Psalm 56-70

New International Version

³ When I am afraid,^(F) I put my trust in you.^(G)
4     In God, whose word I praise—^(H)
in God I trust and am not afraid.^(I)
    What can mere mortals do to me?^(J)

⁵ All day long they twist my words;^(K)
    all their schemes are for my ruin.
⁶ They conspire,^(L) they lurk,
    they watch my steps,^(M)
    hoping to take my life.^(N)
7 Because of their wickedness do not^[c] let them escape;^(O)
    in your anger, God, bring the nations down.^(P)

⁸ Record my misery;
    list my tears on your scroll^[d](Q)—
    are they not in your record?^(R)
9 Then my enemies will turn back^(S)
    when I call for help.^(T)
    By this I will know that God is for me.^(U)

¹⁰ In God, whose word I praise,
    in the Lord, whose word I praise—
¹¹ in God I trust and am not afraid.
    What can man do to me?

¹² I am under vows^(V) to you, my God;
    I will present my thank offerings to you.
¹³ For you have delivered me from death^(W)
    and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
    in the light of life.^(X)

² I cry out to God Most High,
    to God, who vindicates me.^(AD)
3 He sends from heaven and saves me,^(AE)
    rebuking those who hotly pursue me—^[g](AF)
    God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.^(AG)

⁴ I am in the midst of lions;^(AH)
    I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
    whose tongues are sharp swords.^(AI)

⁵ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
    let your glory be over all the earth.^(AJ)

⁶ They spread a net for my feet^(AK)—
    I was bowed down^(AL) in distress.
They dug a pit^(AM) in my path—
    but they have fallen into it themselves.^(AN)

⁷ My heart, O God, is steadfast,
    my heart is steadfast;^(AO)
    I will sing and make music.
⁸ Awake, my soul!
    Awake, harp and lyre!^(AP)
    I will awaken the dawn.

⁹ I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
    I will sing of you among the peoples.
¹⁰ For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
    your faithfulness reaches to the skies.^(AQ)

¹¹ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;^(AR)
    let your glory be over all the earth.^(AS)

³ Even from birth the wicked go astray;
    from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
⁴ Their venom is like the venom of a snake,^(AW)
    like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
⁵ that will not heed^(AX) the tune of the charmer,^(AY)
    however skillful the enchanter may be.

⁶ Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;^(AZ)
    Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!^(BA)
7 Let them vanish like water that flows away;^(BB)
    when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.^(BC)
8 May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,^(BD)
    like a stillborn child^(BE) that never sees the sun.

⁹ Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns^(BF)—
    whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.^[j](BG)
10 The righteous will be glad^(BH) when they are avenged,^(BI)
    when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.^(BJ)
11 Then people will say,
    “Surely the righteous still are rewarded;^(BK)
    surely there is a God who judges the earth.”^(BL)

³ See how they lie in wait for me!
    Fierce men conspire^(BR) against me
    for no offense or sin of mine, Lord.
⁴ I have done no wrong,^(BS) yet they are ready to attack me.^(BT)
    Arise to help me; look on my plight!^(BU)
5 You, Lord God Almighty,
    you who are the God of Israel,^(BV)
rouse yourself^(BW) to punish all the nations;^(BX)
    show no mercy to wicked traitors.^[m](BY)

⁶ They return at evening,
    snarling like dogs,^(BZ)
    and prowl about the city.
⁷ See what they spew from their mouths^(CA)—
    the words from their lips are sharp as swords,^(CB)
    and they think, “Who can hear us?”^(CC)
8 But you laugh at them, Lord;^(CD)
    you scoff at all those nations.^(CE)

⁹ You are my strength,^(CF) I watch for you;
    you, God, are my fortress,^(CG)
10     my God on whom I can rely.

God will go before me
    and will let me gloat over those who slander me.
¹¹ But do not kill them, Lord our shield,^[n](CH)
    or my people will forget.^(CI)
In your might uproot them
    and bring them down.^(CJ)
12 For the sins of their mouths,^(CK)
    for the words of their lips,^(CL)
    let them be caught in their pride.^(CM)
For the curses and lies they utter,
¹³     consume them in your wrath,
    consume them till they are no more.^(CN)
Then it will be known to the ends of the earth
    that God rules over Jacob.^(CO)

¹⁴ They return at evening,
    snarling like dogs,
    and prowl about the city.
¹⁵ They wander about for food^(CP)
    and howl if not satisfied.
¹⁶ But I will sing^(CQ) of your strength,^(CR)
    in the morning^(CS) I will sing of your love;^(CT)
for you are my fortress,^(CU)
    my refuge in times of trouble.^(CV)

¹⁷ You are my strength, I sing praise to you;
    you, God, are my fortress,
    my God on whom I can rely.^(CW)

⁵ Save us and help us with your right hand,^(DH)
    that those you love^(DI) may be delivered.
⁶ God has spoken from his sanctuary:
    “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem^(DJ)
    and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.^(DK)
7 Gilead^(DL) is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
    Ephraim^(DM) is my helmet,
    Judah^(DN) is my scepter.^(DO)
8 Moab is my washbasin,
    on Edom I toss my sandal;
    over Philistia I shout in triumph.^(DP)”

⁹ Who will bring me to the fortified city?
    Who will lead me to Edom?
¹⁰ Is it not you, God, you who have now rejected us
    and no longer go out with our armies?^(DQ)
11 Give us aid against the enemy,
    for human help is worthless.^(DR)
12 With God we will gain the victory,
    and he will trample down our enemies.^(DS)

² From the ends of the earth I call to you,
    I call as my heart grows faint;^(DV)
    lead me to the rock^(DW) that is higher than I.
³ For you have been my refuge,^(DX)
    a strong tower against the foe.^(DY)

⁴ I long to dwell^(DZ) in your tent forever
    and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.^[u](EA)
5 For you, God, have heard my vows;^(EB)
    you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.^(EC)

⁶ Increase the days of the king’s life,^(ED)
    his years for many generations.^(EE)
7 May he be enthroned in God’s presence forever;^(EF)
    appoint your love and faithfulness to protect him.^(EG)

⁸ Then I will ever sing in praise of your name^(EH)
    and fulfill my vows day after day.^(EI)

³ How long will you assault me?
    Would all of you throw me down—
    this leaning wall,^(EP) this tottering fence?
⁴ Surely they intend to topple me
    from my lofty place;
    they take delight in lies.
With their mouths they bless,
    but in their hearts they curse.^[w](EQ)

⁵ Yes, my soul, find rest in God;^(ER)
    my hope comes from him.
⁶ Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
    he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
⁷ My salvation and my honor depend on God^[x];
    he is my mighty rock, my refuge.^(ES)
8 Trust in him at all times, you people;^(ET)
    pour out your hearts to him,^(EU)
    for God is our refuge.

⁹ Surely the lowborn^(EV) are but a breath,^(EW)
    the highborn are but a lie.
If weighed on a balance,^(EX) they are nothing;
    together they are only a breath.
¹⁰ Do not trust in extortion^(EY)
    or put vain hope in stolen goods;^(EZ)
though your riches increase,
    do not set your heart on them.^(FA)

¹¹ One thing God has spoken,
    two things I have heard:
“Power belongs to you, God,^(FB)
12     and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”;^(FC)
and, “You reward everyone
    according to what they have done.”^(FD)

² I have seen you in the sanctuary^(FG)
    and beheld your power and your glory.^(FH)
3 Because your love is better than life,^(FI)
    my lips will glorify you.
⁴ I will praise you as long as I live,^(FJ)
    and in your name I will lift up my hands.^(FK)
5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;^(FL)
    with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

