³ When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and ^(F)perish before You.
⁴ For You have ^(G)maintained ^[c]my just cause;
You have sat on the throne ^[d](H)judging righteously.
⁵ You have ^(I)rebuked the nations, You have eliminated the wicked;
You have ^(J)wiped out their name forever and ever.
^6 [e]The enemy has come to an end in everlasting ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very ^(K)memory of them has perished.

⁷ But the ^(L)Lord ^[f]sits as King forever;
He has established His ^(M)throne for judgment,
⁸ And He will ^(N)judge the world in righteousness;
He will execute judgment for the peoples fairly.
^9 [g]The Lord will also be a ^(O)stronghold for the oppressed,
A stronghold in times of trouble;
¹⁰ And ^[h]those who ^(P)know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, Lord, have not ^(Q)abandoned those who seek You.

¹¹ Sing praises to the Lord, who ^(R)dwells in Zion;
^(S)Declare His deeds among the peoples.
¹² For ^(T)He who ^[i]requires blood remembers them;
He does not forget ^(U)the cry of the needy.
¹³ Be gracious to me, Lord;
See my oppression from those ^(V)who hate me,
You who ^(W)lift me up from the gates of death,
¹⁴ So that I may tell of ^(X)all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion
I may ^(Y)rejoice in Your ^[j]salvation.
¹⁵ The nations have sunk down ^(Z)into the pit which they have made;
In the ^(AA)net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
¹⁶ The Lord has ^(AB)made Himself known;
He has ^(AC)executed judgment.
A wicked one is ensnared in the work of his own hands. ^[k]Higgaion Selah

¹⁷ The wicked will ^[l](AD)return to ^[m]Sheol,
All the nations who ^(AE)forget God.
¹⁸ For the ^(AF)needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the ^(AG)hope of the afflicted perish forever.
^19 (AH)Arise, Lord, do not let mankind prevail;
Let the nations be ^(AI)judged before You.
²⁰ Put them ^(AJ)in fear, Lord;
Let the nations know that they are ^(AK)merely human. Selah

⁷ “And now, Lord, for what do I wait?
My ^(N)hope is in You.
^8 (O)Save me from all my wrongdoings;
Do not make me an object of ^(P)reproach for the foolish.
⁹ I have become ^(Q)mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is ^(R)You who have done it.
^10 (S)Remove Your plague from me;
Because of ^(T)the opposition of Your hand I am ^[g]perishing.
¹¹ With ^(U)rebukes You punish a person for wrongdoing;
You ^(V)consume like a moth what is precious to him;
Certainly ^(W)all mankind is mere breath! Selah

¹² “^(X)Hear my prayer, Lord, and listen to my cry for help;
Do not be silent ^(Y)to my tears;
For I am ^(Z)a stranger with You,
^(AA)One who lives abroad, like all my fathers.
^13 (AB)Turn Your eyes away from me, that I may become cheerful again
Before I depart and am no more.”

⁵ God, You know ^(I)my foolishness,
And ^(J)my guilt is not hidden from You.
⁶ May those who wait for You not ^(K)be ashamed because of me, Lord ^[e]God of armies;
May those who seek You not be dishonored because of me, God of Israel,
⁷ Because ^(L)for Your sake I have endured disgrace;
^(M)Dishonor has covered my face.
⁸ I have become ^(N)estranged ^[f]from my brothers,
And a stranger to my mother’s sons.
⁹ For ^(O)zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And ^(P)the taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on me.
¹⁰ When I wept ^(Q)in my soul with fasting,
It became my ^(R)disgrace.
¹¹ When I made ^(S)sackcloth my clothing,
I became ^(T)a proverb to them.
¹² Those who ^(U)sit in the gate talk about me,
And ^(V)songs of mockery by those habitually drunk are about me.

¹³ But as for me, my prayer is to You, Lord, ^(W)at an acceptable time;
God, in the ^(X)greatness of Your mercy,
Answer me with ^[g]Your saving truth.
¹⁴ Rescue me from the ^(Y)mud and do not let me sink;
May I be ^(Z)rescued from those who hate me, and from the ^(AA)depths of water.
¹⁵ May the ^[h](AB)flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the ^(AC)pit close its mouth on me.

