“Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us.”

The Lord Helps His Troubled People

A Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son.

Lord, how they have increased who trouble me! Many are they who rise up against me.

I cried to the Lord with my voice, And He heard me from His holy hill. Selah

Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.

Prayer and Praise for Deliverance from Enemies

A Meditation of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.

O Lord my God, in You I put my trust; Save me from all those who persecute me; And deliver me,

Have mercy on me, O Lord! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,

Man’s Treachery and God’s Constancy

To the Chief Musician. On an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David.

Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

You shall keep them, O Lord, You shall preserve them from this generation forever.

Trust in the Salvation of the Lord

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.

O my soul, you have said to the Lord, “You are my Lord, My goodness is nothing apart from You.”

Prayer with Confidence in Final Salvation

A Prayer of David.

Hear a just cause, O Lord, Attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips.

Let my vindication come from Your presence; Let Your eyes look on the things that are upright.

Concerning the works of men, By the word of Your lips, I have kept away from the paths of the destroyer.

Show Your marvelous lovingkindness by Your right hand, O You who save those who trust in You From those who rise up against them.

From the wicked who oppress me, From my deadly enemies who surround me.

Arise, O Lord, Confront him, cast him down; Deliver my life from the wicked with Your sword,

With Your hand from men, O Lord, From men of the world who have their portion in this life, And whose belly You fill with Your hidden treasure. They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their possession for their babes.

God the Sovereign Savior

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said:

I will love You, O Lord, my strength.

I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.

In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.

Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it.

From the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.

The Lord thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.