Psalm 53:2-81:3

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁴ Will evildoers never understand?
They consume My people as they consume bread;^(C)
they do not call on God.^(D)
5 Then they will be filled with terror—
terror like no other^(E)—
because God will scatter
the bones of those who besiege you.^(F)
You will put them to shame,
for God has rejected them.^(G)

⁶ Oh, that Israel’s deliverance would come from Zion!
When God restores the fortunes of His people,^[a]
Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.^(H)

⁴ God is my helper;
the Lord is the sustainer of my life.^[c](M)
5 He will repay my adversaries for their evil.
Because of Your faithfulness, annihilate them.^(N)

⁶ I will sacrifice a freewill offering to You.^(O)
I will praise Your name, Yahweh,
because it is good.^(P)
7 For He has delivered me from every trouble,
and my eye has looked down on my enemies.^(Q)

⁴ My heart shudders within me;^(V)
terrors of death sweep over me.
⁵ Fear and trembling grip me;
horror has overwhelmed me.^(W)
6 I said, “If only I had^[g] wings like a dove!
I would fly away and find rest.^(X)
7 How far away I would flee;
I would stay in the wilderness.^(Y)Selah
⁸ I would hurry to my shelter
from the raging wind and the storm.”^(Z)

⁹ Lord, confuse^[h] and confound their speech,^[i](AA)
for I see violence and strife in the city;
¹⁰ day and night they make the rounds on its walls.
Crime and trouble are within it;^(AB)
11 destruction is inside it;
oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.^(AC)

¹² Now it is not an enemy who insults me—
otherwise I could bear it;
it is not a foe who rises up against me—
otherwise I could hide from him.
¹³ But it is you, a man who is my peer,
my companion and good friend!^(AD)
14 We used to have close fellowship;
we walked with the crowd into the house of God.^(AE)

¹⁵ Let death take them by surprise;^(AF)
let them go down to Sheol alive,
because evil is in their homes and within them.^(AG)
16 But I call to God,
and the Lord will save me.^(AH)
17 I complain and groan morning, noon, and night,^(AI)
and He hears my voice.^(AJ)
18 Though many are against me,
He will redeem me from my battle unharmed.^(AK)
19 God, the One enthroned from long ago,^(AL)
will hear and will humiliate themSelah
because they do not change
and do not fear God.^(AM)

²⁰ My friend^(AN) acts violently
against those at peace with him;^(AO)
he violates his covenant.^(AP)
21 His buttery words are smooth,^[j]
but war is in his heart.
His words are softer than oil,
but they are drawn swords.^(AQ)

²² Cast your burden on the Lord,
and He will sustain you;^(AR)
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.^(AS)

²³ God, You will bring them down
to the Pit of destruction;^(AT)
men of bloodshed and treachery
will not live out half their days.^(AU)
But I will trust in You.^(AV)

³ When I am afraid,
I will trust in You.^(AY)
4 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I will not fear.
What can man do to me?^(AZ)

⁵ They twist my words all day long;
all their thoughts against me are evil.^(BA)
6 They stir up strife,^[m] they lurk;
they watch my steps
while they wait to take my life.^(BB)
7 Will they escape in spite of such sin?
God, bring down the nations in wrath.^(BC)

⁸ You Yourself have recorded my wanderings.^[n]
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in Your records?^(BD)
9 Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call.^(BE)
This I know: God is for me.^(BF)

¹⁰ In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
¹¹ in God I trust; I will not fear.
What can man do to me?^(BG)

¹² I am obligated by vows^[o] to You, God;
I will make my thank offerings to You.^(BH)
13 For You delivered me from death,
even my feet from stumbling,
to walk before God in the light of life.^(BI)

⁷ My heart is confident, God, my heart is confident.
I will sing; I will sing praises.^(BR)
8 Wake up, my soul!^[r]
Wake up, harp and lyre!
I will wake up the dawn.^(BS)
9 I will praise You, Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to You among the nations.^(BT)
10 For Your faithful love is as high as the heavens;
Your faithfulness reaches the clouds.^(BU)
11 God, be exalted above the heavens;^(BV)
let Your glory be over the whole earth.^(BW)

³ The wicked go astray from the womb;
liars err from birth.^(BZ)
4 They have venom like the venom of a snake,
like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,^(CA)
5 that does not listen to the sound of the charmers
who skillfully weave spells.^(CB)

⁶ God, knock the teeth out of their mouths;
Lord, tear out the young lions’ fangs.^(CC)
7 They will vanish like water that flows by;
they will aim their useless arrows.^[u][v](CD)
8 Like a slug that moves along in slime,
like a woman’s miscarried child,
they will not see the sun.^(CE)

