stands firm;<br>it cannot be shaken.",
            "Your throne stands firm from of old;<br>from eternity You have existed.",
            "The ocean sounds, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>the ocean sounds its thunder,<br>the ocean sounds its pounding.",
            "Above the thunder of the mighty waters,<br>more majestic than the breakers of the sea<br>is the L<small>ORD</small>, majestic on high.",
            "Your decrees are indeed enduring;<br>holiness befits Your house,<br>O L<small>ORD</small>, for all times."
        ],
        [
            "God of retribution, L<small>ORD</small>,<br>God of retribution, appear!",
            "Rise up, judge of the earth,<br>give the arrogant their deserts!",
            "How long shall the wicked, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>how long shall the wicked exult,",
            "shall they utter insolent speech,<br>shall all evildoers vaunt themselves?",
            "They crush Your people, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>they afflict Your very own;",
            "they kill the widow and the stranger;<br>they murder the fatherless,",
            "thinking, “The L<small>ORD</small> does not see it,<br>the God of Jacob does not pay heed.”<br>",
            "Take heed, you most brutish people;<br>fools, when will you get wisdom?",
            "Shall He who implants the ear not hear,<br>He who forms the eye not see?",
            "Shall He who disciplines nations not punish,<br>He who instructs men in knowledge?",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> knows the designs of men to be futile.<br>",
            "Happy is the man whom You discipline, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>the man You instruct in Your teaching,",
            "to give him tranquillity in times of misfortune,<br>until a pit be dug for the wicked.",
            "For the L<small>ORD</small> will not forsake His people;<br>He will not abandon His very own.",
            "Judgment shall again accord with justice<br>and all the upright shall rally to it.<br>",
            "Who will take my part against evil men?<br>Who will stand up for me against wrongdoers?",
            "Were not the L<small>ORD</small> my help,<br>I should soon dwell in silence.",
            "When I think my foot has given way,<br>Your faithfulness, O L<small>ORD</small>, supports me.",
            "When I am filled with cares,<br>Your assurance soothes my soul.<br>",
            "Shall the seat of injustice be Your partner,<br>that frames mischief by statute?",
            "They band together to do away with the righteous;<br>they condemn the innocent to death.",
            "But the L<small>ORD</small> is my haven;<br>my God is my sheltering rock.",
            "He will make their evil recoil upon them,<br>annihilate them through their own wickedness;<br>the L<small>ORD</small> our God will annihilate them."
        ],
        [
            "Come, let us sing joyously to the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>raise a shout for our rock and deliverer;",
            "let us come into His presence with praise;<br>let us raise a shout for Him in song!",
            "For the L<small>ORD</small> is a great God,<br>the great king of all divine beings.",
            "In His hand are the depths of the earth;<br>the peaks of the mountains are His.",
            "His is the sea, He made it;<br>and the land, which His hands fashioned.<br>",
            "Come, let us bow down and kneel,<br>bend the knee before the L<small>ORD</small> our maker,",
            "for He is our God,<br>and we are the people He tends, the flock in His care.<br>O, if you would but heed His charge this day:",
            "Do not be stubborn as at Meribah,<br>as on the day of Massah, in the wilderness,",
            "when your fathers put Me to the test,<br>tried Me, though they had seen My deeds.",
            "Forty years I was provoked by that generation;<br>I thought, “They are a senseless people;<br>they would not know My ways.”",
            "Concerning them I swore in anger,<br>“They shall never come to My resting-place!”"
        ],
        [
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. 1 Chron. 16.23–33.</i>Sing to the L<small>ORD</small> a new song,<br>sing to the L<small>ORD</small>, all the earth.",
            "Sing to the L<small>ORD</small>, bless His name,<br>proclaim His victory day after day.",
            "Tell of His glory among the nations,<br>His wondrous deeds, among all peoples.",
            "For the L<small>ORD</small> is great and much acclaimed,<br>He is held in awe by all divine beings.",
            "All the gods of the peoples are mere idols,<br>but the L<small>ORD</small> made the heavens.",
            "Glory and majesty are before Him;<br>strength and splendor are in His temple.<br>",
            "Ascribe to the L<small>ORD</small>, O families of the peoples,<br>ascribe to the L<small>ORD</small> glory and strength.",
            "Ascribe to the L<small>ORD</small> the glory of His name,<br>bring tribute and enter His courts.",
            "Bow down to the L<small>ORD</small> majestic in holiness;<br>tremble in His presence, all the earth!",
            "Declare among the nations, “The L<small>ORD</small> is king!”<br>the world stands firm; it cannot be shaken;<br>He judges the peoples with equity.",
            "Let the heavens rejoice and the earth exult;<br>let the sea and all within it thunder,",
            "the fields and everything in them exult;<br>then shall all the trees of the forest shout for joy",
            "at the presence of the L<small>ORD</small>, for He is coming,<br>for He is coming to rule the earth;<br>He will rule the world justly,<br>and its peoples in faithfulness."
        ],
        [
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is king!<br>Let the earth exult,<br>the many islands rejoice!",
            "Dense clouds are around Him,<br>righteousness and justice are the base of His throne.",
            "Fire is His vanguard,<br>burning His foes on every side.",
            "His lightnings light up the world;<br>the earth is convulsed at the sight;",
            "mountains melt like wax at the L<small>ORD</small>’s presence,<br>at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.",
            "The heavens proclaim His righteousness<br>and all peoples see His glory.",
            "All who worship images,<br>who vaunt their idols,<br>are dismayed;<br>all divine beings bow down to Him.",
            "Zion, hearing it, rejoices,<br>the towns<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “women.”</i> of Judah exult,<br>because of Your judgments, O L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "For You, L<small>ORD</small>, are supreme over all the earth;<br>You are exalted high above all divine beings.<br>",
            "O you who love the L<small>ORD</small>, hate evil!<br>He guards the lives of His loyal ones,<br>saving them from the hand of the wicked.",
            "Light is sown for the righteous,<br>radiance<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Others “joy.”</i> for the upright.",
            "O you righteous, rejoice in the L<small>ORD</small><br>and acclaim His holy name!"
        ],
        [
            "A psalm.<br><br>Sing to the L<small>ORD</small> a new song,<br>for He has worked wonders;<br>His right hand, His holy arm,<br>has won Him victory.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> has manifested His victory,<br>has displayed His triumph in the sight of the nations.",
            "He was mindful of His steadfast love and faithfulness toward the house of Israel;<br>all the ends of the earth beheld the victory of our God.",
            "Raise a shout to the L<small>ORD</small>, all the earth,<br>break into joyous songs of praise!",
            "Sing praise to the L<small>ORD</small> with the lyre,<br>with the lyre and melodious song.",
            "With trumpets and the blast of the horn<br>raise a shout before the L<small>ORD</small>, the King.",
            "Let the sea and all within it thunder,<br>the world and its inhabitants;",
            "let the rivers clap their hands,<br>the mountains sing joyously together",
            "at the presence of the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>for He is coming to rule the earth;<br>He will rule the world justly,<br>and its peoples with equity."
        ],
        [
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Clauses transposed for clarity.</i>The L<small>ORD</small>, enthroned on cherubim, is king,<br>peoples tremble, the earth quakes.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is great in Zion,<br>and exalted above all peoples.",
            "They praise Your name as great and awesome;<br>He is holy!<br>",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>Mighty king<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup> who loves justice,<br>it was You who established equity,<br>You who worked righteous judgment in Jacob.",
            "Exalt the L<small>ORD</small> our God<br>and bow down to His footstool;<br>He is holy!<br>",
            "Moses and Aaron among His priests,<br>Samuel, among those who call on His name—<br>when they called to the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>He answered them.",
            "He spoke to them in a pillar of cloud;<br>they obeyed His decrees,<br>the law He gave them.",
            "O L<small>ORD</small> our God, You answered them;<br>You were a forgiving God for them,<br>but You exacted retribution for their misdeeds.<br>",
            "Exalt the L<small>ORD</small> our God,<br>and bow toward His holy hill,<br>for the L<small>ORD</small> our God is holy."
        ],
        [
            "A psalm <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Traditionally “for the thanksgiving offering.”</i>for praise.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br><br>Raise a shout for the L<small>ORD</small>, all the earth;",
            "worship the L<small>ORD</small> in gladness;<br>come into His presence with shouts of joy.",
            "Acknowledge that the L<small>ORD</small> is God;<br>He made us and <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">So qere; kethib and some ancient versions “not we ourselves.”</i>we are His,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>His people, the flock He tends.",
            "Enter His gates with praise,<br>His courts with acclamation.<br>Praise Him!<br>Bless His name!",
            "For the L<small>ORD</small> is good;<br>His steadfast love is eternal;<br>His faithfulness is for all generations."
        ],
        [
            "Of David. A psalm.<br><br>I will sing of faithfulness and justice;<br>I will chant a hymn to You, O L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "I will study the way of the blameless;<br>when shall I attain it?<br>I will live without blame within my house.",
            "I will not set before my eyes anything base;<br>I hate crooked dealing;<br>I will have none of it.",
            "Perverse thoughts will be far from me;<br>I will know nothing of evil.",
            "He who slanders his friend in secret I will destroy;<br>I cannot endure the haughty and proud man.",
            "My eyes are on the trusty men of the land,<br>to have them at my side.<br>He who follows the way of the blameless<br>shall be in my service.",
            "He who deals deceitfully<br>shall not live in my house;<br>he who speaks untruth<br>shall not stand before my eyes.",
            "Each morning I will destroy<br>all the wicked of the land,<br>to rid the city of the L<small>ORD</small><br>of all evildoers."
