You remove all the wicked of the earth like slag. Therefore I love your rules.

My eyes anticipate the nighttime hours, so that I can meditate on your word.

A song of ascents. When the Lord restored the well-being of Zion, we thought we were dreaming.

Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O Lord, being thoroughly aware of it.

They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

He established them so they would endure; he issued a decree that will not be revoked.

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me from those who attack me!

You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!

A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O Lord God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you.

They say, “Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! Let’s free ourselves from their ropes!”

“I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill.”

When my enemies turn back, they trip and are defeated before you.

The waves of death engulfed me, the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me.

For you deliver oppressed people, but you bring down those who have a proud look.

There is no actual speech or word, nor is its voice literally heard.

Who can know all his errors? Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of.

May he take notice of your offerings; may he accept your burnt sacrifice! (Selah)

The Lord will deliver the king; he will answer us when we call to him for help!