³ You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”^(E)
4 A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,
    or like a watch in the night.^(F)
5 Yet you sweep people away^(G) in the sleep of death—
    they are like the new grass of the morning:
⁶ In the morning it springs up new,
    but by evening it is dry and withered.^(H)

⁷ We are consumed by your anger
    and terrified by your indignation.
⁸ You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins^(I) in the light of your presence.^(J)
9 All our days pass away under your wrath;
    we finish our years with a moan.^(K)
10 Our days may come to seventy years,^(L)
    or eighty,^(M) if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,^(N)
    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.^(O)
11 If only we knew the power of your anger!
    Your wrath^(P) is as great as the fear that is your due.^(Q)
12 Teach us to number our days,^(R)
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.^(S)

¹³ Relent, Lord! How long^(T) will it be?
    Have compassion on your servants.^(U)
14 Satisfy^(V) us in the morning with your unfailing love,^(W)
    that we may sing for joy^(X) and be glad all our days.^(Y)
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
    for as many years as we have seen trouble.
¹⁶ May your deeds be shown to your servants,
    your splendor to their children.^(Z)

¹⁷ May the favor^[a] of the Lord our God rest on us;
    establish the work of our hands for us—
    yes, establish the work of our hands.^(AA)

³ Surely he will save you
    from the fowler’s snare^(AF)
    and from the deadly pestilence.^(AG)
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
    and under his wings you will find refuge;^(AH)
    his faithfulness will be your shield^(AI) and rampart.
⁵ You will not fear^(AJ) the terror of night,
    nor the arrow that flies by day,
⁶ nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
    nor the plague that destroys at midday.
⁷ A thousand may fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it will not come near you.
⁸ You will only observe with your eyes
    and see the punishment of the wicked.^(AK)

⁹ If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
    and you make the Most High your dwelling,
¹⁰ no harm^(AL) will overtake you,
    no disaster will come near your tent.
¹¹ For he will command his angels^(AM) concerning you
    to guard you in all your ways;^(AN)
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.^(AO)
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
    you will trample the great lion and the serpent.^(AP)

¹⁴ “Because he^[c] loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
    I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble,
    I will deliver him and honor him.^(AQ)
16 With long life^(AR) I will satisfy him
    and show him my salvation.^(AS)”

⁴ For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord;
    I sing for joy^(AZ) at what your hands have done.^(BA)
5 How great are your works,^(BB) Lord,
    how profound your thoughts!^(BC)
6 Senseless people^(BD) do not know,
    fools do not understand,
⁷ that though the wicked spring up like grass
    and all evildoers flourish,
    they will be destroyed forever.^(BE)

⁸ But you, Lord, are forever exalted.

⁹ For surely your enemies^(BF), Lord,
    surely your enemies will perish;
    all evildoers will be scattered.^(BG)
10 You have exalted my horn^[e](BH) like that of a wild ox;^(BI)
    fine oils^(BJ) have been poured on me.
¹¹ My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
    my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.^(BK)

¹² The righteous will flourish^(BL) like a palm tree,
    they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;^(BM)
13 planted in the house of the Lord,
    they will flourish in the courts of our God.^(BN)
14 They will still bear fruit^(BO) in old age,
    they will stay fresh and green,
¹⁵ proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;
    he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.^(BP)”

³ The seas^(BX) have lifted up, Lord,
    the seas have lifted up their voice;^(BY)
    the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.^(BZ)
4 Mightier than the thunder^(CA) of the great waters,
    mightier than the breakers^(CB) of the sea—
    the Lord on high is mighty.^(CC)

⁵ Your statutes, Lord, stand firm;
    holiness^(CD) adorns your house^(CE)
    for endless days.

⁴ They pour out arrogant^(CL) words;
    all the evildoers are full of boasting.^(CM)
5 They crush your people,^(CN) Lord;
    they oppress your inheritance.^(CO)
6 They slay the widow^(CP) and the foreigner;
    they murder the fatherless.^(CQ)
7 They say, “The Lord does not see;^(CR)
    the God of Jacob^(CS) takes no notice.”

⁸ Take notice, you senseless ones^(CT) among the people;
    you fools, when will you become wise?
⁹ Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?
    Does he who formed the eye not see?^(CU)
10 Does he who disciplines^(CV) nations not punish?
    Does he who teaches^(CW) mankind lack knowledge?
¹¹ The Lord knows all human plans;^(CX)
    he knows that they are futile.^(CY)

¹² Blessed is the one you discipline,^(CZ) Lord,
    the one you teach^(DA) from your law;
¹³ you grant them relief from days of trouble,^(DB)
    till a pit^(DC) is dug for the wicked.
¹⁴ For the Lord will not reject his people;^(DD)
    he will never forsake his inheritance.
¹⁵ Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,^(DE)
    and all the upright in heart^(DF) will follow it.

