So teach us to consider our mortality, so that we might live wisely.

With trumpets and the blaring of the ram’s horn, shout out praises before the king, the Lord!

He will surely give me shelter in the day of danger; he will hide me in his home; he will place me on an inaccessible rocky summit.

Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

For the music director; according to the gittith style; by Asaph. Shout for joy to God, our source of strength! Shout out to the God of Jacob!

Show me evidence of your favor! Then those who hate me will see it and be ashamed, for you, O Lord, will help me and comfort me.

For forty years I was continually disgusted with that generation, and I said, ‘These people desire to go astray; they do not obey my commands.’

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.

Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering – those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me.

Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.

May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited!

So he caused them to die unsatisfied and filled with terror.

The Lord knows that peoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt.

My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.

They traded their majestic God for the image of an ox that eats grass.

Here’s how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals.

When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold.

He sent his anger in full force; he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction.

People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.

He does not slander, or do harm to others, or insult his neighbor.