⁶ On my bed I remember you;
    I think of you through the watches of the night.^(FM)
7 Because you are my help,^(FN)
    I sing in the shadow of your wings.^(FO)
8 I cling to you;^(FP)
    your right hand upholds me.^(FQ)

⁹ Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;^(FR)
    they will go down to the depths of the earth.^(FS)
10 They will be given over to the sword^(FT)
    and become food for jackals.^(FU)

¹¹ But the king will rejoice in God;
    all who swear by God will glory in him,^(FV)
    while the mouths of liars will be silenced.^(FW)

² Hide me from the conspiracy^(FZ) of the wicked,^(GA)
    from the plots of evildoers.
³ They sharpen their tongues like swords^(GB)
    and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.^(GC)
4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent;^(GD)
    they shoot suddenly, without fear.^(GE)

⁵ They encourage each other in evil plans,
    they talk about hiding their snares;^(GF)
    they say, “Who will see it^[aa]?”^(GG)
6 They plot injustice and say,
    “We have devised a perfect plan!”
    Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.

⁷ But God will shoot them with his arrows;
    they will suddenly be struck down.
⁸ He will turn their own tongues against them^(GH)
    and bring them to ruin;
    all who see them will shake their heads^(GI) in scorn.^(GJ)
9 All people will fear;^(GK)
    they will proclaim the works of God
    and ponder what he has done.^(GL)

¹⁰ The righteous will rejoice in the Lord^(GM)
    and take refuge in him;^(GN)
    all the upright in heart will glory in him!^(GO)

⁵ You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds,^(GX)
    God our Savior,^(GY)
the hope of all the ends of the earth^(GZ)
    and of the farthest seas,^(HA)
6 who formed the mountains^(HB) by your power,
    having armed yourself with strength,^(HC)
7 who stilled the roaring of the seas,^(HD)
    the roaring of their waves,
    and the turmoil of the nations.^(HE)
8 The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders;
    where morning dawns, where evening fades,
    you call forth songs of joy.^(HF)

⁹ You care for the land and water it;^(HG)
    you enrich it abundantly.^(HH)
The streams of God are filled with water
    to provide the people with grain,^(HI)
    for so you have ordained it.^[ae]
10 You drench its furrows and level its ridges;
    you soften it with showers^(HJ) and bless its crops.
¹¹ You crown the year with your bounty,^(HK)
    and your carts overflow with abundance.^(HL)
12 The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;^(HM)
    the hills are clothed with gladness.^(HN)
13 The meadows are covered with flocks^(HO)
    and the valleys are mantled with grain;^(HP)
    they shout for joy and sing.^(HQ)

⁵ Come and see what God has done,
    his awesome deeds^(HY) for mankind!
⁶ He turned the sea into dry land,^(HZ)
    they passed through^(IA) the waters on foot—
    come, let us rejoice^(IB) in him.
⁷ He rules forever^(IC) by his power,
    his eyes watch^(ID) the nations—
    let not the rebellious^(IE) rise up against him.

⁸ Praise^(IF) our God, all peoples,
    let the sound of his praise be heard;
⁹ he has preserved our lives^(IG)
    and kept our feet from slipping.^(IH)
10 For you, God, tested^(II) us;
    you refined us like silver.^(IJ)
11 You brought us into prison^(IK)
    and laid burdens^(IL) on our backs.
¹² You let people ride over our heads;^(IM)
    we went through fire and water,
    but you brought us to a place of abundance.^(IN)

¹³ I will come to your temple with burnt offerings^(IO)
    and fulfill my vows^(IP) to you—
¹⁴ vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke
    when I was in trouble.
¹⁵ I will sacrifice fat animals to you
    and an offering of rams;
    I will offer bulls and goats.^(IQ)

¹⁶ Come and hear,^(IR) all you who fear God;
    let me tell^(IS) you what he has done for me.
¹⁷ I cried out to him with my mouth;
    his praise was on my tongue.
¹⁸ If I had cherished sin in my heart,
    the Lord would not have listened;^(IT)
19 but God has surely listened
    and has heard^(IU) my prayer.
²⁰ Praise be to God,
    who has not rejected^(IV) my prayer
    or withheld his love from me!

