Psalms 19:-36:1 For the music director. A psalm of David.* The heavens are telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands.

LEB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ For the music director. A psalm of David.*
The heavens are telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands. ² _⌊Every day_⌋* they pour forth speech, and _⌊every night_⌋* they tell knowledge. ³ There is no speech and there are no words; their sound is inaudible. ⁴ Yet in all the world their line* goes out, and their words to the end of the world. In them* he has pitched a tent for the sun, ⁵ and it is like a bridegroom who comes out of his bridal chamber. It is glad like a strong man to run its course. ⁶ Its rising is from one* end of the heavens and its circuit to the other end* of them; and nothing is hidden from its heat. ⁷ The law of Yahweh is perfect, reviving life.* The testimony of Yahweh is firm, making wise the simple. ⁸ The precepts of Yahweh are right, making the heart rejoice. The command of Yahweh is pure, enlightening the eyes. ⁹ The fear of Yahweh is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of Yahweh are true; they are righteous altogether, ¹⁰ more desirable than gold, even much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, even honey in the comb. ¹¹ Moreover, your servant is warned* by them; in keeping them is great reward. ¹² Who can perceive his errors? Acquit me from hidden faults. ¹³ Also, keep back your servant from arrogant sins;* let them not rule over me. Then I shall be blameless, and I shall be innocent of great transgression. ¹⁴ Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your presence, O Yahweh, my rock and my redeemer. ²⁰ ¹ For the music director. A psalm of David.*
May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of Jacob's God protect* you. ² May he send you help* from the sanctuary, and from Zion may he sustain you. ³ May he remember all your offerings, and your burnt offering may he _⌊regard favorably_⌋.* ⁴ May he give to you _⌊your heart's desire_⌋,* and your every plan may he fulfill. Selah ⁵ May we shout for joy over your victory, and in the name of our God may we set up banners. May Yahweh fulfill all your requests. ⁶ Now I know that Yahweh will help his anointed.* He will answer him from his holy heaven with the victorious power of his right hand. ⁷ _⌊Some boast in chariots and others in horses_⌋,* but we boast in the name of Yahweh, our God. ⁸ They will collapse and fall, and we will rise and stand firm. ⁹ Rescue,* O Yahweh. Let the king answer us when we call. ²¹ ¹ For the music director. A psalm of David.*
O Yahweh, the king will rejoice in your strength, and how greatly he will delight in your help.* ² You have given him the desire of his heart, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah ³ For you meet him with blessings of good things. You set on his head a crown of fine gold. ⁴ He asked life from you; you gave it to him— length of days forever and ever. ⁵ His honor is great because of your help.* Splendor and majesty you have bestowed upon him. ⁶ For you set on him blessings forever. You make him glad with the joy of your presence. ⁷ Because the king trusts Yahweh, and through the steadfast love* of the Most High he shall not be moved. ⁸ Your hand will find all your enemies; your right hand will find those who hate you. ⁹ You will make them like your fiery furnace at the time of your appearance. Yahweh will swallow them in his wrath and fire will consume them. ¹⁰ You will destroy their _⌊offspring_⌋* from the earth, and their _⌊descendants_⌋* from among the children of humankind. ¹¹ Though they have _⌊plotted_⌋* evil against you, though they have planned a scheme, they will not prevail. ¹² For you will _⌊turn them to flight_⌋;* you will aim arrows on your bowstrings at their faces. ¹³ Be exalted, O Yahweh, in your strength, and we sing and praise your power. ²² ¹ For the music director; according to The Doe of the Dawn. A psalm of David.*
