³ O Lord, ^(H)what is man that you ^(I)regard him,
    or the son of man that you think of him?
^4 (J)Man is like a breath;
    his days are like ^(K)a passing ^(L)shadow.

^5 (M)Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down!
    ^(N)Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
^6 (O)Flash forth the lightning and scatter them;
    ^(P)send out your arrows and rout them!
^7 (Q)Stretch out your hand from on high;
    ^(R)rescue me and deliver me from the many waters,
    from the hand ^(S)of foreigners,
⁸ whose mouths speak ^(T)lies
    and whose right hand is ^(U)a right hand of falsehood.

⁹ I will sing ^(V)a new song to you, O God;
    upon ^(W)a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,
¹⁰ who gives victory to kings,
    who ^(X)rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.
¹¹ Rescue me and deliver me
    from the hand ^(Y)of foreigners,
whose mouths speak ^(Z)lies
    and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

¹² May our sons in their youth
    be like ^(AA)plants full grown,
our daughters like ^(AB)corner pillars
    cut for the structure of a palace;
^13 (AC)may our granaries be full,
    ^(AD)providing all kinds of produce;
may our sheep bring forth thousands
    and ten thousands in our fields;
¹⁴ may our cattle be heavy with young,
    suffering no mishap or failure in bearing;^[b]
may there be no ^(AE)cry of distress in our streets!
^15 (AF)Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall!
    ^(AG)Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

^4 (AM)One generation shall commend your works to another,
    and shall declare your mighty acts.
⁵ On ^(AN)the glorious splendor of your majesty,
    and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.
⁶ They shall speak of ^(AO)the might of your awesome deeds,
    and I will declare your greatness.
⁷ They shall pour forth the fame of your ^(AP)abundant goodness
    and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

⁸ The Lord is ^(AQ)gracious and merciful,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
⁹ The Lord is ^(AR)good to all,
    and his mercy is over all that he has made.

^10 (AS)All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,
    and all your ^(AT)saints shall bless you!
¹¹ They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom
    and tell of your power,
¹² to ^(AU)make known to the children of man your^{[d] (AV)}mighty deeds,
    and ^(AW)the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
^13 (AX)Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
    and your dominion endures throughout all generations.

[The Lord is faithful in all his words
    and kind in all his works.]^[e]
14 The Lord ^(AY)upholds all who are falling
    and ^(AZ)raises up all who are bowed down.
¹⁵ The eyes of all ^(BA)look to you,
    and you give them their food in due season.
¹⁶ You ^(BB)open your hand;
    you ^(BC)satisfy the desire of every living thing.
¹⁷ The Lord is ^(BD)righteous in all his ways
    and ^(BE)kind in all his works.
¹⁸ The Lord is ^(BF)near to all who call on him,
    to all who call on him ^(BG)in truth.
¹⁹ He ^(BH)fulfills the desire of those who fear him;
    he also ^(BI)hears their cry and saves them.
²⁰ The Lord ^(BJ)preserves all who love him,
    but all the wicked he will destroy.

²¹ My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
    and ^(BK)let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

³ For my soul is full of troubles,
    and ^(G)my life draws near to ^(H)Sheol.
⁴ I am counted among those who ^(I)go down to the pit;
    I am a man who has no strength,
⁵ like one set loose among the dead,
    like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom ^(J)you remember no more,
    for they are ^(K)cut off from your hand.
⁶ You have put me in ^(L)the depths of the pit,
    in the ^(M)regions dark and ^(N)deep.
⁷ Your wrath ^(O)lies heavy upon me,
    and you overwhelm me with ^(P)all your waves. Selah

⁸ You have caused ^(Q)my companions to shun me;
    you have made me ^(R)a horror^[b] to them.
I am ^(S)shut in so that I cannot escape;
^{9     (T)}my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call upon you, O Lord;
    I ^(U)spread out my hands to you.
¹⁰ Do you work wonders for the dead?
    ^(V)Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
¹¹ Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,
    or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
¹² Are your ^(W)wonders known in ^(X)the darkness,
    or your righteousness in the land of ^(Y)forgetfulness?

