Chronological

7 ⁽⁰⁾ A shiggayon of David, which he sang to Adonai because of Kush the Ben-Y’mini:

^2 (1) Adonai my God, in you I take refuge.
Save me from all my pursuers, and rescue me;
^3 (2) otherwise, they will maul me like a lion
and tear me apart, with no rescuer present.

^4 (3) Adonai my God, if I have caused this,
if there is guilt on my hands,
^5 (4) if I paid back evil to him who was at peace with me,
when I even spared those who opposed me without cause;
^6 (5) then let the enemy pursue me
until he overtakes me
and tramples my life down into the earth;
yes, let him lay my honor in the dust. (Selah)

^7 (6) Rise up, Adonai, in your anger!
Arouse yourself against the fury of my foes.
Wake up for me; you commanded justice.
^8 (7) May the assembly of the peoples surround you;
may you return to rule over them from on high.
^9 (8) Adonai, who dispenses judgment to the peoples,
judge me, Adonai, according to my righteousness
and as my integrity deserves.
^10 (9) Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
and establish the righteous;
since you, righteous God,
test hearts and minds.
^11 (10) My shield is God,
who saves the upright in heart.

^12 (11) God is a righteous judge,
a God whose anger is present every day.
^13 (12) If a person will not repent,
he sharpens his sword.
He has bent his bow, made it ready;
^14 (13) he has also prepared for him
weapons of death, his arrows,
which he has made into burning shafts.

^15 (14) Look how the wicked is pregnant with evil;
he conceives trouble, gives birth to lies.
^16 (15) He makes a pit, digs it deep,
and falls into the hole he made.
^17 (16) His mischief will return onto his own head,
his violence will recoil onto his own skull.

^18 (17) I thank Adonai for his righteousness
and sing praise to the name of Adonai ‘Elyon.

27 ⁽⁰⁾ By David:

⁽¹⁾ Adonai is my light and salvation;
whom do I need to fear?
Adonai is the stronghold of my life;
of whom should I be afraid?
² When evildoers assailed me
to devour my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
they stumbled and fell.
³ If an army encamps against me,
my heart will not fear;
if war breaks out against me,
even then I will keep trusting.

⁴ Just one thing have I asked of Adonai;
only this will I seek:
to live in the house of Adonai
all the days of my life,
to see the beauty of Adonai
and visit in his temple.
⁵ For he will conceal me in his shelter
on the day of trouble,
he will hide me in the folds of his tent,
he will set me high on a rock.
⁶ Then my head will be lifted up
above my surrounding foes,
and I will offer in his tent
sacrifices with shouts of joy;
I will sing, sing praises to Adonai.

⁷ Listen, Adonai, to my voice when I cry;
show favor to me; and answer me.
⁸ “My heart said of you, ‘Seek my face.’”
Your face, Adonai, I will seek.
⁹ Do not hide your face from me,
don’t turn your servant away in anger.
You are my help; don’t abandon me;
don’t leave me, God my savior.
¹⁰ Even though my father and mother have left me,
Adonai will care for me.
¹¹ Teach me your way, Adonai;
lead me on a level path
because of my enemies —
¹² don’t give me up to the whims of my foes;
for false witnesses have risen against me,
also those who are breathing violence.

¹³ If I hadn’t believed that I would see
Adonai’s goodness in the land of the living, . . .
¹⁴ Put your hope in Adonai, be strong,
and let your heart take courage!
Yes, put your hope in Adonai!

31 ⁽⁰⁾ For the leader. A psalm of David:

^2 (1) In you, Adonai, I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame;
in your justice, save me!
^3 (2) Turn your ear toward me,
come quickly to my rescue,
be for me a rock of strength,
a fortress to keep me safe.
^4 (3) Since you are my rock and fortress,
lead me and guide me for your name’s sake.
^5 (4) Free me from the net they have hidden to catch me,
because you are my strength.
^6 (5) Into your hand I commit my spirit;
you will redeem me, Adonai, God of truth.

^7 (6) I hate those who serve worthless idols;
as for me, I trust in Adonai.
^8 (7) I will rejoice and be glad in your grace,
for you see my affliction,
you know how distressed I am.
^9 (8) You did not hand me over to the enemy;
you set my feet where I can move freely.

^10 (9) Show me favor, Adonai, for I am in trouble.
My eyes grow dim with anger,
my soul and body as well.
^11 (10) For my life is worn out with sorrow
and my years with sighing;
my strength gives out under my guilt,
and my bones are wasting away.

