Bible in 90 Days

¹⁵ In embroidered apparel she is led to the king.
    The maids of her train are presented to the king.
¹⁶ They are led in with glad and joyous acclaim;
    they enter the palace of the king.

¹⁷ The throne of your fathers your sons will have;
    you shall make them princes through all the land.^(A)
18 I will make your name renowned through all generations;
    thus nations shall praise you forever.^(B)

² God is our refuge and our strength,
    an ever-present help in distress.^(C)
3 [c]Thus we do not fear, though earth be shaken
    and mountains quake to the depths of the sea,
⁴ Though its waters rage and foam
    and mountains totter at its surging.^(D)
Selah

^5 [d]Streams of the river gladden the city of God,
    the holy dwelling of the Most High.^(E)
6 God is in its midst; it shall not be shaken;
    God will help it at break of day.^(F)
7 Though nations rage and kingdoms totter,
    he utters his voice and the earth melts.^(G)
8 [e]The Lord of hosts is with us;
    our stronghold is the God of Jacob.
Selah

⁹ Come and see the works of the Lord,
    who has done fearsome deeds on earth;^(H)
10 Who stops wars to the ends of the earth,
    breaks the bow, splinters the spear,
    and burns the shields with fire;^(I)
11 (J)“Be still and know that I am God!
    I am exalted among the nations,
    exalted on the earth.”
¹² The Lord of hosts is with us;
    our stronghold is the God of Jacob.
Selah

² All you peoples, clap your hands;
    shout to God with joyful cries.^(K)
3 For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared,
    the great king over all the earth,^(L)
4 Who made people subject to us,
    nations under our feet,^(M)
5 [g]Who chose our heritage for us,
    the glory of Jacob, whom he loves.^(N)
Selah

^6 [h]God has gone up with a shout;
    the Lord, amid trumpet blasts.^(O)
7 Sing praise to God, sing praise;
    sing praise to our king, sing praise.

⁸ For God is king over all the earth;^(P)
    sing hymns of praise.
⁹ God rules over the nations;
    God sits upon his holy throne.
¹⁰ The princes of the peoples assemble
    with the people of the God of Abraham.
For the shields of the earth belong to God,
    highly exalted.^(Q)

² Great is the Lord and highly praised
    in the city of our God:^(R)
His holy mountain,
³     fairest of heights,
    the joy of all the earth,^(S)
    Mount Zion, the heights of Zaphon,^[k](T)
    the city of the great king.

⁴ God is in its citadel,
    renowned as a stronghold.
⁵ See! The kings assembled,
    together they advanced.
^6 [l]When they looked they were astounded;
    terrified, they were put to flight!^(U)
7 Trembling seized them there,
    anguish, like a woman’s labor,^(V)
8 As when the east wind wrecks
    the ships of Tarshish!^[m]

^9 [n]What we had heard we have now seen
    in the city of the Lord of hosts,
In the city of our God,
    which God establishes forever.
Selah
¹⁰ We ponder, O God, your mercy
    within your temple
¹¹ Like your name, O God,
    so is your praise to the ends of the earth.^(W)
Your right hand is fully victorious.
¹²     Mount Zion is glad!
The daughters of Judah rejoice
    because of your judgments!^(X)

¹³ Go about Zion, walk all around it,
    note the number of its towers.
¹⁴ Consider the ramparts, examine its citadels,
    that you may tell future generations:^(Y)
15 That this is God,
    our God for ever and ever.^[o]
    He will lead us until death.

⁶ Why should I fear in evil days,
    with the iniquity of my assailants surrounding me,
⁷ Of those who trust in their wealth
    and boast of their abundant riches?^(AA)
8 [s]No man can ransom even a brother,
    or pay to God his own ransom.^(AB)
9 The redemption of his soul is costly;
    and he will pass away forever.
¹⁰ Will he live on forever, then,
    and never see the Pit of Corruption?
¹¹ Indeed, he will see that the wise die,
    and the fool will perish together with the senseless,^(AC)
    and they leave their wealth to others.^(AD)
12 Their tombs are their homes forever,
    their dwellings through all generations,
    “They named countries after themselves”
¹³     —but man does not abide in splendor.
    He is like the beasts—they perish.^(AE)

