For you will have a pact with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”

Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

“But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.

Lord, in the morning you will hear me; in the morning I will present my case to you and then wait expectantly for an answer.

For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?

My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O Lord.

Yet I wait for you, O Lord! You will respond, O Lord, my God!

As for me, I said: “O Lord, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you!

In embroidered robes she is escorted to the king. Her attendants, the maidens of honor who follow her, are led before you.

He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive: “May men praise you, for you have done well!”

Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all it contains belong to me.

God says this to the evildoer: “How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant?

Against you – you above all – I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.

With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you! I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good!

For the music director; a psalm of David, a song. Praise awaits you, O God, in Zion. Vows made to you are fulfilled.

Say to God: “How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you.

I will offer up to you fattened animals as burnt sacrifices, along with the smell of sacrificial rams. I will offer cattle and goats. (Selah)

I will express my thanks to you with a stringed instrument, praising your faithfulness, O my God! I will sing praises to you accompanied by a harp, O Holy One of Israel!

Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will continually thank you. We will tell coming generations of your praiseworthy acts.