to the one who struck down great kings, for his loyal love endures,

to the one who gives food to all living things, for his loyal love endures.

The Lord grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable.

Each one will be handed over to the sword; their corpses will be eaten by jackals.

Whom do I have in heaven but you? I desire no one but you on earth.

Then I said, “I am sickened by the thought that the sovereign One might become inactive.

Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the sovereign One in the desert.

For you have taken refuge in the Lord, my shelter, the sovereign One.

It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly.

A song of ascents. I look up toward you, the one enthroned in heaven.

to the one who spread out the earth over the water, for his loyal love endures,

I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.

the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains forever faithful,

so I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice along with your nation, and boast along with the people who belong to you.

An evil person suffers much pain, but the Lord’s faithfulness overwhelms the one who trusts in him.

For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.

Then I will have a reply for the one who insults me, for I trust in your word.

which cannot fill the reaper’s hand, or the lap of the one who gathers the grain!

Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.

They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the Lord, but he does not answer them.