¹⁴ This is the way of those who trust in themselves,
    and the end of those who take pleasure in their own mouth.
Selah
¹⁵ Like a herd of sheep they will be put into Sheol,
    and Death will shepherd them.
Straight to the grave they descend,
    where their form will waste away,
    Sheol will be their palace.
¹⁶ But God will redeem my life,
    will take me^[t] from the hand of Sheol.^(AF)
Selah
¹⁷ Do not fear when a man becomes rich,
    when the wealth of his house grows great.
¹⁸ At his death he will not take along anything,
    his glory will not go down after him.^(AG)
19 During his life his soul uttered blessings;
    “They will praise you, for you do well for yourself.”
²⁰ But he will join the company of his fathers,
    never again to see the light.^(AH)
21 In his prime, man does not understand.
    He is like the beasts—they perish.

The God of gods, the Lord,
    has spoken and summoned the earth
    from the rising of the sun to its setting.^(AI)
2 From Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines forth.^(AJ)
3 Our God comes and will not be silent!
    Devouring fire precedes him,
    it rages strongly around him.^(AK)
4 He calls to the heavens above
    and to the earth to judge his people:
⁵ “Gather my loyal ones to me,
    those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
⁶ The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
    for God himself is the judge.^(AL)
Selah

⁷ “Listen, my people, I will speak;
    Israel, I will testify against you;
    God, your God, am I.
⁸ Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you,
    your burnt offerings are always before me.
⁹ I will not take a bullock from your house,
    or he-goats from your folds.^(AM)
10 For every animal of the forest is mine,
    beasts by the thousands on my mountains.
¹¹ I know every bird in the heights;
    whatever moves in the wild is mine.
¹² Were I hungry, I would not tell you,
    for mine is the world and all that fills it.^(AN)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of he-goats?
¹⁴ Offer praise as your sacrifice to God;^(AO)
    fulfill your vows to the Most High.
¹⁵ Then call on me on the day of distress;^(AP)
    I will rescue you, and you shall honor me.”

¹⁶ But to the wicked God says:
    “Why do you recite my commandments
    and profess my covenant with your mouth?
¹⁷ You hate discipline;
    you cast my words behind you!
¹⁸ If you see a thief, you run with him;
    with adulterers you throw in your lot.
¹⁹ You give your mouth free rein for evil;
    you yoke your tongue to deceit.
²⁰ You sit and speak against your brother,
    slandering your mother’s son.
²¹ When you do these things should I be silent?
    Do you think that I am like you?
    I accuse you, I lay out the matter before your eyes.

²² “Now understand this, you who forget God,
    lest I start ripping apart and there be no rescuer.
²³ Those who offer praise as a sacrifice honor me;
    I will let him whose way is steadfast
    look upon the salvation of God.”^(AQ)

³ Have mercy on me, God, in accord with your merciful love;
    in your abundant compassion blot out my transgressions.
⁴ Thoroughly wash away my guilt;
    and from my sin cleanse me.
⁵ For I know my transgressions;
    my sin is always before me.^(AS)
6 Against you, you alone have I sinned;
    I have done what is evil in your eyes
So that you are just in your word,
    and without reproach in your judgment.^(AT)
7 Behold, I was born in guilt,
    in sin my mother conceived me.^[w](AU)
8 Behold, you desire true sincerity;
    and secretly you teach me wisdom.
⁹ Cleanse me with hyssop,^[x] that I may be pure;
    wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.^(AV)
10 You will let me hear gladness and joy;
    the bones you have crushed will rejoice.

¹¹ Turn away your face from my sins;
    blot out all my iniquities.
¹² A clean heart create for me, God;
    renew within me a steadfast spirit.^(AW)
13 Do not drive me from before your face,
    nor take from me your holy spirit.^(AX)
14 Restore to me the gladness of your salvation;
    uphold me with a willing spirit.
¹⁵ I will teach the wicked your ways,
    that sinners may return to you.
¹⁶ Rescue me from violent bloodshed, God, my saving God,
    and my tongue will sing joyfully of your justice.^(AY)
17 Lord, you will open my lips;
    and my mouth will proclaim your praise.
¹⁸ For you do not desire sacrifice^[y] or I would give it;
    a burnt offering you would not accept.^(AZ)
19 My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit;
    a contrite, humbled heart, O God, you will not scorn.