        ],
        [
            "A prayer of the lowly man when he is faint and pours forth his plea before the L<small>ORD</small>.<br>",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, hear my prayer;<br>let my cry come before You.",
            "Do not hide Your face from me<br>in my time of trouble;<br>turn Your ear to me;<br>when I cry, answer me speedily.",
            "For my days have vanished like smoke<br>and my bones are charred like a hearth.",
            "My body is stricken and withered like grass;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Others “I forget.”</i>too wasted<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> to eat my food;",
            "on account of my vehement groaning<br>my bones <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “cling to my flesh.”</i>show through my skin.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "I am like a great owl in the wilderness,<br>an owl among the ruins.",
            "I lie awake; I am like<br>a lone bird upon a roof.",
            "All day long my enemies revile me;<br>my deriders use my name to curse.",
            "For I have eaten ashes like bread<br>and mixed my drink with tears,",
            "because of Your wrath and Your fury;<br>for You have cast me far away.",
            "My days are like a lengthening shadow;<br>I wither like grass.<br>",
            "But You, O L<small>ORD</small>, are enthroned forever;<br>Your fame endures throughout the ages.",
            "You will surely arise and take pity on Zion,<br>for it is time to be gracious to her;<br>the appointed time has come.",
            "Your servants take delight in its stones,<br>and cherish its dust.",
            "The nations will fear the name of the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>all the kings of the earth, Your glory.",
            "For the L<small>ORD</small> has built Zion;<br>He has appeared in all His glory.",
            "He has turned to the prayer <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>of the destitute<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup><br>and has not spurned their prayer.",
            "May this be written down for a coming generation,<br>that people yet to be created may praise the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "For He looks down from His holy height;<br>the L<small>ORD</small> beholds the earth from heaven",
            "to hear the groans of the prisoner,<br>to release those condemned to death;",
            "that the fame of the L<small>ORD</small> may be recounted in Zion,<br>His praises in Jerusalem,",
            "when the nations gather together,<br>the kingdoms, to serve the L<small>ORD</small>.<br>",
            "He drained my strength in mid-course,<br>He shortened my days.",
            "I say, “O my God, do not take me away<br>in the midst of my days,<br>You whose years go on for generations on end.",
            "Of old You established the earth;<br>the heavens are the work of Your hands.",
            "They shall perish, but You shall endure;<br>they shall all wear out like a garment;<br>You change them like clothing and they pass away.",
            "But You are the same, and Your years never end.",
            "May the children of Your servants dwell securely<br>and their offspring endure in Your presence.”"
        ],
        [
            "Of David.<br><br>Bless the L<small>ORD</small>, O my soul,<br>all my being, His holy name.",
            "Bless the L<small>ORD</small>, O my soul<br>and do not forget all His bounties.",
            "He forgives all your sins,<br>heals all your diseases.",
            "He redeems your life from the Pit,<br>surrounds you with steadfast love and mercy.",
            "He satisfies you with good things in <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>the prime of life,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.<br>",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> executes righteous acts<br>and judgments for all who are wronged.",
            "He made known His ways to Moses,<br>His deeds to the children of Israel.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is compassionate and gracious,<br>slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love.",
            "He will not contend forever,<br>or nurse His anger for all time.",
            "He has not dealt with us according to our sins,<br>nor has He requited us according to our iniquities.",
            "For as the heavens are high above the earth,<br>so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him.",
            "As east is far from west,<br>so far has He removed our sins from us.",
            "As a father has compassion for his children,<br>so the L<small>ORD</small> has compassion for those who fear Him.",
            "For He knows how we are formed;<br>He is mindful that we are dust.<br>",
            "Man, his days are like those of grass;<br>he blooms like a flower of the field;",
            "a wind passes by and it is no more,<br>its own place no longer knows it.",
            "But the L<small>ORD</small>’s steadfast love is for all eternity<br>toward those who fear Him,<br>and His beneficence is for the children’s children",
            "of those who keep His covenant<br>and remember to observe His precepts.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> has established His throne in heaven,<br>and His sovereign rule is over all.<br>",
            "Bless the L<small>ORD</small>, O His angels,<br>mighty creatures who do His bidding,<br>ever obedient to His bidding;",
            "bless the L<small>ORD</small>, all His hosts,<br>His servants who do His will;",
            "bless the L<small>ORD</small>, all His works,<br>through the length and breadth of His realm;<br>bless the L<small>ORD</small>, O my soul."
        ],
        [
            "Bless the L<small>ORD</small>, O my soul;<br>O L<small>ORD</small>, my God, You are very great;<br>You are clothed in glory and majesty,",
            "wrapped in a robe of light;<br>You spread the heavens like a tent cloth.",
            "He sets the rafters of His lofts in the waters,<br>makes the clouds His chariot,<br>moves on the wings of the wind.",
            "He makes the winds His messengers,<br>fiery flames His servants.",
            "He established the earth on its foundations,<br>so that it shall never totter.",
            "You made the deep cover it as a garment;<br>the waters stood above the mountains.",
            "They fled at Your blast,<br>rushed away at the sound of Your thunder,",
            "—mountains rising, valleys sinking—<br>to the place You established for them.",
            "You set bounds they must not pass<br>so that they never again cover the earth.<br>",
            "You make springs gush forth in torrents;<br>they make their way between the hills,",
            "giving drink to all the wild beasts;<br>the wild asses slake their thirst.",
            "The birds of the sky dwell beside them<br>and sing among the foliage.",
            "You water the mountains from Your<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “His.”</i> lofts;<br>the earth is sated from the fruit of Your work.",
            "You make the grass grow for the cattle,<br>and herbage for man’s labor<br>that he may get food out of the earth—",
            "wine that cheers the hearts of men,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “to make the face shine from oil.”</i>oil that makes the face shine,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>and bread that sustains man’s life.",
            "The trees of the L<small>ORD</small> drink their fill,<br>the cedars of Lebanon, His own planting,",
            "where birds make their nests;<br>the stork has her home in the junipers.",
            "The high mountains are for wild goats;<br>the crags are a refuge for rock-badgers.<br>",
            "He made the moon to mark the seasons;<br>the sun knows when to set.",
            "You bring on darkness and it is night,<br>when all the beasts of the forests stir.",
            "The lions roar for prey,<br>seeking their food from God.",
            "When the sun rises, they come home<br>and couch in their dens.",
            "Man then goes out to his work,<br>to his labor until the evening.<br>",
            "How many are the things You have made, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>You have made them all with wisdom;<br>the earth is full of Your creations.",
            "There is the sea, vast and wide,<br>with its creatures beyond number,<br>living things, small and great.",
            "There go the ships,<br>and Leviathan that You formed to sport with.",
            "All of them look to You<br>to give them their food when it is due.",
            "Give it to them, they gather it up;<br>open Your hand, they are well satisfied;",
            "hide Your face, they are terrified;<br>take away their breath, they perish<br>and turn again into dust;",
            "send back Your breath, they are created,<br>and You renew the face of the earth.<br>",
            "May the glory of the L<small>ORD</small> endure forever;<br>may the L<small>ORD</small> rejoice in His works!",
            "He looks at the earth and it trembles;<br>He touches the mountains and they smoke.<br>",
            "I will sing to the L<small>ORD</small> as long as I live;<br>all my life I will chant hymns to my God.",
            "May my prayer be pleasing to Him;<br>I will rejoice in the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "May sinners disappear from the earth,<br>and the wicked be no more.<br>Bless the L<small>ORD</small>, O my soul.<br>Hallelujah."
        ],
        [
            "Praise the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>call on His name;<br>proclaim His deeds among the peoples.",
            "Sing praises to Him;<br>speak of all His wondrous acts.",
            "Exult in His holy name;<br>let all who seek the L<small>ORD</small> rejoice.",
            "Turn to the L<small>ORD</small>, to His might;<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">I.e., the Ark; cf. Ps. 78.61; 132.8.</i><br>seek His presence constantly.",
            "Remember the wonders He has done,<br>His portents and the judgments He has pronounced,",
            "O offspring of Abraham, His servant,<br>O descendants of Jacob, His chosen ones.",
            "He is the L<small>ORD</small> our God;<br>His judgments are throughout the earth.",
            "He is ever mindful of His covenant,<br>the promise He gave for a thousand generations,",
            "that He made with Abraham,<br>swore to Isaac,",
            "and confirmed in a decree for Jacob,<br>for Israel, as an eternal covenant,",
            "saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan<br>as your allotted heritage.”<br>",
            "They were then few in number,<br>a mere handful, sojourning there,",
            "wandering from nation to nation,<br>from one kingdom to another.",
            "He allowed no one to oppress them;<br>He reproved kings on their account,",
            "“Do not touch My anointed ones;<br>do not harm My prophets.”<br>",
            "He called down a famine on the land,<br>destroyed every staff of bread.",
            "He sent ahead of them a man,<br>Joseph, sold into slavery.",
            "His feet were subjected to fetters;<br>an iron collar was put on his neck.",
            "Until his prediction came true<br>the decree of the L<small>ORD</small> purged him.",
            "The king sent to have him freed;<br>the ruler of nations released him.",
            "He made him the lord of his household,<br>empowered him over all his possessions,",
            "to discipline his princes at will,<br>to teach his elders wisdom.",
            "Then Israel came to Egypt;<br>Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.<br>",
            "He made His people very fruitful,<br>more numerous than their foes.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “Their heart changed.”</i>He changed their heart<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup> to hate His people,<br>to plot against His servants.",
            "He sent His servant Moses,<br>and Aaron, whom He had chosen.",
            "They performed His signs among them,<br>His wonders, against the land of Ham.",
            "He sent darkness; it was very dark;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>did they not defy His word?<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup>",
            "He turned their waters into blood<br>and killed their fish.",
            "Their land teemed with frogs,<br>even the rooms of their king.",
            "Swarms of insects came at His command,<br>lice, throughout their country.",
            "He gave them hail for rain,<br>and flaming fire in their land.",
            "He struck their vines and fig trees,<br>broke down the trees of their country.",
            "Locusts came at His command,<br>grasshoppers without number.",
            "They devoured every green thing in the land;<br>they consumed the produce of the soil.",
            "He struck down every first-born in the land,<br>the first fruit of their vigor.",
            "He led Israel<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “them.”</i> out with silver and gold;<br>none among their tribes faltered.",
            "Egypt rejoiced when they left,<br>for dread of Israel<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “them.”</i> had fallen upon them.<br>",
            "He spread a cloud for a cover,<br>and fire to light up the night.",
            "They asked and He brought them quail,<br>and satisfied them with food from heaven.",
            "He opened a rock so that water gushed forth;<br>it flowed as a stream in the parched land.",
            "Mindful of His sacred promise<br>to His servant Abraham,",
            "He led His people out in gladness,<br>His chosen ones with joyous song.",
            "He gave them the lands of nations;<br>they inherited the wealth of peoples,",
            "that they might keep His laws<br>and observe His teachings.<br>Hallelujah."