⁹ Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—
whether green or burning—
He will sweep them away.^[w](CF)
10 The righteous one will rejoice
when he sees the retribution;^(CG)
he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.^(CH)
11 Then people will say,
“Yes, there is a reward for the righteous!
There is a God who judges on earth!”^(CI)

⁶ They return at evening, snarling like dogs
and prowling around the city.^(CR)
7 Look, they spew from their mouths—
sharp words from^[y] their lips.^(CS)
“For who,” they say, “will hear?”^(CT)
8 But You laugh at them, Lord;
You ridicule all the nations.^(CU)
9 I will keep watch for You, my^[z] strength,
because God is my stronghold.^(CV)
10 My faithful God^[aa] will come to meet me;
God will let me look down on my adversaries.^(CW)

¹¹ Do not kill them; otherwise, my people will forget.
By Your power, make them homeless wanderers^(CX)
and bring them down,
Lord, our shield.^(CY)
12 For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips,
let them be caught in their pride.
They utter curses and lies.^(CZ)
13 Consume them in rage;
consume them until they are gone.^(DA)
Then people will know throughout^[ab] the earth
that God rules over Jacob.^(DB)Selah

¹⁴ And they return at evening, snarling like dogs
and prowling around the city.^(DC)
15 They scavenge for food;
they growl if they are not satisfied.^(DD)

¹⁶ But I will sing of Your strength
and will joyfully proclaim
Your faithful love in the morning.^(DE)
For You have been a stronghold for me,
a refuge in my day of trouble.^(DF)
17 To You, my strength, I sing praises,
because God is my stronghold—
my faithful God.^(DG)

⁶ God has spoken in His sanctuary:^[ag]
“I will triumph! I will divide up Shechem.^(DN)
I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.^(DO)
7 Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine,
and Ephraim is My helmet;^(DP)
Judah is My scepter.^(DQ)
8 Moab is My washbasin.^(DR)
I throw My sandal on Edom;^(DS)
I shout in triumph over Philistia.”^(DT)

⁹ Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?^(DU)
10 God, haven’t You rejected us?
God, You do not march out with our armies.^(DV)
11 Give us aid against the foe,
for human help is worthless.^(DW)
12 With God we will perform valiantly;^(DX)
He will trample our foes.^(DY)

⁵ God, You have heard my vows;^(EE)
You have given a heritage
to those who fear Your name.^(EF)
6 Add days to the king’s life;
may his years span many generations.^(EG)
7 May he sit enthroned before God forever;^(EH)
appoint faithful love and truth to guard him.^(EI)
8 Then I will continually sing of Your name,^(EJ)
fulfilling my vows day by day.^(EK)

³ How long will you threaten a man?
Will all of you attack^[ah]
as if he were a leaning wall
or a tottering stone fence?^(EP)
4 They only plan to bring him down
from his high position.
They take pleasure in lying;
they bless with their mouths,
but they curse inwardly.^(EQ)Selah

⁵ Rest in God alone, my soul,
for my hope comes from Him.^(ER)
6 He alone is my rock and my salvation,^(ES)
my stronghold; I will not be shaken.^(ET)
7 My salvation and glory depend on God, my strong rock.
My refuge is in God.^(EU)
8 Trust in Him at all times, you people;
pour out your hearts before Him.
God is our refuge.^(EV)Selah

⁹ Men are only a vapor;
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.^(EW)
10 Place no trust in oppression,
or false hope in robbery.
If wealth increases,
pay no attention to it.^[ai](EX)

¹¹ God has spoken once;
I have heard this twice:
strength belongs to God,^(EY)
12 and faithful love belongs to You, Lord.
For You repay each according to his works.^(EZ)

³ My lips will glorify You
because Your faithful love is better than life.^(FD)
4 So I will praise You as long as I live;
at Your name, I will lift up my hands.^(FE)
5 You satisfy me as with rich food;^[aj](FF)
my mouth will praise You with joyful lips.^(FG)

⁶ When I think of You as I lie on my bed,
I meditate on You during the night watches^(FH)
7 because You are my helper;^(FI)
I will rejoice in the shadow of Your wings.^(FJ)
8 I follow close to You;
Your right hand holds on to me.^(FK)

⁹ But those who seek to destroy my life
will go into the depths of the earth.^(FL)
10 They will be given over to the power of the sword;^(FM)
they will become the jackals’ prey.
¹¹ But the king will rejoice in God;^(FN)
all who swear by Him^[ak] will boast,
for the mouths of liars will be shut.^(FO)

