³ Lord, what is man, that You care for him,
the son of man, that You think of him?^(F)
4 Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow.^(G)

⁵ Lord, part Your heavens and come down.^(H)
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.^(I)
6 Flash Your lightning and scatter the foe;^[b]
shoot Your arrows and rout them.^(J)
7 Reach down^[c] from heaven;^(K)
rescue me from deep water, and set me free
from the grasp of foreigners^(L)
8 whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive.^(M)

⁹ God, I will sing a new song to You;
I will play on a ten-stringed harp for You^(N)—
¹⁰ the One who gives victory to kings,
who frees His servant David
from the deadly sword.^(O)
11 Set me free and rescue me
from the grasp of foreigners^(P)
whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive.^(Q)

¹² Then our sons will be like plants
nurtured in their youth,
our daughters, like corner pillars
that are carved in the palace style.^(R)
13 Our storehouses will be full,
supplying all kinds of produce;^(S)
our flocks will increase by thousands
and tens of thousands in our open fields.^(T)
14 Our cattle will be well fed.^[d]
There will be no breach in the walls,
no going into captivity,^[e]
and no cry of lament in our public squares.^(U)
15 Happy are the people with such blessings.
Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.^(V)

³ Yahweh is great and is highly praised;^(Y)
His greatness is unsearchable.^(Z)
4 One generation will declare Your works to the next
and will proclaim Your mighty acts.^(AA)
5 I^[g] will speak of Your splendor and glorious majesty
and^[h] Your wonderful works.^(AB)
6 They will proclaim the power of Your awe-inspiring acts,
and I will declare Your greatness.^[i](AC)
7 They will give a testimony of Your great goodness
and will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.^(AD)

⁸ The Lord is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and great in faithful love.^(AE)
9 The Lord is good to everyone;^(AF)
His compassion rests on all He has made.^(AG)
10 All You have made will thank You, Lord;
the^[j] godly will praise You.^(AH)
11 They will speak of the glory of Your kingdom
and will declare Your might,^(AI)
12 informing all people of Your mighty acts
and of the glorious splendor of Your^[k] kingdom.^(AJ)
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom;
Your rule is for all generations.^(AK)
The Lord is faithful in all His words
and gracious in all His actions.^[l](AL)

¹⁴ The Lord helps all who fall;
He raises up all who are oppressed.^[m](AM)
15 All eyes look to You,
and You give them their food at the proper time.^(AN)
16 You open Your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.^(AO)

¹⁷ The Lord is righteous in all His ways
and gracious in all His acts.^(AP)
18 The Lord is near all who call out to Him,
all who call out to Him with integrity.^(AQ)
19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him;
He hears their cry for help and saves them.^(AR)
20 The Lord guards all those who love Him,
but He destroys all the wicked.^(AS)
21 My mouth will declare Yahweh’s praise;
let every living thing
praise His holy name forever and ever.^(AT)

³ For I have had enough troubles,
and my life is near Sheol.^(D)
4 I am counted among those going down to the Pit.^(E)
I am like a man without strength,^(F)
5 abandoned^[a] among the dead.
I am like the slain lying in the grave,^(G)
whom You no longer remember,
and who are cut off from Your care.^[b](H)

⁶ You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,
in the darkest places, in the depths.^(I)
7 Your wrath weighs heavily on me;^(J)
You have overwhelmed me with all Your waves.^(K)Selah
⁸ You have distanced my friends from me;
You have made me repulsive to them.^(L)
I am shut in and cannot go out.
⁹ My eyes are worn out from crying.^(M)
Lord, I cry out to You all day long;^(N)
I spread out my hands to You.^(O)

¹⁰ Do You work wonders for the dead?
Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?^(P)Selah
¹¹ Will Your faithful love be declared in the grave,
Your faithfulness in Abaddon?^(Q)
12 Will Your wonders be known in the darkness
or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?^(R)

¹³ But I call to You for help, Lord;
in the morning my prayer meets You.^(S)
14 Lord, why do You reject me?^(T)
Why do You hide Your face from me?^(U)
15 From my youth,
I have been afflicted and near death.
I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate.^(V)
16 Your wrath sweeps over me;
Your terrors destroy me.^(W)
17 They surround me like water all day long;
they close in on me from every side.^(X)
18 You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me;
darkness is my only friend.^[c](Y)

³ The Lord said,
“I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn an oath to David My servant:
⁴ ‘I will establish your offspring forever
and build up your throne for all generations.’”^(AD)Selah

⁵ Lord, the heavens praise Your wonders^(AE)—
Your faithfulness also—
in the assembly of the holy ones.^(AF)
6 For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings^[d] is like the Lord?^(AG)
7 God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
more awe-inspiring than^[e] all who surround Him.^(AH)
8 Lord God of Hosts,
who is strong like You, Lord?^(AI)
Your faithfulness surrounds You.
⁹ You rule the raging sea;
when its waves surge, You still them.^(AJ)
10 You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;^(AK)
You scattered Your enemies with Your powerful arm.^(AL)
11 The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours.
The world and everything in it—You founded them.^(AM)
12 North and south—You created them.^(AN)
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.^(AO)
13 You have a mighty arm;
Your hand is powerful;
Your right hand is lifted high.^(AP)
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of Your throne;^(AQ)
faithful love and truth go before You.^(AR)
15 Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;^(AS)
Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your presence.^(AT)
16 They rejoice in Your name all day long,
and they are exalted by Your righteousness.^(AU)
17 For You are their magnificent strength;^(AV)
by Your favor our horn is exalted.^(AW)
18 Surely our shield^[f] belongs to the Lord,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.^(AX)

¹⁹ You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones
and said: “I have granted help to a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen^[g] from the people.^(AY)
20 I have found David My servant;
I have anointed him with My sacred oil.^(AZ)
21 My hand will always be with him,
and My arm will strengthen him.^(BA)
22 The enemy will not afflict^[h] him;
no wicked man will oppress him.^(BB)
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike those who hate him.^(BC)
24 My faithfulness and love will be with him,
and through My name
his horn will be exalted.^(BD)
25 I will extend his power to the sea
and his right hand to the rivers.^(BE)
26 He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,^(BF)
my God, the rock of my salvation.’^(BG)
27 I will also make him My firstborn,
greatest of the kings of the earth.^(BH)
28 I will always preserve My faithful love for him,
and My covenant with him will endure.^(BI)
29 I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as heaven lasts.^[i](BJ)
30 If his sons forsake My instruction
and do not live by My ordinances,^(BK)
31 if they dishonor My statutes
and do not keep My commands,^(BL)
32 then I will call their rebellion
to account with the rod,
their sin with blows.^(BM)
33 But I will not withdraw
My faithful love from him
or betray My faithfulness.^(BN)
34 I will not violate My covenant
or change what My lips have said.^(BO)
35 Once and for all
I have sworn an oath by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.^(BP)
36 His offspring will continue forever,
his throne like the sun before Me,^(BQ)
37 like the moon, established forever,
a faithful witness in the sky.”^(BR)Selah

³⁸ But You have spurned and rejected him;
You have become enraged with Your anointed.^(BS)
39 You have repudiated the covenant with Your servant;
You have completely dishonored his crown.^[j](BT)
40 You have broken down all his walls;
You have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.^(BU)
41 All who pass by plunder him;^(BV)
he has become an object of ridicule
to his neighbors.^(BW)
42 You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.^(BX)
43 You have also turned back his sharp sword
and have not let him stand in battle.^(BY)
44 You have made his splendor^[k] cease
and have overturned his throne.^(BZ)
45 You have shortened the days of his youth;
You have covered him with shame.^(CA)Selah

⁴⁶ How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?^(CB)
47 Remember how short my life is.
Have You created everyone for nothing?^(CC)
48 What man can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?^(CD)Selah
⁴⁹ Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful love
that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?^(CE)
50 Remember, Lord, the ridicule against Your servants—
in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—
⁵¹ how Your enemies have ridiculed, Lord,
how they have ridiculed every step of Your anointed.^(CF)

⁵² May the Lord be praised forever.
Amen and amen.^(CG)