You make me happier than those who have abundant grain and wine.

Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me.

But those who are my enemies for no reason are numerous; those who hate me without cause outnumber me.

When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?

How many living things you have made, O Lord! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made.

Our storehouses will be full, providing all kinds of food. Our sheep will multiply by the thousands and fill our pastures.

For the Lord judges all humanity with fire and his sword; the Lord will kill many.

A psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom. Lord, how numerous are my enemies! Many attack me.

Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!

Then I said, “O Lord, intervene for the honor of your name even though our sins speak out against us. Indeed, we have turned away from you many times. We have sinned against you.

The population of Egypt is like a vast, impenetrable forest. But I, the Lord, affirm that the enemy will cut them down. For those who chop them down will be more numerous than locusts. They will be too numerous to count.

So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the desert they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things.