He brought his people out enriched with silver and gold; none of his tribes stumbled.

Your instructions are totally reliable; all your just regulations endure.

I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.

As for God’s chosen people who are in the land, and the leading officials I admired so much –

O Lord, the heavens praise your amazing deeds, as well as your faithfulness in the angelic assembly.

a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly, and more awesome than all who surround him?

In the camp they resented Moses, and Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest.

His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.

Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?

For the sake of David, your servant, do not reject your chosen king!

Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.

He says: “Assemble my covenant people before me, those who ratified a covenant with me by sacrifice!”

Praise the Lord, you angels of his, you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees and obey his orders!

and execute the judgment to which their enemies have been sentenced. All his loyal followers will be vindicated. Praise the Lord!

For the music director; by David. Fools say to themselves, “There is no God.” They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.

(the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny),

Look, God is my deliverer! The Lord is among those who support me.

For the Lord listens to the needy; he does not despise his captive people.

O God, take notice of our shield! Show concern for your chosen king!

When someone comes to visit, he pretends to be friendly; he thinks of ways to defame me, and when he leaves he slanders me.