A psalm of David. O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for help! Because of your faithfulness and justice, answer me!

It is like the dew of Hermon, which flows down upon the hills of Zion. Indeed that is where the Lord has decreed a blessing will be available – eternal life.

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a psalm of Asaph. O shepherd of Israel, pay attention, you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep! You who sit enthroned above the winged angels, reveal your splendor!

Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping!

A psalm of David. I will sing about loyalty and justice! To you, O Lord, I will sing praises!

א (Alef) How blessed are those whose actions are blameless, who obey the law of the Lord.

For the music director; by the Lord’s servant David, who sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord rescued him from the power of all his enemies, including Saul. He said: “I love you, Lord, my source of strength!

Your enemies roar in the middle of your sanctuary; they set up their battle flags.

Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

How many living things you have made, O Lord! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made.

Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region, or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?

As for the heads of those who surround me – may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!

The Lord rules forever! The nations are driven out of his land.

A prayer of David. Protect me, O God, for I have taken shelter in you.

For the sake of your reputation, O Lord, forgive my sin, because it is great.

Guarantee the welfare of your servant! Do not let the arrogant oppress me!

A song of ascents. O Lord, for David’s sake remember all his strenuous effort,

I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules as if they were riches of all kinds.

Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.

He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain.