Psalms 101:1-150:6 Of David. A psalm.* I will sing of loyal love and justice; I will sing praises to you, O Yahweh.

LEB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Of David. A psalm.*
I will sing of loyal love and justice; I will sing praises to you, O Yahweh. ² I will give attention to the way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will walk in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house. ³ I will not set before my eyes any wicked thing. I hate the work of those who fall away;* it will not cling to me. ⁴ A perverse heart will depart from me; I will not know evil. ⁵ One who slanders his neighbor in secret, him I will destroy. One haughty of eyes and _⌊arrogant_⌋* of heart, him I will not endure. ⁶ My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may live with me. He who walks in the way of integrity, he shall minister to me. ⁷ There will not live in the midst of my house a worker of deceit. One who speaks lies will not remain* before my eyes. ⁸ _⌊Each morning_⌋,* I will destroy all the wicked of the land, cutting off from the city of Yahweh all evildoers. ¹⁰² ¹ A prayer of one afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before Yahweh.*
O Yahweh, hear my prayer, and let my cry for help come to you. ² Do not hide your face from me in the day of my trouble. Incline your ear to me. In the day I call, answer me quickly, ³ for my days vanish in smoke, and my bones are charred like a hearth. ⁴ My heart is struck like grass and withers. Indeed, I forget to eat* my bread. ⁵ Because of the sound of my groaning my bones* cling to my skin.* ⁶ I am like an owl* of the wilderness; I am like a little owl of the ruins. ⁷ I lie awake and I am like a lone bird on a roof. ⁸ All the day my enemies reproach me; those who mock me swear oaths against me. ⁹ Indeed, I eat ashes like bread and mix my drink with tears* ¹⁰ because of your indignation and anger, for you have picked me up and thrown me away. ¹¹ My days are like a lengthened shadow, and I wither like grass. ¹² But you, O Yahweh, abide* forever, and your remembrance* _⌊from generation to generation_⌋.* ¹³ You rise up and take pity on Zion, because it is time to favor it, for the appointed time has come. ¹⁴ Your servants take pleasure in her stones, and show favor to its dust. ¹⁵ Then the nations will fear the name of Yahweh, and all the kings of the earth your glory. ¹⁶ For Yahweh will rebuild Zion; he will appear in his glory. ¹⁷ He will turn his attention to the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer. ¹⁸ Let this be written for the next generation, so that a people yet to be created may praise Yah,* ¹⁹ that he looked down from his holy height. Yahweh looked from heaven over the earth ²⁰ to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to liberate _⌊those destined to die_⌋,* ²¹ so that they* may make known in Zion the name of Yahweh, and his praise in Jerusalem, ²² when the peoples assemble, together with* kingdoms, to serve Yahweh. ²³ He has broken my strength along the way; he has cut short my days. ²⁴ I say, "My God, do not carry me off from my life in the middle of my days." Your years continue throughout all generations. ²⁵ Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. ²⁶ They will perish, but you will endure. And like a garment they will all wear out, you will replace them like clothing, and they will be set aside. ²⁷ But you are the same, and your years do not end. ²⁸ The children of your servants will continue, and their _⌊descendants_⌋* will be established before you. ¹⁰³ ¹ Of David.*
Bless Yahweh, O my soul, and all within me, bless his holy name. ² Bless Yahweh, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits: ³ who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, ⁴ who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with loyal love and mercies, ⁵ who satisfies your life with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. ⁶ Yahweh does deeds of justice and judgments for all who are oppressed, ⁷ who made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the _⌊people_⌋* of Israel. ⁸ Yahweh is compassionate and gracious, _⌊slow to anger_⌋* and abundant in loyal love. ⁹ He does not dispute continually, nor keep his anger forever. ¹⁰ He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us according to our iniquities. ¹¹ For as the heavens are high above the earth, so his loyal love prevails over those who fear him. ¹² As far as east is from west, so he has removed far from us the guilt of our transgressions. ¹³ As a father pities* his children, so Yahweh pities* those who fear him. ¹⁴ For he knows our frame.* He remembers that we are dust. ¹⁵ As for man, his days are like the grass. As the flower of the field, so he blossoms. ¹⁶ When the wind passes over it, it is no more, and its place knows it no longer. ¹⁷ But the loyal love of Yahweh is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to their children's children, ¹⁸ to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his precepts. ¹⁹ Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all. ²⁰ Bless Yahweh, you his angels, you mighty heroes who do his word by _⌊obeying_⌋* the sound of his word. ²¹ Bless Yahweh, all you his hosts, you his attendants who do his will. ²² Bless Yahweh, all his works,* in all the places of his dominion. Bless Yahweh, O my soul. ¹⁰⁴ ¹ Bless Yahweh, O my soul. O Yahweh my God, you are very great. You clothe yourself with splendor and majesty, ² you who cover yourself with light as with a garment, who stretch out the heavens like a tent curtain, ³ the one who sets beams in the waters for his upper chambers, who makes clouds his chariot, who rides* on the wings of the wind, ⁴ who makes his messengers the winds, his attendants a flame of fire. ⁵ He established the earth on her foundations, so that it will not be moved forever and ever. ⁶ You covered it with the deep as with a garment. The waters stood above the mountains. ⁷ At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they ran off. ⁸ They ascended the mountains and drained though the valleys to the place that you established* for them. ⁹ You set a boundary that they may not cross over, so that they would not return to cover the earth. ¹⁰ You are the one who sends forth springs into the valleys; they flow between the mountains. ¹¹ They give drink for every beast of the field. The wild donkeys _⌊quench_⌋* their thirst. ¹² Along them the birds of the heavens abide. From among the branches they _⌊sing_⌋.* ¹³ You are the one who _⌊waters_⌋* the mountains from his upper chambers. The earth is full* with the fruit of your labors: ¹⁴ who causes grass to grow for the cattle and herbs for the service of humankind, to bring forth food from the earth, ¹⁵ and wine that makes glad the heart of man, so that their faces shine from oil, and bread that strengthens the heart of man. ¹⁶ The trees of Yahweh drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted, ¹⁷ where birds make their nest. The stork has its home in the fir trees. ¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats; the cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers. ¹⁹ He made the moon for appointed times; the sun knows its time for setting. ²⁰ You make darkness, and it is night, when* all the animals of the forest creep about. ²¹ The young lions are roaring for the prey and seeking their food from God. ²² When the sun rises, they gather together and lie down in their dens. ²³ Humankind goes out to its work, and to its labor until evening. ²⁴ How many are your works, O Yahweh; all of them you have done in wisdom. The earth is full of your creatures. ²⁵ This is the great and _⌊wide_⌋* sea, in which are moving animals without number, living things small and great. ²⁶ There the ships sail. Leviathan is there that you formed to play with.* ²⁷ They all wait for you to give them their food _⌊at the proper time_⌋.* ²⁸ You give to them; they gather it. You open your hand, they are filled with what is good. ²⁹ You hide your face, they are terrified. You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. ³⁰ You send forth your Spirit,* they are created, and you renew the face of the ground. ³¹ May the glory of Yahweh endure forever. May Yahweh be glad in his works, ³² the one who looks at the earth and it quakes, and touches the mountains and they smoke. ³³ I will sing to Yahweh throughout my life; I will sing praise to my God while _⌊I remain alive_⌋.* ³⁴ May my meditation be pleasing to him. I will be glad in Yahweh. ³⁵ Let sinners perish completely from the earth, and the wicked _⌊not remain alive_⌋.* Bless Yahweh, O my soul. Praise Yah.* ¹⁰⁵ ¹ Give thanks to Yahweh; proclaim his name; make known his deeds among the peoples. ² Sing to him; sing praises concerning him; tell of all his wonderful works. ³ Boast about his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice. ⁴ Make supplication to Yahweh and his might; seek his face continually. ⁵ Remember his wonders that he has done, his signs and the judgments of his mouth, ⁶ O offspring of Abraham his servant, you descendants* of Jacob, his chosen ones. ⁷ He is Yahweh our God; his judgments are in all the earth. ⁸ He remembers his covenant forever, the word that he commanded for a thousand generations, ⁹ that he made with Abraham, and by his oath swore to Isaac. ¹⁰ He then confirmed it to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant, ¹¹ saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the allotment that is your* inheritance." ¹² When they were _⌊few in number_⌋*— a trifle—and were sojourners in it, ¹³ and they wandered about _⌊among the nations_⌋,* from one kingdom to another people, ¹⁴ he allowed no one to oppress them, and he rebuked kings on account of them, ¹⁵ "Do not touch my anointed ones, nor harm my prophets." ¹⁶ Then he called for a famine upon the land; he broke every _⌊supply_⌋* of bread. ¹⁷ He sent a man on ahead of them; Joseph was sold as a slave. ¹⁸ They clamped* his feet in fetters.