My God, my God why have you forsaken me? Why are you far from helping me, far from the words of my groaning? ² O my God, I call by day and you do not answer, and by night but I have no rest.* ³ Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. ⁴ Our ancestors* trusted you; they trusted and you delivered them. ⁵ They cried to you and were saved; they trusted you and were not ashamed. ⁶ But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by humankind and despised by people. ⁷ All who see me mock me. They open wide their lips; they shake the head, saying: ⁸ "_⌊He trusts Yahweh_⌋.* Let him rescue him. Let him deliver him because he delights in him." ⁹ Yet you took me from the belly; you made me trust while on my mother's breasts. ¹⁰ On you I was cast from the womb. From my mother's belly you have been my God. ¹¹ Do not be far from me because trouble is near; because there is no helper. ¹² Many bulls have encircled me; mighty bulls of Bashan have surrounded me. ¹³ They open their mouth against me like a lion tearing and roaring. ¹⁴ I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted _⌊within me_⌋.* ¹⁵ My strength is dry like a potsherd, and my tongue is sticking to my jaws; and you have placed me in the dust of death. ¹⁶ Because dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has encircled me. Like the lion* they are at my hands and my feet. ¹⁷ I can count all my bones; they gaze, they look at me. ¹⁸ They divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.* ¹⁹ But you, O Yahweh, do not remain distant. O my help, hasten to help me. ²⁰ Rescue my life from the sword, my only life from the power of the dogs.* ²¹ Save me from the mouth of the lion, and from the horns of the wild oxen answer me. ²² I will tell your name to my brothers; inside the assembly I will praise you. ²³ You who revere Yahweh, praise him! Glorify him, all you seed of Jacob, and be in awe of him, all you seed of Israel, ²⁴ because he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and has not hid his face from him; but he listened to him when he cried for help. ²⁵ From you is my praise. In the great assembly, I will pay my vows before those who revere him. ²⁶ The afflicted will eat and will be satisfied. Those who seek him will praise Yahweh. May your* heart live forever. ²⁷ All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh. All the families of the nations will worship before you. ²⁸ Because the kingship belongs to Yahweh, and he rules over the nations. ²⁹ All the _⌊healthy ones_⌋* of the earth will eat and worship. Before him all of those descending into the dust will kneel, even he who cannot keep his soul alive. ³⁰ Descendants* will serve him. Regarding the Lord, it will be told to the next generation. ³¹ They will come and tell his saving* deeds to a people yet to be born, that he has done it. ²³ ¹ A psalm of David.*
Yahweh is my shepherd; I will not lack for anything. ² In grassy pastures he makes me lie down; by quiet waters he leads me. ³ He restores my life.* He leads me in _⌊correct paths_⌋* for the sake of his name. ⁴ Even when I walk in a dark valley, I fear no evil because you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. ⁵ You prepare before me a table in the presence of my oppressors. You anoint my head with oil; my cup is overflowing. ⁶ Surely goodness and loyal love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will stay* in the house* of Yahweh _⌊for a very long time_⌋.* ²⁴ ¹ A psalm of David.*
The earth is Yahweh's, with its fullness, the world and those who live in it, ² because he has founded it on the seas, and has established it on the rivers. ³ Who may ascend the mountain of Yahweh? And who may stand in his holy place? ⁴ He who is innocent of hands and pure of heart, who does not lift up his soul to falseness, and does not swear deceitfully. ⁵ He will receive blessing from Yahweh, and justice* from the God of his salvation. ⁶ Such is the sort of those who seek* him, those who seek your face, even Jacob. Selah ⁷ Lift up your heads, O gates, and rise up, O ancient doorways, that the king of glory* may enter. ⁸ Who is the king of glory?* Yahweh, strong and mighty; Yahweh, mighty in war! ⁹ Lift up your heads, O gates, and lift up, O ancient doorways, that the king of glory* may enter. ¹⁰ Who is the king of glory?* Yahweh of hosts, He is the king of glory!* Selah ²⁵ ¹ Of David.*
