In you, O Lord, have I put my trust; let me never be put to confusion; deliver me in your righteousness.
Bow down your ear to me, make haste to deliver me,

And be my strong rock and house of defense, that you may save me.

For you are my strong rock and my castle; be also my guide, and lead me for your Name’s sake.

Draw me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my strength.

Into your hands I commend my spirit, for you have redeemed me, O Lord, O God of truth.

Whoever dwells under the defense of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say unto the Lord, “You are my refuge and my stronghold, my God in whom I will trust.”

For he shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter and from the deadly pestilence.

He shall defend you under his wings, and you shall be safe under his feathers; his faithfulness and truth shall be your shield and buckler.

You shall not be afraid of any terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,

Of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the sickness that destroys at noonday.

A thousand shall fall beside you, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you.

Indeed, with your eyes you shall behold and see the reward of the ungodly.

Because you have said, “The Lord is my refuge,” and have made the Most High your stronghold,

There shall no evil happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.

For he shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.

They shall bear you in their hands, that you hurt not your foot against a stone.

You shall tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent you shall trample under your feet.

“Because he has set his love upon me, therefore I will deliver him; I will lift him up, because he has known my Name.

He shall call upon me, and I will hear him; indeed, I am with him in trouble; I will deliver him and bring him honor.

With long life I will satisfy him, and show him my salvation.”

Behold now, praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord,
You that stand by night in the house of the Lord, even in the courts of the house of our God.

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and sing praises unto the Lord.

The Lord who made heaven and earth give you blessing out of Zion.

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto you.
Hide not your face from me in the time of my trouble; incline your ear to me when I call; O hear me, and very soon.

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burnt up as in a furnace.

My heart is smitten and withered like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread.

Because of the voice of my groaning, my bones will scarcely cleave to my flesh.

I have become like an owl in the wilderness and like a screech-owl among the ruins.

I am solitary, and lie sleepless because of my groaning; I am like a sparrow that sits alone upon the housetop.

My enemies revile me all day long, and those who are enraged against me conspire to do me hurt.

For I have eaten ashes as if they were bread and mingled my drink with weeping,

Because of your indignation and wrath, for you have taken me up and cast me down.

My days are gone like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.

But you, O Lord, shall endure for ever, and your remembrance throughout all generations.

You shall arise and have mercy upon Zion, for it is time for you to have mercy upon her; indeed, the time has come.

For your servants love her very stones, and are moved to pity to see her in the dust.

The nations shall fear your Name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth your majesty,

When the Lord shall build up Zion, and when his glory shall appear,

When he turns to the prayer of the destitute and despises not their plea.

This shall be written for those that come after, and a people that shall yet be born shall praise the Lord.

For he has looked down from his sanctuary; from the heavens the Lord has beheld the earth,

That he might hear the groanings of those who are in captivity, and deliver those who are condemned to die,

That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Zion, and his praises in Jerusalem;

When the peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms also, to serve the Lord.

He brought down my strength before my time, and shortened my days.

But I said, “O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days; for your years endure throughout all generations.”

You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

They shall perish, but you shall endure; they all shall wear out, as does a garment;

And as a garment you shall change them, and they shall be changed; but you are the same, and your years shall not fail.

The children of your servants shall continue, and their seed shall stand fast in your sight.

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt and have become abominable in their wickedness; there is none that does good.

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any who would understand and seek after God.

But they have all gone astray; they have altogether become abominable; there is none that does good, no, not one.

Have they no knowledge, all the workers of evil who eat up my people as they would eat bread, and call not upon God?

They were afraid where no fear was, for God has broken the bones of those who besieged you;

You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.

Oh, that salvation were given unto Israel out of Zion! Oh, that God would deliver his people out of captivity!

Then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Save me, O God, for your Name’s sake, and avenge me in your strength.
Hear my prayer, O God, and hearken to the words of my mouth.