* His neck* went into irons.* ¹⁹ Until the time his word came about, the word of Yahweh tested* him. ²⁰ The king sent and he freed him; the ruler of the peoples sent and let him loose. ²¹ He made him lord of his house and ruler of all his possessions, ²² to obligate* his officials _⌊as he saw fit_⌋* and teach his elders wisdom. ²³ Then Israel came to Egypt, and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Ham. ²⁴ And he* made his people very fruitful. He also made them* stronger than their* enemies. ²⁵ He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal deceitfully against his servants. ²⁶ He sent his servant Moses, together with Aaron whom he had chosen. ²⁷ They set before them the words concerning his signs and portents in the land of Ham. ²⁸ He sent darkness and made it dark, and they did not rebel against his words. ²⁹ He turned their waters into blood and it killed their fish. ³⁰ Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings. ³¹ He spoke, and there came flies and gnats throughout all their territory.* ³² He gave hail for their rains and the fire of lightning in their land. ³³ And he struck their vines and fig trees, and shattered the trees of their territory. ³⁴ He spoke and there came locusts and young locusts without number. ³⁵ And they ate up all the vegetation in their land, and they ate up the fruit of their ground. ³⁶ And he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the first of all their virility. ³⁷ Then he brought them out with silver and gold, and there was none among his tribes who stumbled. ³⁸ Egypt was glad when they departed, because the fear of them* had fallen upon them. ³⁹ He spread out a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light at night. ⁴⁰ They* asked, and he brought quail, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. ⁴¹ He opened the rock and waters flowed; they coursed* through the dry places like a river. ⁴² For he remembered his holy _⌊promise_⌋;* he remembered Abraham his servant. ⁴³ And so he brought out his people with joy, his chosen ones with rejoicing. ⁴⁴ And he gave to them the lands of the nations, and they inherited the labor of the peoples, ⁴⁵ so that they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise Yah.* ¹⁰⁶ ¹ Praise Yah.* Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loyal love is forever. ² Who can utter the mighty deeds of Yahweh, or proclaim all his praise? ³ Blessed are those who observe justice, he who does righteousness at all times. ⁴ Remember me, O Yahweh, when you show favor to your people. Look after me when you deliver, ⁵ that I may see the good done your chosen ones, to be glad in the joy of your nation, to glory together with your inheritance. ⁶ We have sinned along with our ancestors.* We have committed iniquity; we have incurred guilt. ⁷ Our ancestors* in Egypt did not understand your wonderful works. They did not remember your many acts of loyal love, and so they rebelled by the sea at _⌊the Red Sea_⌋.* ⁸ Yet he saved them for the sake of his name, to make known his might. ⁹ So he rebuked _⌊the Red Sea_⌋,* and it dried up, and he led them through the deep as through a desert. ¹⁰ Thus he saved them from the hand of the hater and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. ¹¹ But waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived. ¹² Then they believed his words; they sang his praise. ¹³ They quickly forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel. ¹⁴ And they _⌊craved intensely_⌋* in the wilderness, and tested God in the desert. ¹⁵ So he gave to them their request, but he sent leanness into their souls.* ¹⁶ And they were jealous of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron, the holy one of Yahweh. ¹⁷ The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and it covered over the gang of Abiram. ¹⁸ Also fire burned in their assembly; the flame devoured the wicked. ¹⁹ They made a calf at Horeb and bowed down to a cast image. ²⁰ And so they exchanged their glory for an image of an ox that eats grass. ²¹ They forgot God their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt, ²² wonders in the land of Ham, awesome deeds by _⌊the Red Sea_⌋.* ²³ So he said he would exterminate them, had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to reverse his wrath from destroying them. ²⁴ Then they refused the desirable land; they did not believe his word, ²⁵ but grumbled in their tents. They did not obey the voice of Yahweh. ²⁶ So _⌊he made an oath_⌋* against them, to make them drop in the wilderness, ²⁷ and to disperse* their _⌊descendants_⌋* among the nations and to scatter them among the lands. ²⁸ They also attached themselves to Baal of Peor, and they ate sacrifices offered to the dead.* ²⁹ Thus they provoked to anger by their deeds, and a plague broke out among them. ³⁰ Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and so the plague was stopped, ³¹ and it was reckoned to him as righteousness _⌊throughout all generations_⌋.* ³² They also angered God at the waters of Meribah, and it went badly for Moses on account of them, ³³ because they rebelled against his Spirit,* and he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips. ³⁴ They did not exterminate the peoples, as Yahweh had commanded them, * ³⁵ but they mingled with the nations and learned their works, ³⁶ and served their idols, which became* a snare to them. ³⁷ They even sacrificed their sons and daughters to the demons, ³⁸ and they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and so the land was defiled with the blood.* ³⁹ And they became unclean by their works, and were unfaithful in their deeds. ⁴⁰ So Yahweh's anger burned against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance. ⁴¹ Then he gave them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them. ⁴² And their enemies oppressed them, and they were subdued under their hand. ⁴³ Many times he delivered them, but they rebelled in their counsel, and were brought low by their iniquity. ⁴⁴ Yet he looked upon their distress when he heard their cry. ⁴⁵ And he remembered his covenant with them, and relented based on the abundance of his loyal love. ⁴⁶ And he _⌊let them find compassion_⌋* before all their captors. ⁴⁷ Save us, O Yahweh our God, and gather us from the nations, so that we may give thanks to your holy name and boast in your praise. ⁴⁸ Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. And let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise Yah.* ¹⁰⁷ ¹ Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loyal love is forever. ² Let the redeemed of Yahweh declare* it, those whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy ³ and gathered from the lands, from east and from west, from north and from south.* ⁴ They wandered in the wilderness, in a desert. They could find no way* to a city to inhabit. ⁵ Hungry and thirsty, their soul grew faint within them. ⁶ Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble. He delivered them from their distresses ⁷ and led them by a straight way to get to a city to inhabit. ⁸ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love, and his wonderful deeds for the children of humankind, ⁹ for he satisfies the longing soul,* and the hungry soul he fills with good. ¹⁰ Those who sat in darkness and gloom, prisoners of misery and iron— ¹¹ because they rebelled against the words of God and spurned the counsel of the Most High, ¹² he therefore humbled their heart with trouble. They stumbled and there was no helper. ¹³ Then they called to Yahweh for help in their trouble; he saved them from their distresses. ¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness and gloom, and tore off their bonds. ¹⁵ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love and his wonderful deeds for the children of humankind, ¹⁶ for he shatters the doors of bronze, and cuts through the bars of iron. ¹⁷ Fools, because of their rebellious way and their iniquities, were afflicted. ¹⁸ Their soul abhorred all food, and they approached the gates of death. ¹⁹ Then they called to Yahweh for help in their trouble. He saved them from their distresses. ²⁰ He sent his word and healed them, and he delivered them from their pits.* ²¹ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love, and his wonderful deeds for the children of humankind, ²² and let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his works with rejoicing. ²³ Those who went down to the sea into ships, doing business on the _⌊high seas_⌋,* ²⁴ they saw the works of Yahweh, and his wonderful deeds in the deep. ²⁵ For he spoke and raised up a stormy wind, and it whipped up its waves. ²⁶ They rose to the heavens; they plunged to the depths. Their soul melted in their calamity. ²⁷ They reeled and staggered like a drunkard, and _⌊they were at their wits' end_⌋.* ²⁸ Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distresses. ²⁹ He made the storm be still and their waves became calm. ³⁰ Then they were glad because they grew silent, so he guided them to their desired harbor. ³¹ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love and his wonderful deeds for the children of humankind, ³² and let them exalt him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. ³³ He turns rivers into a wilderness and springs of water into thirsty ground, ³⁴ a fruitful land into a salty place, because of the evil of its inhabitants. ³⁵ He turns a wilderness into a pool of water and a dry land into springs of water. ³⁶ And he settles the hungry there, so that they may establish a city to inhabit, ³⁷ and sow fields and plant vineyards, _⌊that they may yield fruit at harvest_⌋.* ³⁸ And he blesses them and they multiply greatly, and he does not let their cattle become few. ³⁹ When they become few and they are bent down from the oppression of calamity and grief, ⁴⁰ he pours contempt on princes and causes them to wander in a trackless waste. ⁴¹ But he protects* the needy from misery, and he makes their families like a flock. ⁴² The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth. ⁴³ Whoever is wise, then let him observe these things, and let them consider Yahweh's acts of loyal love. ¹⁰⁸ ¹ A song. A psalm of David.*