To you, O Yahweh, I lift up my soul. ² O my God, I trust you; let me not be put to shame. Do not let my enemies exult over me. ³ Indeed, none who wait for you should be put to shame. Those who betray without cause should be put to shame. ⁴ Make me know your ways, O Yahweh. Teach me your paths. ⁵ Cause me to walk in your truth and teach me, because you are the God of my salvation. I await you _⌊all day long_⌋.* ⁶ Remember your compassion, O Yahweh, and your acts of loyal love, because they are from of old. ⁷ Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions. According to your loyal love remember me if you will, for the sake of your goodness, O Yahweh. ⁸ Good and right is Yahweh; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. ⁹ He causes the humble to walk in justice, and teaches the humble his way. ¹⁰ All the paths of Yahweh are loyal love and faithfulness for those who keep his covenant and statutes.* ¹¹ Also, for the sake of your name, O Yahweh, forgive my sin, because it is great. ¹² Who is the man fearing Yahweh? He will instruct him in the way he should choose. ¹³ His soul will lodge in prosperity, and his offspring will possess the land. ¹⁴ Intimate fellowship with Yahweh is for those who fear him, and he makes known his covenant to them. ¹⁵ My eyes are continually toward Yahweh, because he will take my feet from the net. ¹⁶ Turn to me and have mercy on me because I am lonely and afflicted. ¹⁷ Remove the troubles of my heart; bring me out from my distresses. ¹⁸ Consider my affliction and trouble, and forgive* all my sins. ¹⁹ Consider that my enemies are many, and they hate me with violent hatred. ²⁰ Protect my life and deliver me. Let me not be put to shame, because I take shelter in you. ²¹ Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for you. ²² O God, redeem Israel from all its troubles. ²⁶ ¹ Of David.*
Judge me, O Yahweh, because I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted Yahweh and not wavered. ² Prove me, O Yahweh, and test me. Try my _⌊innermost being_⌋* and my _⌊mind_⌋.* ³ Because your loyal love is before my eyes, and I walk about in your faithfulness. ⁴ I do not sit with deceitful people, nor will I go about with hypocrites. ⁵ I hate the crowd of evildoers, and with the wicked I will not sit. ⁶ I will wash my hands in innocence, and I will walk about your altar, O Yahweh, ⁷ to declare with a voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all your wondrous deeds. ⁸ O Yahweh, I love the dwelling of your house,* and _⌊the place where your glory abides_⌋.* ⁹ Do not destroy me* with the sinners, nor my life with men of bloodshed, ¹⁰ in whose hands is an evil plan, and whose right hand is full of bribes.* ¹¹ But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me and be gracious to me. ¹² My foot stands on level ground. In assemblies I will bless Yahweh. ²⁷ ¹ Of David.*
Yahweh is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the refuge of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? ² When evildoers drew near against me to eat my flesh— my adversaries and my enemies who drew near to me— they themselves stumbled and fell. ³ Though an army encamp against me, my heart will not fear. Though war arise against me, even in this I will remain confident. ⁴ One thing I have asked from Yahweh; it I will seek: that I may dwell in the house* of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to consider* his temple. ⁵ Because he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble. He will conceal me in the hiding place of his tent. He will set me high upon a rock. ⁶ And now my head will be high over my enemies round about me. And I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh. ⁷ Hear, O Yahweh, my voice when I call, and be gracious to me and answer me. ⁸ On your behalf my heart says, "Seek my face." Your face, O Yahweh, I do seek. ⁹ Do not hide your face from me; do not turn your servant away in anger. You have been my help; do not abandon nor forsake me, O God of my salvation. ¹⁰ If my father or my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will receive me. ¹¹ Teach me, O Yahweh, your way, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies. ¹² Do not give me over to the desire of my enemies, because false witnesses have arisen against me, and each breathing out violence.* ¹³ Surely* I believe that I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living. ¹⁴ Wait for Yahweh. Be strong and let your heart show strength, and wait for Yahweh. ²⁸ ¹ A psalm of David.*
