They were not yet filled up, their food was still in their mouths,

so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.

I asked, “Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor?

Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the sovereign One in the desert.

Despite all this, they continued to sin, and did not trust him to do amazing things.

How blessed are those who live in your temple and praise you continually! (Selah)

They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves.

You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.

We do not see any signs of God’s presence; there are no longer any prophets and we have no one to tell us how long this will last.

They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”

but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power.

May sinners disappear from the earth, and the wicked vanish! Praise the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord!

May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.