^20 [z]Treat Zion kindly according to your good will;
    build up the walls of Jerusalem.^(BA)
21 Then you will desire the sacrifices of the just,
    burnt offering and whole offerings;
    then they will offer up young bulls on your altar.

³ Why do you glory in what is evil, you who are mighty by the mercy of God?
All day long
⁴ you are thinking up intrigues;
    your tongue is like a sharpened razor,
    you worker of deceit.^(BC)
5 You love evil more than good,
    lying rather than saying what is right.^(BD)
Selah
⁶ You love all the words that create confusion,
    you deceitful tongue.^(BE)

⁷ God too will strike you down forever,
    he will lay hold of you and pluck you from your tent,
    uproot you from the land of the living.^(BF)
Selah
⁸ The righteous will see and they will fear;
    but they will laugh at him:^(BG)
9 “Behold the man! He did not take God as his refuge,
    but he trusted in the abundance of his wealth,
    and grew powerful through his wickedness.”^(BH)

¹⁰ But I, like an olive tree^[ab] flourishing in the house of God,^(BI)
    I trust in God’s mercy forever and ever.
¹¹ I will thank you forever
    for what you have done.
I will put my hope in your name—for it is good,^(BJ)
    —in the presence of those devoted to you.

² The fool says in his heart,^(BK)
    “There is no God.”^(BL)
They act corruptly and practice injustice;
    there is none that does good.
³ God looks out from the heavens
    upon the children of Adam,^(BM)
To see if there is a discerning person^(BN)
    who is seeking God.
⁴ All have gone astray;
    each one is altogether perverse.
    There is not one who does what is good, not even one.^(BO)

^5 (BP)Do they not know better, those who do evil,
    who feed upon my people as they feed upon bread?^(BQ)
    Have they not called upon God?
⁶ They are going to fear his name with great fear,
    though they had not feared it before.
For God will scatter the bones
    of those encamped against you.
They will surely be put to shame,
    for God has rejected them.

⁷ Who will bring forth from Zion
    the salvation of Israel?
When God reverses the captivity of his people
    Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad.^(BR)

³ O God, by your name^[ae] save me.
    By your strength defend my cause.
⁴ O God, hear my prayer.
    Listen to the words of my mouth.
⁵ Strangers have risen against me;
    the ruthless seek my life;
    they do not keep God before them.^(BT)
Selah

⁶ God is present as my helper;^(BU)
    the Lord sustains my life.
⁷ Turn back the evil upon my foes;
    in your faithfulness, destroy them.^(BV)
8 Then I will offer you generous sacrifice
    and give thanks to your name, Lord, for it is good.
⁹ Because it has rescued me from every trouble,
    and my eyes look down on my foes.^(BW)

² Listen, God, to my prayer;^(BX)
    do not hide from my pleading;
³     hear me and give answer.
I rock with grief; I groan
⁴     at the uproar of the enemy,
    the clamor of the wicked.
They heap trouble upon me,
    savagely accuse me.
⁵ My heart pounds within me;
    death’s terrors fall upon me.
⁶ Fear and trembling overwhelm me;
    shuddering sweeps over me.
⁷ I say, “If only I had wings like a dove
    that I might fly away and find rest.^(BY)
8 Far away I would flee;
    I would stay in the desert.^(BZ)
Selah
⁹ “I would soon find a shelter
    from the raging wind and storm.”

¹⁰ Lord, check and confuse their tongues.
    For I see violence and strife in the city
¹¹     making rounds on its walls day and night.
Within are mischief and trouble;
¹²     treachery is in its midst;
    oppression and fraud never leave its streets.^(CA)
13 For it is not an enemy that reviled me—
    that I could bear—
Not a foe who viewed me with contempt,
    from that I could hide.
¹⁴ But it was you, my other self,
    my comrade and friend,^(CB)
15 You, whose company I enjoyed,
    at whose side I walked
    in the house of God.

