⁴ Turn,^(H) Lord, and deliver me;
    save me because of your unfailing love.^(I)
5 Among the dead no one proclaims your name.
    Who praises you from the grave?^(J)

⁶ I am worn out^(K) from my groaning.^(L)

All night long I flood my bed with weeping^(M)
    and drench my couch with tears.^(N)
7 My eyes grow weak^(O) with sorrow;
    they fail because of all my foes.

⁸ Away from me,^(P) all you who do evil,^(Q)
    for the Lord has heard my weeping.
⁹ The Lord has heard my cry for mercy;^(R)
    the Lord accepts my prayer.
¹⁰ All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish;^(S)
    they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.^(T)

You have set your glory^(B)
    in the heavens.^(C)
2 Through the praise of children and infants
    you have established a stronghold^(D) against your enemies,
    to silence the foe^(E) and the avenger.
³ When I consider your heavens,^(F)
    the work of your fingers,^(G)
the moon and the stars,^(H)
    which you have set in place,
⁴ what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?^[c](I)

⁵ You have made them^[d] a little lower than the angels^[e](J)
    and crowned them^[f] with glory and honor.^(K)
6 You made them rulers^(L) over the works of your hands;^(M)
    you put everything under their^[g] feet:^(N)
7 all flocks and herds,^(O)
    and the animals of the wild,^(P)
8 the birds in the sky,
    and the fish in the sea,^(Q)
    all that swim the paths of the seas.

⁹ Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!^(R)

³ My enemies turn back;
    they stumble and perish before you.
⁴ For you have upheld my right^(X) and my cause,^(Y)
    sitting enthroned^(Z) as the righteous judge.^(AA)
5 You have rebuked the nations^(AB) and destroyed the wicked;
    you have blotted out their name^(AC) for ever and ever.
⁶ Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
    you have uprooted their cities;^(AD)
    even the memory of them^(AE) has perished.

⁷ The Lord reigns forever;^(AF)
    he has established his throne^(AG) for judgment.
⁸ He rules the world in righteousness^(AH)
    and judges the peoples with equity.^(AI)
9 The Lord is a refuge^(AJ) for the oppressed,^(AK)
    a stronghold in times of trouble.^(AL)
10 Those who know your name^(AM) trust in you,
    for you, Lord, have never forsaken^(AN) those who seek you.^(AO)

¹¹ Sing the praises^(AP) of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;^(AQ)
    proclaim among the nations^(AR) what he has done.^(AS)
12 For he who avenges blood^(AT) remembers;
    he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.^(AU)

¹³ Lord, see how my enemies^(AV) persecute me!
    Have mercy^(AW) and lift me up from the gates of death,^(AX)
14 that I may declare your praises^(AY)
    in the gates of Daughter Zion,^(AZ)
    and there rejoice in your salvation.^(BA)

¹⁵ The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;^(BB)
    their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.^(BC)
16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.^[j](BD)
17 The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,^(BE)
    all the nations that forget God.^(BF)
18 But God will never forget the needy;
    the hope^(BG) of the afflicted^(BH) will never perish.

¹⁹ Arise,^(BI) Lord, do not let mortals triumph;^(BJ)
    let the nations be judged^(BK) in your presence.
²⁰ Strike them with terror,^(BL) Lord;
    let the nations know they are only mortal.^(BM)

² In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,^(BP)
    who are caught in the schemes he devises.
³ He boasts^(BQ) about the cravings of his heart;
    he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.^(BR)
4 In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;
    in all his thoughts there is no room for God.^(BS)
5 His ways are always prosperous;
    your laws are rejected by^[l] him;
    he sneers at all his enemies.
⁶ He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.”
    He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”^(BT)

⁷ His mouth is full^(BU) of lies and threats;^(BV)
    trouble and evil are under his tongue.^(BW)
8 He lies in wait^(BX) near the villages;
    from ambush he murders the innocent.^(BY)
His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
⁹     like a lion in cover he lies in wait.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless;^(BZ)
    he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.^(CA)
10 His victims are crushed,^(CB) they collapse;
    they fall under his strength.
¹¹ He says to himself, “God will never notice;^(CC)
    he covers his face and never sees.”^(CD)

¹² Arise,^(CE) Lord! Lift up your hand,^(CF) O God.
    Do not forget the helpless.^(CG)
13 Why does the wicked man revile God?^(CH)
    Why does he say to himself,
    “He won’t call me to account”?^(CI)
14 But you, God, see the trouble^(CJ) of the afflicted;
    you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The victims commit themselves to you;^(CK)
    you are the helper^(CL) of the fatherless.
¹⁵ Break the arm of the wicked man;^(CM)
    call the evildoer to account for his wickedness
    that would not otherwise be found out.