For the arrogant have risen up against me, and tyrants, who do not have God before their eyes, seek after my life.

Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is he who upholds my life.

He shall repay the evil of my enemies. O destroy them in your faithfulness.

A freewill offering will I give you, and praise your Name, O Lord, because it is good.

For he has delivered me out of all my trouble, and my eye has seen the ruin of my enemies.

Hear my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my petition.
Give heed to me, and hear me, for I am troubled in my prayer and am tormented,

Because of the cry of the enemy, and oppression by the ungodly; for they are of a mind to do me great harm, so maliciously are they set against me.

My heart is disquieted within me, and the fear of death has fallen upon me.

Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and a horrible dread has overwhelmed me.

And I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove, for then would I fly away and be at rest.

Indeed, then I would get away to a far off place and make my dwelling in the wilderness.

I would make haste to escape, because of the stormy wind and tempest.”

Confuse their speech, O Lord, and divide them, for I have seen unrighteousness and strife in the city.

Day and night they go about within her walls; trouble and sorrow are in the midst of her.

Great wickedness is there; deceit and guile do not leave her streets.

For it is not an enemy who has done me this dishonor, for then I could have borne it;

Neither was it my adversary who exalted himself against me, for then I would have hidden myself from him.

But it was you, my companion, my comrade and my own familiar friend.

We took sweet counsel together and walked in the house of God as friends.

Let death come hastily upon them, and let them go down alive into the grave, for there is wickedness in their hearts.

As for me, I will call upon God, and the Lord shall save me.

In the evening, and morning, and at noonday will I pray and lament, and he shall hear my voice.

It is he who shall deliver my soul in peace from the battle that is against me, for there are many who fight me.

God, who endures for ever, shall hear me and bring them down; for they never change, nor do they fear God.

My familiar friend has laid his hands upon those who were at peace with him, and he has broken his covenant.

The words of his mouth were softer than butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were smoother than oil, and yet they were drawn swords.

O cast your burden upon the Lord, and he shall nourish you, and shall not allow the righteous to fall for ever.

But as for the bloodthirsty and deceitful, you, O God, shall bring them into the pit of destruction.

They shall not live out half their days; but my trust shall be in you, O Lord.

The Lord, even the most mighty God, has spoken and called the world, from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof.
Out of Zion, perfect in her beauty, has God shone forth in glory.

Our God shall come and shall not keep silence; there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him.

He shall call to the heavens above, and to the earth beneath, that he may judge his people:

“Gather my faithful together unto me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is Judge.

“Hear, O my people, and I will speak; I myself will testify against you, O Israel, for I am God, even your God.

I will not rebuke you because of your sacrifices, or for your burnt offerings, because they are always before me.

I will take no bull calf out of your house, nor he-goat out of your folds.

For all the beasts of the forest are mine, and so are the cattle upon a thousand hills.

I know all the birds of the air, and the wild beasts of the field are in my sight.

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the whole world is mine, and all that is therein.

Do you think that I will eat the flesh of bulls and drink the blood of goats?

Offer unto God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows unto the Most High,

And call upon me in the time of trouble; so will I hear you, and you shall praise me.”

But to the ungodly God says: “Why do you recite my laws, and take my covenant in your mouth,

Though you hate to be disciplined, and have cast my words behind you?

When you saw a thief, you agreed with him, and you have taken part with adulterers.

You have let your mouth speak wickedness, and with your tongue you have set forth deceit.

You sat and spoke against your brother; yes, and have slandered your own mother’s son.

These things you have done, and I held my tongue, and you thought wickedly that I am such a one as yourself.

But I will reprove you, and set before you the things that you have done.

O consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver you.

Whoever offers me a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors me, and to him who orders his way aright will I show the salvation of God.”

O be joyful in the Lord, all you lands; serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song.
Be assured that the Lord, he is God; it is he that has made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name.

For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting, and his truth endures from generation to generation.