“Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”

Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! Listen to me! When I call out to you, quickly answer me!

In your distress you called out and I rescued you. I answered you from a dark thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)

Certainly you reward the godly, Lord. Like a shield you protect them in your good favor.

Remember your compassionate and faithful deeds, O Lord, for you have always acted in this manner.

Even if my father and mother abandoned me, the Lord would take me in.

If we had rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god,

They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside the city.

(May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!)

For you have taken refuge in the Lord, my shelter, the sovereign One.

in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed.

Written by the Korahites; a psalm, a song. The Lord’s city is in the holy hills.

But the Lord does not surrender the godly, or allow them to be condemned in a court of law.

I keep track of every bird in the hills, and the insects of the field are mine.

They will lift you up in their hands, so you will not slip and fall on a stone.

Moab is my wash basin. I will make Edom serve me. I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”

His resolve is firm; he will not succumb to fear before he looks in triumph on his enemies.

Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the godly and the congregation.

My God, I trust in you. Please do not let me be humiliated; do not let my enemies triumphantly rejoice over me!

I will be happy and rejoice in your faithfulness, because you notice my pain and you are aware of how distressed I am.