³ May the peoples praise you, God;
    may all the peoples praise you.^(IZ)
4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy,^(JA)
    for you rule the peoples with equity^(JB)
    and guide the nations of the earth.^(JC)
5 May the peoples praise you, God;
    may all the peoples praise you.

⁶ The land yields its harvest;^(JD)
    God, our God, blesses us.^(JE)
7 May God bless us still,
    so that all the ends of the earth^(JF) will fear him.^(JG)

⁴ Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,^(JO)
    extol him who rides on the clouds^[aj](JP);
    rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.^(JQ)
5 A father to the fatherless,^(JR) a defender of widows,^(JS)
    is God in his holy dwelling.^(JT)
6 God sets the lonely^(JU) in families,^[ak](JV)
    he leads out the prisoners^(JW) with singing;
    but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.^(JX)

⁷ When you, God, went out^(JY) before your people,
    when you marched through the wilderness,^[al](JZ)
8 the earth shook,^(KA) the heavens poured down rain,^(KB)
    before God, the One of Sinai,^(KC)
    before God, the God of Israel.^(KD)
9 You gave abundant showers,^(KE) O God;
    you refreshed your weary inheritance.
¹⁰ Your people settled in it,
    and from your bounty,^(KF) God, you provided^(KG) for the poor.

¹¹ The Lord announces the word,
    and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:^(KH)
12 “Kings and armies flee^(KI) in haste;
    the women at home divide the plunder.^(KJ)
13 Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,^[am](KK)
    the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,
    its feathers with shining gold.”
¹⁴ When the Almighty^[an] scattered^(KL) the kings in the land,
    it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.^(KM)

¹⁵ Mount Bashan,^(KN) majestic mountain,^(KO)
    Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,
¹⁶ why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,
    at the mountain where God chooses^(KP) to reign,
    where the Lord himself will dwell forever?^(KQ)
17 The chariots^(KR) of God are tens of thousands
    and thousands of thousands;^(KS)
    the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.^[ao]
18 When you ascended^(KT) on high,^(KU)
    you took many captives;^(KV)
    you received gifts from people,^(KW)
even from^[ap] the rebellious^(KX)—
    that you,^[aq] Lord God, might dwell there.

¹⁹ Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,^(KY)
    who daily bears our burdens.^(KZ)
20 Our God is a God who saves;^(LA)
    from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.^(LB)
21 Surely God will crush the heads^(LC) of his enemies,
    the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
²² The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan;
    I will bring them from the depths of the sea,^(LD)
23 that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes,^(LE)
    while the tongues of your dogs^(LF) have their share.”

²⁴ Your procession, God, has come into view,
    the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.^(LG)
25 In front are the singers,^(LH) after them the musicians;^(LI)
    with them are the young women playing the timbrels.^(LJ)
26 Praise God in the great congregation;^(LK)
    praise the Lord in the assembly of Israel.^(LL)
27 There is the little tribe^(LM) of Benjamin,^(LN) leading them,
    there the great throng of Judah’s princes,
    and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.^(LO)

²⁸ Summon your power,^(LP) God^[ar];
    show us your strength,^(LQ) our God, as you have done^(LR) before.
²⁹ Because of your temple at Jerusalem
    kings will bring you gifts.^(LS)
30 Rebuke the beast^(LT) among the reeds,^(LU)
    the herd of bulls^(LV) among the calves of the nations.
Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver.
    Scatter the nations^(LW) who delight in war.^(LX)
31 Envoys will come from Egypt;^(LY)
    Cush^[as](LZ) will submit herself to God.

³² Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth,^(MA)
    sing praise^(MB) to the Lord,
³³ to him who rides^(MC) across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,
    who thunders^(MD) with mighty voice.^(ME)
34 Proclaim the power^(MF) of God,
    whose majesty^(MG) is over Israel,
    whose power is in the heavens.
³⁵ You, God, are awesome^(MH) in your sanctuary;^(MI)
    the God of Israel gives power and strength^(MJ) to his people.^(MK)

Praise be to God!^(ML)

⁵ You, God, know my folly;^(MV)
    my guilt is not hidden from you.^(MW)

⁶ Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    may those who hope in you
    not be disgraced because of me;
God of Israel,
    may those who seek you
    not be put to shame because of me.
⁷ For I endure scorn^(MX) for your sake,^(MY)
    and shame covers my face.^(MZ)
8 I am a foreigner to my own family,
    a stranger to my own mother’s children;^(NA)
9 for zeal for your house consumes me,^(NB)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.^(NC)
10 When I weep and fast,^(ND)
    I must endure scorn;
¹¹ when I put on sackcloth,^(NE)
    people make sport of me.
¹² Those who sit at the gate^(NF) mock me,
    and I am the song of the drunkards.^(NG)

¹³ But I pray to you, Lord,
    in the time of your favor;^(NH)
in your great love,^(NI) O God,
    answer me with your sure salvation.
¹⁴ Rescue me from the mire,
    do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
    from the deep waters.^(NJ)
15 Do not let the floodwaters^(NK) engulf me
    or the depths swallow me up^(NL)
    or the pit close its mouth over me.^(NM)

¹⁶ Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;^(NN)
    in your great mercy turn to me.
¹⁷ Do not hide your face^(NO) from your servant;
    answer me quickly,^(NP) for I am in trouble.^(NQ)
18 Come near and rescue me;
    deliver^(NR) me because of my foes.

¹⁹ You know how I am scorned,^(NS) disgraced and shamed;
    all my enemies are before you.
²⁰ Scorn has broken my heart
    and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
    for comforters,^(NT) but I found none.^(NU)
21 They put gall in my food
    and gave me vinegar^(NV) for my thirst.^(NW)

²² May the table set before them become a snare;
    may it become retribution and^[au] a trap.^(NX)
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
    and their backs be bent forever.^(NY)
24 Pour out your wrath^(NZ) on them;
    let your fierce anger overtake them.
²⁵ May their place be deserted;^(OA)
    let there be no one to dwell in their tents.^(OB)
26 For they persecute those you wound
    and talk about the pain of those you hurt.^(OC)
27 Charge them with crime upon crime;^(OD)
    do not let them share in your salvation.^(OE)
28 May they be blotted out of the book of life^(OF)
    and not be listed with the righteous.^(OG)

²⁹ But as for me, afflicted and in pain—
    may your salvation, God, protect me.^(OH)

³⁰ I will praise God’s name in song^(OI)
    and glorify him^(OJ) with thanksgiving.
³¹ This will please the Lord more than an ox,
    more than a bull with its horns and hooves.^(OK)
32 The poor will see and be glad^(OL)—
    you who seek God, may your hearts live!^(OM)
33 The Lord hears the needy^(ON)
    and does not despise his captive people.

³⁴ Let heaven and earth praise him,
    the seas and all that move in them,^(OO)
35 for God will save Zion^(OP)
    and rebuild the cities of Judah.^(OQ)
Then people will settle there and possess it;
³⁶     the children of his servants will inherit it,^(OR)
    and those who love his name will dwell there.^(OS)

² May those who want to take my life^(OV)
    be put to shame and confusion;
may all who desire my ruin
    be turned back in disgrace.^(OW)
3 May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”^(OX)
    turn back because of their shame.
⁴ But may all who seek you^(OY)
    rejoice and be glad^(OZ) in you;
may those who long for your saving help always say,
    “The Lord is great!”^(PA)

⁵ But as for me, I am poor and needy;^(PB)
    come quickly to me,^(PC) O God.
You are my help^(PD) and my deliverer;^(PE)
    Lord, do not delay.^(PF)