        ],
        [
            "Hallelujah.<br>Praise the L<small>ORD</small> for He is good;<br>His steadfast love is eternal.",
            "Who can tell the mighty acts of the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>proclaim all His praises?<br>",
            "Happy are those who act justly,<br>who do right at all times.",
            "Be mindful of me, O L<small>ORD</small>, when You favor Your people;<br>take note of me when You deliver them,",
            "that I may enjoy the prosperity of Your chosen ones,<br>share the joy of Your nation,<br>glory in Your very own people.<br>",
            "We have sinned like our forefathers;<br>we have gone astray, done evil.",
            "Our forefathers in Egypt did not perceive Your wonders;<br>they did not remember Your abundant love,<br>but rebelled at the sea, at the Sea of Reeds.",
            "Yet He saved them, as befits His name,<br>to make known His might.",
            "He sent His blast against the Sea of Reeds;<br>it became dry;<br>He led them through the deep as through a wilderness.",
            "He delivered them from the foe,<br>redeemed them from the enemy.",
            "Water covered their adversaries;<br>not one of them was left.",
            "Then they believed His promise,<br>and sang His praises.",
            "But they soon forgot His deeds;<br>they would not wait to learn His plan.",
            "They were seized with craving in the wilderness,<br>and put God to the test in the wasteland.",
            "He gave them what they asked for,<br>then made them waste away.",
            "There was envy of Moses in the camp,<br>and of Aaron, the holy one of the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan,<br>closed over the party of Abiram.",
            "A fire blazed among their party,<br>a flame that consumed the wicked.",
            "They made a calf at Horeb<br>and bowed down to a molten image.",
            "They exchanged their glory<br>for the image of a bull that feeds on grass.",
            "They forgot God who saved them,<br>who performed great deeds in Egypt,",
            "wondrous deeds in the land of Ham,<br>awesome deeds at the Sea of Reeds.",
            "He would have destroyed them<br>had not Moses His chosen one<br>confronted Him in the breach<br>to avert His destructive wrath.",
            "They rejected the desirable land,<br>and put no faith in His promise.",
            "They grumbled in their tents<br>and disobeyed the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "So He raised His hand in oath<br>to make them fall in the wilderness,",
            "to disperse<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. Targum, Kimhi.</i> their offspring among the nations<br>and scatter them through the lands.",
            "They attached themselves to Baal Peor,<br>ate sacrifices offered to the dead.",
            "They provoked anger by their deeds,<br>and a plague broke out among them.",
            "Phinehas stepped forth and intervened,<br>and the plague ceased.",
            "It was reckoned to his merit<br>for all generations, to eternity.",
            "They provoked wrath at the waters of Meribah<br>and Moses suffered on their account,",
            "because they rebelled against Him<br>and he spoke rashly.<br>",
            "They did not destroy the nations<br>as the L<small>ORD</small> had commanded them,",
            "but mingled with the nations<br>and learned their ways.",
            "They worshiped their idols,<br>which became a snare for them.",
            "Their own sons and daughters<br>they sacrificed to demons.",
            "They shed innocent blood,<br>the blood of their sons and daughters,<br>whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;<br>so the land was polluted with bloodguilt.",
            "Thus they became defiled by their acts,<br>debauched through their deeds.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> was angry with His people<br>and He abhorred His inheritance.",
            "He handed them over to the nations;<br>their foes ruled them.",
            "Their enemies oppressed them<br>and they were subject to their power.",
            "He saved them time and again,<br>but they were deliberately rebellious,<br>and so they were brought low by their iniquity.",
            "When He saw that they were in distress,<br>when He heard their cry,",
            "He was mindful of His covenant<br>and in His great faithfulness relented.",
            "He made all their captors kindly disposed toward them.<br>",
            "Deliver us, O L<small>ORD</small> our God,<br>and gather us from among the nations,<br>to acclaim Your holy name,<br>to glory in Your praise.<br>",
            "Blessed is the L<small>ORD</small>, God of Israel,<br>From eternity to eternity.<br>Let all the people say, “Amen.”<br>Hallelujah."
        ],
        [
            "“Praise the L<small>ORD</small>, for He is good;<br>His steadfast love is eternal!”",
            "Thus let the redeemed of the L<small>ORD</small> say,<br>those He redeemed from adversity,",
            "whom He gathered in from the lands,<br>from east and west,<br>from the north and from the sea.<br>",
            "Some lost their way in the wilderness,<br>in the wasteland;<br>they found no settled place.",
            "Hungry and thirsty,<br>their spirit failed.",
            "In their adversity they cried to the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>and He rescued them from their troubles.",
            "He showed them a direct way<br>to reach a settled place.",
            "Let them praise the L<small>ORD</small> for His steadfast love,<br>His wondrous deeds for mankind;",
            "for He has satisfied the thirsty,<br>filled the hungry with all good things.<br>",
            "Some lived in deepest darkness,<br>bound in cruel irons,",
            "because they defied the word of God,<br>spurned the counsel of the Most High.",
            "He humbled their hearts through suffering;<br>they stumbled with no one to help.",
            "In their adversity they cried to the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>and He rescued them from their troubles.",
            "He brought them out of deepest darkness,<br>broke their bonds asunder.",
            "Let them praise the L<small>ORD</small> for His steadfast love,<br>His wondrous deeds for mankind;",
            "for He shattered gates of bronze,<br>He broke their iron bars.<br>",
            "There were fools who suffered for their sinful way,<br>and for their iniquities.",
            "All food was loathsome to them;<br>they reached the gates of death.",
            "In their adversity they cried to the L<small>ORD</small><br>and He saved them from their troubles.",
            "He gave an order and healed them;<br>He delivered them from the pits.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Viz., of death.</i>",
            "Let them praise the L<small>ORD</small> for His steadfast love,<br>His wondrous deeds for mankind.",
            "Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices,<br>and tell His deeds in joyful song.<br>",
            "Others go down to the sea in ships,<br>ply their trade in the mighty waters;",
            "they have seen the works of the L<small>ORD</small><br>and His wonders in the deep.",
            "By His word He raised a storm wind<br>that made the waves surge.",
            "Mounting up to the heaven,<br>plunging down to the depths,<br>disgorging in their misery,",
            "they reeled and staggered like a drunken man,<br>all their skill to no avail.",
            "In their adversity they cried to the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>and He saved them from their troubles.",
            "He reduced the storm to a whisper;<br>the waves were stilled.",
            "They rejoiced when all was quiet,<br>and He brought them to the port they desired.",
            "Let them praise the L<small>ORD</small> for His steadfast love,<br>His wondrous deeds for mankind.",
            "Let them exalt Him in the congregation of the people,<br>acclaim Him in the assembly of the elders.<br>",
            "He turns the rivers into a wilderness,<br>springs of water into thirsty land,",
            "fruitful land into a salt marsh,<br>because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.",
            "He turns the wilderness into pools,<br>parched land into springs of water.",
            "There He settles the hungry;<br>they build a place to settle in.",
            "They sow fields and plant vineyards<br>that yield a fruitful harvest.",
            "He blesses them and they increase greatly;<br>and He does not let their cattle decrease,",
            "after they had been few and crushed<br>by oppression, misery, and sorrow.",
            "He pours contempt on great men<br>and makes them lose their way in trackless deserts;",
            "but the needy He secures from suffering,<br>and increases their families like flocks.<br>",
            "The upright see it and rejoice;<br>the mouth of all wrongdoers is stopped.",
            "The wise man will take note of these things;<br>he will consider the steadfast love of the L<small>ORD</small>."
        ],
        [
            "A song. A psalm of David.<br>",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">With vv. 2–6, cf. Ps. 57.8–12.</i>My heart is firm, O God;<br>I will sing and chant a hymn with all my soul.",
            "Awake, O harp and lyre!<br>I will wake the dawn.",
            "I will praise You among the peoples, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>sing a hymn to You among the nations;",
            "for Your faithfulness is higher than the heavens;<br>Your steadfastness reaches to the sky.",
            "Exalt Yourself over the heavens, O God;<br>let Your glory be over all the earth!",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">With vv. 7–14, cf. Ps. 60.7–14.</i>That those whom You love may be rescued,<br>deliver with Your right hand and answer me.<br>",
            "God promised <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “by His holiness.”</i>in His sanctuary<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup><br>that I would exultingly divide up Shechem,<br>and measure the Valley of Sukkoth;",
            "Gilead and Manasseh would be mine,<br>Ephraim my chief stronghold,<br>Judah my scepter;",
            "Moab would be my washbasin;<br>on Edom I would cast my shoe;<br>I would raise a shout over Philistia.",
            "Would that I were brought to the bastion!<br>Would that I were led to Edom!<br>",
            "But You have rejected us, O God;<br>God, You do not march with our armies.",
            "Grant us Your aid against the foe,<br>for the help of man is worthless.",
            "With God we shall triumph;<br>He will trample our foes."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. Of David. A psalm.<br><br>O God of my praise,<br>do not keep aloof,",
            "for the wicked and the deceitful<br>open their mouth against me;<br>they speak to me with lying tongue.",
            "They encircle me with words of hate;<br>they attack me without cause.",
            "They answer my love with accusation<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “but I am all prayer”; meaning of Heb. uncertain, but see v. 7.</i>and I must stand judgment.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “but I am all prayer”; meaning of Heb. uncertain, but see v. 7.</i>",
            "They repay me with evil for good,<br>with hatred for my love.<br>",
            "Appoint a wicked man over him;<br>may an accuser stand at his right side;",
            "may he be tried and convicted;<br>may he be judged and found guilty.",
            "May his days be few;<br>may another take over <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>his position.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "May his children be orphans,<br>his wife a widow.",
            "May his children wander from their hovels,<br>begging in search of [bread].",
            "May his creditor seize all his possessions;<br>may strangers plunder his wealth.",
            "May no one show him mercy;<br>may none pity his orphans;",
            "may his posterity be cut off;<br>may their names be blotted out in the next generation.",
            "May God be ever mindful of his father’s iniquity,<br>and may the sin of his mother not be blotted out.",
            "May the L<small>ORD</small> be aware of them always<br>and cause their names to be cut off from the earth,",
            "because he was not minded to act kindly,<br>and hounded to death the poor and needy man,<br>one crushed in spirit.",
            "He loved to curse—may a curse come upon him!<br>He would not bless—may blessing be far from him!",
            "May he be clothed in a curse like a garment,<br>may it enter his body like water,<br>his bones like oil.",
            "Let it be like the cloak he wraps around him,<br>like the belt he always wears.",
            "May the L<small>ORD</small> thus repay my accusers,<br>all those who speak evil against me.<br>",
            "Now You, O God, my Lord,<br>act on my behalf as befits Your name.<br>Good and faithful as You are, save me.",
            "For I am poor and needy,<br>and my heart is pierced within me.",
            "I fade away like a lengthening shadow;<br>I am shaken off like locusts.",
            "My knees give way from fasting;<br>my flesh is lean, has lost its fat.",
            "I am the object of their scorn;<br>when they see me, they shake their head.",
            "Help me, O L<small>ORD</small>, my God;<br>save me in accord with Your faithfulness,",
            "that men may know that it is Your hand,<br>that You, O L<small>ORD</small>, have done it.",
            "Let them curse, but You bless;<br>let them rise up, but come to grief,<br>while Your servant rejoices.",
            "My accusers shall be clothed in shame,<br>wrapped in their disgrace as in a robe.<br>",
            "My mouth shall sing much praise to the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>I will acclaim Him in the midst of a throng,",
            "because He stands at the right hand of the needy,<br>to save him from those who would condemn him."
