<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song<n id="2" /> by David. It was written when the Ziphites came and informed Saul: &#8220;David is hiding with us.&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, deliver me by your name!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Vindicate me<n id="5" /> by your power!p>

<p class="poetry">For foreigners<n id="1" /> attack me;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life.<n id="3" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">God, the one who has reigned as king from long ago,p> <p class="poetry">will hear and humiliate them.<n id="1" /> (Selah)p> <p class="poetry">They refuse to change,p> <p class="poetry">and do not fear God.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But you, O God, will bring them<n id="1" /> down to the deep Pit.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Violent and deceitful people<n id="3" /> will not live even half a normal lifespan.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">But as for me, I trust in you.p>

<p class="poetry">when you deliver<n id="1" /> my life from death.p> <p class="poetry">You keep my feet from stumbling,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so that I might serve<n id="3" /> God as I enjoy life.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">You, O <sc>Lordsc> God, the invincible warrior,<n id="1" /> the God of Israel,p> <p class="poetry">rouse yourself and punish<n id="2" /> all the nations!p> <p class="poetry">Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish!p> <p class="poetry">Let them know that God rulesp> <p class="poetry">in Jacob and to the ends of the earth! (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Trust in him at all times, you people!p> <p class="poetry">Pour out your hearts before him!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">God is our shelter! (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">You visit the earth and give it rain;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you make it rich and fertile<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">with overflowing streams full of water.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">You provide grain for them,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why do you look with envy,<n id="1" /> O mountains<n id="2" /> with many peaks,p> <p class="poetry">at the mountain where God has decided to live?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Indeed<n id="4" /> the <sc>Lordsc> will live there<n id="5" /> permanently!p>

<p class="poetry">You ascend on high,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you have taken many captives.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You receive tribute<n id="3" /> from<n id="4" /> men,p> <p class="poetry">including even sinful rebels.p> <p class="poetry">Indeed the <sc>Lordsc> God lives there!<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, because of your great loyal love,p> <p class="poetry">answer me with your faithful deliverance!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I am oppressed and needy!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, hurry to me!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You are my helper and my deliverer!p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="3" /> do not delay!p>

<p class="poetry">Even when I am old and gray,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, do not abandon me,p> <p class="poetry">until I tell the next generation about your strength,p> <p class="poetry">and those coming after me about your power.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the <i>al-tashchethi> style;<n id="2" /> a psalm of Asaph; a song.p> <p class="poetry">We give thanks to you, O God! We give thanks!p> <p class="poetry">You reveal your presence;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">people tell about your amazing deeds.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm of Asaph.p> <p class="poetry">O God, foreigners<n id="2" /> have invaded your chosen land;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">they have polluted your holy templep> <p class="poetry">and turned Jerusalem<n id="4" /> into a heap of ruins.p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> God is our sovereign protector.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> bestows favor<n id="2" /> and honor;p> <p class="poetry">he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is best to take hold of one warning<n id="1" /> without letting go of the other warning;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for the one who fears God will follow<n id="3" /> both warnings.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">But it will not go well with the wicked,p> <p class="poetry">nor will they<n id="1" /> prolong their<n id="2" /> days like a shadow,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">because they<n id="4" /> do not stand in fear<n id="5" /> before God.p>

<p class="poetry">Babylon, the most admired<n id="1" /> of kingdoms,p> <p class="poetry">the Chaldeans&#8217; source of honor and pride,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">will be destroyed by Godp> <p class="poetry">just as Sodom and Gomorrah were.<n id="3" />p>