My heart is steadfast, O God. I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. ² Awake, harp and lyre. I will awake the dawn.* ³ I will give you thanks among the peoples, O Yahweh; I will give you praise among the nations, ⁴ because your loyal love is great above the heavens, and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. ⁵ Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and let your glory be above all the earth, ⁶ so that your beloved ones may be rescued. Save by your right hand and answer me. ⁷ God has spoken in his holiness, "I will exult, I will divide up Shechem, and portion out the valley of Succoth. ⁸ Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. And Ephraim is the _⌊helmet for_⌋* my head. Judah is my scepter;* ⁹ Moab is my washing pot. Over Edom I will cast my sandal; Over Philistia I will shout in triumph." ¹⁰ Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom? ¹¹ Have you not rejected us, O God, and not gone out with our armies, O God? ¹² Give us help against the enemy, for the help of humankind is futile. ¹³ Through God we will do valiantly,* and it is he who will tread down our enemies. ¹⁰⁹ ¹ For the music director. A psalm of David.*
O God of my praise, do not keep silent, ² for _⌊wicked and deceitful mouths_⌋* have opened against me. They speak to me with a lying tongue. ³ They also surround me with words of hate, and fight me without cause. ⁴ In return for my love they accuse me, though I am in prayer.* ⁵ So they inflicted evil against me in return for good and hatred in return for my love. ⁶ Appoint over him a wicked man, and let an accuser stand at his right hand. ⁷ When he is judged, let him come out guilty, and let his prayer* become as sin. ⁸ Let his days be few; let another take his office. ⁹ Let his children be orphans, and his wife a widow, ¹⁰ and let his children wander aimlessly and beg, and let them plead from their ruins. ¹¹ Let the creditor seize all that is his, and let strangers plunder his property. ¹² Let there be none who extend to him loyal love, nor any who pities his orphans. ¹³ Let his descendants* be cut off. Let their name be blotted out in the next generation. ¹⁴ Let the iniquity of his ancestors* be remembered before Yahweh, and let the sin of his mother not be blotted out. ¹⁵ Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off their* memory from the earth, ¹⁶ because he did not remember to show loyal love, but he pursued anyone,* poor or needy or brokenhearted, to slay them. ¹⁷ Because he loved cursing, let it come upon him. Because he did not delight in blessing, let it be far from him. ¹⁸ Because he wore a curse as his robe, let it enter _⌊his body_⌋* like water, and into his bones like oil. ¹⁹ May it be for him like a garment in which he wraps, and a belt _⌊he continually wears_⌋.* ²⁰ Let this be the punishment for my accusers from Yahweh, even those who speak evil against my life. ²¹ But you, O Yahweh my Lord, deal with me for your name's sake. Because your loyal love is good, deliver me, ²² for I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. ²³ Like a lengthening shadow I am passing away; I am shaken off like a locust. ²⁴ My knees _⌊buckle_⌋* from fasting, and my body grows lean without fat. ²⁵ And so I am a disgrace to them; when they see me, they shake their heads.* ²⁶ Help me, O Yahweh my God; save me according to your loyal love, ²⁷ that they may know that this is your hand, that you, O Yahweh, you have done it. ²⁸ Let them curse, but you bless. When they arise, let them be put to shame, that your servant may be glad. ²⁹ Let my accusers put on disgrace, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a robe. ³⁰ I will give thanks to Yahweh exceedingly with my mouth, and in the midst of many I will praise him, ³¹ for he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those judging his life.* ¹¹⁰ ¹ Of David. A psalm.*
A declaration of Yahweh to my lord, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool." ² Yahweh will send out your mighty scepter from Zion; rule in the midst of your enemies. ³ Your people _⌊will volunteer_⌋* in the day of your power.* In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, you will have the dew of your youth.* ⁴ Yahweh has sworn and he will not change his mind, "You are a priest forever according to the manner of Melchizedek." ⁵ O Lord, at your right hand he will shatter kings in the day of his anger. ⁶ He will judge among the nations; he will fill them with corpses. He will shatter the _⌊rulers_⌋* of many countries. ⁷ He will drink from the stream by the road; therefore he will lift up his head. ¹¹¹ ¹ Praise Yah!* I will give thanks to Yahweh with all my heart, in the assembly of the upright and the congregation. ² The works of Yahweh are great, studied* by all who delight in them. ³ Full of splendor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever. ⁴ He has made his wonders _⌊to be remembered_⌋;* Yahweh is gracious and compassionate. ⁵ He gives food to those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever. ⁶ He has declared the power of his works for his people, by giving to them the inheritance of the nations. ⁷ The works of his hands are faithfulness and justice; all his precepts are reliable. ⁸ They are sustained forever and ever, done with faithfulness and uprightness. ⁹ He has sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever; holy and fearful is his name. ¹⁰ The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom; all who do them* have a good understanding. His praise endures forever. ¹¹² ¹ Praise Yah!* Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh; he takes great delight in his commands. ² His _⌊descendants_⌋* will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. ³ Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. ⁴ His light rises in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious and compassionate and righteous. ⁵ It goes well for a man who is gracious and lends, who conducts his _⌊business properly_⌋.* ⁶ For he will not be shaken forever; the righteous _⌊will be remembered forever_⌋.* ⁷ He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is steadfast, secure* in Yahweh. ⁸ His heart is sustained; he will not be afraid, until he looks in triumph on his enemies. ⁹ _⌊He gives lavishly_⌋* to the needy; his righteousness endures forever. His horn rises high in honor. ¹⁰ The wicked* sees it and is vexed. He gnashes his teeth and _⌊becomes weak_⌋.* The desire of the wicked* perishes. ¹¹³ ¹ Praise Yah!* Praise, O servants of Yahweh, praise the name of Yahweh. ² Let the name of Yahweh be blessed, from now until forever. ³ From the rising of the sun to its setting, let the name of Yahweh be blessed. ⁴ Yahweh is high above all nations; his glory is above the heavens. ⁵ Who is like Yahweh our God, who is enthroned on high,* ⁶ who _⌊condescends to look at_⌋* what is in the heavens and in the earth? ⁷ He raises the helpless from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap, ⁸ to seat them with princes, with the princes of his people. ⁹ He causes the barren woman of the house to dwell as the happy mother of children. Praise Yah!* ¹¹⁴ ¹ When Israel went out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of a strange language, ² Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion. ³ The sea looked and fled; the Jordan turned back. ⁴ The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like _⌊lambs_⌋.* ⁵ What's with you, O sea, that you fled? O Jordan, that you turned back? ⁶ O mountains, that you skipped like rams? O hills, like lambs? ⁷ At the presence of the Lord writhe, O earth,* at the presence of the God of Jacob, ⁸ who turned the rock into a pool of water, flinty stone into a spring of water. ¹¹⁵ ¹ Not to us, O Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, because of your loyal love, because of your faithfulness. ² Why should the nations say, "Where, _⌊pray tell_⌋,* is their God?" ³ But our God is in the heavens; all that he desires, he does. ⁴ Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. ⁵ They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; ⁶ they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; ⁷ they have their hands, but they cannot feel, their feet, but they cannot walk; they cannot utter a sound in their throats. ⁸ Those who make them become like them, as does everyone who trusts in them. ⁹ O Israel, trust Yahweh; he is their help and their shield. ¹⁰ O house of Aaron, trust in Yahweh; he is their help and their shield. ¹¹ You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh; he is their help and their shield. ¹² Yahweh remembers us; he will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. ¹³ He will bless those who fear Yahweh, the small with the great. ¹⁴ May Yahweh give you increase, you and your children. ¹⁵ May you be blessed by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth. ¹⁶ The heavens are Yahweh's heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of humankind. ¹⁷ The dead do not praise Yah,* nor any descending into silence. ¹⁸ It is we, we will bless Yah* from now until forever. Praise Yah!