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

I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.

So I made a vow in my anger, ‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’”

Praise the Lord, all that he has made, in all the regions of his kingdom! Praise the Lord, O my soul!

A song of ascents. Attention! Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who serve in the Lord’s temple during the night.

I cry out to you, O Lord; I say, “You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living.”

Then we will shout for joy over your victory; we will rejoice in the name of our God! May the Lord grant all your requests!

A song, a psalm by the Korahites. The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise in the city of our God, his holy hill.

For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer. (Selah)

The Lord’s words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined.

A psalm of David. The Lord owns the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live in it.

Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.

You bring their lives to an end and they “fall asleep.” In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;

Satisfy us in the morning with your loyal love! Then we will shout for joy and be happy all our days!

If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.

Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish! Let them know that God rules in Jacob and to the ends of the earth! (Selah)

For the music director; by David. In the Lord I have taken shelter. How can you say to me, “Flee to a mountain like a bird!

Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb. All the days ordained for me were recorded in your scroll before one of them came into existence.

Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.

Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.