^2 (1) Adonai, the king finds joy in your strength;
what great joy he displays in your victory!
^3 (2) You give him his heart’s desire;
you don’t refuse the prayer from his lips. (Selah)

^4 (3) For you come to meet him with the best blessings,
you place a crown of fine gold on his head.
^5 (4) He asks you for life; you give it to him,
years and years forever and ever.

^6 (5) Your victory brings him great glory;
you confer on him splendor and honor.
^7 (6) For you bestow on him everlasting blessings,
you make him glad with the joy of your presence.
^8 (7) For the king puts his trust in Adonai,
in the grace of ‘Elyon; he will not be moved.

^9 (8) Your hand will find all your enemies;
your right hand will overtake those who hate you.
^10 (9) At your appearing,
you will make them like a fiery furnace.
Adonai will swallow them up in his anger;
fire will consume them.
^11 (10) You will destroy from the earth their descendants,
rid humankind of their posterity;
^12 (11) for they intended evil against you;
but despite their scheme, they won’t succeed.
^13 (12) For you will make them turn their back
by aiming your bow at their faces.

^14 (13) Arise, Adonai, in your strength;
and we will sing and praise your power.

22 ⁽⁰⁾ For the leader. Set to “Sunrise.” A psalm of David:

^2 (1) My God! My God!
Why have you abandoned me?
Why so far from helping me,
so far from my anguished cries?

^3 (2) My God, by day I call to you,
but you don’t answer;
likewise at night,
but I get no relief.
^4 (3) Nevertheless, you are holy,
enthroned on the praises of Isra’el.
^5 (4) In you our ancestors put their trust;
they trusted, and you rescued them.
^6 (5) They cried to you and escaped;
they trusted in you and were not disappointed.

^7 (6) But I am a worm, not a man,
scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
^8 (7) All who see me jeer at me;
they sneer and shake their heads:
^9 (8) “He committed himself to Adonai,
so let him rescue him!
Let him set him free
if he takes such delight in him!”

^10 (9) But you are the one who took me from the womb,
you made me trust when I was on my mother’s breasts.
^11 (10) Since my birth I’ve been thrown on you;
you are my God from my mother’s womb.
^12 (11) Don’t stay far from me, for trouble is near;
and there is no one to help.
^13 (12) Many bulls surround me,
wild bulls of Bashan close in on me.
^14 (13) They open their mouths wide against me,
like ravening, roaring lions.
^15 (14) I am poured out like water;
all my bones are out of joint;
my heart has become like wax —
it melts inside me;
^16 (15) my mouth is as dry as a fragment of a pot,
my tongue sticks to my palate;
you lay me down in the dust of death.
^17 (16) Dogs are all around me,
a pack of villains closes in on me
like a lion [at] my hands and feet.^[a]

^18 (17) I can count every one of my bones,
while they gaze at me and gloat.
^19 (18) They divide my garments among themselves;
for my clothing they throw dice.

^20 (19) But you, Adonai, don’t stay far away!
My strength, come quickly to help me!
^21 (20) Rescue me from the sword,
my life from the power of the dogs.
^22 (21) Save me from the lion’s mouth!

You have answered me from the wild bulls’ horns.
^23 (22) I will proclaim your name to my kinsmen;
right there in the assembly I will praise you:
^24 (23) “You who fear Adonai, praise him!
All descendants of Ya‘akov, glorify him!
All descendants of Isra’el, stand in awe of him!
^25 (24) For he has not despised or abhorred
the poverty of the poor;
he did not hide his face from him
but listened to his cry.”

^26 (25) Because of you
I give praise in the great assembly;
I will fulfill my vows
in the sight of those who fear him.
^27 (26) The poor will eat and be satisfied;
those who seek Adonai will praise him;
Your hearts will enjoy life forever.
^28 (27) All the ends of the earth
will remember and turn to Adonai;
all the clans of the nations
will worship in your presence.
^29 (28) For the kingdom belongs to Adonai,
and he rules the nations.

^30 (29) All who prosper on the earth
will eat and worship;
all who go down to the dust
will kneel before him,
including him who can’t keep himself alive,
^31 (30) A descendant will serve him;
the next generation will be told of Adonai.
^32 (31) They will come and proclaim
his righteousness
to a people yet unborn,
that he is the one who did it.

23 ⁽⁰⁾ A psalm of David:

⁽¹⁾ Adonai is my shepherd; I lack nothing.
² He has me lie down in grassy pastures,
he leads me by quiet water,
³ he restores my inner person.
He guides me in right paths
for the sake of his own name.
⁴ Even if I pass through death-dark ravines,
I will fear no disaster; for you are with me;
your rod and staff reassure me.

⁵ You prepare a table for me,
even as my enemies watch;
you anoint my head with oil
from an overflowing cup.

⁶ Goodness and grace will pursue me
every day of my life;
and I will live in the house of Adonai
for years and years to come.

24 ⁽⁰⁾ By David. A psalm:

⁽¹⁾ The earth is Adonai’s, with all that is in it,
the world and those who live there;
² for he set its foundations on the seas
and established it on the rivers.

³ Who may go up to the mountain of Adonai?
Who can stand in his holy place?
⁴ Those with clean hands and pure hearts,
who don’t make vanities the purpose of their lives
or swear oaths just to deceive.
⁵ They will receive a blessing from Adonai
and justice from God, who saves them.
⁶ Such is the character of those who seek him,
of Ya‘akov, who seeks your face. (Selah)

⁷ Lift up your heads, you gates!
Lift them up, everlasting doors,
so that the glorious king can enter!
⁸ Who is he, this glorious king?
Adonai, strong and mighty,
Adonai, mighty in battle.

⁹ Lift up your heads, you gates!
Lift them up, everlasting doors,
so that the glorious king can enter!
¹⁰ Who is he, this glorious king?
Adonai-Tzva’ot —
he is the glorious king. (Selah)
25 ⁽⁰⁾ By David:

⁽¹⁾ I lift my inner being to you, Adonai;
² I trust you, my God.
Don’t let me be disgraced,
don’t let my enemies gloat over me.
³ No one waiting for you will be disgraced;
disgrace awaits those who break faith for no reason.

⁴ Make me know your ways, Adonai,
teach me your paths.
⁵ Guide me in your truth, and teach me;
for you are the God who saves me,
my hope is in you all day long.
⁶ Remember your compassion and grace, Adonai;
for these are ages old.
⁷ Don’t remember my youthful sins or transgressions;
but remember me according to your grace
for the sake of your goodness, Adonai.

⁸ Adonai is good, and he is fair;
this is why he teaches sinners the way [to live],
⁹ leads the humble to do what is right
and teaches the humble [to live] his way.
¹⁰ All Adonai’s paths are grace and truth
to those who keep his covenant and instructions.
¹¹ For the sake of your name, Adonai,
forgive my wickedness, great though it is.

¹² Who is the person who fears Adonai?
He will teach him the way to choose.
¹³ He will remain prosperous,
and his descendants will inherit the land.
¹⁴ Adonai relates intimately with those who fear him;
he makes them know his covenant.

¹⁵ My eyes are always directed toward Adonai,
for he will free my feet from the net.
¹⁶ Turn to me, and show me your favor;
for I am alone and oppressed.
¹⁷ The troubles of my heart are growing and growing;
bring me out of my distress.
¹⁸ See my affliction and suffering,
and take all my sins away.

¹⁹ Consider my enemies, how many there are
and how cruelly they hate me.
²⁰ Protect me and rescue me;
don’t let me be disgraced,
for I take refuge in you.
²¹ Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,
because my hope is in you.

²² God! Redeem Isra’el
from all their troubles!