¹⁶ The Lord is King for ever and ever;^(CN)
    the nations^(CO) will perish from his land.
¹⁷ You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;^(CP)
    you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,^(CQ)
18 defending the fatherless^(CR) and the oppressed,^(CS)
    so that mere earthly mortals
    will never again strike terror.

² The Lord looks down from heaven^(C)
    on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand,^(D)
    any who seek God.^(E)
3 All have turned away,^(F) all have become corrupt;^(G)
    there is no one who does good,^(H)
    not even one.^(I)

⁴ Do all these evildoers know nothing?^(J)

They devour my people^(K) as though eating bread;
    they never call on the Lord.^(L)
5 But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,
    for God is present in the company of the righteous.
⁶ You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor,
    but the Lord is their refuge.^(M)

⁷ Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!^(N)
    When the Lord restores^(O) his people,
    let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!

² I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;^(C)
    apart from you I have no good thing.”^(D)
3 I say of the holy people^(E) who are in the land,^(F)
    “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
⁴ Those who run after other gods^(G) will suffer^(H) more and more.
    I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
    or take up their names^(I) on my lips.

⁵ Lord, you alone are my portion^(J) and my cup;^(K)
    you make my lot^(L) secure.
⁶ The boundary lines^(M) have fallen for me in pleasant places;
    surely I have a delightful inheritance.^(N)
7 I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;^(O)
    even at night^(P) my heart instructs me.
⁸ I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
    With him at my right hand,^(Q) I will not be shaken.^(R)

⁹ Therefore my heart is glad^(S) and my tongue rejoices;
    my body also will rest secure,^(T)
10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,^(U)
    nor will you let your faithful^[b] one^(V) see decay.^(W)
11 You make known to me the path of life;^(X)
    you will fill me with joy in your presence,^(Y)
    with eternal pleasures^(Z) at your right hand.^(AA)

⁷ The law of the Lord^(O) is perfect,^(P)
    refreshing the soul.^(Q)
The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,^(R)
    making wise the simple.^(S)
8 The precepts of the Lord are right,^(T)
    giving joy^(U) to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are radiant,
    giving light to the eyes.^(V)
9 The fear of the Lord^(W) is pure,
    enduring forever.
The decrees of the Lord are firm,
    and all of them are righteous.^(X)

¹⁰ They are more precious than gold,^(Y)
    than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,^(Z)
    than honey from the honeycomb.^(AA)
11 By them your servant is warned;
    in keeping them there is great reward.
¹² But who can discern their own errors?
    Forgive my hidden faults.^(AB)
13 Keep your servant also from willful sins;^(AC)
    may they not rule over me.^(AD)
Then I will be blameless,^(AE)
    innocent of great transgression.

¹⁴ May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
    be pleasing^(AF) in your sight,
    Lord, my Rock^(AG) and my Redeemer.^(AH)

² You have granted him his heart’s desire^(C)
    and have not withheld the request of his lips.^[b]
3 You came to greet him with rich blessings
    and placed a crown of pure gold^(D) on his head.^(E)
4 He asked you for life, and you gave it to him—
    length of days, for ever and ever.^(F)
5 Through the victories^(G) you gave, his glory is great;
    you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.^(H)
6 Surely you have granted him unending blessings
    and made him glad with the joy^(I) of your presence.^(J)
7 For the king trusts in the Lord;^(K)
    through the unfailing love^(L) of the Most High^(M)
    he will not be shaken.^(N)

⁸ Your hand will lay hold^(O) on all your enemies;
    your right hand will seize your foes.
⁹ When you appear for battle,
    you will burn them up as in a blazing furnace.
The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath,
    and his fire will consume them.^(P)
10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth,
    their posterity from mankind.^(Q)
11 Though they plot evil^(R) against you
    and devise wicked schemes,^(S) they cannot succeed.
¹² You will make them turn their backs^(T)
    when you aim at them with drawn bow.

¹³ Be exalted^(U) in your strength, Lord;^(V)
    we will sing and praise your might.