⁷ But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly, they will be wounded.^(FX)
8 They will be made to stumble;
their own tongues work against them.
All who see them will shake their heads.^(FY)
9 Then everyone will fear
and will tell about God’s work,
for they will understand what He has done.^(FZ)

¹⁰ The righteous one rejoices in the Lord
and takes refuge in Him;
all those who are upright in heart
will offer praise.^(GA)

⁵ You answer us in righteousness,
with awe-inspiring works,
God of our salvation,
the hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the distant seas.^(GF)
6 You establish the mountains by Your^[ar] power,
robed with strength.^(GG)
7 You silence the roar of the seas,
the roar of their waves,
and the tumult of the nations.^(GH)
8 Those who live far away are awed by Your signs;
You make east and west shout for joy.^(GI)

⁹ You visit the earth and water it abundantly,
enriching it greatly.
God’s stream is filled with water,
for You prepare the earth^[as] in this way,
providing people with grain.^(GJ)
10 You soften it with showers and bless its growth,
soaking its furrows and leveling its ridges.^(GK)
11 You crown the year with Your goodness;
Your ways overflow with plenty.^[at](GL)
12 The wilderness pastures overflow,
and the hills are robed with joy.^(GM)
13 The pastures are clothed with flocks
and the valleys covered with grain.^(GN)
They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.^(GO)

⁵ Come and see the wonders of God;^(GT)
His acts for humanity are awe-inspiring.
⁶ He turned the sea into dry land,
and they crossed the river on foot.^(GU)
There we rejoiced in Him.^(GV)
7 He rules forever by His might;
He keeps His eye on the nations.^(GW)
The rebellious should not exalt themselves.^(GX)Selah
⁸ Praise our God, you peoples;
let the sound of His praise be heard.^(GY)
9 He keeps us alive^[au]
and does not allow our feet to slip.^(GZ)

¹⁰ For You, God, tested us;
You refined us as silver is refined.^(HA)
11 You lured us into a trap;
You placed burdens on our backs.^(HB)
12 You let men ride over our heads;
we went through fire and water,
but You brought us out to abundance.^[av](HC)

¹³ I will enter Your house with burnt offerings;
I will pay You my vows^(HD)
14 that my lips promised
and my mouth spoke during my distress.^(HE)
15 I will offer You fattened sheep as burnt offerings,
with the fragrant smoke of rams;
I will sacrifice oxen with goats.^(HF)Selah

¹⁶ Come and listen, all who fear God,
and I will tell what He has done for me.^(HG)
17 I cried out to Him with my mouth,
and praise was on my tongue.^(HH)
18 If I had been aware of malice in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.^(HI)
19 However, God has listened;
He has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.^(HJ)
20 May God be praised!
He has not turned away my prayer
or turned His faithful love from me.^(HK)

³ Let the peoples praise You, God;
let all the peoples praise You.^(HN)
4 Let the nations rejoice and shout for joy,
for You judge the peoples with fairness
and lead the nations on earth.^(HO)Selah
⁵ Let the peoples praise You, God,
let all the peoples praise You.^(HP)

⁶ The earth has produced its harvest;
God, our God, blesses us.^(HQ)
7 God will bless us,
and all the ends of the earth will fear Him.^(HR)

⁴ Sing to God! Sing praises to His name.
Exalt Him who rides on the clouds^[aw] —
His name is Yahweh^[ax]—and rejoice before Him.^(HV)
5 God in His holy dwelling is
a father of the fatherless
and a champion of widows.^(HW)
6 God provides homes for those who are deserted.
He leads out the prisoners to prosperity,^[ay]
but the rebellious live in a scorched land.^(HX)

⁷ God, when You went out before Your people,
when You marched through the desert,Selah
⁸ the earth trembled and the skies poured down rain
before God, the God of Sinai,^[az]
before God, the God of Israel.^(HY)
9 You, God, showered abundant rain;
You revived Your inheritance when it languished.^(HZ)
10 Your people settled in it;
God, You provided for the poor by Your goodness.^(IA)

¹¹ The Lord gave the command;
a great company of women brought the good news:^(IB)
12 “The kings of the armies flee—they flee!”
She who stays at home divides the spoil.^(IC)
13 While^[ba] you lie among the sheepfolds,^[bb]
the wings of a dove are covered with silver,
and its feathers with glistening gold.^(ID)
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in the land,
it snowed on Zalmon.^[bc](IE)

