Your arrows are sharp and penetrate the hearts of the king’s enemies. Nations fall at your feet.

For this reason we do not fear when the earth shakes, and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea,

Consider its defenses! Walk through its fortresses, so you can tell the next generation about it!

Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!

The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit – O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.

His words are as smooth as butter, but he harbors animosity in his heart. His words seem softer than oil, but they are really like sharp swords.

No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.

From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to an inaccessible rocky summit!

They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man’s inner thoughts cannot be discovered.

The godly will rejoice in the Lord and take shelter in him. All the morally upright will boast.

Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.

They say to themselves, “We will oppress all of them.” They burn down all the places where people worship God in the land.

The bravehearted were plundered; they “fell asleep.” All the warriors were helpless.

For justice will prevail, and all the morally upright will be vindicated.

My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food.

A song, a psalm of David. I am determined, O God! I will sing and praise you with my whole heart.

Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies, but I observe your precepts with all my heart.

who plan ways to harm me. All day long they stir up conflict.

Do not let truth and mercy leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.