        ],
        [
            "Of David. A psalm.<br><br>The L<small>ORD</small> said to my lord,<br>“Sit at My right hand<br>while I make your enemies your footstool.”<br>",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> will stretch forth from Zion your mighty scepter;<br>hold sway over your enemies!",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>Your people come forward willingly on your day of battle.<br>In majestic holiness, from the womb,<br>from the dawn, yours was the dew of youth.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> has sworn and will not relent,<br>“You are a priest forever, <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “after the manner of Melchizedek.”</i>a rightful king by My decree.”<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "The Lord is at your right hand.<br>He crushes kings in the day of His anger.<br>",
            "He works judgment upon the nations,<br>heaping up bodies,<br>crushing heads far and wide.",
            "He drinks from the stream on his way;<br>therefore he holds his head high."
        ],
        [
            "Hallelujah.<br>I praise the L<small>ORD</small> with all my heart<br>in the assembled congregation of the upright.",
            "The works of the L<small>ORD</small> are great,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>within reach of all who desire them.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "His deeds are splendid and glorious;<br>His beneficence is everlasting;",
            "He has won renown for His wonders.<br>The L<small>ORD</small> is gracious and compassionate;",
            "He gives food to those who fear Him;<br>He is ever mindful of His covenant.",
            "He revealed to His people His powerful works,<br>in giving them the heritage of nations.",
            "His handiwork is truth and justice;<br>all His precepts are enduring,",
            "well-founded for all eternity,<br>wrought of truth and equity.",
            "He sent redemption to His people;<br>He ordained His covenant for all time;<br>His name is holy and awesome.",
            "The beginning<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “chief part.”</i> of wisdom is the fear of the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>all who practice it gain sound understanding.<br>Praise of Him is everlasting."
        ],
        [
            "Hallelujah.<br>Happy is the man who fears the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>who is ardently devoted to His commandments.",
            "His descendants will be mighty in the land,<br><br>a blessed generation of upright men.",
            "Wealth and riches are in his house,<br>and his beneficence lasts forever.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “He shines as a light.”</i>A light shines<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> for the upright in the darkness;<br>he is gracious, compassionate, and beneficent.",
            "All goes well with the man who lends generously,<br>who conducts his affairs with equity.",
            "He shall never be shaken;<br>the beneficent man will be remembered forever.",
            "He is not afraid of evil tidings;<br>his heart is firm, he trusts in the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "His heart is resolute, he is unafraid;<br>in the end he will see the fall of his foes.",
            "He gives freely to the poor;<br>his beneficence lasts forever;<br>his horn is exalted in honor.",
            "The wicked man shall see it and be vexed;<br>he shall gnash his teeth; his courage shall fail.<br>The desire of the wicked shall come to nothing."
        ],
        [
            "Hallelujah.<br>O servants of the L<small>ORD</small>, give praise;<br>praise the name of the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "Let the name of the L<small>ORD</small> be blessed<br>now and forever.",
            "From east to west<br>the name of the L<small>ORD</small> is praised.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is exalted above all nations;<br>His glory is above the heavens.",
            "Who is like the L<small>ORD</small> our God,<br>who, enthroned on high,",
            "sees what is below,<br>in heaven and on earth?",
            "He raises the poor from the dust,<br>lifts up the needy from the refuse heap",
            "to set them with the great,<br>with the great men of His people.",
            "He sets the childless woman among her household<br>as a happy mother of children.<br>Hallelujah."
        ],
        [
            "When Israel went forth from Egypt,<br>the house of Jacob from a people of strange speech,",
            "Judah became His <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “sanctuary.”</i>holy one,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>Israel, His dominion.",
            "The sea saw them and fled,<br>Jordan ran backward,",
            "mountains skipped like rams,<br>hills like sheep.",
            "What alarmed you, O sea, that you fled,<br>Jordan, that you ran backward,",
            "mountains, that you skipped like rams,<br>hills, like sheep?",
            "Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,<br>at the presence of the God of Jacob,",
            "who turned the rock into a pool of water,<br>the flinty rock into a fountain."
        ],
        [
            "Not to us, O L<small>ORD</small>, not to us<br>but to Your name bring glory<br>for the sake of Your love and Your faithfulness.",
            "Let the nations not say,<br>“Where, now, is their God?”",
            "when our God is in heaven<br>and all that He wills He accomplishes.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">With vv. 4–11, cf. Ps. 135.15–20.</i>Their idols are silver and gold,<br>the work of men’s hands.",
            "They have mouths, but cannot speak,<br>eyes, but cannot see;",
            "they have ears, but cannot hear,<br>noses, but cannot smell;",
            "they have hands, but cannot touch,<br>feet, but cannot walk;<br>they can make no sound in their throats.",
            "Those who fashion them,<br>all who trust in them,<br>shall become like them.",
            "O Israel, trust in the L<small>ORD</small>!<br>He is their help and shield.",
            "O house of Aaron, trust in the L<small>ORD</small>!<br>He is their help and shield.",
            "O you who fear the L<small>ORD</small>, trust in the L<small>ORD</small>!<br>He is their help and shield.<br>",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is mindful of us.<br>He will bless us;<br>He will bless the house of Israel;<br>He will bless the house of Aaron;",
            "He will bless those who fear the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>small and great alike.<br>",
            "May the L<small>ORD</small> increase your numbers,<br>yours and your children’s also.",
            "May you be blessed by the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>Maker of heaven and earth.",
            "The heavens belong to the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>but the earth He gave over to man.",
            "The dead cannot praise the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>nor any who go down into silence.",
            "But we will bless the L<small>ORD</small><br>now and forever.<br>Hallelujah."
        ],
        [
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Heb. transposed for clarity; others “I would love that the Lord hear,” etc.</i>I love the L<small>ORD</small><br>for He hears<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> my voice, my pleas;",
            "for He turns His ear to me<br>whenever I call.",
            "The bonds of death encompassed me;<br>the torments of Sheol overtook me.<br>I came upon trouble and sorrow",
            "and I invoked the name of the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>“O L<small>ORD</small>, save my life!”<br>",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is gracious and beneficent;<br>our God is compassionate.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> protects the simple;<br>I was brought low and He saved me.",
            "Be at rest, once again, O my soul,<br>for the L<small>ORD</small> has been good to you.",
            "You<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">I.e., God.</i> have delivered me from death,<br>my eyes from tears,<br>my feet from stumbling.",
            "I shall walk before the L<small>ORD</small><br>in the lands of the living.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>I trust [in the L<small>ORD</small>];<br>out of great suffering I spoke<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup>",
            "and said rashly,<br>“All men are false.”<br>",
            "How can I repay the L<small>ORD</small><br>for all His bounties to me?",
            "I raise the cup of deliverance<br>and invoke the name of the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "I will pay my vows to the L<small>ORD</small><br>in the presence of all His people.",
            "The death of His faithful ones<br>is grievous in the L<small>ORD</small>’s sight.<br>",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>I am Your servant,<br>Your servant, the son of Your maidservant;<br>You have undone the cords that bound me.",
            "I will sacrifice a thank offering to You<br>and invoke the name of the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "I will pay my vows to the L<small>ORD</small><br>in the presence of all His people,",
            "in the courts of the house of the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>in the midst of<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Others “of you.”</i> Jerusalem.<br>Hallelujah."
        ],
        [
            "Praise the L<small>ORD</small>, all you nations;<br>extol Him, all you peoples,",
            "for great is His steadfast love toward us;<br>the faithfulness of the L<small>ORD</small> endures forever.<br>Hallelujah."
        ],
        [
            "Praise the L<small>ORD</small>, for He is good,<br>His steadfast love is eternal.",
            "Let Israel declare,<br>“His steadfast love is eternal.”",
            "Let the house of Aaron declare,<br>“His steadfast love is eternal.”",
            "Let those who fear the L<small>ORD</small> declare,<br>“His steadfast love is eternal.”<br>",
            "In distress I called on the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>the Lord answered me and brought me relief.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is on my side,<br>I have no fear;<br>what can man do to me?",
            "With the L<small>ORD</small> on my side as my helper,<br>I will see the downfall of my foes.<br>",
            "It is better to take refuge in the L<small>ORD</small><br>than to trust in mortals;",
            "it is better to take refuge in the L<small>ORD</small><br>than to trust in the great.<br>",
            "All nations have beset me;<br>by the name of the L<small>ORD</small> I will surely <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of ’amilam in this and the following two verses uncertain.</i>cut them down.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "They beset me, they surround me;<br>by the name of the L<small>ORD</small> I will surely cut them down.",
            "They have beset me like bees;<br>they shall be extinguished like burning thorns;<br>by the name of the L<small>ORD</small> I will surely cut them down.<br>",
            "You<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">I.e., the enemy.</i> pressed me hard,<br>I nearly fell;<br>but the L<small>ORD</small> helped me.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is my strength and might;<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Others “song.”</i><br>He has become my deliverance.",
            "The tents of the victorious<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “righteous.”</i> resound with joyous shouts of deliverance,<br>“The right hand of the L<small>ORD</small> is triumphant!",
            "The right hand of the L<small>ORD</small> is exalted!<br>The right hand of the L<small>ORD</small> is triumphant!”<br>",
            "I shall not die but live<br>and proclaim the works of the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> punished me severely,<br>but did not hand me over to death.",
            "Open the gates of victory<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">e</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “righteousness.”</i> for me<br>that I may enter them and praise the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "This is the gateway to the L<small>ORD</small>—<br>the victorious<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “righteous.”</i> shall enter through it.<br>",
            "I praise You, for You have answered me,<br>and have become my deliverance.",
            "The stone that the builders rejected<br>has become the chief cornerstone.",
            "This is the L<small>ORD</small>’s doing;<br>it is marvelous in our sight.",
            "This is the day that the L<small>ORD</small> has made—<br>let us exult and rejoice on it.<br>",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, deliver us!<br>O L<small>ORD</small>, let us prosper!<br>",
            "May he who enters be blessed in the name of the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>we bless you from the House of the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is God;<br>He has given us light;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">f</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>bind the festal offering to the horns of the altar with cords.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-f</sup>",
            "You are my God and I will praise You;<br>You are my God and I will extol You.",
            "Praise the L<small>ORD</small> for He is good,<br>His steadfast love is eternal."