* ¹¹⁶ ¹ I love him, because Yahweh has heard _⌊the voice of my supplications_⌋.* ² Because he has inclined his ear to me, I will call _⌊all my days_⌋.* ³ The ropes of death encircled me, and the distresses of Sheol found me. I found trouble and grief. ⁴ Then I called on the name of Yahweh: "O Yahweh, please save my life!" ⁵ Gracious is Yahweh and righteous, and our God is merciful. ⁶ Yahweh watches over the simple. I was brought low, but he gave me victory. ⁷ Return, O my soul, to your repose, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you. ⁸ For you have rescued me* from death, my eyes* from tears, my feet from stumbling. ⁹ I will walk before Yahweh in the land* of the living. ¹⁰ I believed when I spoke, "I am afflicted greatly." ¹¹ I said in my haste, "_⌊Everyone_⌋* is a liar." ¹² What shall I give back to Yahweh for all his benefits to me? ¹³ I will lift up the cup of salvation and proclaim the name of Yahweh. ¹⁴ I will pay my vows made to Yahweh in the presence of all his people. ¹⁵ Costly _⌊in Yahweh's view_⌋* is the death of his faithful ones. ¹⁶ Ah, Yahweh, I am indeed your servant; I am your servant, the child of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds. ¹⁷ I will offer to you a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and proclaim the name of Yahweh. ¹⁸ I will pay my vows made to Yahweh in the presence of all his people, ¹⁹ in the courts of the house* of Yahweh, in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise Yah!* ¹¹⁷ ¹ Praise Yahweh, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples. ² For his loyal love is mighty on our behalf, and the faithfulness of Yahweh is forever. Praise Yah!* ¹¹⁸ ¹ Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, for his loyal love is forever. ² Let Israel say, "His loyal love is forever." ³ Let the house of Aaron say, "His loyal love is forever." ⁴ Let those who fear Yahweh say, "His loyal love is forever." ⁵ Out of my distress I called to Yah.* Yah answered me, setting me in a broad place. ⁶ Yahweh is for me; I do not fear. What can mere humans* do to me? ⁷ Yahweh is for me as my helper, and so I will look in triumph on those who hate me. ⁸ It is better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust in humans.* ⁹ It is better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust princes. ¹⁰ All nations surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed. ¹¹ They surrounded me; yes, they surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed. ¹² They surrounded me like bees; they were extinguished like a fire of thorns. In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed. ¹³ You pushed me hard* to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me. ¹⁴ Yah* is my strength and my song,* and he has become my salvation.* ¹⁵ The sound of rejoicing and salvation* is in the tents of the righteous; the right hand of Yahweh has done valiantly. ¹⁶ The right hand of Yahweh has exalted; the right hand of Yahweh has done valiantly. ¹⁷ I will not die but live, and tell of the works of Yah.* ¹⁸ Yah has disciplined me severely, but he did not consign* me to death. ¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to Yah.* ²⁰ This is the gate of Yahweh, through which the righteous will enter. ²¹ I will give thanks to you for you have answered me, and you have become my salvation.* ²² The stone the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. ²³ This is from Yahweh; it is wonderful in our eyes. ²⁴ This is the day Yahweh has worked;* let us rejoice and be glad in him.* ²⁵ O Yahweh, please save; O Yahweh, please grant success. ²⁶ Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh. We bless you* from the house* of Yahweh. ²⁷ Yahweh is God, and he has given us light.* Bind the festal sacrifice* with cords* to the horns* of the altar. ²⁸ You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God; I will exalt you. ²⁹ Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, for his loyal love is forever. ¹¹⁹ ¹ Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of Yahweh. ² Blessed are those who keep his testimonies; they seek him with a whole heart. ³ They also do no wrong; they walk in his ways. ⁴ You have commanded* your precepts, that we should keep them diligently. ⁵ Oh that my ways were steadfast, to keep your statutes! ⁶ Then I would not be ashamed when I look to all your commands. ⁷ I will give you thanks with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous laws. ⁸ I will heed your statutes; do not utterly forsake me. ⁹ How can a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed according to your word. ¹⁰ With my whole heart I have sought you; do not let me stray from your commands. ¹¹ In my heart I have hidden your word,* so that I may not sin against you. ¹² Blessed are you, O Yahweh. Teach me your statutes. ¹³ With my lips I have told of all the ordinances of your mouth. ¹⁴ In the way of your testimonies I have rejoiced as I would over all riches. ¹⁵ I will meditate on your precepts and look at* your ways. ¹⁶ I will take delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word. ¹⁷ Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and heed your word. ¹⁸ Uncover my eyes, that I may look at* wonderful things from your law. ¹⁹ I am a sojourner on the earth;* do not hide your commands from me. ²⁰ My soul is crushed with longing for your ordinances at all times. ²¹ You rebuke the arrogant, the accursed, who stray from your commands. ²² _⌊Remove from_⌋* me scorn and contempt, for I have kept your testimonies. ²³ Even though princes sit and speak against me, your servant meditates on your statutes. ²⁴ Your testimonies are my delight, _⌊my counselors_⌋.* ²⁵ My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your word. ²⁶ I told of my ways, and you answered me; teach me your statutes. ²⁷ Make me understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your wonderful things. ²⁸ My soul weeps* because of grief; strengthen me according to your word. ²⁹ Remove from me the deceptive way, and graciously give me your law. ³⁰ I have chosen the faithful way; I have set your ordinances before me. ³¹ I cling to your testimonies; O Yahweh, do not let me be put to shame. ³² I will run the way of your commands, for you will enlarge my heart.* ³³ Teach me, O Yahweh, the way of your statutes, and I will keep it to the end. ³⁴ Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and heed it with my whole heart. ³⁵ Cause me to walk in the path of your commands, for I delight in it. ³⁶ Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to dishonest gain. ³⁷ Turn away my eyes from looking at what is worthless; revive me in your ways. ³⁸ Fulfill your word* to your servant, which is to bring about a reverence for you. ³⁹ Turn away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good. ⁴⁰ Look, I have longed for your precepts; revive me in your righteousness. ⁴¹ Let your acts of loyal love also come to me, O Yahweh, your salvation according to your word.* ⁴² Then I will have an answer for the one who taunts me, for I trust your word. ⁴³ And do not snatch the word of truth utterly from my mouth, for I hope in your ordinances. ⁴⁴ So I will heed your law continually, forever and ever. ⁴⁵ And I will go about _⌊freely_⌋,* for I have sought your precepts. ⁴⁶ And I will speak of your testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed. ⁴⁷ And I will take delight in your commands, which I love. ⁴⁸ And I will lift up my hands* to your commands, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes. ⁴⁹ Remember your word to your servant, upon which you have caused me to hope. ⁵⁰ This is my comfort in my misery: that your word* preserves my life. ⁵¹ The arrogant utterly deride me; I have not turned aside from your law. ⁵² I remember your ordinances of old, O Yahweh, and I take comfort. ⁵³ Rage seizes me because of the wicked, those who forsake your law. ⁵⁴ Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my sojourning. ⁵⁵ I remember your name in the night, O Yahweh, and I heed your law. ⁵⁶ This has been mine, that I have kept your precepts. ⁵⁷ Yahweh is my portion; I intend to heed your words. ⁵⁸ I _⌊seek your favor_⌋* with my whole heart; be gracious to me according to your word.