⁶ But I am a worm and not a man,^(H)
scorned by mankind and despised by people.^(I)
7 Everyone who sees me mocks me;
they sneer^[a] and shake their heads:^(J)
8 “He relies on^[b] the Lord;
let him save him;
let the Lord^[c] rescue him,
since he takes pleasure in him.”^(K)

⁹ It was you who brought me out of the womb,
making me secure at my mother’s breast.^(L)
10 I was given over to you at birth;^[d]
you have been my God from my mother’s womb.^(M)

¹¹ Don’t be far from me, because distress is near
and there’s no one to help.^(N)

¹² Many bulls surround me;
strong ones of Bashan encircle me.^(O)
13 They open their mouths against me—
lions, mauling and roaring.^(P)
14 I am poured out like water,^(Q)
and all my bones are disjointed;^(R)
my heart is like wax,
melting within me.^(S)
15 My strength is dried up like baked clay;^(T)
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.^(U)
You put me into the dust of death.^(V)
16 For dogs have surrounded me;^(W)
a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
they pierced^[e] my hands and my feet.^(X)
17 I can count all my bones;
people^[f] look and stare at me.^(Y)
18 They divided my garments among themselves,
and they cast lots for my clothing.^(Z)

¹⁹ But you, Lord, don’t be far away.^(AA)
My strength, come quickly to help me.^(AB)
20 Rescue my life from the sword,^(AC)
my only life^[g] from the power of these dogs.
²¹ Save me from the lion’s mouth,^(AD)
from the horns of wild oxen.
You answered me!^[h]
22 I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters;
I will praise you in the assembly.^(AE)
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!^(AF)
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
All you descendants of Israel, revere him!^(AG)
24 For he has not despised or abhorred
the torment of the oppressed.^(AH)
He did not hide his face from him^(AI)
but listened when he cried to him for help.^(AJ)

²⁵ I will give praise in the great assembly
because of you;^(AK)
I will fulfill my vows
before those who fear you.^[i](AL)
26 The humble will eat and be satisfied;^(AM)
those who seek the Lord will praise him.
May your hearts live forever!^(AN)

²⁷ All the ends of the earth will remember
and turn to the Lord.
All the families of the nations
will bow down before you,^(AO)
28 for kingship belongs to the Lord;
he rules the nations.^(AP)
29 All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;
all those who go down to the dust
will kneel before him—
even the one who cannot preserve his life.^(AQ)
30 Their descendants will serve him;
the next generation will be told about the Lord.^(AR)
31 They will come and declare his righteousness;
to a people yet to be born
they will declare what he has done.^(AS)

⁵ You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;^(BA)
my cup overflows.^(BB)
6 Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me
all the days of my life,^(BC)
and I will dwell in^[l] the house of the Lord
as long as I live.^[m](BD)

³ Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in his holy place?^(BG)
4 The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,^(BH)
who has not appealed to^[n] what is false,^(BI)
and who has not sworn deceitfully.
⁵ He will receive blessing from the Lord,^(BJ)
and righteousness^[o] from the God of his salvation.^(BK)
6 Such is the generation of those who inquire of him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob.^[p](BL)Selah

⁷ Lift up your heads, you gates!
Rise up, ancient doors!
Then the King of glory will come in.^(BM)
8 Who is this King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord, mighty in battle.^(BN)
9 Lift up your heads, you gates!
Rise up, ancient doors!
Then the King of glory will come in.
¹⁰ Who is he, this King of glory?
The Lord of Armies,
he is the King of glory.^(BO)Selah

⁵ God ascends among shouts of joy,
the Lord, with the sound of a ram’s horn.^(F)
6 Sing praise to God, sing praise;
sing praise to our King, sing praise!^(G)
7 Sing a song of wisdom,^[a]
for God is King of the whole earth.^(H)

⁸ God reigns over the nations;
God is seated on his holy throne.^(I)
9 The nobles of the peoples have assembled
with the people of the God of Abraham.^(J)
For the leaders^[b] of the earth belong to God;
he is greatly exalted.^(K)

⁴ Sing to God! Sing praises to his name.
Exalt him who rides on the clouds^[a]—
his name is the Lord^[b]—and celebrate before him.^(D)
5 God in his holy dwelling is
a father of the fatherless
and a champion of widows.^(E)
6 God provides homes for those who are deserted.
He leads out the prisoners to prosperity,^[c]
but the rebellious live in a scorched land.^(F)

⁷ God, when you went out before your people,
when you marched through the desert,Selah
⁸ the earth trembled and the skies poured rain
before God, the God of Sinai,^[d]
before God, the God of Israel.^(G)
9 You, God, showered abundant rain;
you revived your inheritance when it languished.^(H)
10 Your people settled in it;
God, you provided for the poor by your goodness.^(I)

¹¹ The Lord gave the command;
a great company of women brought the good news:^(J)
12 “The kings of the armies flee—they flee!”
She who stays at home divides the spoil.^(K)
13 While^[e] you lie among the sheep pens,^[f]
the wings of a dove are covered with silver,
and its feathers with glistening gold.^(L)
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in the land,
it snowed on Zalmon.^[g](M)

¹⁵ Mount Bashan is God’s towering mountain;
Mount Bashan is a mountain of many peaks.^(N)
16 Why gaze with envy, you mountain peaks,
at the mountain God desired for his abode?
The Lord will dwell there forever!^(O)
17 God’s chariots are tens of thousands,
thousands and thousands;^(P)
the Lord is among them in the sanctuary^[h]
as he was at Sinai.^(Q)
18 You ascended to the heights, taking away captives;
you received gifts from^[i] people,
even from the rebellious,
so that the Lord God might dwell there.^[j](R)

