they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.

Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the Lord’s favor in the land of the living?

For you are the one who gives and sustains life.

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

May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!

You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.

He asked you to sustain his life, and you have granted him long life and an enduring dynasty.

For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one’s life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning.

Do you want to really live? Would you love to live a long, happy life?

Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

It is like the dew of Hermon, which flows down upon the hills of Zion. Indeed that is where the Lord has decreed a blessing will be available – eternal life.