* ⁵⁹ I think about my ways, and turn my feet to your testimonies. ⁶⁰ I hurry and do not delay to heed your commands. ⁶¹ The cords of the wicked surround me, but I do not forget your law. ⁶² In the middle of the night I rise to give you thanks, because of your righteous ordinances. ⁶³ I am a companion of all who fear you and heed your precepts. ⁶⁴ The earth, O Yahweh, is full of your loyal love. Teach me your statutes. ⁶⁵ You have dealt well with your servant, O Yahweh, according to your word. ⁶⁶ Teach me good discernment and knowledge, for I believe your commands. ⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted, I was going astray, but now I heed your word. ⁶⁸ You are good and do good; teach me your statutes. ⁶⁹ The arrogant smear me with lies;* I keep your precepts with my whole heart. ⁷⁰ Their heart is insensitive like fat;* As for me, I take delight in your law. ⁷¹ It is good for me that I was afflicted, so that I might learn your statutes. ⁷² The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver coins. ⁷³ Your hands have made me and established me; give me understanding that I may learn your commands. ⁷⁴ Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I hope in your word. ⁷⁵ I know, O Yahweh, that your judgments are right, and that in faithfulness you afflicted me. ⁷⁶ Please let your loyal love comfort me, according to your word* to your servant. ⁷⁷ Let your mercies come to me, that I may live, for your law is my delight. ⁷⁸ Let the arrogant be put to shame, because they have wronged me with lies.* As for me, I will meditate on your precepts. ⁷⁹ Let those who fear you turn to me, even those who know* your testimonies. ⁸⁰ May my heart be blameless in your statutes, so that I may not be ashamed. ⁸¹ My soul languishes for your salvation; I hope in your word. ⁸² My eyes long for* your word,* saying, "When will you comfort me?" ⁸³ For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes. ⁸⁴ How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute justice against those who persecute me? ⁸⁵ The arrogant have dug pits* for me, which is not according to* your law. ⁸⁶ All your commands are faithful. They persecute me deceitfully; help me! ⁸⁷ They have almost destroyed me on the earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts. ⁸⁸ According to your loyal love preserve me alive, so that I may heed the testimony from your mouth. ⁸⁹ Forever, O Yahweh, your word _⌊is settled_⌋* in heaven. ⁹⁰ Your faithfulness endures _⌊throughout all generations_⌋.* You have established the earth and it stands. ⁹¹ By your ordinances they stand today, for all are your servants. ⁹² Unless your law had been my delight, then I would have perished in my misery. ⁹³ I will not ever forget your precepts, for by them you revive me.* ⁹⁴ I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts. ⁹⁵ For me the wicked lie in wait to destroy me. I give attention to your testimonies. ⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to every perfection;* your command is very broad. ⁹⁷ How I love your law! The whole day it is my meditation. ⁹⁸ Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, because they* are ever with me. ⁹⁹ I have more insight than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the elders, for I keep your precepts. ¹⁰¹ I have restrained my feet from every evil way, so that I may heed your word. ¹⁰² I have not turned aside from your ordinances, for you have taught me. ¹⁰³ How smooth* are your words* to my palate, more than honey in my mouth. ¹⁰⁴ From your precepts I get understanding, therefore I hate every false way. ¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. ¹⁰⁶ I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to heed _⌊your righteous ordinances_⌋.* ¹⁰⁷ I am very much afflicted; O Yahweh, revive me according to your word. ¹⁰⁸ Please accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Yahweh, and teach me your ordinances. ¹⁰⁹ My life is _⌊in danger_⌋* continually, yet I do not forget your law. ¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I do not wander from your precepts. ¹¹¹ I have taken as my own your testimonies forever, for they are the joy of my heart. ¹¹² I have inclined my heart to do your statutes forever, to the end. ¹¹³ I hate _⌊the double-minded_⌋,* but I love your law. ¹¹⁴ You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word. ¹¹⁵ Turn aside from me, you evildoers, for I will keep the commands of my God. ¹¹⁶ Sustain me according to your word,* that I may live, and do not let me be ashamed of my hope. ¹¹⁷ Uphold me, that I may be delivered, and have regard for your statutes continually. ¹¹⁸ You reject all who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is a breach of faith. ¹¹⁹ You remove all the wicked of the earth like dross, therefore I love your testimonies. ¹²⁰ My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments. ¹²¹ I have done justice and righteousness;* do not leave me to my oppressors. ¹²² Pledge good for your servant; do not let the arrogant oppress me. ¹²³ My eyes long for* your salvation, and your righteous word.* ¹²⁴ Deal with your servant according to your loyal love, and teach me your statutes. ¹²⁵ I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your statutes. ¹²⁶ It is time for Yahweh to act,* for they have broken your law. ¹²⁷ Therefore I love your commands more than gold, even fine gold. ¹²⁸ Therefore all your precepts of everything I regard as right; I hate every false way. ¹²⁹ Your testimonies are miracles, therefore my soul keeps them. ¹³⁰ The unfolding of your words gives light, giving understanding to the simple. ¹³¹ I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commands. ¹³² Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is proper for those who love your name. ¹³³ Direct my steps in your word,* and do not let any iniquity gain power over me. ¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of humankind, that I may heed your precepts. ¹³⁵ Shine your face on your servant, and teach me your statutes. ¹³⁶ Streams of water flow down from my eyes, because people do not heed your law. ¹³⁷ You are righteous, O Yahweh, and your ordinances are upright. ¹³⁸ You have ordained your testimonies in righteousness, and in exceeding faithfulness. ¹³⁹ My zeal consumes me, because my enemies have forgotten your words. ¹⁴⁰ Your word is very pure, and your servant loves it. ¹⁴¹ I am small and despised, yet I do not forget your precepts. ¹⁴² Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is truth. ¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have found me; your commands delight me. ¹⁴⁴ The righteousness of your testimonies is forever; give me understanding that I may live. ¹⁴⁵ I call with my whole heart; answer me, O Yahweh. I will keep your statutes. ¹⁴⁶ I call to you. Save me, and I will heed your testimonies. ¹⁴⁷ I rise early in the dawn and cry for help; I hope in your word.* ¹⁴⁸ My eyes anticipate the night watches, that I may meditate on your word. ¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to your loyal love; O Yahweh, preserve my life according to your justice. ¹⁵⁰ Those who pursue a wicked purpose draw near; they are far from your law. ¹⁵¹ You are near, O Yahweh, and all your commands are truth. ¹⁵² Concerning your testimonies, I knew long ago that you have established them forever. ¹⁵³ See my misery and rescue me, for I do not forget your law. ¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your word.* ¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes. ¹⁵⁶ Your mercies are great, O Yahweh; preserve my life according to your ordinances. ¹⁵⁷ My persecutors and enemies are many, yet I do not turn aside from your testimonies. ¹⁵⁸ I see the treacherous and I feel disgust, because they do not heed your word. ¹⁵⁹ Consider* that I love your precepts; O Yahweh, according to your loyal love preserve my life. ¹⁶⁰ The _⌊whole_⌋* of your word is truth, and your every righteous judgment endures forever. ¹⁶¹ Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles because of your word.* ¹⁶² I am rejoicing over your word, like one who finds great spoil. ¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood; I love your law. ¹⁶⁴ I praise you seven times in the day for your righteous ordinances. ¹⁶⁵ Great peace is for those who love your law, and they do not have a cause for stumbling. ¹⁶⁶ I hope for your salvation, O Yahweh, and do your commands. ¹⁶⁷ My soul heeds your testimonies, and I love them exceedingly. ¹⁶⁸ I heed your precepts and testimonies, because all my ways are before you. ¹⁶⁹ Let my cry come before you, O Yahweh; give me understanding according to your word. ¹⁷⁰ Let my plea come before you; Deliver me according to your word.* ¹⁷¹ Let my lips pour out praise, because you teach me your statutes. ¹⁷² Let my tongue sing of your word,* because all your commands are right. ¹⁷³ Let your hand be my help,* because I have chosen your precepts. ¹⁷⁴ I long for your salvation, O Yahweh, and your law is my delight. ¹⁷⁵ Let my soul* live that it may praise you, and let your ordinances help me. ¹⁷⁶ I have wandered like a lost sheep; seek your servant, because I do not forget your commands. ¹²⁰ ¹ A song of ascents.*
In my distress I called to Yahweh, and he answered me. ² "Deliver my life, O Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue." ³ What shall be given to you,* and what more shall be done to you, deceitful tongue? ⁴ The sharpened arrows of a warrior, with burning charcoals from broom trees. ⁵ Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar. ⁶ Too long my soul has had its dwelling near one who hates peace. ⁷ I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war. ¹²¹ ¹ A song for the ascents.*
I lift up my eyes to the mountains; whence will my help come? ² My help is from Yahweh, maker of heaven and earth. ³ He will not allow your foot to be moved; he who protects you will not slumber. ⁴ Look, he will not slumber and he will not sleep— he who protects Israel. ⁵ Yahweh is your protector; Yahweh is your shade at your right hand. ⁶ The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. ⁷ Yahweh will protect you from all evil;* he will protect your life. ⁸ Yahweh will protect your going out and your coming in from now until forever. ¹²² ¹ A song of ascents. Of David.*