¹⁶ Let death take them;
    let them go down alive to Sheol,^(CC)
    for evil is in their homes and bellies.
¹⁷ But I will call upon God,
    and the Lord will save me.
¹⁸ At dusk, dawn, and noon
    I will grieve and complain,
    and my prayer will be heard.^(CD)
19 He will redeem my soul in peace
    from those who war against me,
    though there are many who oppose me.
²⁰ God, who sits enthroned forever,^(CE)
    will hear me and afflict them.
Selah
For they will not mend their ways;
    they have no fear of God.
²¹ He stretched out his hand at his friends
    and broke his covenant.
²² Softer than butter is his speech,
    but war is in his heart.
Smoother than oil are his words,
    but they are unsheathed swords.^(CF)
23 Cast your care upon the Lord,
    who will give you support.
He will never allow
    the righteous to stumble.^(CG)
24 But you, God, will bring them down
    to the pit of destruction.^(CH)
These bloodthirsty liars
    will not live half their days,
    but I put my trust in you.^(CI)

² Have mercy on me, God,
    for I am treated harshly;
    attackers press me all the day.
³ My foes treat me harshly all the day;
    yes, many are my attackers.
O Most High, ⁴ when I am afraid,
    in you I place my trust.
⁵ I praise the word of God;
    I trust in God, I do not fear.^(CK)
    What can mere flesh do to me?^(CL)

⁶ All the day they foil my plans;
    their every thought is of evil against me.
⁷ They hide together in ambush;
    they watch my every step;
    they lie in wait for my life.^(CM)
8 They are evil; watch them, God!
    Cast the nations down in your anger!
⁹ My wanderings you have noted;
    are my tears not stored in your flask,^[ai]
    recorded in your book?^(CN)
10 My foes turn back when I call on you.
    This I know: God is on my side.
¹¹ I praise the word of God,
    I praise the word of the Lord.
¹² In God I trust, I do not fear.
    What can man do to me?

¹³ I have made vows to you, God;
    with offerings I will fulfill them,^(CO)
14 For you have snatched me from death,
    kept my feet from stumbling,
That I may walk before God
    in the light of the living.

² Have mercy on me, God,
    have mercy on me.
    In you I seek refuge.
In the shadow of your wings^[al] I seek refuge
    till harm pass by.^(CQ)
3 I call to God Most High,
    to God who provides for me.
⁴ May God send help from heaven to save me,
    shame those who trample upon me.
    May God send fidelity and mercy.
Selah
⁵ I must lie down in the midst of lions
    hungry for human prey.^(CR)
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
    their tongue, a sharpened sword.^(CS)
6 Be exalted over the heavens, God;
    may your glory appear above all the earth.^(CT)

⁷ They have set a trap for my feet;
    my soul is bowed down;
They have dug a pit before me.
    May they fall into it themselves!^(CU)
Selah
⁸ My heart is steadfast, God,
    my heart is steadfast.
    I will sing and chant praise.^(CV)
9 Awake, my soul;
    awake, lyre and harp!
    I will wake the dawn.^[am](CW)
10 I will praise you among the peoples, Lord;
    I will chant your praise among the nations.^(CX)
11 For your mercy towers to the heavens;
    your faithfulness reaches to the skies.^(CY)
12 Exalt yourself over the heavens, God;
    may your glory appear above all the earth.

² Do you indeed pronounce justice, O gods;^[ap]
    do you judge fairly you children of Adam?^(CZ)
3 No, you freely engage in crime;
    your hands dispense violence to the earth.

⁴ The wicked have been corrupt since birth;
    liars from the womb, they have gone astray.
^5 [aq]Their venom is like the venom of a snake,
    like that of a serpent stopping its ears,^(DA)
6 So as not to hear the voice of the charmer
    or the enchanter with cunning spells.

⁷ O God, smash the teeth in their mouths;
    break the fangs of these lions, Lord!^(DB)
8 Make them vanish like water flowing away;^(DC)
    trodden down, let them wither like grass.^(DD)
9 Let them dissolve like a snail that oozes away,^[ar]
    like an untimely birth that never sees the sun.^(DE)
10 Suddenly, like brambles or thistles,
    have the whirlwind snatch them away.^(DF)
11 Then the just shall rejoice to see the vengeance
    and bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.^(DG)
12 Then people will say:
    “Truly there is a reward for the just;
    there is a God who is judge on earth!”