¹⁶ Answer me, Lord, for ^(AD)Your mercy is good;
^(AE)According to the greatness of Your compassion, ^(AF)turn to me,
¹⁷ And ^(AG)do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am ^(AH)in distress; answer me quickly.
¹⁸ Come near to my soul and ^(AI)redeem it;
^(AJ)Ransom me because of my enemies!
¹⁹ You know my ^(AK)disgrace, my shame, and my dishonor;
All my enemies are ^[i]known to You.

²⁰ Disgrace has ^(AL)broken my heart, and I am so sick.
And ^(AM)I waited for sympathy, but there was none;
And for ^(AN)comforters, but I found none.
²¹ They also gave me ^[j](AO)a bitter herb in my food,
And for my thirst they ^(AP)gave me vinegar to drink.

²² May ^(AQ)their table before them become a snare;
And ^[k](AR)when they are at peace, may it become a trap.
²³ May their ^(AS)eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,
And make their ^(AT)hips shake continually.
^24 (AU)Pour out Your indignation on them,
And may Your burning anger overtake them.
²⁵ May their ^[l](AV)camp be desolated;
May there be none living in their tents.
²⁶ For they have ^(AW)persecuted him whom ^(AX)You Yourself struck,
And they tell of the pain of those whom ^(AY)You have ^[m]wounded.
²⁷ Add ^(AZ)guilt to their guilt,
And ^(BA)may they not come into ^(BB)Your righteousness.
²⁸ May they be ^(BC)wiped out of the ^(BD)book of life,
And may they not be ^[n](BE)recorded with the righteous.

²⁹ But I am ^(BF)afflicted and in pain;
^[o]May Your salvation, God, ^(BG)set me safely on high.
³⁰ I will ^(BH)praise the name of God with song,
And ^(BI)exalt Him with ^(BJ)thanksgiving.
³¹ And it will ^(BK)please the Lord better than an ox
Or bull with horns and hoofs.
³² The ^(BL)humble ^[p]have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God, ^(BM)let your heart ^[q]revive.
³³ For ^(BN)the Lord hears the needy,
And ^(BO)does not despise those of His who are prisoners.

^34 (BP)Heaven and earth shall praise Him,
The seas and ^(BQ)everything that moves in them.
³⁵ For God will ^(BR)save Zion and ^(BS)build the cities of Judah,
So that they may live there and ^(BT)possess it.
³⁶ The ^[r](BU)descendants of His servants will inherit it,
And those who love His name ^(BV)will live in it.

^6 (M)Moses and Aaron were among His ^(N)priests,
And ^(O)Samuel was among those who ^(P)called on His name;
They ^(Q)called upon the Lord and He answered them.
⁷ He ^(R)spoke to them in the pillar of cloud;
They ^(S)kept His testimonies
And the statute that He gave them.
⁸ Lord our God, You ^(T)answered them;
You were a ^(U)forgiving God to them,
And yet an ^(V)avenger of their evil deeds.
⁹ Exalt the Lord our God
And worship at His holy hill,
For the Lord our God is holy.

⁵ May all who ^(G)hate Zion
Be ^(H)put to shame and turned backward;
⁶ May they be like ^(I)grass upon the housetops,
Which withers before it ^[c]grows up;
⁷ With which the harvester does not fill his ^[d]hand,
Or the binder of sheaves his ^[e](J)arms;
⁸ Nor do those who pass by say,
“The ^(K)blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord.”

⁷ One who ^(M)corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself,
And one who rebukes a wicked person gets ^[d]insults for himself.
^8 (N)Do not rebuke a scoffer, or he will hate you;
^(O)Rebuke a wise person and he will love you.
⁹ Give instruction to a wise person and he will become still wiser;
Teach a righteous person and he will ^(P)increase his insight.
¹⁰ The ^(Q)fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
¹¹ For ^(R)by me your days will be multiplied,
And years of life will be added to you.
¹² If you are wise, you are wise ^(S)for yourself,
And if you ^(T)scoff, you alone will ^[e]suffer from it.

^13 [f]A woman of foolishness is ^(U)boisterous,
She has a lack of understanding and ^(V)knows nothing.
¹⁴ She sits at the doorway of her house,
On a seat by ^(W)the high places of the city,
¹⁵ Calling to those who pass by,
Who are going straight on their paths:
¹⁶ “^(X)Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,”
And to him who lacks ^[g]understanding she says,
¹⁷ “Stolen water is sweet;
And ^(Y)bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
¹⁸ But he does not know that the ^[h]dead are there,
That her guests are in the ^(Z)depths of Sheol.