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.

May I be fully committed to your statutes, so that I might not be ashamed.

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

Surely I am looking to you, O sovereign Lord. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger!

He has not done so with any other nation; they are not aware of his regulations. Praise the Lord!

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

and execute the judgment to which their enemies have been sentenced. All his loyal followers will be vindicated. Praise the Lord!