² Rescue me from my enemies, my God;
    lift me out of reach of my foes.
³ Deliver me from evildoers;
    from the bloodthirsty save me.
⁴ They have set an ambush for my life;
    the powerful conspire against me.
For no offense or misdeed of mine, Lord,
⁵     for no fault they hurry to take up arms.
Come near and see my plight!
⁶     You, Lord God of hosts, are the God of Israel!
Awake! Punish all the nations.
    Have no mercy on these worthless traitors.
Selah
⁷ Each evening they return,
    growling like dogs, prowling the city.^(DI)
8 Their mouths pour out insult;
    sharp words are on their lips.
    They say: “Who is there to hear?”^[au]
9 But you, Lord, laugh at them;
    you deride all the nations.^(DJ)
10 My strength, for you I watch;
    you, God, are my fortress,
¹¹     my loving God.

May God go before me,
    and show me my fallen foes.
¹² Slay them, God,
    lest they deceive my people.
Shake them by your power;
    Lord, our shield, bring them down.
¹³ For the sinful words of their mouths and lips
    let them be caught in their pride.
For the lies they have told under oath^(DK)
14     destroy them in anger,
    destroy till they are no more.
Then people will know God rules over Jacob,
    yes, even to the ends of the earth.^(DL)
Selah
¹⁵ Each evening they return,
    growling like dogs, prowling the city.
¹⁶ They roam about as scavengers;
    if they are not filled, they howl.

¹⁷ But I shall sing of your strength,
    extol your mercy at dawn,
For you are my fortress,
    my refuge in time of trouble.
¹⁸ My strength, your praise I will sing;
    you, God, are my fortress, my loving God.

³ O God, you rejected us, broke our defenses;
    you were angry but now revive us.
⁴ You rocked the earth, split it open;^(DN)
    repair the cracks for it totters.
⁵ You made your people go through hardship,
    made us stagger from the wine you gave us.^(DO)
6 Raise up a banner for those who revere you,
    a refuge for them out of bow shot.
Selah
^7 [aw]Help with your right hand and answer us
    that your loved ones may escape.

^8 [ax]In the sanctuary God promised:
    “I will exult, will apportion Shechem;
    the valley of Succoth I will measure out.
⁹ Gilead is mine, mine is Manasseh;
    Ephraim is the helmet for my head,
    Judah, my own scepter.^{[ay]
10 [az]}Moab is my washbowl;
    upon Edom I cast my sandal.^(DP)
I will triumph over Philistia.”

¹¹ Who will bring me to the fortified city?^[ba]
    Who will lead me into Edom?
¹² Was it not you who rejected us, God?
    Do you no longer march with our armies?^(DQ)
13 Give us aid against the foe;
    worthless is human help.
¹⁴ We will triumph with the help of God,
    who will trample down our foes.

² Hear my cry, O God,
    listen to my prayer!
³ From the ends of the earth^[bc] I call;
    my heart grows faint.
Raise me up, set me on a rock,
⁴     for you are my refuge,
    a tower of strength against the foe.^(DR)
5 Let me dwell in your tent forever,
    take refuge in the shelter of your wings.^(DS)
Selah

⁶     For you, O God, have heard my vows,
    you have granted me the heritage of those who revere your name.
⁷ Add days to the life of the king;
    may his years be as from generation to generation;^(DT)
8 (DU)May he reign before God forever;
    send your love and fidelity^[bd] to preserve him—^(DV)
9 I will duly sing to your name forever,
    fulfill my vows day after day.

