⁵ Why, my soul, are you downcast?
    Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
    for I will yet praise him,
    my Savior and my God.^(Q)

⁴ You are my King^(AD) and my God,^(AE)
    who decrees^[d] victories^(AF) for Jacob.
⁵ Through you we push back^(AG) our enemies;
    through your name we trample^(AH) our foes.
⁶ I put no trust in my bow,^(AI)
    my sword does not bring me victory;
⁷ but you give us victory^(AJ) over our enemies,
    you put our adversaries to shame.^(AK)
8 In God we make our boast^(AL) all day long,^(AM)
    and we will praise your name forever.^[e](AN)

⁹ But now you have rejected^(AO) and humbled us;^(AP)
    you no longer go out with our armies.^(AQ)
10 You made us retreat^(AR) before the enemy,
    and our adversaries have plundered^(AS) us.
¹¹ You gave us up to be devoured like sheep^(AT)
    and have scattered us among the nations.^(AU)
12 You sold your people for a pittance,^(AV)
    gaining nothing from their sale.

¹³ You have made us a reproach^(AW) to our neighbors,^(AX)
    the scorn^(AY) and derision^(AZ) of those around us.
¹⁴ You have made us a byword^(BA) among the nations;
    the peoples shake their heads^(BB) at us.
¹⁵ I live in disgrace^(BC) all day long,
    and my face is covered with shame^(BD)
16 at the taunts^(BE) of those who reproach and revile^(BF) me,
    because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.^(BG)

¹⁷ All this came upon us,
    though we had not forgotten^(BH) you;
    we had not been false to your covenant.
¹⁸ Our hearts had not turned^(BI) back;
    our feet had not strayed from your path.
¹⁹ But you crushed^(BJ) us and made us a haunt for jackals;^(BK)
    you covered us over with deep darkness.^(BL)

²⁰ If we had forgotten^(BM) the name of our God
    or spread out our hands to a foreign god,^(BN)
21 would not God have discovered it,
    since he knows the secrets of the heart?^(BO)
22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep^(BP) to be slaughtered.^(BQ)

²³ Awake,^(BR) Lord! Why do you sleep?^(BS)
    Rouse yourself!^(BT) Do not reject us forever.^(BU)
24 Why do you hide your face^(BV)
    and forget^(BW) our misery and oppression?^(BX)

²⁵ We are brought down to the dust;^(BY)
    our bodies cling to the ground.
²⁶ Rise up^(BZ) and help us;
    rescue^(CA) us because of your unfailing love.^(CB)

² You are the most excellent of men
    and your lips have been anointed with grace,^(CD)
    since God has blessed you forever.^(CE)

³ Gird your sword^(CF) on your side, you mighty one;^(CG)
    clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.^(CH)
4 In your majesty ride forth victoriously^(CI)
    in the cause of truth, humility and justice;^(CJ)
    let your right hand^(CK) achieve awesome deeds.^(CL)
5 Let your sharp arrows^(CM) pierce the hearts^(CN) of the king’s enemies;^(CO)
    let the nations fall beneath your feet.
⁶ Your throne, O God,^[h] will last for ever and ever;^(CP)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
⁷ You love righteousness^(CQ) and hate wickedness;^(CR)
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
    by anointing^(CS) you with the oil of joy.^(CT)
8 All your robes are fragrant^(CU) with myrrh^(CV) and aloes^(CW) and cassia;^(CX)
    from palaces adorned with ivory^(CY)
    the music of the strings^(CZ) makes you glad.
⁹ Daughters of kings^(DA) are among your honored women;
    at your right hand^(DB) is the royal bride^(DC) in gold of Ophir.^(DD)

¹⁰ Listen, daughter,^(DE) and pay careful attention:^(DF)
    Forget your people^(DG) and your father’s house.
¹¹ Let the king be enthralled by your beauty;^(DH)
    honor^(DI) him, for he is your lord.^(DJ)
12 The city of Tyre^(DK) will come with a gift,^[i](DL)
    people of wealth will seek your favor.
¹³ All glorious^(DM) is the princess within her chamber;
    her gown is interwoven with gold.^(DN)
14 In embroidered garments^(DO) she is led to the king;^(DP)
    her virgin companions^(DQ) follow her—
    those brought to be with her.
¹⁵ Led in with joy and gladness,^(DR)
    they enter the palace of the king.