¹⁵ Mount Bashan is God’s towering mountain;
Mount Bashan is a mountain of many peaks.^(IF)
16 Why gaze with envy, you mountain peaks,
at the mountain^[bd] God desired for His dwelling?
The Lord will live there forever!^(IG)
17 God’s chariots are tens of thousands,
thousands and thousands;^(IH)
the Lord is among them in the sanctuary^[be]
as He was at Sinai.^(II)
18 You ascended to the heights, taking away captives;
You received gifts from^[bf] people,
even from the rebellious,
so that the Lord God might live there.^[bg](IJ)

¹⁹ May the Lord be praised!
Day after day He bears our burdens;
God is our salvation.^(IK)Selah
²⁰ Our God is a God of salvation,
and escape from death belongs to the Lord God.^(IL)
21 Surely God crushes the heads of His enemies,
the hairy head of one who goes on in his guilty acts.^(IM)
22 The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan;
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea^(IN)
23 so that your foot may wade^[bh] in blood
and your dogs’ tongues may have their share
from the enemies.”^(IO)
24 People have seen Your procession, God,
the procession of my God,
my King, in the sanctuary.^[bi](IP)
25 Singers^[bj] lead the way,
with musicians following;
among them are young women
playing tambourines.^(IQ)
26 Praise God in the assemblies;
praise the Lord from the fountain of Israel.^(IR)
27 There is Benjamin, the youngest, leading them,
the rulers of Judah in their assembly,^[bk]
the rulers of Zebulun, the rulers of Naphtali.^(IS)

²⁸ Your God has decreed your strength.
Show Your strength, God,
You who have acted on our behalf.^(IT)
29 Because of Your temple at Jerusalem,
kings will bring tribute to You.^(IU)
30 Rebuke the beast^[bl] in the reeds,
the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.^(IV)
Trample underfoot those with bars of silver.^[bm]
Scatter the peoples who take pleasure in war.^(IW)
31 Ambassadors will come^[bn] from Egypt;
Cush will stretch out its hands^[bo] to God.^(IX)

³² Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth;
sing praise to the Lord,^(IY)Selah
³³ to Him who rides in the ancient, highest heavens.^(IZ)
Look, He thunders with His powerful voice!^(JA)
34 Ascribe power to God.
His majesty is over Israel,
His power among the clouds.^(JB)
35 God, You are awe-inspiring in Your sanctuaries.
The God of Israel gives power and strength to His people.
May God be praised!^(JC)

⁵ God, You know my foolishness,
and my guilty acts are not hidden from You.^(JI)
6 Do not let those who put their hope in You
be disgraced because of me,
Lord God of Hosts;
do not let those who seek You
be humiliated because of me,
God of Israel.^(JJ)
7 For I have endured insults because of You,
and shame has covered my face.^(JK)
8 I have become a stranger to my brothers
and a foreigner to my mother’s sons^(JL)
9 because zeal for Your house has consumed me,^(JM)
and the insults of those who insult You
have fallen on me.^(JN)
10 I mourned and fasted,
but it brought me insults.^(JO)
11 I wore sackcloth as my clothing,
and I was a joke to them.
¹² Those who sit at the city gate talk about me,
and drunkards make up songs about me.^(JP)

¹³ But as for me, Lord,
my prayer to You is for a time of favor.
In Your abundant, faithful love, God,
answer me with Your sure salvation.^(JQ)
14 Rescue me from the miry mud; don’t let me sink.
Let me be rescued from those who hate me
and from the deep waters.^(JR)
15 Don’t let the floodwaters sweep over me
or the deep swallow me up;
don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me.^(JS)
16 Answer me, Lord,
for Your faithful love is good;
in keeping with Your great compassion,
turn to me.^(JT)
17 Don’t hide Your face from Your servant,
for I am in distress.
Answer me quickly!^(JU)
18 Draw near to me and redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies.^(JV)

¹⁹ You know the insults I endure—
my shame and disgrace.
You are aware of all my adversaries.^(JW)
20 Insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
I waited for sympathy,
but there was none;
for comforters, but found no one.^(JX)
21 Instead, they gave me gall^[bq] for my food,
and for my thirst
they gave me vinegar to drink.^(JY)

²² Let their table set before them be a snare,
and let it be a trap for their allies.^(JZ)
23 Let their eyes grow too dim to see,
and let their loins continually shake.^(KA)
24 Pour out Your rage on them,
and let Your burning anger overtake them.^(KB)
25 Make their fortification desolate;
may no one live in their tents.^(KC)
26 For they persecute the one You struck
and talk about the pain of those You wounded.^(KD)
27 Add guilt to their guilt;
do not let them share in Your righteousness.^(KE)
28 Let them be erased from the book of life
and not be recorded with the righteous.^(KF)