² My soul rests in God alone,^(DW)
    from whom comes my salvation.
³ God alone is my rock and salvation,
    my fortress; I shall never fall.
⁴ How long will you set yourself against a man?
    You shall all be destroyed,
Like a sagging wall
    or a tumbled down fence!
⁵ Even highly placed people
    plot to overthrow him.
They delight in lies;
    they bless with their mouths,
    but inwardly they curse.^(DX)
Selah

⁶ My soul, be at rest in God alone,
    from whom comes my hope.
⁷ God alone is my rock and my salvation,
    my fortress; I shall not fall.
⁸ My deliverance and honor are with God,^(DY)
    my strong rock;
    my refuge is with God.
⁹ Trust God at all times, my people!
    Pour out your hearts to God our refuge!
Selah

¹⁰ Mortals are a mere breath,
    the sons of man but an illusion;^(DZ)
On a balance they rise;^[bg]
    together they weigh nothing.
¹¹ Do not trust in extortion;
    in plunder put no empty hope.
On wealth that increases,
    do not set your heart.^{(EA)
12 [bh]}One thing God has said;
    two things I have heard:^(EB)
Strength belongs to God;
¹³     so too, my Lord, does mercy,
For you repay each man
    according to his deeds.^(EC)

² O God, you are my God—
    it is you I seek!
For you my body yearns;
    for you my soul thirsts,
In a land parched, lifeless,
    and without water.^(EE)
3 I look to you in the sanctuary
    to see your power and glory.
⁴ For your love is better than life;^[bj]
    my lips shall ever praise you!

⁵ I will bless you as long as I live;
    I will lift up my hands, calling on your name.
⁶ My soul shall be sated as with choice food,
    with joyous lips my mouth shall praise you!
⁷ I think of you upon my bed,
    I remember you through the watches of the night
⁸ You indeed are my savior,
    and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy.^(EF)
9 My soul clings fast to you;
    your right hand upholds me.

¹⁰ But those who seek my life will come to ruin;
    they shall go down to the depths of the netherworld!
¹¹     Those who would hand over my life to the sword shall
    become the prey of jackals!
¹² But the king shall rejoice in God;
    all who swear by the Lord^[bk] shall exult,
    but the mouths of liars will be shut!^(EG)

² O God, hear my anguished voice;
    from a dreadful foe protect my life.
³ Hide me from the malicious crowd,
    the mob of evildoers.
⁴ They sharpen their tongues like swords,
    bend their bows of poison words.^(EH)
5 They shoot at the innocent from ambush,
    they shoot him in a moment and do not fear.
⁶ They resolve on their wicked plan;
    they conspire to set snares;
    they say: “Who will see us?”
⁷ They devise wicked schemes,
    conceal the schemes they devise;
    the designs of their hearts are hidden.^(EI)

⁸ God shoots an arrow at them;
    in a moment they are struck down.^(EJ)
9 They are brought down by their own tongues;
    all who see them flee.^(EK)
10 Every person fears and proclaims God’s actions,
    they ponder his deeds.
¹¹ The righteous rejoices and takes refuge in the Lord;
    all the upright give praise.^(EL)

² To you we owe our hymn of praise,
    O God on Zion;
To you our vows^[bn] must be fulfilled,
^{3     [bo]}you who hear our prayers.
To you all flesh must come^(EM)
4     with its burden of wicked deeds.
We are overcome by our sins;
    only you can pardon them.^(EN)
5 Blessed the one whom you will choose and bring
    to dwell in your courts.
May we be filled with the good things of your house,
    your holy temple!

⁶ You answer us with awesome deeds^[bp] of justice,
    O God our savior,
The hope of all the ends of the earth
    and of those far off across the sea.^(EO)
7 You are robed in power,
    you set up the mountains by your might.
⁸ You still the roaring of the seas,^(EP)
    the roaring of their waves,
    the tumult of the peoples.^(EQ)
9 Distant peoples stand in awe of your marvels;
    the places of morning and evening you make resound with joy.
^10 [bq]You visit the earth and water it,
    make it abundantly fertile.^(ER)
God’s stream^[br] is filled with water;
    you supply their grain.
Thus do you prepare it:
¹¹     you drench its plowed furrows,
    and level its ridges.
With showers you keep it soft,
    blessing its young sprouts.
¹² You adorn the year with your bounty;
    your paths^[bs] drip with fruitful rain.
¹³ The meadows of the wilderness also drip;
    the hills are robed with joy.
¹⁴ The pastures are clothed with flocks,
    the valleys blanketed with grain;
    they cheer and sing for joy.^(ES)

