Beginning

¹ O Lord, the king rejoices in your strength.
He joyfully celebrates salvation from you.
² You have granted him what his heart desired. Interlude
You have not denied the request from his lips.
³ Yes, you meet him to give him great blessings.
You place a crown of pure gold on his head.
⁴ He asked you for life, and you gave it to him—
length of days, forever and ever.
⁵ He receives great glory through the salvation you gave.
You bestow splendor and majesty on him.
⁶ Surely you grant him blessings forever.
You make him glad with joy in your presence.
⁷ Surely the king trusts in the Lord,
and through the mercy of the Most High he will not be shaken.

⁸ Your hand will reach all your enemies.
Your right hand will reach those who hate you.
⁹ At the time when you appear, O Lord,
you will make them like a blazing furnace.
In his anger he will swallow them.
Fire will consume them.
¹⁰ You will cause their fruit to perish from the earth,
their seed^[a] from among the children of Adam.
¹¹ Indeed, they intend^[b] evil against you.
They plan wicked schemes,
but they will not succeed,
¹²     because you will make them turn and run
    when you get ready to aim your arrows at them.

¹³ Rise up, O Lord, in your strength.
We will sing and make music because of your might.

¹ My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
My groaning does nothing to save me.
² My God, I call out by day, but you do not answer.
I call out by night, but there is no relief for me.^[d]

³ Yet you are seated as the Holy One, praised by Israel.
⁴ In you our fathers trusted.
They trusted and you delivered them.
⁵ They cried out to you, and they were rescued.
They trusted in you, and they were not disappointed.

⁶ But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by men and despised by the people.
⁷ All who see me mock me. They sneer.
They shake their heads.
⁸ They say, “Trust in the Lord.”^[e]
“Let the Lord deliver him.
Let him rescue him, if he delights in him.”^[f]

⁹ But you are the one who brought me out of the belly.
You made me trust when I was at my mother’s breasts.
¹⁰ I was cast on you from the womb.
From the belly of my mother you have been my God.
¹¹ Do not be distant from me, for distress is near,
and there is no one to help.

¹² Many bulls surround me.
Strong bulls from Bashan encircle me.
¹³ Enemies open their mouths wide against me,
like a lion that tears its prey and roars.
¹⁴ Like water I am poured out.
All my bones are pulled apart.
My heart has become like wax.
It has melted in the middle of my chest.
¹⁵ My strength is dried up like broken pottery,
and my tongue is stuck to the roof of my mouth.
You lay me in the dust of death.
¹⁶ For dogs have surrounded me.
A band of evil men has encircled me.
They have pierced^[g] my hands and my feet.
¹⁷ I can count all my bones.
They stare and gloat over me.
¹⁸ They divide my garments among them.
For my clothing they cast lots.

¹⁹ But you, O Lord, do not be distant.
O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
²⁰ Deliver my life from the sword,
my only 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.^[h]

²² I will declare your name to my brothers.
In the midst of the congregation I will praise you.
²³ You who fear the Lord, praise him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!
²⁴ For he has not despised nor detested the affliction of the afflicted.
He has not hidden his face from him,
but when he cried out to him, he heard.
²⁵ You are the source of my praise in the great congregation.^[i]
I will fulfill my vows in the presence of those who fear him.

²⁶ The poor will eat and be satisfied.
Those who seek him will praise the Lord—
may he live in your hearts forever!^[j]
27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations will bow down before you.
²⁸ For the kingdom belongs to the Lord,
and he rules over the nations.
²⁹ All the rich of the earth will eat and bow down.
All who go down to the dust will kneel before him—
those who cannot keep themselves alive.^[k]
30 Descendants will serve him.
For generations people will be told about the Lord.
³¹ They will come and proclaim his righteousness
    to a people yet to be born—
because he has done it.

¹ The Lord is my shepherd.
I lack nothing.
² He causes me to lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside quiet waters.
³ He restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

⁴ Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

⁵ You set a table for me in the presence of my foes.
You drench my head with oil.^[l]
My cup is overflowing.
⁶ Surely goodness and mercy will pursue me all the days of my life,
and I will live in the house of the Lord forever.^[m]

¹ The earth is the Lord’s
and everything that fills it,
the world and all who live in it,
² because he founded it on the seas,
and he established it on the rivers.^[n]

³ Who may go up to the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in his holy place?
⁴ He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
whose soul is not set on what is false,
who does not swear deceitfully.
⁵ He will receive blessing from the Lord
and righteousness from the God who saves him.
⁶ Such are the people of Jacob who look for the Lord,
who seek your face.^[o] Interlude

⁷ Lift up your heads, you gates.
Lift yourselves up, you ancient doors,
and the King of Glory will come in.
⁸ Who is this King of Glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
the Lord mighty in battle.
⁹ Lift up your heads, you gates.
Lift up, you ancient doors,
and the King of Glory will come in.
¹⁰ Who is he, this King of Glory?
The Lord of Armies—he is the King of Glory. Interlude^[p]

¹ To you, O Lord, I will lift up my soul.
² In you I have trusted, O my God.
Do not let me be put to shame.
Do not let my enemies triumph over me.
³ All who hope in you will never be put to shame,
but those who are treacherous for no reason will be put to shame.

⁴ Make known to me your ways, O Lord.
Teach me your paths.
⁵ Make me walk in your truth and teach me,
because you are the God who saves me.
In you I hope all day long.
⁶ Remember, O Lord, your compassion and your mercy,
for they are from eternity.^[q]
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways.
According to your mercy remember me,
because of your goodness, O Lord.
⁸ Good and upright is the Lord.
Therefore, he instructs sinners in the right way.
⁹ He directs the humble to what is just,
and he teaches the humble his way.
¹⁰ All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth
    for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
¹¹ For the sake of your name, O Lord,
you forgive my guilt, although it is great.

¹² Who, then, is the man who fears the Lord?
The Lord will instruct him in the way he chooses.
¹³ That man will enjoy a good life,
and his descendants will possess the land.
¹⁴ The guidance^[r] of the Lord is with those who fear him.
His covenant will give them knowledge.

¹⁵ My eyes are always on the Lord,
because he frees my feet from the net.
¹⁶ Turn toward me and be gracious to me,
because I am lonely and afflicted.
¹⁷ The distress of my heart increases.^[s]
Bring me out of my anguish.
¹⁸ See my affliction and my trouble,
and take away all my sins.
¹⁹ See my enemies—
how they have increased,
and how violently they hate me!
²⁰ Guard my life and rescue me.
Do not let me be put to shame,
for I have taken refuge in you.
²¹ May integrity and uprightness protect me,
    because I wait for you.
²² Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress!