⁵ You, God, know my folly;^(J)
    my guilt is not hidden from you.^(K)

⁶ Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    may those who hope in you
    not be disgraced because of me;
God of Israel,
    may those who seek you
    not be put to shame because of me.
⁷ For I endure scorn^(L) for your sake,^(M)
    and shame covers my face.^(N)
8 I am a foreigner to my own family,
    a stranger to my own mother’s children;^(O)
9 for zeal for your house consumes me,^(P)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.^(Q)
10 When I weep and fast,^(R)
    I must endure scorn;
¹¹ when I put on sackcloth,^(S)
    people make sport of me.
¹² Those who sit at the gate^(T) mock me,
    and I am the song of the drunkards.^(U)

¹³ But I pray to you, Lord,
    in the time of your favor;^(V)
in your great love,^(W) O God,
    answer me with your sure salvation.
¹⁴ Rescue me from the mire,
    do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
    from the deep waters.^(X)
15 Do not let the floodwaters^(Y) engulf me
    or the depths swallow me up^(Z)
    or the pit close its mouth over me.^(AA)

¹⁶ Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;^(AB)
    in your great mercy turn to me.
¹⁷ Do not hide your face^(AC) from your servant;
    answer me quickly,^(AD) for I am in trouble.^(AE)
18 Come near and rescue me;
    deliver^(AF) me because of my foes.

¹⁹ You know how I am scorned,^(AG) disgraced and shamed;
    all my enemies are before you.
²⁰ Scorn has broken my heart
    and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
    for comforters,^(AH) but I found none.^(AI)
21 They put gall in my food
    and gave me vinegar^(AJ) for my thirst.^(AK)

²² May the table set before them become a snare;
    may it become retribution and^[b] a trap.^(AL)
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
    and their backs be bent forever.^(AM)
24 Pour out your wrath^(AN) on them;
    let your fierce anger overtake them.
²⁵ May their place be deserted;^(AO)
    let there be no one to dwell in their tents.^(AP)
26 For they persecute those you wound
    and talk about the pain of those you hurt.^(AQ)
27 Charge them with crime upon crime;^(AR)
    do not let them share in your salvation.^(AS)
28 May they be blotted out of the book of life^(AT)
    and not be listed with the righteous.^(AU)

²⁹ But as for me, afflicted and in pain—
    may your salvation, God, protect me.^(AV)

³⁰ I will praise God’s name in song^(AW)
    and glorify him^(AX) with thanksgiving.
³¹ This will please the Lord more than an ox,
    more than a bull with its horns and hooves.^(AY)
32 The poor will see and be glad^(AZ)—
    you who seek God, may your hearts live!^(BA)
33 The Lord hears the needy^(BB)
    and does not despise his captive people.

³⁴ Let heaven and earth praise him,
    the seas and all that move in them,^(BC)
35 for God will save Zion^(BD)
    and rebuild the cities of Judah.^(BE)
Then people will settle there and possess it;
³⁶     the children of his servants will inherit it,^(BF)
    and those who love his name will dwell there.^(BG)

⁵ The heavens^(E) praise your wonders, Lord,
    your faithfulness too, in the assembly^(F) of the holy ones.
⁶ For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord?
    Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?^(G)
7 In the council^(H) of the holy ones^(I) God is greatly feared;
    he is more awesome than all who surround him.^(J)
8 Who is like you,^(K) Lord God Almighty?^(L)
    You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

⁹ You rule over the surging sea;
    when its waves mount up, you still them.^(M)
10 You crushed Rahab^(N) like one of the slain;
    with your strong arm you scattered^(O) your enemies.
¹¹ The heavens are yours,^(P) and yours also the earth;^(Q)
    you founded the world and all that is in it.^(R)
12 You created the north and the south;
    Tabor^(S) and Hermon^(T) sing for joy^(U) at your name.
¹³ Your arm is endowed with power;
    your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.^(V)

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;^(W)
    love and faithfulness go before you.^(X)
15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
    who walk^(Y) in the light^(Z) of your presence, Lord.
¹⁶ They rejoice in your name^(AA) all day long;
    they celebrate your righteousness.
¹⁷ For you are their glory and strength,^(AB)
    and by your favor you exalt our horn.^[d](AC)
18 Indeed, our shield^[e](AD) belongs to the Lord,
    our king^(AE) to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Once you spoke in a vision,
    to your faithful people you said:
“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
    I have raised up a young man from among the people.
²⁰ I have found David^(AF) my servant;^(AG)
    with my sacred oil^(AH) I have anointed^(AI) him.
²¹ My hand will sustain him;
    surely my arm will strengthen him.^(AJ)
22 The enemy will not get the better of him;^(AK)
    the wicked will not oppress^(AL) him.
²³ I will crush his foes before him^(AM)
    and strike down his adversaries.^(AN)
24 My faithful love will be with him,^(AO)
    and through my name his horn^[f] will be exalted.
²⁵ I will set his hand over the sea,
    his right hand over the rivers.^(AP)
26 He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,^(AQ)
    my God, the Rock^(AR) my Savior.’^(AS)
27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,^(AT)
    the most exalted^(AU) of the kings^(AV) of the earth.
²⁸ I will maintain my love to him forever,
    and my covenant with him will never fail.^(AW)
29 I will establish his line forever,
    his throne as long as the heavens endure.^(AX)

³⁰ “If his sons forsake my law
    and do not follow my statutes,
³¹ if they violate my decrees
    and fail to keep my commands,
³² I will punish their sin with the rod,
    their iniquity with flogging;^(AY)
33 but I will not take my love from him,^(AZ)
    nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
³⁴ I will not violate my covenant
    or alter what my lips have uttered.^(BA)
35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
    and I will not lie to David—
³⁶ that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;^(BB)
37 it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”^(BC)

³⁸ But you have rejected,^(BD) you have spurned,
    you have been very angry with your anointed one.
³⁹ You have renounced the covenant with your servant
    and have defiled his crown in the dust.^(BE)
40 You have broken through all his walls^(BF)
    and reduced his strongholds^(BG) to ruins.
⁴¹ All who pass by have plundered^(BH) him;
    he has become the scorn of his neighbors.^(BI)
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.^(BJ)
43 Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword
    and have not supported him in battle.^(BK)
44 You have put an end to his splendor
    and cast his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵ You have cut short^(BL) the days of his youth;
    you have covered him with a mantle of shame.^(BM)

⁴⁶ How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?^(BN)
47 Remember how fleeting is my life.^(BO)
    For what futility you have created all humanity!
⁴⁸ Who can live and not see death,
    or who can escape the power of the grave?^(BP)
49 Lord, where is your former great love,
    which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, how your servant has^[g] been mocked,^(BQ)
    how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
⁵¹ the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked,
    with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.^(BR)

⁵² Praise be to the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.^(BS)