        ],
        [
            "Happy are those whose way is blameless,<br>who follow the teaching of the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "Happy are those who observe His decrees,<br>who turn to Him wholeheartedly.",
            "They have done no wrong,<br>but have followed His ways.",
            "You have commanded that Your precepts<br>be kept diligently.",
            "Would that my ways were firm<br>in keeping Your laws;",
            "then I would not be ashamed<br>when I regard all Your commandments.",
            "I will praise You with a sincere heart<br>as I learn Your just rules.",
            "I will keep Your laws;<br>do not utterly forsake me.<br>",
            "How can a young man keep his way pure?—<br>by holding to Your word.",
            "I have turned to You with all my heart;<br>do not let me stray from Your commandments.",
            "In my heart I treasure Your promise;<br>therefore I do not sin against You.",
            "Blessed are You, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>train me in Your laws.",
            "With my lips I rehearse<br>all the rules You proclaimed.",
            "I rejoice over the way of Your decrees<br>as over all riches.",
            "I study Your precepts;<br>I regard Your ways;",
            "I take delight in Your laws;<br>I will not neglect Your word.<br>",
            "Deal kindly with Your servant,<br>that I may live to keep Your word.",
            "Open my eyes, that I may perceive<br>the wonders of Your teaching.",
            "I am only a sojourner in the land;<br>do not hide Your commandments from me.",
            "My soul is consumed with longing<br>for Your rules at all times.",
            "You blast the accursed insolent ones<br>who stray from Your commandments.",
            "Take away from me taunt and abuse,<br>because I observe Your decrees.",
            "Though princes meet and speak against me,<br>Your servant studies Your laws.",
            "For Your decrees are my delight,<br>my intimate companions.<br>",
            "My soul clings to the dust;<br>revive me in accordance with Your word.",
            "I have declared my way, and You have answered me;<br>train me in Your laws.",
            "Make me understand the way of Your precepts,<br>that I may study Your wondrous acts.",
            "I am racked with grief;<br>sustain me in accordance with Your word.",
            "Remove all false ways from me;<br>favor me with Your teaching.",
            "I have chosen the way of faithfulness;<br>I have set Your rules before me.",
            "I cling to Your decrees;<br>O L<small>ORD</small>, do not put me to shame.",
            "I eagerly pursue Your commandments,<br>for You broaden my understanding.<br>",
            "Teach me, O L<small>ORD</small>, the way of Your laws;<br>I will observe them <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>to the utmost.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "Give me understanding, that I may observe Your teaching<br>and keep it wholeheartedly.",
            "Lead me in the path of Your commandments,<br>for that is my concern.",
            "Turn my heart to Your decrees<br>and not to love of gain.",
            "Avert my eyes from seeing falsehood;<br>by Your ways preserve me.",
            "Fulfill Your promise to Your servant,<br>which is for those who worship You.",
            "Remove the taunt that I dread,<br>for Your rules are good.",
            "See, I have longed for Your precepts;<br>by Your righteousness preserve me.<br>",
            "May Your steadfast love reach me, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>Your deliverance, as You have promised.",
            "I shall have an answer for those who taunt me,<br>for I have put my trust in Your word.",
            "Do not utterly take the truth away from my mouth,<br>for I have put my hope in Your rules.",
            "I will always obey Your teaching,<br>forever and ever.",
            "I will walk about at ease,<br>for I have turned to Your precepts.",
            "I will speak of Your decrees,<br>and not be ashamed in the presence of kings.",
            "I will delight in Your commandments,<br>which I love.",
            "I reach out for Your commandments, which I love;<br>I study Your laws.<br>",
            "Remember Your word to Your servant<br>through which You have given me hope.",
            "This is my comfort in my affliction,<br>that Your promise has preserved me.",
            "Though the arrogant have cruelly mocked me,<br>I have not swerved from Your teaching.",
            "I remember Your rules of old, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>and find comfort in them.",
            "I am seized with rage<br>because of the wicked who forsake Your teaching.",
            "Your laws are <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “songs for me.”</i>a source of strength to me<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>wherever I may dwell.",
            "I remember Your name at night, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>and obey Your teaching.",
            "This has been my lot,<br>for I have observed Your precepts.<br>",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is my portion;<br>I have resolved to keep Your words.",
            "I have implored You with all my heart;<br>have mercy on me, in accordance with Your promise.",
            "I have considered my ways,<br>and have turned back to Your decrees.",
            "I have hurried and not delayed<br>to keep Your commandments.",
            "Though the bonds of the wicked are coiled round me,<br>I have not neglected Your teaching.",
            "I arise at midnight to praise You<br>for Your just rules.",
            "I am a companion to all who fear You,<br>to those who keep Your precepts.",
            "Your steadfast love, O L<small>ORD</small>, fills the earth;<br>teach me Your laws.<br>",
            "You have treated Your servant well,<br>according to Your word, O L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "Teach me good sense and knowledge,<br>for I have put my trust in Your commandments.",
            "Before I was humbled I went astray,<br>but now I keep Your word.",
            "You are good and beneficent;<br>teach me Your laws.",
            "Though the arrogant have accused me falsely,<br>I observe Your precepts wholeheartedly.",
            "Their minds are thick like fat;<br>as for me, Your teaching is my delight.",
            "It was good for me that I was humbled,<br>so that I might learn Your laws.",
            "I prefer the teaching You proclaimed<br>to thousands of gold and silver pieces.<br>",
            "Your hands made me and fashioned me;<br>give me understanding that I may learn Your commandments.",
            "Those who fear You will see me and rejoice,<br>for I have put my hope in Your word.",
            "I know, O L<small>ORD</small>, that Your rulings are just;<br>rightly have You humbled me.",
            "May Your steadfast love comfort me<br>in accordance with Your promise to Your servant.",
            "May Your mercy reach me, that I might live,<br>for Your teaching is my delight.",
            "Let the insolent be dismayed, for they have wronged me without cause;<br>I will study Your precepts.",
            "May those who fear You,<br>those who know Your decrees,<br>turn again to me.",
            "May I wholeheartedly follow Your laws<br>so that I do not come to grief.<br>",
            "I long for Your deliverance;<br>I hope for Your word.",
            "My eyes pine away for Your promise;<br>I say, “When will You comfort me?”",
            "Though I have become like a water-skin dried in smoke,<br>I have not neglected Your laws.",
            "How long has Your servant to live?<br>when will You bring my persecutors to judgment?",
            "The insolent have dug pits for me,<br>flouting Your teaching.",
            "All Your commandments are enduring;<br>I am persecuted without cause; help me!",
            "Though they almost wiped me off the earth,<br>I did not abandon Your precepts.",
            "As befits Your steadfast love, preserve me,<br>so that I may keep the decree You proclaimed.<br>",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> exists forever;<br>Your word stands firm in heaven.",
            "Your faithfulness is for all generations;<br>You have established the earth, and it stands.",
            "They stand this day to [carry out] Your rulings,<br>for all are Your servants.",
            "Were not Your teaching my delight<br>I would have perished in my affliction.",
            "I will never neglect Your precepts,<br>for You have preserved my life through them.",
            "I am Yours; save me!<br>For I have turned to Your precepts.",
            "The wicked hope to destroy me,<br>but I ponder Your decrees.",
            "I have seen that all things have their limit,<br>but Your commandment is broad beyond measure.<br>",
            "O how I love Your teaching!<br>It is my study all day long.",
            "Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies;<br>they always stand by me.",
            "I have gained more insight than all my teachers,<br>for Your decrees are my study.",
            "I have gained more understanding than my elders,<br>for I observe Your precepts.",
            "I have avoided every evil way<br>so that I may keep Your word.",
            "I have not departed from Your rules,<br>for You have instructed me.",
            "How pleasing is Your word to my palate,<br>sweeter than honey.",
            "I ponder Your precepts;<br>therefore I hate every false way.<br>",
            "Your word is a lamp to my feet,<br>a light for my path.",
            "I have firmly sworn<br>to keep Your just rules.",
            "I am very much afflicted;<br>O L<small>ORD</small>, preserve me in accordance with Your word.",
            "Accept, O L<small>ORD</small>, my freewill offerings;<br>teach me Your rules.",
            "Though my life is always in danger,<br>I do not neglect Your teaching.",
            "Though the wicked have set a trap for me,<br>I have not strayed from Your precepts.",
            "Your decrees are my eternal heritage;<br>they are my heart’s delight.",
            "I am resolved to follow Your laws<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>to the utmost<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> forever.<br>",
            "I hate men of divided heart,<br>but I love Your teaching.",
            "You are my protection and my shield;<br>I hope for Your word.",
            "Keep away from me, you evildoers,<br>that I may observe the commandments of my God.",
            "Support me as You promised, so that I may live;<br>do not thwart my expectation.",
            "Sustain me that I may be saved,<br>and I will always muse upon Your laws.",
            "You reject all who stray from Your laws,<br>for they are false and deceitful.",
            "You do away with the wicked as if they were dross;<br>rightly do I love Your decrees.",
            "My flesh creeps from fear of You;<br>I am in awe of Your rulings.<br>",
            "I have done what is just and right;<br>do not abandon me to those who would wrong me.",
            "Guarantee Your servant’s well-being;<br>do not let the arrogant wrong me.",
            "My eyes pine away for Your deliverance,<br>for Your promise of victory.",
            "Deal with Your servant as befits Your steadfast love;<br>teach me Your laws.",
            "I am Your servant;<br>give me understanding,<br>that I might know Your decrees.",
            "It is a time to act for the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>for they have violated Your teaching.",
            "Rightly do I love Your commandments<br>more than gold, even fine gold.",
            "Truly <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “I declare all [Your] precepts to be just.”</i>by all [Your] precepts I walk straight;<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup><br>I hate every false way.<br>",
            "Your decrees are wondrous;<br>rightly do I observe them.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\">With Targum; or “The exposition of Your words gives”; meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>The words You inscribed give<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-d</sup> light,<br>and grant understanding to the simple.",
            "I open my mouth wide, I pant,<br>longing for Your commandments.",
            "Turn to me and be gracious to me,<br>as is Your rule with those who love Your name.",
            "Make my feet firm through Your promise;<br>do not let iniquity dominate me.",
            "Redeem me from being wronged by man,<br>that I may keep Your precepts.",
            "Show favor to Your servant,<br>and teach me Your laws.",
            "My eyes shed streams of water<br>because men do not obey Your teaching.<br>",
            "You are righteous, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>Your rulings are just.",
            "You have ordained righteous decrees;<br>they are firmly enduring.",
            "I am consumed with rage<br>over my foes’ neglect of Your words.",
            "Your word is exceedingly pure,<br>and Your servant loves it.",
            "Though I am belittled and despised,<br>I have not neglected Your precepts.",
            "Your righteousness is eternal;<br>Your teaching is true.",
            "Though anguish and distress come upon me,<br>Your commandments are my delight.",
            "Your righteous decrees are eternal;<br>give me understanding, that I might live.<br>",
            "I call with all my heart;<br>answer me, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>that I may observe Your laws.",
            "I call upon You; save me,<br>that I may keep Your decrees.",
            "I rise before dawn and cry for help;<br>I hope for Your word.",
            "My eyes greet each watch of the night,<br>as I meditate on Your promise.",
            "Hear my voice as befits Your steadfast love;<br>O L<small>ORD</small>, preserve me, as is Your rule.",
            "Those who pursue intrigue draw near;<br>they are far from Your teaching.",
            "You, O L<small>ORD</small>, are near,<br>and all Your commandments are true.",
            "I know from Your decrees of old<br>that You have established them forever.<br>",
            "See my affliction and rescue me,<br>for I have not neglected Your teaching.",
            "Champion my cause and redeem me;<br>preserve me according to Your promise.",
            "Deliverance is far from the wicked,<br>for they have not turned to Your laws.",
            "Your mercies are great, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>as is Your rule, preserve me.",
            "Many are my persecutors and foes;<br>I have not swerved from Your decrees.",
            "I have seen traitors and loathed<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">e</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “have contended with.”</i> them,<br>because they did not keep Your word in mind.",
            "See that I have loved Your precepts;<br>O L<small>ORD</small>, preserve me, as befits Your steadfast love.",
            "Truth is the essence of Your word;<br>Your just rules are eternal.<br>",
            "Princes have persecuted me without reason;<br>my heart thrills at Your word.",
            "I rejoice over Your promise<br>as one who obtains great spoil.",
            "I hate and abhor falsehood;<br>I love Your teaching.",
            "I praise You seven times each day<br>for Your just rules.",
            "Those who love Your teaching enjoy well-being;<br>they encounter no adversity.",
            "I hope for Your deliverance, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>I observe Your commandments.",
            "I obey Your decrees<br>and love them greatly.",
            "I obey Your precepts and decrees;<br>all my ways are before You.<br>",
            "May my plea reach You, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>grant me understanding according to Your word.",
            "May my petition come before You;<br>save me in accordance with Your promise.",
            "My lips shall pour forth praise,<br>for You teach me Your laws.",
            "My tongue shall declare Your promise,<br>for all Your commandments are just.",
            "Lend Your hand to help me,<br>for I have chosen Your precepts.",
            "I have longed for Your deliverance, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>Your teaching is my delight.",
            "Let me live, that I may praise You;<br>may Your rules be my help;",
            "I have strayed like a lost sheep;<br>search for Your servant,<br>for I have not neglected Your commandments."