¹⁶ Your sons will take the place of your fathers;
    you will make them princes^(DS) throughout the land.

¹⁷ I will perpetuate your memory through all generations;^(DT)
    therefore the nations will praise you^(DU) for ever and ever.^(DV)

⁵ Why should I fear^(J) when evil days come,
    when wicked deceivers surround me—
⁶ those who trust in their wealth^(K)
    and boast^(L) of their great riches?^(M)
7 No one can redeem the life of another
    or give to God a ransom for them—
⁸ the ransom^(N) for a life is costly,
    no payment is ever enough—^(O)
9 so that they should live on^(P) forever
    and not see decay.^(Q)
10 For all can see that the wise die,^(R)
    that the foolish and the senseless^(S) also perish,
    leaving their wealth^(T) to others.^(U)
11 Their tombs^(V) will remain their houses^[b] forever,
    their dwellings for endless generations,^(W)
    though they had^[c] named^(X) lands after themselves.

¹² People, despite their wealth, do not endure;^(Y)
    they are like the beasts that perish.^(Z)

¹³ This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,^(AA)
    and of their followers, who approve their sayings.^[d]
14 They are like sheep and are destined^(AB) to die;^(AC)
    death will be their shepherd
    (but the upright will prevail^(AD) over them in the morning).
Their forms will decay in the grave,
    far from their princely mansions.
¹⁵ But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;^(AE)
    he will surely take me to himself.^(AF)
16 Do not be overawed when others grow rich,
    when the splendor of their houses increases;
¹⁷ for they will take nothing^(AG) with them when they die,
    their splendor will not descend with them.^(AH)
18 Though while they live they count themselves blessed—^(AI)
    and people praise you when you prosper—
¹⁹ they will join those who have gone before them,^(AJ)
    who will never again see the light^(AK) of life.

²⁰ People who have wealth but lack understanding^(AL)
    are like the beasts that perish.^(AM)

⁵ Blessed are those whose strength^(H) is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.^(I)
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
    they make it a place of springs;^(J)
    the autumn^(K) rains also cover it with pools.^[d]
7 They go from strength to strength,^(L)
    till each appears^(M) before God in Zion.^(N)

⁸ Hear my prayer,^(O) Lord God Almighty;
    listen to me, God of Jacob.
⁹ Look on our shield,^[e](P) O God;
    look with favor on your anointed one.^(Q)

¹⁰ Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper^(R) in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
¹¹ For the Lord God is a sun^(S) and shield;^(T)
    the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold^(U)
    from those whose walk is blameless.

¹² Lord Almighty,
    blessed^(V) is the one who trusts in you.

⁴ Restore^(AB) us again, God our Savior,^(AC)
    and put away your displeasure toward us.
⁵ Will you be angry with us forever?^(AD)
    Will you prolong your anger through all generations?
⁶ Will you not revive^(AE) us again,
    that your people may rejoice^(AF) in you?
⁷ Show us your unfailing love,^(AG) Lord,
    and grant us your salvation.^(AH)

⁸ I will listen to what God the Lord says;
    he promises peace^(AI) to his people, his faithful servants—
    but let them not turn to folly.^(AJ)
9 Surely his salvation^(AK) is near those who fear him,
    that his glory^(AL) may dwell in our land.

¹⁰ Love and faithfulness^(AM) meet together;
    righteousness^(AN) and peace kiss each other.
¹¹ Faithfulness springs forth from the earth,
    and righteousness^(AO) looks down from heaven.
¹² The Lord will indeed give what is good,^(AP)
    and our land will yield^(AQ) its harvest.
¹³ Righteousness goes before him
    and prepares the way for his steps.

³ Glorious things are said of you,
    city of God:^[a](C)
4 “I will record Rahab^[b](D) and Babylon
    among those who acknowledge me—
Philistia^(E) too, and Tyre^(F), along with Cush^[c]—
    and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”^[d](G)
5 Indeed, of Zion it will be said,
    “This one and that one were born in her,
    and the Most High himself will establish her.”
⁶ The Lord will write in the register^(H) of the peoples:
    “This one was born in Zion.”

⁷ As they make music^(I) they will sing,
    “All my fountains^(J) are in you.”