² Shout joyfully to God, all the earth;
    sing of his glorious name;
    give him glorious praise.^(ET)
3 Say to God: “How awesome your deeds!
    Before your great strength your enemies cringe.
⁴ All the earth falls in worship before you;^(EU)
    they sing of you, sing of your name!”
Selah

^5 [bu]Come and see the works of God,
    awesome in deeds before the children of Adam.
⁶ He changed the sea to dry land;
    through the river they passed on foot.^(EV)
There we rejoiced in him,
⁷     who rules by his might forever,
His eyes are fixed upon the nations.
    Let no rebel rise to challenge!
Selah
⁸ Bless our God, you peoples;
    loudly sound his praise,
⁹ Who has kept us alive
    and not allowed our feet to slip.^(EW)
10 You tested us, O God,
    tried us as silver tried by fire.^(EX)
11 You led us into a snare;
    you bound us at the waist as captives.
^12 [bv]You let captors set foot on our neck;
    we went through fire and water;
    then you led us out to freedom.^(EY)

¹³ I will bring burnt offerings^[bw] to your house;
    to you I will fulfill my vows,
¹⁴ Which my lips pronounced
    and my mouth spoke in my distress.
¹⁵ Burnt offerings of fatlings I will offer you
    and sacrificial smoke of rams;
    I will sacrifice oxen and goats.
Selah
¹⁶ Come and hear, all you who fear God,
    while I recount what has been done for me.
¹⁷ I called to him with my mouth;
    praise was upon my tongue.
¹⁸ Had I cherished evil in my heart,
    the Lord would not have heard.
¹⁹ But God did hear
    and listened to my voice in prayer.
²⁰ Blessed be God, who did not reject my prayer
    and refuse his mercy.

² May God be gracious to us^[by] and bless us;
    may his face shine upon us.^(EZ)
Selah
³ So shall your way be known upon the earth,
    your victory among all the nations.^(FA)
4 May the peoples praise you, God;
    may all the peoples praise you!

⁵ May the nations be glad and rejoice;
    for you judge the peoples with fairness,
    you guide the nations upon the earth.^(FB)
Selah
⁶ May the peoples praise you, God;
    may all the peoples praise you!

⁷ The earth has yielded its harvest;
    God, our God, blesses us.^(FC)
8 May God bless us still;
    that the ends of the earth may revere him.

^2 [ca]May God arise;
    may his enemies be scattered;
    may those who hate him flee before him.^(FD)
3 As the smoke is dispersed, disperse them;
    as wax is melted by fire,
    so may the wicked perish before God.^(FE)
4 Then the just will be glad;
    they will rejoice before God;
    they will celebrate with great joy.

⁵ Sing to God, praise his name;
    exalt the rider of the clouds.^[cb]
Rejoice before him
    whose name is the Lord.^(FF)
6 Father of the fatherless, defender of widows^(FG)—
    God in his holy abode,
⁷ God gives a home to the forsaken,
    who leads prisoners out to prosperity,
    while rebels live in the desert.^[cc]

⁸ God, when you went forth before your people,^(FH)
    when you marched through the desert,
Selah
⁹ The earth quaked, the heavens poured,
    before God, the One of Sinai,
    before God, the God of Israel.
¹⁰ You poured abundant rains, God,
    your inheritance was weak and you repaired it.
¹¹ Your creatures dwelt in it;
    you will establish it in your goodness for the poor, O God.

¹² The Lord announced:
    “Those bringing news are a great Army.
¹³     The kings of the armies are in desperate flight.^(FI)
Every household will share the spoil,
¹⁴     though you lie down among the sheepfolds,^(FJ)
    you shall be covered with silver as the wings of a dove,
    her feathers bright as fine gold.”
¹⁵ When the Almighty routs the kings there,
    it will be as when snow fell on Zalmon.^[cd]

¹⁶ You mountain of God, mountain of Bashan,
    you rugged mountain, mountain of Bashan,
¹⁷ You rugged mountains, why look with envy
    at the mountain^[ce] where God has chosen to dwell,
    where the Lord resides forever?^(FK)
18 God’s chariots were myriad, thousands upon thousands;
    from Sinai the Lord entered the holy place.
¹⁹ You went up to its lofty height;
    you took captives, received slaves as tribute,^(FL)
    even rebels, for the Lord God to dwell.

