⁴ You are my King^(M) and my God,^(N)
    who decrees^[c] victories^(O) for Jacob.
⁵ Through you we push back^(P) our enemies;
    through your name we trample^(Q) our foes.
⁶ I put no trust in my bow,^(R)
    my sword does not bring me victory;
⁷ but you give us victory^(S) over our enemies,
    you put our adversaries to shame.^(T)
8 In God we make our boast^(U) all day long,^(V)
    and we will praise your name forever.^[d](W)

⁹ But now you have rejected^(X) and humbled us;^(Y)
    you no longer go out with our armies.^(Z)
10 You made us retreat^(AA) before the enemy,
    and our adversaries have plundered^(AB) us.
¹¹ You gave us up to be devoured like sheep^(AC)
    and have scattered us among the nations.^(AD)
12 You sold your people for a pittance,^(AE)
    gaining nothing from their sale.

¹³ You have made us a reproach^(AF) to our neighbors,^(AG)
    the scorn^(AH) and derision^(AI) of those around us.
¹⁴ You have made us a byword^(AJ) among the nations;
    the peoples shake their heads^(AK) at us.
¹⁵ I live in disgrace^(AL) all day long,
    and my face is covered with shame^(AM)
16 at the taunts^(AN) of those who reproach and revile^(AO) me,
    because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.^(AP)

¹⁷ All this came upon us,
    though we had not forgotten^(AQ) you;
    we had not been false to your covenant.
¹⁸ Our hearts had not turned^(AR) back;
    our feet had not strayed from your path.
¹⁹ But you crushed^(AS) us and made us a haunt for jackals;^(AT)
    you covered us over with deep darkness.^(AU)

²⁰ If we had forgotten^(AV) the name of our God
    or spread out our hands to a foreign god,^(AW)
21 would not God have discovered it,
    since he knows the secrets of the heart?^(AX)
22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep^(AY) to be slaughtered.^(AZ)

²³ Awake,^(BA) Lord! Why do you sleep?^(BB)
    Rouse yourself!^(BC) Do not reject us forever.^(BD)
24 Why do you hide your face^(BE)
    and forget^(BF) our misery and oppression?^(BG)

²⁵ We are brought down to the dust;^(BH)
    our bodies cling to the ground.
²⁶ Rise up^(BI) and help us;
    rescue^(BJ) us because of your unfailing love.^(BK)

² You are the most excellent of men
    and your lips have been anointed with grace,^(BM)
    since God has blessed you forever.^(BN)

³ Gird your sword^(BO) on your side, you mighty one;^(BP)
    clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.^(BQ)
4 In your majesty ride forth victoriously^(BR)
    in the cause of truth, humility and justice;^(BS)
    let your right hand^(BT) achieve awesome deeds.^(BU)
5 Let your sharp arrows^(BV) pierce the hearts^(BW) of the king’s enemies;^(BX)
    let the nations fall beneath your feet.
⁶ Your throne, O God,^[g] will last for ever and ever;^(BY)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
⁷ You love righteousness^(BZ) and hate wickedness;^(CA)
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
    by anointing^(CB) you with the oil of joy.^(CC)
8 All your robes are fragrant^(CD) with myrrh^(CE) and aloes^(CF) and cassia;^(CG)
    from palaces adorned with ivory^(CH)
    the music of the strings^(CI) makes you glad.
⁹ Daughters of kings^(CJ) are among your honored women;
    at your right hand^(CK) is the royal bride^(CL) in gold of Ophir.^(CM)

¹⁰ Listen, daughter,^(CN) and pay careful attention:^(CO)
    Forget your people^(CP) and your father’s house.
¹¹ Let the king be enthralled by your beauty;^(CQ)
    honor^(CR) him, for he is your lord.^(CS)
12 The city of Tyre^(CT) will come with a gift,^[h](CU)
    people of wealth will seek your favor.
¹³ All glorious^(CV) is the princess within her chamber;
    her gown is interwoven with gold.^(CW)
14 In embroidered garments^(CX) she is led to the king;^(CY)
    her virgin companions^(CZ) follow her—
    those brought to be with her.
¹⁵ Led in with joy and gladness,^(DA)
    they enter the palace of the king.

¹⁶ Your sons will take the place of your fathers;
    you will make them princes^(DB) throughout the land.

¹⁷ I will perpetuate your memory through all generations;^(DC)
    therefore the nations will praise you^(DD) for ever and ever.^(DE)

⁴ There is a river^(DR) whose streams^(DS) make glad the city of God,^(DT)
    the holy place where the Most High^(DU) dwells.^(DV)
5 God is within her,^(DW) she will not fall;^(DX)
    God will help^(DY) her at break of day.
⁶ Nations^(DZ) are in uproar,^(EA) kingdoms^(EB) fall;
    he lifts his voice,^(EC) the earth melts.^(ED)

⁷ The Lord Almighty^(EE) is with us;^(EF)
    the God of Jacob^(EG) is our fortress.^(EH)

⁸ Come and see what the Lord has done,^(EI)
    the desolations^(EJ) he has brought on the earth.
⁹ He makes wars^(EK) cease
    to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow^(EL) and shatters the spear;
    he burns the shields^[l] with fire.^(EM)
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;^(EN)
    I will be exalted^(EO) among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth.”

¹¹ The Lord Almighty is with us;
    the God of Jacob^(EP) is our fortress.^(EQ)

² For the Lord Most High^(ET) is awesome,^(EU)
    the great King^(EV) over all the earth.
³ He subdued^(EW) nations under us,
    peoples under our feet.
⁴ He chose our inheritance^(EX) for us,
    the pride of Jacob,^(EY) whom he loved.^[n]

⁵ God has ascended^(EZ) amid shouts of joy,^(FA)
    the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.^(FB)
6 Sing praises^(FC) to God, sing praises;
    sing praises to our King, sing praises.
⁷ For God is the King of all the earth;^(FD)
    sing to him a psalm^(FE) of praise.

⁸ God reigns^(FF) over the nations;
    God is seated on his holy throne.^(FG)
9 The nobles of the nations assemble
    as the people of the God of Abraham,
for the kings^[o] of the earth belong to God;^(FH)
    he is greatly exalted.^(FI)

² Beautiful^(FN) in its loftiness,
    the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon^[q](FO) is Mount Zion,^(FP)
    the city of the Great King.^(FQ)
3 God is in her citadels;^(FR)
    he has shown himself to be her fortress.^(FS)

⁴ When the kings joined forces,
    when they advanced together,^(FT)
5 they saw her and were astounded;
    they fled in terror.^(FU)
6 Trembling seized^(FV) them there,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.^(FW)
7 You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish^(FX)
    shattered by an east wind.^(FY)

⁸ As we have heard,
    so we have seen
in the city of the Lord Almighty,
    in the city of our God:
God makes her secure
    forever.^[r](FZ)

⁹ Within your temple, O God,
    we meditate^(GA) on your unfailing love.^(GB)
10 Like your name,^(GC) O God,
    your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;^(GD)
    your right hand is filled with righteousness.
¹¹ Mount Zion rejoices,
    the villages of Judah are glad
    because of your judgments.^(GE)

¹² Walk about Zion, go around her,
    count her towers,^(GF)
13 consider well her ramparts,^(GG)
    view her citadels,^(GH)
that you may tell of them
    to the next generation.^(GI)

¹⁴ For this God is our God for ever and ever;
    he will be our guide^(GJ) even to the end.

⁵ Why should I fear^(GT) when evil days come,
    when wicked deceivers surround me—
⁶ those who trust in their wealth^(GU)
    and boast^(GV) of their great riches?^(GW)
7 No one can redeem the life of another
    or give to God a ransom for them—
⁸ the ransom^(GX) for a life is costly,
    no payment is ever enough—^(GY)
9 so that they should live on^(GZ) forever
    and not see decay.^(HA)
10 For all can see that the wise die,^(HB)
    that the foolish and the senseless^(HC) also perish,
    leaving their wealth^(HD) to others.^(HE)
11 Their tombs^(HF) will remain their houses^[t] forever,
    their dwellings for endless generations,^(HG)
    though they had^[u] named^(HH) lands after themselves.