To you, O Yahweh, I call. O my rock, do not be deaf to me. Or else, if you are silent to me, then I will become like those descending to the pit. ² Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your holy inner sanctuary. ³ Do not drag me away with the wicked or with the workers of evil, who speak of peace with their neighbors, while evil is in their heart. ⁴ Give to them according to their work, even according to the evil of their deeds. Give to them according to the work of their hands; repay them their rightful due. ⁵ Because they do not regard the works of Yahweh, nor the work of his hands, he will destroy them and not rebuild them. ⁶ Blessed is Yahweh, because he has heard the voice of my supplications. ⁷ Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart trusts him and I am helped. So my heart rejoices, and with my song I will give thanks to him. ⁸ Yahweh is their strength, and he is the refuge for the salvation of his anointed one. ⁹ Save your people and bless your heritage. Shepherd them also and carry them always. ²⁹ ¹ A psalm of David.*
Ascribe to Yahweh, O sons of God,* ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength. ² Ascribe to Yahweh the glory _⌊due_⌋* his name. Worship Yahweh in holy array. ³ The voice of Yahweh is over the waters; the God of glory thunders. Yahweh is over many waters. ⁴ The voice of Yahweh is powerful. The voice of Yahweh is majestic. ⁵ The voice of Yahweh breaks the cedars. Yahweh shatters even the cedars of Lebanon. ⁶ And he makes them skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox. ⁷ The voice of Yahweh flashes* flames of fire. ⁸ The voice of Yahweh shakes the wilderness. Yahweh shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. ⁹ The voice of Yahweh causes deer* to give birth and strips the forests bare. And at his temple all in it say, "Glory!" ¹⁰ Yahweh sits enthroned at the flood, and Yahweh sits as king forever. ¹¹ May Yahweh give strength to his people. May Yahweh bless his people with peace. ³⁰ ¹ A psalm; a song for the dedication of the house.* Of David.*
I will exalt you, O Yahweh, because you have drawn me up, and have not made my enemies rejoice over me. ² O Yahweh, my God, I cried for help to you, and you healed me. ³ O Yahweh, you have brought my life up from Sheol. You preserved me alive from among those going down * to the pit. ⁴ Sing praises to Yahweh, you his faithful ones, and give thanks _⌊to his holy fame_⌋.* ⁵ For there is a moment in his anger; there is a lifetime in his favor. Weeping lodges for the evening, but in the morning comes rejoicing. ⁶ But as for me, I had said in my prosperity, "I shall not be moved ever." ⁷ O Yahweh, by your favor you caused my strong mountain to stand. You hid your face. I was bewildered. ⁸ To you, O Yahweh, I called, and to the Lord I pleaded for grace saying, ⁹ "What gain is there in my _⌊death_⌋,* in my going down into the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness? ¹⁰ "O Yahweh, hear and be gracious to me. O Yahweh, be my helper." ¹¹ You have turned my wailing into my dancing. You have removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy ¹² so that _⌊I_⌋* may sing praises to you and not be quiet. O Yahweh, my God, I will give thanks to you forever. ³¹ ¹ For the music director. A psalm of David.*
In you, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge. Let me not be put to shame ever. Deliver me by your righteousness. ² Incline your ear to me. Quickly deliver me. Become my rock of refuge, _⌊a fortified keep_⌋* to save me. ³ For you are my rock and my fortress. So, for the sake of your name, lead me and guide me. ⁴ Bring me out of the net that they have secretly set for me, for you are my refuge. ⁵ Into your hand I commit my spirit. You have redeemed me, O Yahweh, faithful God.* ⁶ I hate those devoted to useless idols, but I trust Yahweh. ⁷ I will exult and rejoice in your loyal love. Because you have seen my misery, you know the distresses of my life.* ⁸ And you have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a broad place. ⁹ Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, because I have distress. My eye wastes away because of vexation, along with my soul and my _⌊body_⌋.* ¹⁰ For my life is at an end with sorrow, and my years with sighing. My strength stumbles because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away. ¹¹ Because of all my adversaries I have become a disgrace, especially to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances. Those who see me in the street flee from me. ¹² I have become forgotten like one dead, out of _⌊mind_⌋.