²⁰ Blessed be the Lord day by day,
    God, our salvation, who carries us.^(FM)
Selah
²¹ Our God is a God who saves;
    escape from death is the Lord God’s.
²² God will crush the heads of his enemies,
    the hairy scalp of the one who walks in sin.^(FN)
23 The Lord has said:
    “Even from Bashan I will fetch them,
    fetch them even from the depths of the sea.^[cf]
24 You will wash your feet in your enemy’s blood;
    the tongues of your dogs will lap it up.”^(FO)

^25 [cg]Your procession comes into view, O God,
    your procession into the holy place, my God and king.
²⁶ The singers go first, the harpists follow;
    in their midst girls sound the timbrels.^(FP)
27 In your choirs, bless God;
    Lord, Israel’s fountain.
²⁸ In the lead is Benjamin, few in number;
    there the princes of Judah, a large throng,
    the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali, too.^(FQ)

²⁹ Summon again, O God, your power,
    the divine power you once showed for us,
³⁰ From your temple on behalf of Jerusalem,
    that kings may bring you tribute.
³¹ Roar at the wild beast of the reeds,^[ch]
    the herd of mighty bulls, the calves of the peoples;
    trampling those who lust after silver
    scatter the peoples that delight in war.
³² Let bronze be brought from Egypt,^(FR)
    Ethiopia hurry its hands to God.^(FS)

³³ You kingdoms of the earth, sing to God;^(FT)
    chant the praises of the Lord,
Selah
³⁴ Who rides the heights of the ancient heavens,
    Who sends forth his voice as a mighty voice?
³⁵ Confess the power of God,
    whose majesty protects Israel,
    whose power is in the sky.
³⁶ Awesome is God in his holy place,
    the God of Israel,
    who gives power and strength to his people.^(FU)
Blessed be God!

² Save me, God,
    for the waters^[ck] have reached my neck.^(FV)
3 I have sunk into the mire of the deep,
    where there is no foothold.
I have gone down to the watery depths;
    the flood overwhelms me.^(FW)
4 I am weary with crying out;
    my throat is parched.
My eyes fail,
    from looking for my God.^(FX)
5 More numerous than the hairs of my head
    are those who hate me without cause.^(FY)
Those who would destroy me are mighty,
    my enemies without reason.
Must I now restore
    what I did not steal?^[cl]

⁶ God, you know my folly;
    my faults are not hidden from you.
⁷ Let those who wait in hope for you, Lord of hosts,
    not be shamed because of me.
Let those who seek you, God of Israel,^(FZ)
    not be disgraced because of me.
⁸ For it is on your account I bear insult,
    that disgrace covers my face.^(GA)
9 I have become an outcast to my kindred,
    a stranger to my mother’s children.^(GB)
10 Because zeal for your house has consumed me,^[cm]
    I am scorned by those who scorn you.^(GC)
11 When I humbled my spirit with fasting,^(GD)
    this led only to scorn.
¹² When I clothed myself in sackcloth;
    I became a byword for them.
¹³ Those who sit in the gate gossip about me;
    drunkards make me the butt of songs.

¹⁴ But I will pray to you, Lord,
    at a favorable time.
God, in your abundant kindness, answer me
    with your sure deliverance.^(GE)
15 Rescue me from the mire,^(GF)
    and do not let me sink.
Rescue me from those who hate me
    and from the watery depths.
¹⁶ Do not let the flood waters overwhelm me,
    nor the deep swallow me,
    nor the pit close its mouth over me.
¹⁷ Answer me, Lord, in your generous love;
    in your great mercy turn to me.
¹⁸ Do not hide your face from your servant;
    hasten to answer me, for I am in distress.^(GG)
19 Come and redeem my life;
    because of my enemies ransom me.
²⁰ You know my reproach, my shame, my disgrace;
    before you stand all my foes.
²¹ Insult has broken my heart, and I despair;
    I looked for compassion, but there was none,^(GH)
    for comforters, but found none.