²⁹ But as for me—poor and in pain—
let Your salvation protect me, God.^(KG)
30 I will praise God’s name with song
and exalt Him with thanksgiving.^(KH)
31 That will please Yahweh more than an ox,
more than a bull with horns and hooves.^(KI)
32 The humble will see it and rejoice.
You who seek God, take heart!^(KJ)
33 For the Lord listens to the needy
and does not despise
His own who are prisoners.^(KK)

³⁴ Let heaven and earth praise Him,
the seas and everything that moves in them,^(KL)
35 for God will save Zion
and build up^[br] the cities of Judah.
They will live there and possess it.^(KM)
36 The descendants of His servants will inherit it,
and those who love His name will live in it.^(KN)

² Let those who seek my life
be disgraced and confounded;
let those who wish me harm
be driven back and humiliated.
³ Let those who say, “Aha, aha!”
retreat because of their shame.^(KQ)

⁴ Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
let those who love Your salvation
continually say, “God is great!”^(KR)
5 I am afflicted and needy;
hurry to me, God.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Lord, do not delay.^(KS)

⁹ Don’t discard me in my old age;
as my strength fails, do not abandon me.^(LC)
10 For my enemies talk about me,
and those who spy on me plot together,^(LD)
11 saying, “God has abandoned him;
chase him and catch him,
for there is no one to rescue him.”^(LE)
12 God, do not be far from me;
my God, hurry to help me.^(LF)
13 May my adversaries be disgraced and destroyed;
may those who seek my harm
be covered with disgrace and humiliation.^(LG)
14 But I will hope continually
and will praise You more and more.^(LH)
15 My mouth will tell about Your righteousness
and Your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up.^(LI)
16 I come because of the mighty acts of the Lord God;
I will proclaim Your righteousness, Yours alone.^(LJ)

¹⁷ God, You have taught me from my youth,
and I still proclaim Your wonderful works.^(LK)
18 Even when I am old and gray,
God, do not abandon me.^(LL)
Then I will^[bs] proclaim Your power
to another generation,
Your strength to all who are to come.^(LM)
19 Your righteousness reaches heaven, God,
You who have done great things;
God, who is like You?^(LN)
20 You caused me to experience
many troubles and misfortunes,^(LO)
but You will revive me again.^(LP)
You will bring me up again,
even from the depths of the earth.^(LQ)
21 You will increase my honor
and comfort me once again.^(LR)
22 Therefore, I will praise You with a harp
for Your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing to You with a lyre,
Holy One of Israel.^(LS)
23 My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to You
because You have redeemed me.^(LT)
24 Therefore, my tongue will proclaim
Your righteousness all day long,
for those who seek my harm
will be disgraced and confounded.^(LU)

⁵ May he continue^[bu] while the sun endures
and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.^(MA)
6 May he be like rain that falls on the cut grass,
like spring showers that water the earth.^(MB)
7 May the righteous^[bv] flourish in his days
and prosperity^[bw] abound
until the moon is no more.^(MC)

⁸ May he rule from sea to sea
and from the Euphrates
to the ends of the earth.^(MD)
9 May desert tribes kneel before him
and his enemies lick the dust.^(ME)
10 May the kings of Tarshish
and the coasts and islands bring tribute,
the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.^(MF)
11 Let all kings bow down to him,
all nations serve him.^(MG)

¹² For he will rescue the poor who cry out
and the afflicted who have no helper.^(MH)
13 He will have pity on the poor and helpless
and save the lives of the poor.^(MI)
14 He will redeem them from oppression and violence,
for their lives are^[bx] precious^[by] in his sight.^(MJ)

¹⁵ May he live long!
May gold from Sheba be given to him.
May prayer be offered for him continually,
and may he be blessed all day long.^(MK)
16 May there be plenty of grain in the land;
may it wave on the tops of the mountains.
May its crops be like Lebanon.
May people flourish in the cities
like the grass of the field.^(ML)
17 May his name endure forever;
as long as the sun shines,
may his fame increase.
May all nations be blessed by him
and call him blessed.^(MM)

¹⁸ May the Lord God, the God of Israel,
who alone does wonders, be praised.^(MN)
19 May His glorious name be praised forever;
the whole earth is filled with His glory.^(MO)
Amen and amen.
²⁰ The prayers of David son of Jesse are concluded.^(MP)

