O Lord, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me! O God, because of your great loyal love, answer me with your faithful deliverance!

Take a good look! This is what the wicked are like, those who always have it so easy and get richer and richer.

You walked through the sea; you passed through the surging waters, but left no footprints.

I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.

He brought the east wind through the sky, and by his strength led forth the south wind.

O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!

As for the singers, as well as the pipers – all of them sing within your walls.

it will remain stable, like the moon, his throne will endure like the skies.” (Selah)

Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted, and of how I must bear so many insults from people!

A prayer of Moses, the man of God. O Lord, you have been our protector through all generations!

So they proclaim that the Lord, my protector, is just and never unfair.

Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, to the morally upright!

I rely on the Lord, I rely on him with my whole being; I wait for his assuring word.

A song of ascents, by David. Look! How good and how pleasant it is when brothers live together!

A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.

Do not withhold good from those who need it, when you have the ability to help.

What benefit can a worker gain from his toil?

Lord, be merciful to us! We wait for you. Give us strength each morning! Deliver us when distress comes.

The Lord also spoke to him when Jehoiakim son of Josiah ruled over Judah, and he continued to speak to him until the fifth month of the eleventh year that Zedekiah son of Josiah ruled over Judah. That was when the people of Jerusalem were taken into exile.