Dark clouds surround him; equity and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people of Zion delight in their king!

A song of ascents. How blessed is every one of the Lord’s loyal followers, each one who keeps his commands!

I will appoint him to be my firstborn son, the most exalted of the earth’s kings.

May God bless us! Then all the ends of the earth will give him the honor he deserves.

Grab me and rescue me from the power of foreigners, who speak lies, and make false promises.

Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!

he will certainly rescue you from the snare of the hunter and from the destructive plague.

They worshiped Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

The ropes of the wicked tighten around me, but I do not forget your law.

I will walk in the way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace.

I will favor the honest people of the land, and allow them to live with me. Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me.

I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.

You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you fed him to the people who live along the coast.

Let those delivered by the Lord speak out, those whom he delivered from the power of the enemy,

A psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

Remove me from the path of deceit! Graciously give me your law!

to the one who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his loyal love endures,

For the Lord holds in his hand a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices, and pours it out. Surely all the wicked of the earth will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop.”

Sound the ram’s horn on the day of the new moon, and on the day of the full moon when our festival begins.