I rejoiced in those who said to me, "Let us go to the house* of Yahweh." ² Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem— ³ Jerusalem that is built as a city that is joined together, ⁴ where the tribes go up, the tribes of Yah* as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yahweh. ⁵ For there the thrones sit* for judgment, thrones of David's house. ⁶ Pray* for the peace of Jerusalem: "May those who love you be at ease. ⁷ May peace be within your walls, security within your palaces." ⁸ For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will say, "Peace be within you." ⁹ For the sake of the house* of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good. ¹²³ ¹ A song of ascents.*
I lift up my eyes to you, the one enthroned* in the heavens. ² Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,* as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to Yahweh our God, until he is gracious to us. ³ Be gracious to us, O Yahweh, be gracious to us, for long enough we have had our fill of contempt. ⁴ For long enough our soul has had its fill of the derision of the self-confident, the contempt of the arrogant. ¹²⁴ ¹ A song of ascents. Of David.*
"If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side," do let Israel say, ² "If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us, ³ then they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger was kindled against us. ⁴ Then the waters would have flooded over us, the torrent would have passed over our soul. ⁵ Then over our soul would have passed the raging waters." ⁶ Blessed be Yahweh, who has not made* us prey for their teeth. ⁷ Our soul has escaped like a bird from the snare of fowlers. The snare is broken, and we have escaped. ⁸ Our help is in the name of Yahweh, maker of heaven and earth. ¹²⁵ ¹ A song of ascents.*
Those who trust in Yahweh are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. ² As mountains are round about Jerusalem, so Yahweh is round about his people, from now until forever. ³ For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the _⌊land_⌋* of the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wickedness.* ⁴ Do good, O Yahweh, to the good, and to those upright in their hearts. ⁵ But regarding those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel. ¹²⁶ ¹ A song of ascents.*
When Yahweh restored the fortunes* of Zion,* we were like dreamers. ² Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing. Then they said among the nations, "Yahweh has done great things for these people." ³ Yahweh has done great things for us; we are glad. ⁴ Restore, O Yahweh, our fortunes* like the streams in the Negeb.* ⁵ Those who sow with tears shall reap with rejoicing. ⁶ He who diligently goes out with weeping, carrying the seed bag, shall certainly come in with rejoicing, carrying his sheaves. ¹²⁷ ¹ A song of ascents. Of Solomon.*
Unless Yahweh builds a house, its builders labor at it in vain. Unless Yahweh guards a city, a guard watches in vain. ² It is in vain for you who rise early and sit late, eating the bread of anxious toil, when thus he* provides* for his beloved in his sleep.* ³ Look, children* are the heritage* of Yahweh; the fruit of the womb is a reward. ⁴ Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children* of one's youth. ⁵ Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them.* They shall not be put to shame when they speak with enemies at the gate. ¹²⁸ ¹ A song of ascents.*
Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways. ² You will indeed eat of the labor of your hands; you will be happy and it will be well with you. ³ Your wife will be like a fruitful vine _⌊within_⌋* your house. Your children* will be like olive shoots about your table. ⁴ Look, for thus shall a man be blessed _⌊who fears Yahweh_⌋.* ⁵ May Yahweh bless you from Zion, that you may see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life, ⁶ and that you may see your children's children. May peace be upon Israel. ¹²⁹ ¹ A song of ascents.*
"Too often* they have attacked me from my youth." Let Israel say, ² "Too often* they have attacked me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. ³ On my back plowmen have plowed. They have made their furrows* long." ⁴ Yahweh is righteous. He has cut the ropes* of the wicked. ⁵ Let all be put to shame and repulsed who hate Zion. ⁶ Let them be like grass on the housetops, that withers before it grows up, ⁷ with which a reaper cannot fill his hand, nor the binder of sheaves his _⌊arms_⌋,* ⁸ so that passersby do not say, "The blessing of Yahweh be upon you. We bless you in the name of Yahweh." ¹³⁰ ¹ A song of ascents.*
Out of the depths I call to you, O Yahweh. ² "O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. ³ If you, O Yah,* should _⌊keep track of_⌋* iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? ⁴ But with you is forgiveness, so that you may be feared." ⁵ I await Yahweh; my soul awaits, and I wait* for his word. ⁶ My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning. Yes, more than watchmen for the morning. ⁷ O Israel, wait* for Yahweh. For with Yahweh there is loyal love, and with him there is abundant redemption. ⁸ And he will redeem Israel from all its iniquities. ¹³¹ ¹ A song of ascents. Of David.*
My heart is not haughty nor my eyes _⌊arrogant_⌋.* And I do not _⌊concern myself_⌋* with things too great and difficult for me. ² Rather I have soothed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother, like the weaned child is my soul with me. ³ O Israel, hope in Yahweh from now until forever. ¹³² ¹ A song of ascents.*
O Yahweh, remember with regard to David all his affliction.* ² How he swore to Yahweh, he vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: ³ "I will not enter into the tent of my house, I will not go up to the couch of my bed, ⁴ I will give no sleep to my eyes, no slumber to my eyelids, ⁵ until I find a place for Yahweh, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob." ⁶ Look, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found her in the fields of Jaar.* ⁷ Let us go to his dwelling places;* Let us worship at his footstool. ⁸ Arise, O Yahweh, to your resting place, you and your mighty ark. ⁹ Let your priests clothe themselves with righteousness, and let your faithful sing for joy. ¹⁰ For the sake of your servant David, do not turn away the face of your anointed one. ¹¹ Yahweh swore in truth to David; he will not turn back from it. "One from the fruit of your _⌊body_⌋* I will set on your throne. ¹² If your sons will heed my covenant and my testimonies that I will teach them, their sons also forever will sit on your throne." ¹³ For Yahweh has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation. ¹⁴ "This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it. ¹⁵ I will bless its provisions abundantly; I will satisfy its poor with bread. ¹⁶ I will also clothe its priests with salvation, and its faithful will shout exuberantly for joy. ¹⁷ There I will cause a horn to grow for David; I will set a lamp for my anointed one. ¹⁸ I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on him his crown will flourish."* ¹³³ ¹ A song of ascents. Of David.*
Look, how good and how pleasant it is when brothers dwell together in unity. ² It is like the fragrant oil upon the head, running down upon the beard, the beard of Aaron, that runs down upon the edges of his robes. ³ It is like the dew of Hermon that runs down upon the mountains of Zion, because there Yahweh commanded the blessing— life forever. ¹³⁴ ¹ A song of ascents.*
Look, bless Yahweh, all you the servants of Yahweh, who _⌊serve_⌋* in the house* of Yahweh by night. ² Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and bless Yahweh. ³ May Yahweh bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth. ¹³⁵ ¹ Praise Yah!* Praise the name of Yahweh. Praise him, O servants of Yahweh, ² who stand in the house* of Yahweh, in the courts of the house* of our God. ³ Praise Yah,* for Yahweh is good. Sing praises concerning his name, for it is pleasant. ⁴ For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his special possession. ⁵ For I know that Yahweh is great, and our Lord is greater than all gods. ⁶ All that Yahweh desires, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the depths. ⁷ He causes clouds to rise from the edge of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain; he brings out the wind from his storehouses. ⁸ Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of humans* and animals.* ⁹ He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants. ¹⁰ Who struck many nations and killed mighty kings— ¹¹ Sihon the king of the Amorites, and Og the king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan— ¹² and he gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance for his people Israel. ¹³ O Yahweh, your name endures forever, your _⌊renown_⌋* _⌊throughout all generations_⌋,* ¹⁴ for Yahweh will plead the cause of his people and will have compassion on his servants. ¹⁵ The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of the hands of humankind. ¹⁶ They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; ¹⁷ they have ears, but cannot hear; there is not even breath in their mouths. ¹⁸ Those who make them become like them, as does everyone who trusts in them. ¹⁹ O house of Israel, bless Yahweh. O house of Aaron, bless Yahweh. ²⁰ O house of Levi, bless Yahweh. You who fear Yahweh, bless Yahweh. ²¹ Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise Yah!