¹² People, despite their wealth, do not endure;^(HI)
    they are like the beasts that perish.^(HJ)

¹³ This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,^(HK)
    and of their followers, who approve their sayings.^[v]
14 They are like sheep and are destined^(HL) to die;^(HM)
    death will be their shepherd
    (but the upright will prevail^(HN) over them in the morning).
Their forms will decay in the grave,
    far from their princely mansions.
¹⁵ But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;^(HO)
    he will surely take me to himself.^(HP)
16 Do not be overawed when others grow rich,
    when the splendor of their houses increases;
¹⁷ for they will take nothing^(HQ) with them when they die,
    their splendor will not descend with them.^(HR)
18 Though while they live they count themselves blessed—^(HS)
    and people praise you when you prosper—
¹⁹ they will join those who have gone before them,^(HT)
    who will never again see the light^(HU) of life.

²⁰ People who have wealth but lack understanding^(HV)
    are like the beasts that perish.^(HW)

⁷ “Listen, my people, and I will speak;
    I will testify^(IN) against you, Israel:
    I am God, your God.^(IO)
8 I bring no charges^(IP) against you concerning your sacrifices
    or concerning your burnt offerings,^(IQ) which are ever before me.
⁹ I have no need of a bull^(IR) from your stall
    or of goats^(IS) from your pens,^(IT)
10 for every animal of the forest^(IU) is mine,
    and the cattle on a thousand hills.^(IV)
11 I know every bird^(IW) in the mountains,
    and the insects in the fields^(IX) are mine.
¹² If I were hungry I would not tell you,
    for the world^(IY) is mine, and all that is in it.^(IZ)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?

¹⁴ “Sacrifice thank offerings^(JA) to God,
    fulfill your vows^(JB) to the Most High,^(JC)
15 and call^(JD) on me in the day of trouble;^(JE)
    I will deliver^(JF) you, and you will honor^(JG) me.”

“What right have you to recite my laws
    or take my covenant^(JH) on your lips?^(JI)
17 You hate^(JJ) my instruction
    and cast my words behind^(JK) you.
¹⁸ When you see a thief, you join^(JL) with him;
    you throw in your lot with adulterers.^(JM)
19 You use your mouth for evil
    and harness your tongue to deceit.^(JN)
20 You sit and testify against your brother^(JO)
    and slander your own mother’s son.
²¹ When you did these things and I kept silent,^(JP)
    you thought I was exactly^[y] like you.
But I now arraign^(JQ) you
    and set my accusations^(JR) before you.

²² “Consider this, you who forget God,^(JS)
    or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:^(JT)
23 Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me,
    and to the blameless^[z] I will show my salvation.^(JU)”

³ For I know my transgressions,
    and my sin is always before me.^(KD)
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned^(KE)
    and done what is evil in your sight;^(KF)
so you are right in your verdict
    and justified when you judge.^(KG)
5 Surely I was sinful^(KH) at birth,^(KI)
    sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
⁶ Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
    you taught me wisdom^(KJ) in that secret place.^(KK)

⁷ Cleanse^(KL) me with hyssop,^(KM) and I will be clean;
    wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.^(KN)
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;^(KO)
    let the bones^(KP) you have crushed rejoice.
⁹ Hide your face from my sins^(KQ)
    and blot out^(KR) all my iniquity.

¹⁰ Create in me a pure heart,^(KS) O God,
    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.^(KT)
11 Do not cast me^(KU) from your presence^(KV)
    or take your Holy Spirit^(KW) from me.
¹² Restore to me the joy of your salvation^(KX)
    and grant me a willing spirit,^(KY) to sustain me.^(KZ)

¹³ Then I will teach transgressors your ways,^(LA)
    so that sinners^(LB) will turn back to you.^(LC)
14 Deliver me^(LD) from the guilt of bloodshed,^(LE) O God,
    you who are God my Savior,^(LF)
    and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.^(LG)
15 Open my lips, Lord,^(LH)
    and my mouth will declare your praise.
¹⁶ You do not delight in sacrifice,^(LI) or I would bring it;
    you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
¹⁷ My sacrifice,^(LJ) O God, is^[ab] a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart^(LK)
    you, God, will not despise.

¹⁸ May it please you to prosper Zion,^(LL)
    to build up the walls of Jerusalem.^(LM)
19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous,^(LN)
    in burnt offerings^(LO) offered whole;
    then bulls^(LP) will be offered on your altar.

“When he ascended on high,
    he took many captives^(Q)
    and gave gifts to his people.”^[b](R)