* I am like a destroyed vessel. ¹³ For I hear the rumor of many, "Terror on every side!" When conspiring together against me, they have plotted to take my life. ¹⁴ But as for me, I trust you, O Yahweh. I say, "You are my God." ¹⁵ My times* are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue me. ¹⁶ Shine your face upon your servant. Save me by your loyal love. ¹⁷ O Yahweh, let me not be put to shame, for I call on you. Let the wicked be put to shame. Let them go silently* to Sheol. ¹⁸ Let lying lips be dumb, that speak against the righteous* unrestrained with arrogance and contempt. ¹⁹ How abundant is your goodness that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you perform for those who take refuge in you before the children of humankind. ²⁰ You will hide them in the protection of your presence from the plots of man. You will hide them in a shelter from the strife of tongues. ²¹ Blessed is Yahweh, because he has worked marvelously his loyal love to me in a besieged city. ²² As for me, I said in my alarm, "I am cut off from before your eyes." However you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to you for help. ²³ Love Yahweh, all you his faithful ones. Yahweh preserves the faithful but repays abundantly the one who acts arrogantly. ²⁴ Be strong and let your* heart show strength, all you who wait for Yahweh. ³² ¹ Of David. A maskil.*
Happy is he whose transgression is taken away, whose sin is covered. ² Happy is a person to whom Yahweh does not impute iniquity and in whose spirit there is not deceit. ³ When I kept silent, my bones were worn out due to my groaning all the day. ⁴ For day and night your hand was heavy upon me. My vigor was changed into the dry heat of summer. Selah ⁵ I made known my sin to you, and my iniquity I did not cover. I said, "I will confess concerning my transgressions to Yahweh," and you took away the guilt of my sin. Selah ⁶ Therefore let all the faithful pray to you at the time for finding you. Surely at the flood of many waters they will not reach him. ⁷ You are my hiding place; from trouble you preserve me. With cries of deliverance you surround me. Selah ⁸ I* will instruct you and teach you in the way that you should go. I will advise you with my eye upon you. ⁹ Do not be like a horse or like a mule, without understanding; that needs his tackle—bridle and rein—for restraint or he would not come near you. ¹⁰ Many are the pains of the wicked, but for the one who trusts Yahweh loyal love surrounds him. ¹¹ Be glad in Yahweh and rejoice, you righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright of heart. ³³ ¹ Exult in Yahweh, O you righteous, for praise is fitting for the upright. ² Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre; with a harp of ten strings play to him. ³ Sing to him a new song; play skillfully with jubilant shout. ⁴ For the word of Yahweh is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. ⁵ He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loyal love of Yahweh. ⁶ By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host. ⁷ He gathered the waters of the sea like a heap. He put the deeps in storehouses. ⁸ Let all the earth fear Yahweh. Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. ⁹ For _⌊he himself spoke_⌋* and it came to pass. _⌊He himself commanded_⌋* and it stood firm. ¹⁰ Yahweh brings to nothing* the plan of nations; he frustrates* the intents of peoples. ¹¹ The plan of Yahweh stands firm forever, the intents of his heart _⌊from one generation to the next_⌋.* ¹² Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people he has chosen for his inheritance. ¹³ From heaven Yahweh looks; he sees all the children of humankind. ¹⁴ From his dwelling place* he gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth, ¹⁵ he who fashions altogether their heart, he who understands all their works. ¹⁶ The king is not saved by the greatness of an army. The warrior is not delivered by the greatness of strength. ¹⁷ The horse is a false hope for victory, nor can it save by the greatness of its power. ¹⁸ Behold, the eye of Yahweh is on those who fear him, on those who hope* for his loyal love ¹⁹ to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine. ²⁰ Our soul waits for Yahweh; he is our help and our shield. ²¹ For in him our heart rejoices because in his holy name we trust. ²² Let your loyal love, O Yahweh, be upon us, _⌊even as_⌋* we hope in you. ³⁴ ¹ Of David, when he _⌊pretended to be crazy_⌋* in front of Abimelech* so that he drove him out, and so he departed.*
