For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm, a song. May God show us his favor and bless us! May he smile on us! (Selah)

For the music director; by David, a psalm, a song. God springs into action! His enemies scatter; his adversaries run from him.

As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.

God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert.

O God, you cause abundant showers to fall on your chosen people. When they are tired, you sustain them,

The mountain of Bashan is a towering mountain; the mountain of Bashan is a mountain with many peaks.

God has countless chariots; they number in the thousands. The Lord comes from Sinai in holy splendor.

Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies, the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion.

God has decreed that you will be powerful. O God, you who have acted on our behalf, demonstrate your power,

For the music director; according to the tune of “Lilies;” by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck.

O God, you are aware of my foolish sins; my guilt is not hidden from you.

For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion.

May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, “May God be praised!”

But as for me, God’s presence is all I need. I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter, as I declare all the things you have done.

A well-written song by Asaph. Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?

How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

Rise up, O God! Defend your honor! Remember how fools insult you all day long!

For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of Asaph, a song. God has revealed himself in Judah; in Israel his reputation is great.

when God arose to execute judgment, and to deliver all the oppressed of the earth. (Selah)

The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and trembled. Yes, the depths of the sea shook with fear.