        ],
        [
            "A song of ascents.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">A term of uncertain meaning.</i><br><br>In my distress I called to the L<small>ORD</small><br>and He answered me.",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, save me from treacherous lips,<br>from a deceitful tongue!",
            "What can you profit,<br>what can you gain,<br>O deceitful tongue?",
            "A warrior’s sharp arrows,<br>with hot coals of broom-wood.<br>",
            "Woe is me, that I live with Meshech,<br>that I dwell among the clans of Kedar.",
            "Too long have I dwelt with those who hate peace.",
            "I am all peace;<br>but when I speak,<br>they are for war."
        ],
        [
            "A song for ascents.<br><br>I turn my eyes to the mountains;<br>from where will my help come?",
            "My help comes from the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>maker of heaven and earth.",
            "He will not let your foot give way;<br>your guardian will not slumber;",
            "See, the guardian of Israel<br>neither slumbers nor sleeps!",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is your guardian,<br>the L<small>ORD</small> is your protection<br>at your right hand.",
            "By day the sun will not strike you,<br>nor the moon by night.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> will guard you from all harm;<br>He will guard your life.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> will guard your going and coming<br>now and forever."
        ],
        [
            "A song of ascents. Of David. I rejoiced when they said to me,<br>“We are going to the House of the L<small>ORD</small>.”",
            "Our feet stood inside your gates, O Jerusalem,",
            "Jerusalem built up, a city knit together,",
            "to which tribes would make pilgrimage,<br>the tribes of the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>—as was enjoined upon Israel—<br>to praise the name of the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "There the thrones of judgment stood,<br>thrones of the house of David.",
            "Pray for the well-being of Jerusalem;<br>“May those who love you be at peace.",
            "May there be well-being within your ramparts,<br>peace in your citadels.”",
            "For the sake of my kin and friends,<br>I pray for your well-being;",
            "for the sake of the house of the L<small>ORD</small> our God,<br>I seek your good."
        ],
        [
            "A song of ascents.<br><br>To You, enthroned in heaven,<br>I turn my eyes.",
            "As the eyes of slaves follow their master’s hand,<br>as the eyes of a slave-girl follow the hand of her mistress,<br>so our eyes are toward the L<small>ORD</small> our God,<br>awaiting His favor.",
            "Show us favor, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>show us favor!<br>We have had more than enough of contempt.",
            "Long enough have we endured<br>the scorn of the complacent,<br>the contempt of the haughty."
        ],
        [
            "A song of ascents. Of David.<br><br>Were it not for the L<small>ORD</small>, who was on our side,<br>let Israel now declare,",
            "were it not for the L<small>ORD</small>, who was on our side<br>when men assailed us,",
            "they would have swallowed us alive<br>in their burning rage against us;",
            "the waters would have carried us off,<br>the torrent would have swept over us;",
            "over us would have swept<br>the seething waters.",
            "Blessed is the L<small>ORD</small>, who did not let us<br>be ripped apart by their teeth.",
            "We are like a bird escaped from the fowler’s trap;<br>the trap broke and we escaped.",
            "Our help is the name of the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>maker of heaven and earth."
        ],
        [
            "A song of ascents.<br><br>Those who trust in the L<small>ORD</small><br>are like Mount Zion<br>that cannot be moved,<br>enduring forever.",
            "Jerusalem, hills enfold it,<br>and the L<small>ORD</small> enfolds His people<br>now and forever.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>The scepter of the wicked shall never rest<br>upon the land allotted to the righteous,<br>that the righteous not set their hand to wrongdoing.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "Do good, O L<small>ORD</small>, to the good,<br>to the upright in heart.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>But those who in their crookedness act corruptly,<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>let the L<small>ORD</small> make them go the way of evildoers.<br>May it be well with Israel!"
        ],
        [
            "A song of ascents.<br><br>When the L<small>ORD</small> restores the fortunes of Zion<br>—<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “we are veritable dreamers.”</i>we see it as in a dream<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>—",
            "our mouths shall be filled with laughter,<br>our tongues, with songs of joy.<br>Then shall they say among the nations,<br>“The L<small>ORD</small> has done great things for them!”",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> will do great things for us<br>and we shall rejoice.",
            "Restore our fortunes, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>like watercourses in the Negeb.",
            "They who sow in tears<br>shall reap with songs of joy.",
            "Though he goes along weeping,<br>carrying the seed-bag,<br>he shall come back with songs of joy,<br>carrying his sheaves."
        ],
        [
            "A song of ascents. Of Solomon.<br><br>Unless the L<small>ORD</small> builds the house,<br>its builders labor in vain on it;<br>unless the L<small>ORD</small> watches over the city,<br>the watchman keeps vigil in vain.",
            "In vain do you rise early<br>and stay up late,<br>you who toil for the bread you eat;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>He provides as much for His loved ones while they sleep.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup><br>",
            "Sons are the provision<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “heritage.”</i> of the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>the fruit of the womb, His reward.",
            "Like arrows in the hand of a warrior<br>are sons born to a man in his youth.",
            "Happy is the man who fills his quiver with them;<br>they shall not be put to shame<br>when they contend with the enemy in the gate."
        ],
        [
            "A song of ascents.<br><br>Happy are all who fear the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>who follow His ways.",
            "You shall enjoy the fruit of your labors;<br>you shall be happy and you shall prosper.",
            "Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine within your house;<br>your sons, like olive saplings around your table.",
            "So shall the man who fears the L<small>ORD</small> be blessed.<br>",
            "May the L<small>ORD</small> bless you from Zion;<br>may you share the prosperity of Jerusalem<br>all the days of your life,",
            "and live to see your children’s children.<br>May all be well with Israel!"
        ],
        [
            "A song of ascents.<br><br>Since my youth they have often assailed me,<br>let Israel now declare,",
            "since my youth they have often assailed me,<br>but they have never overcome me.",
            "Plowmen plowed across my back;<br>they made long furrows.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small>, the righteous one,<br>has snapped the cords of the wicked.",
            "Let all who hate Zion<br>fall back in disgrace.",
            "Let them be like grass on roofs<br>that fades before it can be pulled up,",
            "that affords no handful for the reaper,<br>no armful for the gatherer of sheaves,",
            "no exchange with passersby:<br>“The blessing of the L<small>ORD</small> be upon you.”<br>“We bless you by the name of the L<small>ORD</small>.”"
        ],
        [
            "A song of ascents.<br><br>Out of the depths I call You, O L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "O Lord, listen to my cry;<br>let Your ears be attentive<br>to my plea for mercy.",
            "If You keep account of sins, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>Lord, who will survive?",
            "Yours is the power to forgive<br>so that You may be held in awe.<br>",
            "I look to the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>I look to Him;<br>I await His word.",
            "I am more eager for the Lord<br>than watchmen for the morning,<br>watchmen for the morning.<br>",
            "O Israel, wait for the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>for with the L<small>ORD</small> is steadfast love<br>and great power to redeem.",
            "It is He who will redeem Israel from all their iniquities."
        ],
        [
            "A song of ascents. Of David.<br><br>O L<small>ORD</small>, my heart is not proud<br>nor my look haughty;<br>I do not aspire to great things<br>or to what is beyond me;",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>but I have taught myself to be contented<br>like a weaned child with its mother;<br>like a weaned child am I in my mind.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "O Israel, wait for the L<small>ORD</small><br>now and forever."
        ],
        [
            "A song of ascents.<br><br>O L<small>ORD</small>, remember in David’s favor<br>his extreme self-denial,",
            "how he swore to the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,",
            "“I will not enter my house,<br>nor will I mount my bed,",
            "I will not give sleep to my eyes,<br>or slumber to my eyelids<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “eyes.”</i>",
            "until I find a place for the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>an abode for the Mighty One of Jacob.”<br>",
            "We heard it was in Ephrath;<br>we came upon it in the region of Jaar.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. 1 Sam. 7.1–2; 1 Chron. 13.5–6.</i>",
            "Let us enter His abode,<br>bow at His footstool.",
            "Advance, O L<small>ORD</small>, to Your resting-place,<br>You and Your mighty Ark!",
            "Your priests are clothed in triumph;<br>Your loyal ones sing for joy.",
            "For the sake of Your servant David<br>do not reject Your anointed one.<br>",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> swore to David<br>a firm oath that He will not renounce,<br>“One of your own issue I will set upon your throne.",
            "If your sons keep My covenant<br>and My decrees that I teach them,<br>then their sons also,<br>to the end of time,<br>shall sit upon your throne.”",
            "For the L<small>ORD</small> has chosen Zion;<br>He has desired it for His seat.",
            "“This is my resting-place for all time;<br>here I will dwell, for I desire it.",
            "I will amply bless its store of food,<br>give its needy their fill of bread.",
            "I will clothe its priests in victory,<br>its loyal ones shall sing for joy.",
            "There I will make a horn sprout for David;<br>I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.",
            "I will clothe his enemies in disgrace,<br>while on him his crown shall sparkle.”"