^12 (11) I am scorned by all my adversaries,
and even more by my neighbors;
even to acquaintances
I am an object of fear —
when they see me in the street,
they turn away from me.
^13 (12) Like a dead man, I have passed from their minds;
I have become like a broken pot.
^14 (13) All I hear is whispering,
terror is all around me;
they plot together against me,
scheming to take my life.

^15 (14) But I, I trust in you, Adonai;
I say, “You are my God.”
^16 (15) My times are in your hand;
rescue me from my enemies’ power,
from those who persecute me.

^17 (16) Make your face shine on your servant;
in your grace, save me.
^18 (17) Adonai, don’t let me be put to shame,
for I have called on you;
let the wicked be put to shame,
let them be silenced in Sh’ol.
^19 (18) May lying lips be struck dumb,
that speak insolently against the righteous
with such pride and contempt.

^20 (19) But oh, how great is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you,
which you do for those who take refuge in you,
before people’s very eyes!
^21 (20) In the shelter of your presence
you hide them from human plots,
you conceal them in your shelter,
safe from contentious tongues.

^22 (21) Blessed be Adonai!
For he has shown me his amazing grace
when I was in a city under siege.
^23 (22) As for me, in my alarm I said,
“I have been cut off from your sight!”
Nevertheless, you heard my pleas
when I cried out to you.

^24 (23) Love Adonai, you faithful of his.
Adonai preserves the loyal,
but the proud he repays in full.
^25 (24) Be strong, and fill your hearts with courage,
all of you who hope in Adonai.

^2 (1) I will bless Adonai at all times;
his praise will always be in my mouth.
^3 (2) When I boast, it will be about Adonai;
the humble will hear of it and be glad.

^4 (3) Proclaim with me the greatness of Adonai;
let us exalt his name together.
^5 (4) I sought Adonai, and he answered me;
he rescued me from everything I feared.

^6 (5) They looked to him and grew radiant;
their faces will never blush for shame.
^7 (6) This poor man cried; Adonai heard
and saved him from all his troubles.
^8 (7) The angel of Adonai, who encamps
around those who fear him, delivers them.

^9 (8) Taste, and see that Adonai is good.
How blessed are those who take refuge in him!
^10 (9) Fear Adonai, you holy ones of his,
for those who fear him lack nothing.
^11 (10) Young lions can be needy, they can go hungry,
but those who seek Adonai lack nothing good.

^12 (11) Come, children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of Adonai.
^13 (12) Which of you takes pleasure in living?
Who wants a long life to see good things?
^14 (13) [If you do,] keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from deceiving talk;
^15 (14) turn from evil, and do good;
seek peace, go after it!

^16 (15) The eyes of Adonai watch over the righteous,
and his ears are open to their cry.
^17 (16) But the face of Adonai opposes those who do evil,
to cut off all memory of them from the earth.

^18 (17) [The righteous] cried out, and Adonai heard,
and he saved them from all their troubles.
^19 (18) Adonai is near those with broken hearts;
he saves those whose spirit is crushed.
^20 (19) The righteous person suffers many evils,
but Adonai rescues him out of them all.
^21 (20) He protects all his bones;
not one of them gets broken.

^22 (21) Evil will kill the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
^23 (22) But Adonai redeems his servants;
no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.

52 ⁽⁰⁾ For the leader. A maskil of David, ² when Do’eg from Edom came and told Sha’ul, “David has arrived at the house of Achimelekh”:

^3 (1) Why do you boast of your evil, you tyrant,
when God’s mercy is present every day?
^4 (2) Your tongue, as sharp as a razor,
plots destruction and works deception.

^5 (3) You love evil more than good,
lies rather than speaking uprightly. (Selah)
^6 (4) You love all words that eat people up,
you deceitful tongue!

^7 (5) This is why God will strike you down,
seize you, pluck you from your tent
and uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

^8 (6) The righteous will see and be awestruck;
they will jeer at him, saying,
^9 (7) “This fellow would not make God his refuge,
but trusted in his own great wealth,
relying on his evil plots.”

^10 (8) But I am like a leafy olive tree
in the house of God;
I put my trust in the grace of God
forever and ever.

^11 (9) I will praise you forever for what you have done,
and I will put my hope in your name;
for this is what is good
in the presence of your faithful.