I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it, And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.
For the choir director; according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God,” They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; There is no one who does good.
God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there is anyone who understands, Who seeks after God.
Have the workers of wickedness no knowledge, Who eat up My people as though they ate bread And have not called upon God?
There they were in great fear where no fear had been; For God scattered the bones of him who encamped against you; You put them to shame, because God had rejected them.
Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores His captive people, Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.
For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Maskil of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Is not David hiding himself among us?” Save me, O God, by Your name, And vindicate me by Your power.
Hear my prayer, O God; Give ear to the words of my mouth.
Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is the sustainer of my soul.
He will recompense the evil to my foes; Destroy them in Your faithfulness.
For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.
Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the pressure of the wicked; For they bring down trouble upon me And in anger they bear a grudge against me.
My heart is in anguish within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
“Behold, I would wander far away, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah.
“I would hasten to my place of refuge From the stormy wind and tempest.”
Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
We who had sweet fellowship together Walked in the house of God in the throng.
As for me, I shall call upon God, And the LORD will save me.
He will redeem my soul in peace from the battle which is against me, For they are many who strive with me.
God will hear and answer them-- Even the one who sits enthroned from of old-- Selah. With whom there is no change, And who do not fear God.
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.
But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction; Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
For the choir director; according to Jonath elem rehokim. A Mikhtam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me; Fighting all day long he oppresses me.
Because of wickedness, cast them forth, In anger put down the peoples, O God!
Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call; This I know, that God is for me.
In God, whose word I praise, In the LORD, whose word I praise,
For You have delivered my soul from death, Indeed my feet from stumbling, So that I may walk before God In the light of the living.
For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, For my soul takes refuge in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge Until destruction passes by.
My soul is among lions; I must lie among those who breathe forth fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows And their tongue a sharp sword.
Be exalted above the heavens, O God; Let Your glory be above all the earth.
They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down; They dug a pit before me; They themselves have fallen into the midst of it. Selah.
Awake, my glory! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to You among the nations.
For Your lovingkindness is great to the heavens And Your truth to the clouds.
Be exalted above the heavens, O God; Let Your glory be above all the earth.
For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands.
The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth.
They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells.
O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD.
Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along, Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun.
Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
And men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely there is a God who judges on earth!”
For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me.
You, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, Awake to punish all the nations; Do not be gracious to any who are treacherous in iniquity. Selah.
They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go around the city.
But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.
On account of the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, Let them even be caught in their pride, And on account of curses and lies which they utter.
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