* ¹³⁶ ¹ Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loyal love endures forever. ² Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loyal love endures forever. ³ Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his loyal love endures forever. ⁴ To him who alone does great wonders, for his loyal love endures forever. ⁵ To him who made the heavens with skill,* for his loyal love endures forever. ⁶ To him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his loyal love endures forever. ⁷ To him who made the great lights, for his loyal love endures forever. ⁸ The sun to rule the day, for his loyal love endures forever. ⁹ The moon and stars to rule the night, for his loyal love endures forever. ¹⁰ To him who struck Egypt through their firstborn, for his loyal love endures forever. ¹¹ And he brought Israel out from among them, for his loyal love endures forever. ¹² With a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his loyal love endures forever. ¹³ To him who divided the _⌊Red Sea_⌋* in two, for his loyal love endures forever. ¹⁴ And he let Israel cross over through the midst of it, for his loyal love endures forever. ¹⁵ But he tossed Pharaoh and his army into the _⌊Red Sea_⌋,* for his loyal love endures forever. ¹⁶ To him who led his people through the wilderness, for his loyal love endures forever. ¹⁷ To him who struck great kings, for his loyal love endures forever. ¹⁸ And he killed mighty kings, for his loyal love endures forever. ¹⁹ Sihon the king of the Amorites, for his loyal love endures forever. ²⁰ And Og the king of Bashan, for his loyal love endures forever. ²¹ And he gave their land as an inheritance, for his loyal love endures forever. ²² An inheritance to Israel his servant, for his loyal love endures forever. ²³ Who remembered us in our low estate, for his loyal love endures forever. ²⁴ And he rescued us from our enemies, for his loyal love endures forever. ²⁵ The one who gives food to all flesh, for his loyal love endures forever. ²⁶ Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loyal love endures forever. ¹³⁷ ¹ By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion. ² On the willows* in her midst, we hung up our lyres. ³ For there our captors asked of us words of a song, and our tormentors* asked of us jubilation, "Sing for us from a song of Zion." ⁴ How could we sing the song of Yahweh in _⌊a foreign land_⌋?* ⁵ If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget.* ⁶ Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if do not I exalt Jerusalem above my highest joy. ⁷ Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem, the ones who said, "Lay it bare! Lay it bare to its foundation!" ⁸ O daughter of Babylon, about to be devastated, happy shall be he who pays back to you _⌊what you paid out to us_⌋.* ⁹ Happy shall be he who seizes and smashes your children against the rock. ¹³⁸ ¹ Of David.*
I give you thanks with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise. ² I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have magnified your word* according to all your name.* ³ _⌊When_⌋* I called and you answered me, you emboldened me in my soul with strength. ⁴ All the kings of the earth will praise you, O Yahweh, when they have heard the words* of your mouth, ⁵ and they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, because Yahweh's glory is great. ⁶ Though Yahweh is high, yet he sees the lowly, but the proud he perceives* at a distance. ⁷ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve me alive. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my enemies, and you save me with your right hand. ⁸ Yahweh accomplishes things for my benefit. O Yahweh, your loyal love endures forever; do not abandon the works of your hands. ¹³⁹ ¹ For the music director. Of David. A psalm.*
O Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. ² You know my sitting down and my rising up. You understand my thought from afar. ³ You search out* my wandering and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. ⁴ For there is not a word yet on my tongue, but behold, O Yahweh, you know it completely. ⁵ You barricade me behind and in front, and set your hand upon me. ⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is set high; I cannot prevail against it. ⁷ Where I can go from your Spirit, or where can I flee from your presence? ⁸ If I ascend to heaven, there you are, and if I make my bed in Sheol, look! There you are. ⁹ If I lift up the wings of the dawn, and I alight on the far side of the sea, ¹⁰ even there your hand would lead me, and your right hand would hold me fast. ¹¹ And if I should say, "Surely darkness will cover me, and the light around me will be as night," ¹² even the darkness is not too dark for you,* and the night shines as the day— the darkness and the light are alike for you. ¹³ Indeed you created my _⌊inward parts_⌋;* you wove me in my mother's womb. ¹⁴ I praise you, because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.* Wonderful are your works, and my soul knows it well. ¹⁵ My _⌊frame_⌋* was not hidden from you, when I was created secretly,* and intricately woven in the depths of the earth. ¹⁶ Your eyes saw my embryo,* and in your book they all were written— days fashioned for me when there was not one of them. ¹⁷ And to me, how precious* are your thoughts, O God; how vast is their sum. ¹⁸ If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. I awaken, and I am still with you. ¹⁹ If only you would kill the wicked, O God— so get away from me, you _⌊bloodthirsty men_⌋—* ²⁰ who speak against you deceitfully. Your enemies take your name in vain. ²¹ Do I not hate those who hate you, O Yahweh? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you? ²² I hate them with a complete hatred; they have become my enemies. ²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. ²⁴ And see if there is in me _⌊the worship of false gods_⌋,* and lead me in the way everlasting. ¹⁴⁰ ¹ For the music director. A psalm of David.*
Rescue me, O Yahweh, from evil men.* Preserve me from violent men, ² who plan evil things in their heart. They stir up wars continually. ³ They sharpen their tongue as sharp as a snake's; the venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah ⁴ Protect me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from violent men, who have planned to _⌊make me stumble_⌋.* ⁵ The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords. They have spread out a net along the _⌊side_⌋* of the path. They have set snares for me. Selah ⁶ I say to Yahweh, "You are my God." Listen, O Yahweh, to the voice of my supplications. ⁷ O Yahweh, my Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle. ⁸ Do not grant, O Yahweh, the desires of the wicked. Do not allow them to attain their* plan, lest they be exalted. Selah ⁹ With respect to the head of those who surround me, may the harm of their lips cover them. ¹⁰ Let burning coals fall on them; let them be dropped into the fire, into bottomless pits from which they cannot rise. ¹¹ Do not let a _⌊slanderer_⌋* be established in the land; as for the man of violence, let evil hunt him quickly. ¹² I know* that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy. ¹³ Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name; the upright will dwell in your presence. ¹⁴¹ ¹ A psalm of David.*
I call on you, O Yahweh; hasten to me. Listen to my voice when I call to you. ² Let my prayer be set before you as incense, the lifting up of my palms as the evening offering. ³ Set a guard, O Yahweh, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips. ⁴ Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked deeds with men who do iniquity; and do not let me eat of their delicacies. ⁵ Let a righteous one strike me in kindness, and let him chasten me. It is oil for my head;* let not my head refuse. For still my prayer is against their evil deeds. ⁶ When their judges are thrown down the sides of a cliff,* then they will understand that my words were pleasant. ⁷ As when one plows and breaks up the earth, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol. ⁸ But* my eyes are toward you, O Yahweh, my Lord; I have taken refuge in you. Do not lay bare my soul.* ⁹ Protect me from the _⌊grasp_⌋* of the trap they have laid for me, and from the snares of evildoers. ¹⁰ Let the wicked fall into their* nets, while I escape altogether. ¹⁴² ¹ A maskil of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer.*
I cry out with my voice to Yahweh; I implore favor with my voice to Yahweh. ² I pour out my complaint before him; I declare my trouble before him. ³ When my spirit faints within me, you know my way. On the path where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me; ⁴ look to my right and see. There is no one looking out for me; there is no escape for me;* no one cares for my soul.* ⁵ I cry out to you, O Yahweh. I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living." ⁶ Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my pursuers, for they are stronger than I. ⁷ Bring me* out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will encircle me, because you will deal bountifully with me. ¹⁴³ ¹ A psalm of David.*
