Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.

They say, “God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!”

My lips will shout for joy! Yes, I will sing your praises! I will praise you when you rescue me!

If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your loyal followers.

They say to themselves, “We will oppress all of them.” They burn down all the places where people worship God in the land.

We do not see any signs of God’s presence; there are no longer any prophets and we have no one to tell us how long this will last.

Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?

For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

You have allowed his adversaries to be victorious, and all his enemies to rejoice.

If the Lord had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death.

The Lord demonstrates his power to deliver; in the sight of the nations he reveals his justice.

He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve.

When you send your life-giving breath, they are created, and you replenish the surface of the ground.

He sent a man ahead of them – Joseph was sold as a servant.

May the Lord repay my accusers in this way, those who say evil things about me!

He delivered his people; he ordained that his covenant be observed forever. His name is holy and awesome.

Not to us, O Lord, not to us! But to your name bring honor, for the sake of your loyal love and faithfulness.

I seek your favor with all my heart. Have mercy on me as you promised!

י (Yod) Your hands made me and formed me. Give me understanding so that I might learn your commands.

May the arrogant be humiliated, for they have slandered me! But I meditate on your precepts.