⁴ They have an easy time until they die,^[bz]
and their bodies are well fed.^[ca](MU)
5 They are not in trouble like others;
they are not afflicted like most people.^(MV)
6 Therefore, pride is their necklace,
and violence covers them like a garment.^(MW)
7 Their eyes bulge out from fatness;
the imaginations of their hearts run wild.^(MX)
8 They mock, and they speak maliciously;
they arrogantly threaten oppression.^(MY)
9 They set their mouths against heaven,
and their tongues strut across the earth.^(MZ)
10 Therefore His people turn to them^[cb]
and drink in their overflowing words.^[cc](NA)
11 The wicked say, “How can God know?
Does the Most High know everything?”^(NB)
12 Look at them—the wicked!
They are always at ease,
and they increase their wealth.^(NC)

¹³ Did I purify my heart
and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?^(ND)
14 For I am afflicted all day long
and punished every morning.^(NE)
15 If I had decided to say these things aloud,
I would have betrayed Your people.^[cd](NF)
16 When I tried to understand all this,
it seemed hopeless^[ce](NG)
17 until I entered God’s sanctuary.
Then I understood their destiny.^(NH)
18 Indeed, You put them in slippery places;
You make them fall into ruin.^(NI)
19 How suddenly they become a desolation!
They come to an end, swept away by terrors.^(NJ)
20 Like one waking from a dream,
Lord, when arising, You will despise their image.^(NK)

²¹ When I became embittered
and my innermost being^[cf] was wounded,^(NL)
22 I was stupid and didn’t understand;
I was an unthinking animal toward You.^(NM)
23 Yet I am always with You;
You hold my right hand.^(NN)
24 You guide me with Your counsel,
and afterward You will take me up in glory.^[cg](NO)
25 Who do I have in heaven but You?
And I desire nothing on earth but You.^(NP)
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength^[ch] of my heart,
my portion forever.^(NQ)
27 Those far from You will certainly perish;
You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.^(NR)
28 But as for me, God’s presence is my good.
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
so I can tell about all You do.^(NS)

¹² God my King is from ancient times,
performing saving acts on the earth.^(OG)
13 You divided the sea with Your strength;
You smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the waters;^(OH)
14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan;
You fed him to the creatures of the desert.^(OI)
15 You opened up springs and streams;^(OJ)
You dried up ever-flowing rivers.^(OK)
16 The day is Yours, also the night;
You established the moon and the sun.^(OL)
17 You set all the boundaries of the earth;
You made summer and winter.^(OM)

¹⁸ Remember this: the enemy has mocked Yahweh,
and a foolish people has insulted Your name.^(ON)
19 Do not give the life of Your dove to beasts;^[cn]
do not forget the lives of Your poor people forever.^(OO)
20 Consider the covenant,^(OP)
for the dark places of the land are full of violence.^(OQ)
21 Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame;
let the poor and needy praise Your name.^(OR)
22 Rise up, God, defend Your cause!^(OS)
Remember the insults
that fools bring against You all day long.^(OT)
23 Do not forget the clamor of Your adversaries,
the tumult of Your opponents that goes up constantly.^(OU)

² “When I choose a time,
I will judge fairly.^(OX)
3 When the earth and all its inhabitants shake,
I am the One who steadies its pillars.^(OY)Selah
⁴ I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.^(OZ)
5 Do not lift up your horn against heaven
or speak arrogantly.’”^(PA)

⁶ Exaltation does not come
from the east, the west, or the desert,
⁷ for God is the Judge:
He brings down one and exalts another.^(PB)
8 For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand,
full of wine blended with spices, and He pours from it.
All the wicked of the earth will drink,
draining it to the dregs.^(PC)

⁹ As for me, I will tell about Him forever;
I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.^(PD)

¹⁰ “I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,^(PE)
but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”^(PF)

⁴ You are resplendent and majestic
coming down from the mountains of prey.^(PK)
5 The brave-hearted have been plundered;
they have slipped into their final sleep.
None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.^(PL)
6 At Your rebuke, God of Jacob,
both chariot and horse lay still.^(PM)

⁷ And You—You are to be feared.^[cq]
When You are angry,
who can stand before You?^(PN)
8 From heaven You pronounced judgment.
The earth feared and grew quiet^(PO)
9 when God rose up to judge
and to save all the lowly of the earth.^(PP)Selah
¹⁰ Even human wrath will praise You;
You will clothe Yourself
with their remaining wrath.^[cr](PQ)

¹¹ Make and keep your vows
to the Lord your God;^(PR)
let all who are around Him bring tribute
to the awe-inspiring One.^[cs](PS)
12 He humbles the spirit of leaders;
He is feared by the kings of the earth.^(PT)

⁴ You have kept me from closing my eyes;
I am troubled and cannot speak.^(PY)
5 I consider days of old,
years long past.^(PZ)
6 At night I remember my music;
I meditate in my heart, and my spirit ponders.^(QA)