        ],
        [
            "A song of ascents. Of David.<br><br>How good and how pleasant it is<br>that brothers dwell together.",
            "It is like fine oil on the head<br>running down onto the beard,<br>the beard of Aaron,<br>that comes down over the collar of his robe;",
            "like the dew of Hermon<br>that falls upon the mountains of Zion.<br>There the L<small>ORD</small> ordained blessing,<br>everlasting life."
        ],
        [
            "A song of ascents.<br><br>Now bless the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>all you servants of the L<small>ORD</small><br>who stand nightly<br>in the house of the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "Lift your hands toward the sanctuary<br>and bless the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "May the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>maker of heaven and earth,<br>bless you from Zion."
        ],
        [
            "Hallelujah.<br>Praise the name of the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>give praise, you servants of the L<small>ORD</small>",
            "who stand in the house of the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>in the courts of the house of our God.",
            "Praise the L<small>ORD</small>, for the L<small>ORD</small> is good;<br>sing hymns to His name, for it is pleasant.",
            "For the L<small>ORD</small> has chosen Jacob for Himself,<br>Israel, as His treasured possession.<br>",
            "For I know that the L<small>ORD</small> is great,<br>that our Lord is greater than all gods.",
            "Whatever the L<small>ORD</small> desires He does<br>in heaven and earth,<br>in the seas and all the depths.",
            "He makes clouds rise from the end of the earth;<br>He makes lightning for the rain;<br>He releases the wind from His vaults.",
            "He struck down the first-born of Egypt,<br>man and beast alike;",
            "He sent signs and portents against<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Others “against you.”</i> Egypt,<br>against Pharaoh and all his servants;",
            "He struck down many nations<br>and slew numerous kings—",
            "Sihon, king of the Amorites,<br>Og, king of Bashan,<br>and all the royalty of Canaan—",
            "and gave their lands as a heritage,<br>as a heritage to His people Israel.<br>",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, Your name endures forever,<br>Your fame, O L<small>ORD</small>, through all generations;",
            "for the L<small>ORD</small> will champion His people,<br>and obtain satisfaction for His servants.<br>",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">With vv. 15–20, cf. Ps. 115.4–11.</i>The idols of the nations are silver and gold,<br>the work of men’s hands.",
            "They have mouths, but cannot speak;<br>they have eyes, but cannot see;",
            "they have ears, but cannot hear,<br>nor is there breath in their mouths.",
            "Those who fashion them,<br>all who trust in them,<br>shall become like them.<br>",
            "O house of Israel, bless the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>O house of Aaron, bless the L<small>ORD</small>;",
            "O house of Levi, bless the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>you who fear the L<small>ORD</small>, bless the L<small>ORD</small>.",
            "Blessed is the L<small>ORD</small> from Zion,<br>He who dwells in Jerusalem.<br>Hallelujah."
        ],
        [
            "Praise the L<small>ORD</small>; for He is good,<br>His steadfast love is eternal.",
            "Praise the God of gods,<br>His steadfast love is eternal.",
            "Praise the Lord of lords,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "Who alone works great marvels,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "Who made the heavens with wisdom,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "Who spread the earth over the water,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "Who made the great lights,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "the sun to dominate the day,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "the moon and the stars to dominate the night,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "Who struck Egypt through their first-born,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "and brought Israel out of their midst,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "with a strong hand and outstretched arm,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "Who split apart the Sea of Reeds,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "and made Israel pass through it,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "Who hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Sea of Reeds,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "Who led His people through the wilderness,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "Who struck down great kings,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "and slew mighty kings—<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "Sihon, king of the Amorites,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "Og, king of Bashan—<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "and gave their land as a heritage,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "a heritage to His servant Israel,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "Who took note of us in our degradation,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "and rescued us from our enemies,<br>His steadfast love is eternal;",
            "Who gives food to all flesh,<br>His steadfast love is eternal.",
            "Praise the God of heaven,<br>His steadfast love is eternal."
        ],
        [
            "By the rivers of Babylon,<br>there we sat,<br>sat and wept,<br>as we thought of Zion.",
            "There on the poplars<br>we hung up our lyres,",
            "for our captors asked us there for songs,<br>our tormentors,<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> for amusement:<br>“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”",
            "How can we sing a song of the L<small>ORD</small><br>on alien soil?",
            "If I forget you, O Jerusalem,<br>let my right hand wither;<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Others “forget its cunning.”</i>",
            "let my tongue stick to my palate<br>if I cease to think of you,<br>if I do not keep Jerusalem in memory<br>even at my happiest hour.<br>",
            "Remember, O L<small>ORD</small>, against the Edomites<br>the day of Jerusalem’s fall;<br>how they cried, “Strip her, strip her<br>to her very foundations!”",
            "Fair Babylon, you predator,<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">With Targum; others “who are to be destroyed.”</i><br>a blessing on him who repays you in kind<br>what you have inflicted on us;",
            "a blessing on him who seizes your babies<br>and dashes them against the rocks!"
        ],
        [
            "Of David.<br><br>I praise You with all my heart,<br>sing a hymn to You before the divine beings;",
            "I bow toward Your holy temple<br>and praise Your name for Your steadfast love and faithfulness,<br>because You have exalted <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>Your name, Your word, above all.<sup>a</sup>",
            "When I called, You answered me,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>You inspired me with courage.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "All the kings of the earth shall praise You, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>for they have heard the words You spoke.",
            "They shall sing of the ways of the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>“Great is the majesty of the L<small>ORD</small>!”",
            "High though the L<small>ORD</small> is, He sees the lowly;<br>lofty, He perceives from afar.",
            "Though I walk among enemies,<br>You preserve me in the face of my foes;<br>You extend Your hand;<br>with Your right hand You deliver me.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> will settle accounts for me.<br>O L<small>ORD</small>, Your steadfast love is eternal;<br>do not forsake the work of Your hands."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. Of David. A psalm.<br><br>O L<small>ORD</small>, You have examined me and know me.",
            "When I sit down or stand up You know it;<br>You discern my thoughts from afar.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>You observe<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> my walking and reclining,<br>and are familiar with all my ways.",
            "There is not a word on my tongue<br>but that You, O L<small>ORD</small>, know it well.",
            "You hedge me before and behind;<br>You lay Your hand upon me.",
            "It is beyond my knowledge;<br>it is a mystery; I cannot fathom it.",
            "Where can I escape from Your spirit?<br>Where can I flee from Your presence?",
            "If I ascend to heaven, You are there;<br>if I descend to Sheol, You are there too.",
            "If I take wing with the dawn<br>to come to rest on the western horizon,",
            "even there Your hand will be guiding me,<br>Your right hand will be holding me fast.",
            "If I say, “Surely darkness <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. Rashi, Ibn Ezra; meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>will conceal me,<br>night will provide me with cover,”<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup>",
            "darkness is not dark for You;<br>night is as light as day;<br>darkness and light are the same.",
            "It was You who created my conscience;<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “kidneys.”</i><br>You fashioned me in my mother’s womb.",
            "I praise You,<br>for I am awesomely, wondrously made;<br>Your work is wonderful;<br>I know it very well.",
            "My frame was not concealed from You<br>when I was shaped in a hidden place,<br>knit together in the recesses of the earth.",
            "Your eyes saw my unformed limbs;<br>they were all recorded in Your book;<br>in due time they were formed,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>to the very last one of them.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "How weighty Your thoughts seem to me, O God,<br>how great their number!",
            "I count them—they exceed the grains of sand;<br>I end—but am still with You.<br>",
            "O God, if You would only slay the wicked—<br>you murderers, away from me!—",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>who invoke You for intrigue,<br>Your enemies who swear by You falsely.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, You know I hate those who hate You,<br>and loathe Your adversaries.",
            "I feel a perfect hatred toward them;<br>I count them my enemies.<br>",
            "Examine me, O God, and know my mind;<br>probe me and know my thoughts.",
            "See if I have vexatious ways,<br>and guide me in ways everlasting."
        ],
        [
            "For the leader. A psalm of David.<br>",
            "Rescue me, O L<small>ORD</small>, from evil men;<br>save me from the lawless,",
            "whose minds are full of evil schemes,<br>who plot war every day.",
            "They sharpen their tongues like serpents;<br>spiders’ poison is on their lips. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, keep me out of the clutches of the wicked;<br>save me from lawless men<br>who scheme to <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “push my feet.”</i>make me fall.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "Arrogant men laid traps with ropes for me;<br>they spread out a net along the way;<br>they set snares for me. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "I said to the L<small>ORD</small>: You are my God;<br>give ear, O L<small>ORD</small>, to my pleas for mercy.",
            "O G<small>OD</small>, my Lord, the strength of my deliverance,<br>You protected my head on the day of battle.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “arms.”</i>",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, do not grant the desires of the wicked;<br>do not let their plan succeed,<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>else they be exalted. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "May the heads of those who beset me<br>be covered with the mischief of their lips.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-c</sup>",
            "may coals of fire drop down upon them,<br>and they be cast into pits, never to rise again.",
            "Let slanderers have no place in the land;<br>let the evil of the lawless man drive him into corrals.",
            "I know that the L<small>ORD</small> will champion<br>the cause of the poor, the right of the needy.",
            "Righteous men shall surely praise Your name;<br>the upright shall dwell in Your presence."
        ],
        [
            "A psalm of David.<br><br>I call You, O L<small>ORD</small>, hasten to me;<br>give ear to my cry when I call You.",
            "Take my prayer as an offering of incense,<br>my upraised hands as an evening sacrifice.",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, set a guard over my mouth,<br>a watch at the door of my lips;",
            "let my mind not turn to an evil thing,<br>to practice deeds of wickedness<br>with men who are evildoers;<br>let me not feast on their dainties.",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of vv. 5–7 uncertain.</i>Let the righteous man strike me in loyalty,<br>let him reprove me;<br>let my head not refuse such choice oil.<br>My prayers are still against their<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">I.e., the evildoers of v. 4.</i> evil deeds.",
            "May their judges slip on the rock,<br>but let my words be heard, for they are sweet.",
            "As when the earth is cleft and broken up<br>our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.",
            "My eyes are fixed upon You, O G<small>OD</small> my Lord;<br>I seek refuge in You, do not put me in jeopardy.",
            "Keep me from the trap laid for me,<br>and from the snares of evildoers.",
            "Let the wicked fall into their nets<br>while I alone come through."
        ],
        [
            "A maskil of David, while he was in the cave.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Cf. 1 Sam. 24.3–4.</i> A prayer.<br>",
            "I cry aloud to the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>I appeal to the L<small>ORD</small> loudly for mercy.",
            "I pour out my complaint before Him;<br>I lay my trouble before Him",
            "when my spirit fails within me.<br>You know my course;<br>they have laid a trap in the path I walk.",
            "Look at my right and see—<br>I have no friend;<br>there is nowhere I can flee,<br>no one cares about me.",
            "So I cry to You, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>I say, “You are my refuge,<br>all I have in the land of the living.”",
            "Listen to my cry, for I have been brought very low;<br>save me from my pursuers,<br>for they are too strong for me.",
            "Free me from prison,<br>that I may praise Your name.<br>The righteous <sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>shall glory in me<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-b</sup><br>for Your gracious dealings with me."