¹⁶ Who will rise up^(DG) for me against the wicked?
    Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?^(DH)
17 Unless the Lord had given me help,^(DI)
    I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.^(DJ)
18 When I said, “My foot is slipping,^(DK)”
    your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.
¹⁹ When anxiety^(DL) was great within me,
    your consolation^(DM) brought me joy.

²⁰ Can a corrupt throne^(DN) be allied with you—
    a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?^(DO)
21 The wicked band together^(DP) against the righteous
    and condemn the innocent^(DQ) to death.^(DR)
22 But the Lord has become my fortress,
    and my God the rock^(DS) in whom I take refuge.^(DT)
23 He will repay^(DU) them for their sins
    and destroy^(DV) them for their wickedness;
    the Lord our God will destroy them.

³ For the Lord is the great God,^(ED)
    the great King^(EE) above all gods.^(EF)
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth,^(EG)
    and the mountain peaks belong to him.
⁵ The sea is his, for he made it,
    and his hands formed the dry land.^(EH)

⁶ Come, let us bow down^(EI) in worship,^(EJ)
    let us kneel^(EK) before the Lord our Maker;^(EL)
7 for he is our God
    and we are the people of his pasture,^(EM)
    the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,
⁸ “Do not harden your hearts^(EN) as you did at Meribah,^[f](EO)
    as you did that day at Massah^[g] in the wilderness,^(EP)
9 where your ancestors tested^(EQ) me;
    they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
¹⁰ For forty years^(ER) I was angry with that generation;
    I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,^(ES)
    and they have not known my ways.’^(ET)
11 So I declared on oath^(EU) in my anger,
    ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”^(EV)

⁴ For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;^(FD)
    he is to be feared^(FE) above all gods.^(FF)
5 For all the gods of the nations are idols,^(FG)
    but the Lord made the heavens.^(FH)
6 Splendor and majesty^(FI) are before him;
    strength and glory^(FJ) are in his sanctuary.

⁷ Ascribe to the Lord,^(FK) all you families of nations,^(FL)
    ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
⁸ Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
    bring an offering^(FM) and come into his courts.^(FN)
9 Worship the Lord^(FO) in the splendor of his^[h] holiness;^(FP)
    tremble^(FQ) before him, all the earth.^(FR)
10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.^(FS)”
    The world is firmly established,^(FT) it cannot be moved;^(FU)
    he will judge^(FV) the peoples with equity.^(FW)

¹¹ Let the heavens rejoice,^(FX) let the earth be glad;^(FY)
    let the sea resound, and all that is in it.
¹² Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;
    let all the trees of the forest^(FZ) sing for joy.^(GA)
13 Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes,
    he comes to judge^(GB) the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness^(GC)
    and the peoples in his faithfulness.^(GD)

⁷ All who worship images^(GV) are put to shame,^(GW)
    those who boast in idols^(GX)—
    worship him,^(GY) all you gods!^(GZ)

⁸ Zion hears and rejoices
    and the villages of Judah are glad^(HA)
    because of your judgments,^(HB) Lord.
⁹ For you, Lord, are the Most High^(HC) over all the earth;^(HD)
    you are exalted^(HE) far above all gods.
¹⁰ Let those who love the Lord hate evil,^(HF)
    for he guards^(HG) the lives of his faithful ones^(HH)
    and delivers^(HI) them from the hand of the wicked.^(HJ)
11 Light shines^[i](HK) on the righteous^(HL)
    and joy on the upright in heart.^(HM)
12 Rejoice in the Lord,^(HN) you who are righteous,
    and praise his holy name.^(HO)

⁴ Shout for joy^(IB) to the Lord, all the earth,
    burst into jubilant song with music;
⁵ make music to the Lord with the harp,^(IC)
    with the harp and the sound of singing,^(ID)
6 with trumpets^(IE) and the blast of the ram’s horn^(IF)—
    shout for joy^(IG) before the Lord, the King.^(IH)

⁷ Let the sea^(II) resound, and everything in it,
    the world, and all who live in it.^(IJ)
8 Let the rivers clap their hands,^(IK)
    let the mountains^(IL) sing together for joy;
⁹ let them sing before the Lord,
    for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
    and the peoples with equity.^(IM)

⁴ The King^(IX) is mighty, he loves justice^(IY)—
    you have established equity;^(IZ)
in Jacob you have done
    what is just and right.^(JA)
5 Exalt^(JB) the Lord our God
    and worship at his footstool;
    he is holy.

⁶ Moses^(JC) and Aaron^(JD) were among his priests,
    Samuel^(JE) was among those who called on his name;
they called on the Lord
    and he answered^(JF) them.
⁷ He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;^(JG)
    they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.

⁸ Lord our God,
    you answered them;
you were to Israel a forgiving God,^(JH)
    though you punished^(JI) their misdeeds.^[j]
9 Exalt the Lord our God
    and worship at his holy mountain,
    for the Lord our God is holy.

⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving^(JQ)
    and his courts^(JR) with praise;
    give thanks to him and praise his name.^(JS)
5 For the Lord is good^(JT) and his love endures forever;^(JU)
    his faithfulness^(JV) continues through all generations.