⁷ “Will the Lord reject forever
and never again show favor?^(QB)
8 Has His faithful love ceased forever?
Is His promise at an end for all generations?^(QC)
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has He in anger withheld His compassion?”^(QD)Selah

¹⁰ So I say, “I am grieved^[ct]
that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”^(QE)
11 I will remember the Lord’s works;
yes, I will remember Your ancient wonders.^(QF)
12 I will reflect on all You have done
and meditate on Your actions.^(QG)

¹³ God, Your way is holy.
What god is great like God?^(QH)
14 You are the God who works wonders;
You revealed Your strength among the peoples.^(QI)
15 With power You redeemed Your people,
the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.^(QJ)Selah

¹⁶ The waters saw You, God.
The waters saw You; they trembled.
Even the depths shook.^(QK)
17 The clouds poured down water.
The storm clouds thundered;
Your arrows flashed back and forth.^(QL)
18 The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;
lightning lit up the world.^(QM)
The earth shook and quaked.^(QN)
19 Your way went through the sea
and Your path through the great waters,
but Your footprints were unseen.^(QO)
20 You led Your people like a flock^(QP)
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.^(QQ)

⁹ The Ephraimite archers turned back
on the day of battle.^(RA)
10 They did not keep God’s covenant
and refused to live by His law.^(RB)
11 They forgot what He had done,
the wonderful works He had shown them.^(RC)
12 He worked wonders in the sight of their fathers
in the land of Egypt, the region of Zoan.^(RD)
13 He split the sea and brought them across;
the water stood firm like a wall.^(RE)
14 He led them with a cloud by day
and with a fiery light throughout the night.^(RF)
15 He split rocks in the wilderness
and gave them drink as abundant as the depths.^(RG)
16 He brought streams out of the stone
and made water flow down like rivers.^(RH)

¹⁷ But they continued to sin against Him,
rebelling in the desert against the Most High.^(RI)
18 They deliberately^[cu] tested God,
demanding the food they craved.^(RJ)
19 They spoke against God, saying,
“Is God able to provide food in the wilderness?
²⁰ Look! He struck the rock and water gushed out;
torrents overflowed.^(RK)
But can He also provide bread
or furnish meat for His people?”^(RL)
21 Therefore, the Lord heard and became furious;
then fire broke out against Jacob,
and anger flared up against Israel^(RM)
22 because they did not believe God
or rely on His salvation.^(RN)
23 He gave a command to the clouds above
and opened the doors of heaven.^(RO)
24 He rained manna for them to eat;
He gave them grain from heaven.^(RP)
25 People^[cv] ate the bread of angels.^[cw]
He sent them an abundant supply of food.^(RQ)
26 He made the east wind blow in the skies
and drove the south wind by His might.^(RR)
27 He rained meat on them like dust,
and winged birds like the sand of the seas.
²⁸ He made them fall in His camp,
all around His tent.^{[cx][cy](RS)
29} They ate and were completely satisfied,
for He gave them what they craved.^(RT)
30 Before they had satisfied their desire,
while the food was still in their mouths,
³¹ God’s anger flared up against them,
and He killed some of their best men.
He struck down Israel’s choice young men.^(RU)

³² Despite all this, they kept sinning
and did not believe His wonderful works.^(RV)
33 He made their days end in futility,
their years in sudden disaster.^(RW)
34 When He killed some of them,
the rest began to seek Him;
they repented and searched for God.^(RX)
35 They remembered that God was their rock,
the Most High God, their Redeemer.^(RY)
36 But they deceived Him with their mouths,
they lied to Him with their tongues,^(RZ)
37 their hearts were insincere toward Him,
and they were unfaithful to His covenant.^(SA)
38 Yet He was compassionate;
He atoned for^[cz] their guilt
and did not destroy them.
He often turned His anger aside
and did not unleash^[da] all His wrath.^(SB)
39 He remembered that they were only flesh,
a wind that passes and does not return.^(SC)