¹⁹ Blessed be the Lord!
Day after day he bears our burdens;
God is our salvation.^(S)Selah
²⁰ Our God is a God of salvation,
and escape from death belongs to the Lord my Lord.^(T)
21 Surely God crushes the heads of his enemies,
the hairy brow of one who goes on in his guilty acts.^(U)
22 The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan;
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea^(V)
23 so that your foot may wade^[k] in blood
and your dogs’ tongues may have their share
from the enemies.”^(W)
24 People have seen your procession, God,
the procession of my God,
my King, in the sanctuary.^(X)
25 Singers lead the way,
with musicians following;
among them are young women
playing tambourines.^(Y)
26 Bless God in the assemblies;
bless the Lord from the fountain of Israel.^(Z)
27 There is Benjamin, the youngest, leading them,
the rulers of Judah in their assembly,^[l]
the rulers of Zebulun, the rulers of Naphtali.^(AA)

²⁸ Your God has decreed your strength.
Show your strength, God,
you who have acted on our behalf.^(AB)
29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem,
kings will bring tribute to you.^(AC)
30 Rebuke the beast in the reeds,
the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.^(AD)
Trample underfoot those with bars of silver.^[m]
Scatter the peoples who take pleasure in war.^(AE)
31 Ambassadors will come^[n] from Egypt;
Cush will stretch out its hands to God.^(AF)

³² Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth;
sing praise to the Lord,^(AG)Selah
³³ to him who rides in the ancient, highest heavens.^(AH)
Look, he thunders with his powerful voice!^(AI)
34 Ascribe power to God.
His majesty is over Israel;
his power is among the clouds.^(AJ)
35 God, you are awe-inspiring in your sanctuaries.
The God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.
Blessed be God!^(AK)

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.’”^(E)Selah

⁵ Lord, the heavens praise your wonders^(F)—
your faithfulness also—
in the assembly of the holy ones.^(G)
6 For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings^[a] is like the Lord?^(H)
7 God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
more awe-inspiring than^[b] all who surround him.^(I)
8 Lord God of Armies,
who is strong like you, Lord?^(J)
Your faithfulness surrounds you.
⁹ You rule the raging sea;
when its waves surge, you still them.^(K)
10 You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;^(L)
you scattered your enemies with your powerful arm.^(M)
11 The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours.
The world and everything in it—you founded them.^(N)
12 North and south—you created them.^(O)
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at your name.^(P)
13 You have a mighty arm;
your hand is powerful;
your right hand is lifted high.^(Q)
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of your throne;^(R)
faithful love and truth go before you.^(S)
15 Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;^(T)
Lord, they walk in the light from your face.^(U)
16 They rejoice in your name all day long,
and they are exalted by your righteousness.^(V)
17 For you are their magnificent strength;^(W)
by your favor our horn is exalted.^(X)
18 Surely our shield^[c] belongs to the Lord,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.^(Y)

¹⁹ You once spoke in a vision to your faithful ones
and said, “I have granted help to a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen^[d] from the people.^(Z)
20 I have found David my servant;
I have anointed him with my sacred oil.^(AA)
21 My hand will always be with him,
and my arm will strengthen him.^(AB)
22 The enemy will not oppress^[e] him;
the wicked will not afflict him.^(AC)
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike those who hate him.^(AD)
24 My faithfulness and love will be with him,
and through my name
his horn will be exalted.^(AE)
25 I will extend his power to the sea
and his right hand to the rivers.^(AF)
26 He will call to me, ‘You are my Father,^(AG)
my God, the rock of my salvation.’^(AH)
27 I will also make him my firstborn,
greatest of the kings of the earth.^(AI)
28 I will always preserve my faithful love for him,
and my covenant with him will endure.^(AJ)
29 I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as heaven lasts.^[f](AK)
30 If his sons abandon my instruction
and do not live by my ordinances,^(AL)
31 if they dishonor my statutes
and do not keep my commands,^(AM)
32 then I will call their rebellion
to account with the rod,
their iniquity with blows.^(AN)
33 But I will not withdraw
my faithful love from him
or betray my faithfulness.^(AO)
34 I will not violate my covenant
or change what my lips have said.^(AP)
35 Once and for all
I have sworn an oath by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.^(AQ)
36 His offspring will continue forever,
his throne like the sun before me,^(AR)
37 like the moon, established forever,
a faithful witness in the sky.”^(AS)Selah

³⁸ But you have spurned and rejected him;
you have become enraged with your anointed.^(AT)
39 You have repudiated the covenant with your servant;
you have completely dishonored his crown.^[g](AU)
40 You have broken down all his walls;
you have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.^(AV)
41 All who pass by plunder him;^(AW)
he has become an object of ridicule
to his neighbors.^(AX)
42 You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.^(AY)
43 You have also turned back his sharp sword
and have not let him stand in battle.^(AZ)
44 You have made his splendor^[h] cease
and have overturned his throne.^(BA)
45 You have shortened the days of his youth;
you have covered him with shame.^(BB)Selah

⁴⁶ How long, Lord? Will you hide forever?
Will your anger keep burning like fire?^(BC)
47 Remember how short my life is.
Have you created everyone for nothing?^(BD)
48 What courageous person can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?^(BE)Selah
⁴⁹ Lord, where are the former acts of your faithful love
that you swore to David in your faithfulness?^(BF)
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.^(BG)

⁵² Blessed be the Lord forever.
Amen and amen.^(BH)