¹³ But I, O Lord, cry ^(Z)to you;
    ^(AA)in the morning my prayer comes before you.
¹⁴ O Lord, why ^(AB)do you cast my soul away?
    Why ^(AC)do you hide your face from me?
¹⁵ Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
    I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.^[c]
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
    your ^(AD)dreadful assaults destroy me.
¹⁷ They ^(AE)surround me like a flood ^(AF)all day long;
    they ^(AG)close in on me together.
¹⁸ You have caused ^(AH)my beloved and my friend to shun me;
    my companions have become darkness.^[d]

⁵ Let ^(AU)the heavens praise your ^(AV)wonders, O Lord,
    your faithfulness in the assembly of ^(AW)the holy ones!
⁶ For ^(AX)who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
    ^(AY)Who among the heavenly beings^[f] is like the Lord,
⁷ a God greatly ^(AZ)to be feared in the council of ^(BA)the holy ones,
    and awesome above all ^(BB)who are around him?
⁸ O Lord God of hosts,
    ^(BC)who is mighty as you are, O ^(BD)Lord,
    with your faithfulness all around you?
⁹ You rule the raging of the sea;
    when its waves rise, you ^(BE)still them.
¹⁰ You ^(BF)crushed ^(BG)Rahab like a carcass;
    you ^(BH)scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
^11 (BI)The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
    ^(BJ)the world and all that is in it, you have ^(BK)founded them.
^12 (BL)The north and the south, you have created them;
    ^(BM)Tabor and ^(BN)Hermon ^(BO)joyously praise your name.
¹³ You have a mighty arm;
    strong is your hand, high your right hand.
^14 (BP)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
    ^(BQ)steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
¹⁵ Blessed are the people who know ^(BR)the festal shout,
    who walk, O Lord, in ^(BS)the light of your face,
¹⁶ who exult in your ^(BT)name all the day
    and in your righteousness are ^(BU)exalted.
¹⁷ For you are ^(BV)the glory of their strength;
    by your favor our ^(BW)horn is exalted.
¹⁸ For our ^(BX)shield belongs to the Lord,
    our king to ^(BY)the Holy One of Israel.

^19 (BZ)Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,^[g] and said:
    “I have ^(CA)granted help to one who is ^(CB)mighty;
    I have exalted one ^(CC)chosen from the people.
^20 (CD)I have found David, my servant;
    with my holy oil I have ^(CE)anointed him,
²¹ so that my ^(CF)hand shall be established with him;
    my arm also shall strengthen him.
²² The enemy shall not outwit him;
    ^(CG)the wicked shall not humble him.
²³ I will ^(CH)crush his foes before him
    and strike down those who hate him.
²⁴ My ^(CI)faithfulness and my ^(CJ)steadfast love shall be with him,
    and in my name shall his ^(CK)horn be exalted.
²⁵ I will set his hand on ^(CL)the sea
    and his right hand on ^(CM)the rivers.
²⁶ He shall cry to me, ‘You are my ^(CN)Father,
    my God, and ^(CO)the Rock of my salvation.’
²⁷ And I will make him the ^(CP)firstborn,
    ^(CQ)the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸ My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
    and my ^(CR)covenant will stand firm^[h] for him.
²⁹ I will establish his ^(CS)offspring forever
    and his ^(CT)throne as ^(CU)the days of the heavens.
^30 (CV)If his children forsake my law
    and do not walk according to my rules,^[i]
31 if they violate my statutes
    and do not keep my commandments,
³² then I will punish their transgression with ^(CW)the rod
    and their iniquity with stripes,
³³ but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
    or be false to my faithfulness.
³⁴ I will not violate my ^(CX)covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
³⁵ Once for all I have sworn ^(CY)by my holiness;
    I will not ^(CZ)lie to David.
³⁶ His ^(DA)offspring shall endure forever,
    ^(DB)his ^(DC)throne as long as ^(DD)the sun before me.
³⁷ Like ^(DE)the moon it shall be established forever,
    ^(DF)a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

³⁸ But now you have ^(DG)cast off and rejected;
    you are full of wrath against your ^(DH)anointed.
³⁹ You have ^(DI)renounced ^(DJ)the covenant with your servant;
    you have ^(DK)defiled his ^(DL)crown in the dust.
⁴⁰ You have ^(DM)breached all his walls;
    you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
^41 (DN)All who pass by plunder him;
    he has become ^(DO)the scorn of his neighbors.
⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.
⁴³ You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
    and you have not made him stand in battle.
⁴⁴ You have made his splendor to cease
    and cast his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵ You have cut short ^(DP)the days of his youth;
    you have ^(DQ)covered him with shame. Selah

^46 (DR)How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath ^(DS)burn like fire?
^47 (DT)Remember ^(DU)how short my ^(DV)time is!
    For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
^48 (DW)What man can live and never ^(DX)see death?
    Who can deliver his soul from the power of ^(DY)Sheol? Selah

⁴⁹ Lord, where is your ^(DZ)steadfast love of old,
    which by your ^(EA)faithfulness you swore to David?
^50 (EB)Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
    and how I bear in my ^(EC)heart the insults^[j] of all the many nations,
⁵¹ with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
    with which they mock ^(ED)the footsteps of your ^(EE)anointed.

^52 (EF)Blessed be the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.