Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!

“O Lord, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!

You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.

Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me. To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver.”

In God – I boast in his promise – in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me?

Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!

May he live! May they offer him gold from Sheba! May they continually pray for him! May they pronounce blessings on him all day long!

But as for me, God’s presence is all I need. I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter, as I declare all the things you have done.

A well-written song by Asaph. Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?

He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,

I am the Lord, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’

even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.

Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me. (Selah)

Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.

By David. To you, O Lord, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.

The Lord strengthens and protects me; I trust in him with all my heart. I am rescued and my heart is full of joy; I will sing to him in gratitude.

Written by David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, causing the king to send him away. I will praise the Lord at all times; my mouth will continually praise him.

They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.

Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him.

Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!