Chronological

¹ A Song of Ascents. Of David.
Adonai, my heart is not proud,
nor my eyes lofty,
nor do I go after things too great
or too difficult for me.
² But I have calmed and quieted my soul—
like a weaned child with his mother,
like a weaned child is my soul within me.
³ O Israel, put your hope in Adonai
from this time forth and forever.

¹ Of David.
I praise You with all my heart.
In the presence of the mighty I will sing praises to You.
² I bow down toward Your holy Temple
and praise Your Name for Your love and Your faithfulness.
For You—magnified above all Your Name and Your word.
³ On the day I called, You answered me.
You made me bold with strength in my soul.
⁴ All the kings of the earth will praise You, Adonai,
when they hear Your mouth’s speech.
⁵ So they will sing of the ways of Adonai,
for great is the glory of Adonai.
⁶ For though Adonai is exalted,
yet He looks upon the lowly,
but the haughty He knows from afar.
⁷ Though I walk amid trouble,
You revive me.
You stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
and Your right hand delivers me.
⁸ Adonai will fulfill His purpose for me.
Your lovingkindness, Adonai, endures forever.
Do not abandon the work of Your hands.

¹ For the music director: a psalm of David.
Adonai, You searched me and know me.
² Whenever I sit down or stand up, You know it.
You discern my thinking from afar.
³ You observe my journeying and my resting
and You are familiar with all my ways.
⁴ Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, Adonai, You know all about it.
⁵ You hemmed me in behind and before,
and laid Your hand upon me.
⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
⁷ Where can I go from Your Ruach?
Where can I flee from Your presence?
⁸ If I go up to heaven, You are there,
and if I make my bed in Sheol,
look, You are there too.
⁹ If I take the wings of the dawn
and settle on the other side of the sea,
¹⁰ even there Your hand will lead me,
and Your right hand will lay hold of me.
¹¹ If I say: “Surely darkness covers me,
night keeps light at a distance from me,”
¹² even darkness is not dark for You,
    and night is as bright as day—
    darkness and light are alike.
¹³ For You have created my conscience.
You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ I praise You, for I am awesomely, wonderfully made!
Wonderful are Your works—
and my soul knows that very well.
¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from You
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
¹⁶ Your eyes saw me when I was unformed,
and in Your book were written the days that were formed—
when not one of them had come to be.
¹⁷ How precious are Your thoughts, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
¹⁸ Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand!
When I awake, I am still with You.

¹ A psalm of David.
Hear my prayer, Adonai,
give ear to my petitions.
In Your faithfulness and Your righteousness,
answer me!
² Do not bring Your servant into judgment,
for in Your eyes no one living is righteous.
³ For an enemy pursues my soul.
He crushes my life down to the ground.
He makes me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.
⁴ So my spirit grows faint within me.
My heart is shocked within me.
⁵ I remember the days of old.
I meditate on all You have done.
I ponder the work of Your hands.
⁶ I spread forth my hands to You.
My soul longs for You as a parched land. Selah
⁷ Answer me speedily, Adonai—my spirit fails.
Hide not Your face from me,
lest I become like those who go down into the Pit.
⁸ Make me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,
for in You I trust.
Show me the way I should go,
    for to You I lift up my soul.
⁹ Deliver me from my enemies, Adonai.
I hide myself in You.
¹⁰ Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God.
Let Your good Ruach lead me on level ground.
¹¹ For Your Name’s sake, Adonai, revive me.
In Your justice bring my soul out of trouble.
¹² In Your mercy cut off my enemies
and destroy all who harass my soul,
for I am Your servant.

¹ Of David.
Blessed be Adonai my Rock—
who trains my hands for war,
my fingers for battle.
² He is my lovingkindness, my fortress,
my strong tower, and my deliverer,
my shield, in whom I take refuge,
who subdues my people under me.
³ Adonai, what is man, that You take note of him?
Or the son of man, that You consider him?^[a]
4 Man is like a breath—
his days are like a passing shadow.
⁵ Adonai, part Your heavens and come down.
Touch the mountains, so they smoke.
⁶ Flash forth lightning and scatter them.
Send out Your arrows and confuse them.
⁷ Stretch forth Your hands from on high.
Snatch me, deliver me out of deep waters,
    out of the hand of foreigners,
⁸ whose mouth speaks falsehood,
whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
⁹ God, I sing a new song to You, on a ten-string harp
I sing praises to You—
¹⁰ who gives salvation to kings,
who rescues Your servant David from the evil sword.
¹¹ Snatch me, deliver me
out of the hand of foreigners,
whose mouth speaks falsehood,
whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
¹² Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth,
our daughters like corner pillars carved for the construction of a palace.
¹³ Our storehouses are full,
supplying every kind of produce.
Our flocks increase by thousands
and ten thousands in our fields.
¹⁴ Our oxen bear a heavy load.
There is no breach,
no going into captivity,
no outcry in our streets.
¹⁵ Happy are such a people!
Blessed are the people whose God is Adonai!

¹ A psalm of praise. Of David.
I will exalt You, my God, the King,
and I will bless Your Name forever and ever.
² Every day I will bless You,
and praise Your Name forever and ever!
³ Great is Adonai, and greatly to be praised
—His greatness is unsearchable.
⁴ One generation will praise Your works
to another and declare Your mighty acts.
⁵ I will meditate on the glorious splendor
of Your majesty and Your wonders.
⁶ They will speak of the might of Your awesome deeds,
and I will proclaim Your greatness.
⁷ They will pour out the renown of Your great goodness,
and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.
⁸ Adonai is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and great in lovingkindness.
⁹ Adonai is good to all.
He has compassion on all His creatures.
¹⁰ All Your works praise You, Adonai,
and Your kedoshim bless You.
¹¹ They declare the glory of Your kingdom
and speak of Your might,
¹² to make known to the sons of men His mighty acts
and the glory of the majesty of His kingdom.
¹³ Your kingdom is a kingdom for all ages,
and Your dominion endures from generation to generation.