O Yahweh, hear my prayer; listen to my supplications. In your faithfulness answer me, and in your righteousness. ² And do not enter into judgment with your servant, because no one alive is righteous before you. ³ For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me dwell in dark places like those long dead. ⁴ And so my spirit grows faint within me; my heart _⌊within_⌋* me is desolate. ⁵ I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your doings.* I muse on the labor of your hands. ⁶ I stretch out my hands to you; my soul longs for you like a dry land. Selah ⁷ Quickly answer me, O Yahweh; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, or I will become like those descending to the pit. ⁸ Cause me to hear your loyal love in the morning, for I trust you. Cause me to know the way that I should go, for I lift up my soul to you. ⁹ Deliver me from my enemies, O Yahweh. I take refuge in you.* ¹⁰ Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; your Spirit is good. Lead me onto level ground. ¹¹ For your name's sake, O Yahweh, preserve my life; in your righteousness bring me* out of trouble. ¹² And in your loyal love destroy my enemies, and exterminate all the adversaries of my soul, for I am your servant. ¹⁴⁴ ¹ Of David.*
Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, the one who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war— ² my loyal love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, and one in whom I take refuge, the one who subdues peoples* under me. ³ O Yahweh, what is humankind that you take knowledge of him, or the son of man that you take thought of him? ⁴ Humankind is like a breath, his days like a passing shadow. ⁵ O Yahweh, bow the heavens and come down; touch the mountains so that they smoke. ⁶ Flash forth lightning and scatter them; dispatch your arrows and rout them. ⁷ Stretch out your hands from on high; Rescue me and deliver me from many waters, from the hand of foreigners, ⁸ whose mouth speaks falsely, and their right hand is a false right hand. ⁹ O God, I will sing a new song to you. With a lyre of ten strings I will sing praise to you, ¹⁰ who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from the evil sword. ¹¹ Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouth speaks falsely, and whose right hand is a false right hand, ¹² that our sons may be like plants, full grown in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars, carved in the style of a palace, ¹³ that our granaries may be full, providing produce of all kinds,* that our sheep may produce by the thousands, by the tens of thousands in our open fields, ¹⁴ that our cattle may be pregnant; that there be no breach in our walls, and no going out in exile, and no outcry in our plazas. ¹⁵ Blessed are the people who have it thus. Blessed are the people whose God is Yahweh. ¹⁴⁵ ¹ A praise of David.*
I will exalt you, my God, O king, and I will bless* your name forever and ever. ² Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. ³ Great is Yahweh, and very worthy of praise, and his greatness is unsearchable. ⁴ One generation will laud your works to another, and will declare your mighty deeds. ⁵ On the splendor of the glory of your majesty, and on your wonderful deeds, I will meditate. ⁶ And they will speak of the power of your awesome deeds,* and I will tell of your greatness.* ⁷ They will utter * the renown of your abundant goodness, and they will proclaim with joy your righteousness. ⁸ Yahweh is gracious and compassionate, _⌊slow to anger_⌋* and great in loyal love. ⁹ Yahweh is good to all, and his mercies are over all his works. ¹⁰ All your works will praise you, O Yahweh, and your faithful ones will bless* you. ¹¹ They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk of your power, ¹² to make known to the children of humankind his mighty deeds, and the glory of the majesty of his kingdom. ¹³ Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures _⌊throughout all generations_⌋.* ¹⁴ Yahweh upholds all who are falling, and raises up all who are bowed down. ¹⁵ The eyes of all look hopefully to you, and you give them their food in due time, ¹⁶ opening your hand, and satisfying the desire of every living creature. ¹⁷ Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and loyal in all his works. ¹⁸ Yahweh is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. ¹⁹ He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry for help, and saves them. ²⁰ Yahweh protects all those who love him, but all the wicked he will exterminate. ²¹ My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh, and all flesh will bless his holy name forever and ever. ¹⁴⁶ ¹ Praise Yah.* Praise Yahweh, O my soul. ² I will praise Yahweh while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I am still alive. ³ Do not place trust in princes, in a son of humankind with whom there is no deliverance. ⁴ His breath departs; he returns to his plot;* on that day his plans perish. ⁵ Blessed is the one whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is on Yahweh as his God, ⁶ who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them, the one who keeps faith* forever, ⁷ who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food for the hungry. Yahweh sets prisoners free; ⁸ Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind; Yahweh raises up those bowed down; Yahweh loves the righteous; ⁹ Yahweh protects* the strangers. He helps up the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he _⌊thwarts_⌋.* ¹⁰ Yahweh will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, _⌊throughout all generations_⌋.* Praise Yah.* ¹⁴⁷ ¹ Praise Yah.* For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; praise is fitting. ² Yahweh is building Jerusalem; he gathers the scattered ones of Israel. ³ He is the one who heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds. ⁴ He counts the number of the stars; he gives names to all of them. ⁵ Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is unlimited. ⁶ Yahweh helps the afflicted up; he brings the wicked down to the ground. ⁷ Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving; sing praises to our God with lyre, ⁸ who covers the heavens with clouds, who provides rain for the earth, who causes grass to grow on the mountains. ⁹ He gives to the animal its food, and to the young ravens that cry. ¹⁰ He does not delight in the strength of the horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of the man. ¹¹ Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, the ones who hope* for his loyal love. ¹² Laud Yahweh, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion, ¹³ for he strengthens the bars of your gates. He blesses your children within you; ¹⁴ he makes your border peaceful; he satisfies you with the _⌊finest of wheat_⌋.* ¹⁵ He sends out his command* to the earth; his word runs swiftly. ¹⁶ He gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes; ¹⁷ he throws his hail like crumbs. Who can stand before his cold?* ¹⁸ He sends out his word and melts them; he blows his breath, the water flows. ¹⁹ He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel. ²⁰ He has not done so for any nation, and they do not know his ordinances. Praise Yah.* ¹⁴⁸ ¹ Praise Yah.* Praise Yahweh from the heavens; praise him in the heights. ² Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts.* ³ Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all stars of light. ⁴ Praise him, _⌊highest heavens_⌋,* and waters above the heavens. ⁵ Let them praise the name of Yahweh, because he commanded and they were created. ⁶ And he put them in place forever and ever, by a decree he gave that will not pass away. ⁷ Praise Yahweh from the earth— great sea creatures and all deeps, ⁸ fire and hail, snow and cloud,* stormy wind doing his bidding,* ⁹ the mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, ¹⁰ beasts and all cattle,* creeping things and _⌊flying birds_⌋,* ¹¹ kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth, ¹² young men and young women as well, the old together with the young— ¹³ let them praise the name of Yahweh, because his name alone is is exalted. His splendor is above earth and heavens. ¹⁴ And he has raised high a horn for his people, praise for all his faithful— for the children of Israel, a people close to him. Praise Yah.* ¹⁴⁹ ¹ Praise Yah.* Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful. ² Let Israel be glad in its maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their king. ³ Let them praise his name with dancing; let them sing praises to him with tambourine and lyre. ⁴ For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people; he glorifies the afflicted with salvation. ⁵ Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their beds. ⁶ Let the extolling of God be in their throat, and a double-edged sword in their hand, ⁷ to execute vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,* ⁸ to bind their kings with chains and their _⌊nobles_⌋* with fetters of iron, ⁹ to execute on them the judgment that is decreed.* This will be honor for all his faithful ones; Praise Yah.* ¹⁵⁰ ¹ Praise Yah.* Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty firmament. ² Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to the abundance of his greatness. ³ Praise him with blast of horn; praise him with harp and lyre. ⁴ Praise him with tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flute. ⁵ Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with clashing cymbals. ⁶ Every breathing thing, let it praise Yah.* Praise Yah.*