God has made a tent in heaven for the sun.
⁵ The sun is like a groom
    coming out of his honeymoon suite;
    like a warrior, it thrills at running its course.
⁶ It rises in one end of the sky;
    its circuit is complete at the other.
        Nothing escapes its heat.

⁷ The Lord’s Instruction is perfect,
    reviving one’s very being.^[b]
The Lord’s laws are faithful,
    making naive people wise.
⁸ The Lord’s regulations are right,
    gladdening the heart.
The Lord’s commands are pure,
    giving light to the eyes.
⁹ Honoring the Lord is correct,
    lasting forever.
The Lord’s judgments are true.
    All of these are righteous!
¹⁰ They are more desirable than gold—
        than tons of pure gold!
    They are sweeter than honey—
        even dripping off the honeycomb!
¹¹ No doubt about it:
    your servant is enlightened by them;
    there is great reward in keeping them.
¹² But can anyone know
    what they’ve accidentally done wrong?
    Clear me of any unknown sin
¹³         and save your servant from willful sins.
        Don’t let them rule me.
Then I’ll be completely blameless;
    I’ll be innocent of great wrongdoing.

¹⁴ Let the words of my mouth
    and the meditations of my heart
    be pleasing to you,
    Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

⁶ Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed one;
    God answers his anointed one
        from his heavenly sanctuary,
    answering with mighty acts of salvation
        achieved by his strong hand.
⁷ Some people trust in chariots, others in horses;
    but we praise the Lord’s name.
⁸ They will collapse and fall,
    but we will stand up straight and strong.

⁹ Lord, save the king!
    Let him answer us when we cry out!

⁸ Your hand will catch all your enemies;
    your strong hand will catch all who hate you.
⁹ When you appear, Lord,
    you will light them up like an oven on fire.
        God will eat them whole in his anger;
        fire will devour them.
¹⁰ You will destroy their offspring from the land;
    destroy their descendants from the human race.
¹¹ Because they sought to do you harm,
    they devised a wicked plan—but they will fail!
¹² Because you will make them turn and run
    when you aim your bow straight at their faces!

¹³ Be exalted, Lord, in your strength!
    We will sing and praise your power!

⁶ But I’m just a worm, less than human;
    insulted by one person, despised by another.
⁷ All who see me make fun of me—
    they gape, shaking their heads:
⁸     “He committed himself to the Lord,
        so let God rescue him;
        let God deliver him
        because God likes him so much.”
⁹ But you are the one who pulled me from the womb,
    placing me safely at my mother’s breasts.
¹⁰ I was thrown on you from birth;
    you’ve been my God
    since I was in my mother’s womb.
¹¹ Please don’t be far from me,
    because trouble is near
        and there’s no one to help.

¹² Many bulls surround me;
    mighty bulls from Bashan encircle me.
¹³ They open their mouths at me
    like a lion ripping and roaring!
¹⁴ I’m poured out like water.
    All my bones have fallen apart.
        My heart is like wax;
        it melts inside me.
¹⁵ My strength is dried up
    like a piece of broken pottery.
My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
    you’ve set me down in the dirt of death.
¹⁶ Dogs surround me;
    a pack of evil people circle me like a lion—
    oh, my poor hands and feet!
¹⁷ I can count all my bones!
    Meanwhile, they just stare at me, watching me.
¹⁸ They divvy up my garments among themselves;
    they cast lots for my clothes.

¹⁹ But you, Lord! Don’t be far away!
    You are my strength!
    Come quick and help me!
²⁰ Deliver me^[c] from the sword.
    Deliver my life from the power of the dog.
²¹     Save me from the mouth of the lion.
    From the horns of the wild oxen
    you have answered me!

²² I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters;
    I will praise you in the very center of the congregation!
²³ All of you who revere the Lord—praise him!
    All of you who are Jacob’s descendants—honor him!
    All of you who are all Israel’s offspring—
        stand in awe of him!
²⁴ Because he didn’t despise or detest
    the suffering of the one who suffered—
    he didn’t hide his face from me.
    No, he listened when I cried out to him for help.

²⁵ I offer praise in the great congregation
    because of you;
    I will fulfill my promises
    in the presence of those who honor God.
²⁶ Let all those who are suffering eat and be full!
    Let all who seek the Lord praise him!
        I pray your hearts live forever!
²⁷ Every part of the earth
    will remember and come back to the Lord;
    every family among all the nations will worship you.
²⁸ Because the right to rule belongs to the Lord,
    he rules all nations.
²⁹ Indeed, all the earth’s powerful
    will worship him;^[d]
    all who are descending to the dust
    will kneel before him;
    my being also lives for him.^[e]
30 Future descendants will serve him;
    generations to come will be told about my Lord.
³¹ They will proclaim God’s righteousness
        to those not yet born,
        telling them what God has done.