I will bless Yahweh at all times; his praise shall be in my mouth continually. ² My soul makes its boast in Yahweh; let the humble hear and be glad. ³ Magnify Yahweh with me, and let us exalt his name together. ⁴ I sought Yahweh and he answered me, and from all my terrors he delivered me. ⁵ They looked to him and were radiant, and their faces shall not be ashamed.* ⁶ This poor man called and Yahweh heard, and saved him from all his troubles. ⁷ The angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear him, and he rescues them. ⁸ Taste and see that Yahweh is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. ⁹ Fear Yahweh, you his saints,* for there is no lack for those who fear him. ¹⁰ The young lions are in want and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh will not lack for any good thing. ¹¹ Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of Yahweh. ¹² Who is the man who desires life, who loves many days in order to see good? ¹³ Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. ¹⁴ Turn from evil and do good. Seek peace and pursue it. ¹⁵ The eyes of Yahweh are toward the righteous, and his ears toward their cry for help. ¹⁶ The face of Yahweh is against evildoers, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. ¹⁷ They* cry out and Yahweh hears and delivers them from all of their troubles. ¹⁸ Yahweh is near to those who are heartbroken and saves those who are crushed in spirit. ¹⁹ Many are the distresses of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all. ²⁰ He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken. ²¹ Evil will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will incur guilt. ²² Yahweh redeems the life of his servants, and none who take refuge in him will incur guilt. ³⁵ ¹ Of David.*
Contend, O Yahweh, with my contenders; fight those who fight me. ² Grasp buckler and shield and rise to my aid. ³ And draw the spear and javelin to meet those who pursue me. Say to my soul, "I am your salvation." ⁴ Let those who seek my life be shamed and humiliated. Let those who plot calamity against me be repulsed and ashamed. ⁵ Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of Yahweh _⌊driving them_⌋.* ⁶ Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of Yahweh pursuing them. ⁷ For without cause they secretly hide the pit with their net for me; without cause they dug it for my life. ⁸ Let _⌊unforeseen ruin_⌋* come on him, and his net that he hid, let it catch him. Let him fall into it in ruin. ⁹ Then my soul will rejoice in Yahweh; it will rejoice in his salvation. ¹⁰ All of my bones shall say, "O Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from one stronger than he and the poor and needy from the one who robs him?" ¹¹ Violent witnesses rise up; they ask me concerning what I do not know. ¹² They repay me evil in place of good. It is bereavement to my soul. ¹³ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I weakened my soul with fasting, and my prayer _⌊returned to me unanswered_⌋.* ¹⁴ I _⌊behaved_⌋* as though he were a friend or as a brother to me. As one lamenting a mother, I was bowed down in mourning. ¹⁵ But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together; smiters whom I did not know gathered against me. They tore and did not cease. ¹⁶ Among the ungodly of the mockers at feasts,* they gnashed at me with their teeth. ¹⁷ My Lord, how long will you watch? Restore my life from their ravages,* my only life from the young lions. ¹⁸ I will give thanks to you in the great assembly; among the mighty people I will praise you. ¹⁹ Let not those who are wrongfully my enemies* rejoice over me. Nor let those who hate me without cause wink the eye. ²⁰ For they do not speak peace, but against the quiet ones of the land they plan deceitful words. ²¹ They also made wide their mouths* against me. They said, "Aha! Aha! Our eyes have seen it." ²² You have seen, O Yahweh. Do not be deaf. O Lord, do not be far from me. ²³ Wake up and rouse yourself for my right, for my cause, O my God and my Lord. ²⁴ Vindicate me according to your righteousness, O Yahweh my God, and do not let them rejoice over me. ²⁵ Do not let them say in their hearts,* "Aha, our desire." Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up." ²⁶ Let them be shamed and abashed altogether, who rejoice at my misfortune. Let them put on shame and insult, who magnify themselves against me. ²⁷ Let them shout for joy and be glad, who delight in my vindication; and let them say continually, "Yahweh is great, who delights in the welfare of his servant." ²⁸ Then my tongue will proclaim your righteousness, and your praise all day. ³⁶ ¹ For the music director. Of David, the servant of Yahweh.*
An oracle: the wicked has rebellion in the midst of his* heart. There is no fear of God before his eyes.