Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.

Show me evidence of your favor! Then those who hate me will see it and be ashamed, for you, O Lord, will help me and comfort me.

You crushed the Proud One and killed it; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.

The heavens belong to you, as does the earth. You made the world and all it contains.

You created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

For you give them splendor and strength. By your favor we are victorious.

A prayer of Moses, the man of God. O Lord, you have been our protector through all generations!

Even before the mountains came into existence, or you brought the world into being, you were the eternal God.

For you, O Lord, are the sovereign king over the whole earth; you are elevated high above all gods.

O Lord our God, you answered them. They found you to be a forgiving God, but also one who punished their sinful deeds.

You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. For it is time to have mercy on her, for the appointed time has come.

The Lord makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it: “You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek.”

I say to the Lord, “You are my God.” O Lord, pay attention to my plea for mercy!

I cry out to you, O Lord; I say, “You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living.”

Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.

for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will reward you.

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.

For you know in your own heart that you also have cursed others many times.

All of them respond to you, saying: ‘You too have become weak like us! You have become just like us!

The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but then night. If you want to ask, ask; come back again.”