May he increase your numbers, yours and your children’s!

to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre, to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp.

For he set its foundation upon the seas, and established it upon the ocean currents.

Commit your future to the Lord! Trust in him, and he will act on your behalf.

They carefully plot against your people, and make plans to harm the ones you cherish.

As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.

Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side!

The Lord is exalted over all the nations; his splendor reaches beyond the sky.

It is like fine oil poured on the head which flows down the beard – Aaron’s beard, and then flows down his garments.

I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky.

The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the Lord and his anointed king.

He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.

The Lord’s shout is heard over the water; the majestic God thunders, the Lord appears over the surging water.

All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another; they plan ways to harm me.

God reigns over the nations! God sits on his holy throne!

Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

Moab is my washbasin. I will make Edom serve me. I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”

May you give support to the one you have chosen, to the one whom you raised up for yourself!

May our sovereign God extend his favor to us! Make our endeavors successful! Yes, make them successful!