⁴⁰ How often they rebelled against Him
in the wilderness
and grieved Him in the desert.
⁴¹ They constantly tested God^(SD)
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.^(SE)
42 They did not remember His power shown
on the day He redeemed them from the foe,^(SF)
43 when He performed His miraculous signs in Egypt
and His wonders in the region of Zoan.^(SG)
44 He turned their rivers into blood,
and they could not drink from their streams.^(SH)
45 He sent among them swarms of flies,^(SI)
which fed on them,
and frogs, which devastated them.^(SJ)
46 He gave their crops to the caterpillar
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.^(SK)
47 He killed their vines with hail
and their sycamore fig trees with a flood.
⁴⁸ He handed over their livestock to hail
and their cattle to lightning bolts.^(SL)
49 He sent His burning anger against them:
fury, indignation, and calamity—
a band of deadly messengers.^[db](SM)
50 He cleared a path for His anger.
He did not spare them from death
but delivered their lives to the plague.^(SN)
51 He struck all the firstborn^(SO) in Egypt,
the first progeny of the tents of Ham.^[dc](SP)
52 He led His people out like sheep
and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.^(SQ)
53 He led them safely, and they were not afraid;
but the sea covered their enemies.^(SR)
54 He brought them to His holy land,
to the mountain His right hand acquired.^(SS)
55 He drove out nations before them.^(ST)
He apportioned their inheritance by lot
and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.^(SU)

⁵⁶ But they rebelliously tested the Most High God,
for they did not keep His decrees.^(SV)
57 They treacherously turned away like their fathers;
they became warped like a faulty bow.^(SW)
58 They enraged Him with their high places
and provoked His jealousy with their carved images.^(SX)
59 God heard and became furious;
He completely rejected Israel.^(SY)
60 He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh,
the tent where He resided among men.^[dd](SZ)
61 He gave up His strength^[de] to captivity
and His splendor to the hand of a foe.^(TA)
62 He surrendered His people to the sword
because He was enraged with His heritage.^(TB)
63 Fire consumed His chosen young men,
and His young women had no wedding songs.^[df](TC)
64 His priests fell by the sword,
but the^[dg] widows could not lament.^[dh](TD)

⁶⁵ Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep,
like a warrior from the effects of wine.^(TE)
66 He beat back His foes;
He gave them lasting shame.^(TF)
67 He rejected the tent of Joseph
and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
⁶⁸ He chose instead the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which He loved.^(TG)
69 He built His sanctuary like the heights,^[di]
like the earth that He established forever.^(TH)
70 He chose David His servant
and took him from the sheepfolds;^(TI)
71 He brought him from tending ewes
to be shepherd over His people Jacob—
over Israel, His inheritance.^(TJ)
72 He shepherded them with a pure heart
and guided them with his skillful hands.^(TK)

⁵ How long, Yahweh? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?^(TQ)
6 Pour out Your wrath on the nations
that don’t acknowledge You,
on the kingdoms that don’t call on Your name,^(TR)
7 for they have devoured Jacob
and devastated his homeland.^(TS)
8 Do not hold past sins^[dj] against us;
let Your compassion come to us quickly,
for we have become weak.^(TT)

⁹ God of our salvation, help us^(TU)—
for the glory of Your name.
Deliver us and atone for^[dk] our sins,
because of Your name.^(TV)
10 Why should the nations ask,
“Where is their God?”^(TW)
Before our eyes,
let vengeance for the shed blood of Your servants
be known among the nations.^(TX)
11 Let the groans of the prisoners reach You;
according to Your great power,
preserve those condemned to die.^(TY)

¹² Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors^(TZ)
the reproach they have hurled at You, Lord.^(UA)
13 Then we, Your people, the sheep of Your pasture,^(UB)
will thank You forever;
we will declare Your praise
to generation after generation.^(UC)

⁴ Lord God of Hosts,
how long will You be angry
with Your people’s prayers?^(UK)
5 You fed them the bread of tears
and gave them a full measure^[dn]
of tears to drink.^(UL)
6 You make us quarrel with our neighbors;
our enemies make fun of us.^(UM)
7 Restore us, God of Hosts;
look on us with favor, and we will be saved.^(UN)

⁸ You uprooted a vine from Egypt;
You drove out the nations and planted it.^(UO)
9 You cleared a place for it;
it took root and filled the land.^(UP)
10 The mountains were covered by its shade,
and the mighty cedars^[do] with its branches.^(UQ)
11 It sent out sprouts toward the Sea^[dp]
and shoots toward the River.^[dq](UR)

¹² Why have You broken down its walls
so that all who pass by pick its fruit?^(US)
13 The boar from the forest tears it
and creatures of the field feed on it.^(UT)
14 Return, God of Hosts.^(UU)
Look down from heaven and see;
take care of this vine,
¹⁵ the root^[dr] Your right hand has planted,
the shoot^[ds] that You made strong for Yourself.^(UV)
16 It was cut down and burned up;^[dt]
they^[du] perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.^(UW)
17 Let Your hand be with the man at Your right hand,
with the son of man
You have made strong for Yourself.^(UX)
18 Then we will not turn away from You;
revive us, and we will call on Your name.^(UY)
19 Restore us, Yahweh, the God of Hosts;^(UZ)
look on us with favor, and we will be saved.^(VA)