Many are they who say of me, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah

Arise, O Lord; Save me, O my God! For You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone; You have broken the teeth of the ungodly.

The Safety of the Faithful

To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself him who is godly; The Lord will hear when I call to Him.

Give heed to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For to You I will pray.

For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You.

Pronounce them guilty, O God! Let them fall by their own counsels; Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, For they have rebelled against You.

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,

O Lord my God, if I have done this: If there is iniquity in my hands,

Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish the just; For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.

My defense is of God, Who saves the upright in heart.

God is a just judge, And God is angry with the wicked every day.

The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God.

A Song of Confidence in God’s Triumph over Evil

Why do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts.

He has said in his heart, “God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see.”

Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble.

Why do the wicked renounce God? He has said in his heart, “You will not require an account.”

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.

Consider and hear me, O Lord my God; Enlighten my eyes, Lest I sleep the sleep of death;

Folly of the Godless, and God’s Final Triumph

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good.

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

There they are in great fear, For God is with the generation of the righteous.

The Hope of the Faithful, and the Messiah’s Victory

A Michtam of David.

Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust.

Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god; Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, Nor take up their names on my lips.