        ],
        [
            "A psalm of David.<br><br>O L<small>ORD</small>, hear my prayer;<br>give ear to my plea, as You are faithful;<br>answer me, as You are beneficent.",
            "Do not enter into judgment with Your servant,<br>for before You no creature is in the right.<br>",
            "My foe hounded me;<br>he crushed me to the ground;<br>he made me dwell in darkness<br>like those long dead.",
            "My spirit failed within me;<br>my mind was numbed with horror.",
            "Then I thought of the days of old;<br>I rehearsed all Your deeds,<br>recounted the work of Your hands.",
            "I stretched out my hands to You,<br>longing for You like thirsty earth. <i>Selah</i>.<br>",
            "Answer me quickly, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br>my spirit can endure no more.<br>Do not hide Your face from me,<br>or I shall become like those who descend into the Pit.",
            "Let me learn of Your faithfulness by daybreak,<br>for in You I trust;<br>let me know the road I must take,<br>for on You I have set my hope.",
            "Save me from my foes, O L<small>ORD</small>;<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>to You I look for cover.<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup>",
            "Teach me to do Your will,<br>for You are my God.<br>Let Your gracious spirit lead me<br>on level ground.",
            "For the sake of Your name, O L<small>ORD</small>, preserve me;<br>as You are beneficent, free me from distress.",
            "As You are faithful, put an end to my foes;<br>destroy all my mortal enemies,<br>for I am Your servant."
        ],
        [
            "Of David.<br><br>Blessed is the L<small>ORD</small>, my rock,<br>who trains my hands for battle,<br>my fingers for warfare;",
            "my faithful one, my fortress,<br>my haven and my deliverer,<br>my shield, in whom I take shelter,<br>who makes peoples<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">So Targum, Saadia; others “my people.”</i> subject to me.",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, what is man that You should care about him,<br>mortal man, that You should think of him?",
            "Man is like a breath;<br>his days are like a passing shadow.",
            "O L<small>ORD</small>, bend Your sky and come down;<br>touch the mountains and they will smoke.",
            "Make lightning flash and scatter them;<br>shoot Your arrows and rout them.",
            "Reach Your hand down from on high;<br>rescue me, save me from the mighty waters,<br>from the hands of foreigners,",
            "whose mouths speak lies,<br>and whose oaths<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">With Rashi; lit. “right hand.”</i> are false.<br>",
            "O God, I will sing You a new song,<br>sing a hymn to You with a ten-stringed harp,",
            "to You who give victory to kings,<br>who rescue His servant David from the deadly sword.",
            "Rescue me, save me from the hands of foreigners,<br>whose mouths speak lies,<br>and whose oaths<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">With Rashi; lit. “right hand.”</i> are false.<br>",
            "<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\">The meaning of several phrases in vv. 12–14 is uncertain.</i>For our sons are like saplings,<br>well-tended in their youth;<br>our daughters are like cornerstones<br>trimmed to give shape to a palace.",
            "Our storehouses are full,<br>supplying produce of all kinds;<br>our flocks number thousands,<br>even myriads, in our fields;",
            "our cattle are well cared for.<br>There is no breaching and no sortie,<br>and no wailing in our streets.<br>",
            "Happy the people who have it so;<br>happy the people whose God is the L<small>ORD</small>."
        ],
        [
            "A song of praise. Of David.<br><br>I will extol You, my God and king,<br>and bless Your name forever and ever.",
            "Every day will I bless You<br>and praise Your name forever and ever.",
            "Great is the L<small>ORD</small> and much acclaimed;<br>His greatness cannot be fathomed.",
            "One generation shall laud Your works to another<br>and declare Your mighty acts.",
            "The glorious majesty of Your splendor<br><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">A Qumran Pss. scroll reads: “they will speak of, and Your wonders.”</i>and Your wondrous acts<sup class=\"endFootnote\">-a</sup> will I recite.",
            "Men shall talk of the might of Your awesome deeds,<br>and I will recount Your greatness.",
            "They shall celebrate Your abundant goodness,<br>and sing joyously of Your beneficence.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is gracious and compassionate,<br>slow to anger and abounding in kindness.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is good to all,<br>and His mercy is upon all His works.",
            "All Your works shall praise You, O L<small>ORD</small>,<br>and Your faithful ones shall bless You.",
            "They shall talk of the majesty of Your kingship,<br>and speak of Your might,",
            "to make His mighty acts known among men<br>and the majestic glory of His kingship.",
            "Your kingship is an eternal kingship;<br>Your dominion is for all generations.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> supports all who stumble,<br>and makes all who are bent stand straight.",
            "The eyes of all look to You expectantly,<br>and You give them their food when it is due.",
            "You give it openhandedly,<br>feeding every creature to its heart’s content.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is beneficent in all His ways<br>and faithful in all His works.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> is near to all who call Him,<br>to all who call Him with sincerity.",
            "He fulfills the wishes of those who fear Him;<br>He hears their cry and delivers them.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> watches over all who love Him,<br>but all the wicked He will destroy.",
            "My mouth shall utter the praise of the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>and all creatures<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “flesh.”</i> shall bless His holy name forever and ever."
        ],
        [
            "Hallelujah.<br>Praise the L<small>ORD</small>, O my soul!",
            "I will praise the L<small>ORD</small> all my life,<br>sing hymns to my God while I exist.<br>",
            "Put not your trust in the great,<br>in mortal man who cannot save.",
            "His breath departs;<br>he returns to the dust;<br>on that day his plans come to nothing.<br>",
            "Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,<br>whose hope is in the L<small>ORD</small> his God,",
            "maker of heaven and earth,<br>the sea and all that is in them;<br>who keeps faith forever;",
            "who secures justice for those who are wronged,<br>gives food to the hungry.<br>The L<small>ORD</small> sets prisoners free;",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> restores sight to the blind;<br>the L<small>ORD</small> makes those who are bent stand straight;<br>the L<small>ORD</small> loves the righteous;",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> watches over the stranger;<br>He gives courage to the orphan and widow,<br>but makes the path of the wicked tortuous.<br>",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> shall reign forever,<br>your God, O Zion, for all generations.<br>Hallelujah."
        ],
        [
            "Hallelujah.<br>It is good to chant hymns to our God;<br>it is pleasant to sing glorious praise.<br>",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> rebuilds Jerusalem;<br>He gathers in the exiles of Israel.",
            "He heals their broken hearts,<br>and binds up their wounds.",
            "He reckoned the number of the stars;<br>to each He gave its name.",
            "Great is our Lord and full of power;<br>His wisdom is beyond reckoning.",
            "The L<small>ORD</small> gives courage to the lowly,<br>and brings the wicked down to the dust.<br>",
            "Sing to the L<small>ORD</small> a song of praise,<br>chant a hymn with a lyre to our God,",
            "who covers the heavens with clouds,<br>provides rain for the earth,<br>makes mountains put forth grass;",
            "who gives the beasts their food,<br>to the raven’s brood what they cry for.",
            "He does not prize the strength of horses,<br>nor value the fleetness<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Lit. “thighs.”</i> of men;",
            "but the L<small>ORD</small> values those who fear Him,<br>those who depend on His faithful care.<br>",
            "O Jerusalem, glorify the L<small>ORD</small>;<br>praise your God, O Zion!",
            "For He made the bars of your gates strong,<br>and blessed your children within you.",
            "He endows your realm with well-being,<br>and satisfies you with choice wheat.<br>",
            "He sends forth His word to the earth;<br>His command runs swiftly.",
            "He lays down snow like fleece,<br>scatters frost like ashes.",
            "He tosses down hail like crumbs—<br>who can endure His icy cold?",
            "He issues a command—it melts them;<br>He breathes—the waters flow.",
            "He issued His commands to Jacob,<br>His statutes and rules to Israel.",
            "He did not do so for any other nation;<br>of such rules they know nothing.<br>Hallelujah."
        ],
        [
            "Hallelujah.<br>Praise the L<small>ORD</small> from the heavens;<br>praise Him on high.",
            "Praise Him, all His angels,<br>praise Him, all His hosts.",
            "Praise Him, sun and moon,<br>praise Him, all bright stars.",
            "Praise Him, highest heavens,<br>and you waters that are above the heavens.",
            "Let them praise the name of the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>for it was He who commanded that they be created.",
            "He made them endure forever,<br>establishing an order that shall never change.",
            "Praise the L<small>ORD</small>, O you who are on earth,<br>all sea monsters and ocean depths,",
            "fire and hail, snow and smoke,<br>storm wind that executes His command,",
            "all mountains and hills,<br>all fruit trees and cedars,",
            "all wild and tamed beasts,<br>creeping things and winged birds,",
            "all kings and peoples of the earth,<br>all princes of the earth and its judges,",
            "youths and maidens alike,<br>old and young together.",
            "Let them praise the name of the L<small>ORD</small>,<br>for His name, His alone, is sublime;<br>His splendor covers heaven and earth.",
            "He has exalted the horn of His people<br>for the glory of all His faithful ones,<br>Israel, the people close to Him.<br>Hallelujah."
        ],
        [
            "Hallelujah.<br>Sing to the L<small>ORD</small> a new song,<br>His praises in the congregation of the faithful.",
            "Let Israel rejoice in its maker;<br>let the children of Zion exult in their king.",
            "Let them praise His name in dance;<br>with timbrel and lyre let them chant His praises.",
            "For the L<small>ORD</small> delights in His people;<br>He adorns the lowly with victory.",
            "Let the faithful exult in glory;<br>let them shout for joy upon their couches,",
            "with paeans to God in their throats<br>and two-edged swords in their hands,",
            "to impose retribution upon the nations,<br>punishment upon the peoples,",
            "binding their kings with shackles,<br>their nobles with chains of iron,",
            "executing the doom decreed against them.<br>This is the glory of all His faithful.<br>Hallelujah."
        ],
        [
            "Hallelujah.<br>Praise God in His sanctuary;<br>praise Him in the sky, His stronghold.",
            "Praise Him for His mighty acts;<br>praise Him for<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Or “as befits.”</i> His exceeding greatness.",
            "Praise Him with blasts of the horn;<br>praise Him with harp and lyre.",
            "Praise Him with timbrel and dance;<br>praise Him with lute and pipe.",
            "Praise Him with resounding cymbals;<br>praise Him with loud-clashing cymbals.",
            "Let all that breathes praise the L<small>ORD</small>.<br>Hallelujah."
        ]
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