Chronological

17 ⁽⁰⁾ A prayer of David:

⁽¹⁾ Hear a just cause, Adonai, heed my cry;
listen to my prayer from honest lips.
² Let my vindication come from you,
let your eyes see what is right.

³ You probed my heart,
you visited me at night,
and you assayed me without finding evil thoughts
that should not pass my lips.
⁴ As for what others do, by words from your lips
I have kept myself from the ways of the violent;
⁵ my steps hold steadily to your paths,
my feet do not slip.

⁶ Now I call on you, God, for you will answer me.
Turn your ear to me, hear my words.
⁷ Show how wonderful is your grace,
savior of those who seek at your right hand
refuge from their foes.
⁸ Protect me like the pupil of your eye,
hide me in the shadow of your wings
⁹ from the wicked, who are assailing me,
from my deadly enemies, who are all around me.
¹⁰ They close their hearts to compassion;
they speak arrogantly with their mouths;
¹¹ they track me down, they surround me;
they watch for a chance to bring me to the ground.
¹² They are like lions eager to tear the prey,
like young lions crouching in ambush.

¹³ Arise, Adonai, confront them! Bring them down!
With your sword deliver me from the wicked,
¹⁴ with your hand, Adonai, from human beings,
from people whose portion in life is this world.
You fill their stomachs with your treasure,
their children will be satisfied too
and will leave their wealth to their little ones.

¹⁵ But my prayer, in righteousness, is to see your face;
on waking, may I be satisfied with a vision of you.

35 ⁽⁰⁾ By David:

⁽¹⁾ Adonai, oppose those who oppose me;
fight against those who fight against me.
² Grasp your shield and protective gear,
and rise to my defense.
³ Brandish spear and battle-axe
against my pursuers;
let me hear you say,
“I am your salvation.”

⁴ May those who seek my life
be disgraced and put to confusion;
may those who are plotting harm for me
be repulsed and put to shame.
⁵ May they be like chaff before the wind,
with the angel of Adonai to drive them on.
⁶ May their way be dark and slippery,
with the angel of Adonai to pursue them.
⁷ For unprovoked, they hid their net over a pit;
unprovoked, they dug it for me.
⁸ May destruction come over him unawares.
May the net he concealed catch himself;
may he fall into it and be destroyed.

⁹ Then I will be joyful in Adonai,
I will rejoice in his salvation.
¹⁰ All my bones will say,
“Who is like you?
Who can rescue the weak
from those stronger than they,
the poor and needy
from those who exploit them?”

¹¹ Malicious witnesses come forward,
asking me things about which I know nothing.
¹² They repay me evil for good;
it makes me feel desolate as a parent bereaved.
¹³ But I, when they were ill, wore sackcloth;
I put myself out and fasted;
I can pray that what I prayed for them
might also happen to me.
¹⁴ I behaved as I would for my friend or my brother;
I bent down in sorrow as if mourning my mother.

¹⁵ But when I stumble, they gather in glee;
they gather against me and strike me unawares;
they tear me apart unceasingly.
¹⁶ With ungodly mocking and grimacing,
they grind their teeth at me.
¹⁷ Adonai, how much longer will you look on?
Rescue me from their assaults,
save the one life I have from the lions!

¹⁸ I will give you thanks in the great assembly,
I will give you praise among huge crowds of people.
¹⁹ Don’t let those who are wrongfully my enemies
gloat over me;
and those who hate me unprovoked —
don’t let them smirk at me.

²⁰ For they don’t speak words of peace
but devise ways to deceive
the peaceful of the land.
²¹ They shout to accuse me, “Aha! Aha!
we saw you with our own eyes!”
²² You saw them, Adonai; don’t stay silent.
Adonai, don’t stay far away from me.

²³ Wake up! Get up, my God, my Lord!
Defend me and my cause!
²⁴ Give judgment for me, Adonai, my God,
as your righteousness demands.

Don’t let them gloat over me.
²⁵ Don’t let them say to themselves,
“Aha! We got what we wanted!”
or say, “We swallowed them up!”
²⁶ May those who gloat over my distress
be disgraced and humiliated.
May those who aggrandize themselves at my expense
be covered with shame and confusion.

²⁷ But may those who delight in my righteousness
shout for joy and be glad!
Let them say always, “How great is Adonai,
who delights in the peace of his servant!”
²⁸ Then my tongue will tell of your righteousness
and praise you all day long.

54 ⁽⁰⁾ For the leader. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David, ² when the Zifim came and told Sha’ul, “David is hiding with us”:

^3 (1) God, deliver me by your name;
in your power, vindicate me.
^4 (2) God, hear my prayer;
listen to the words from my mouth.
^5 (3) For foreigners are rising against me,
violent men are seeking my life;
they give no thought to God. (Selah)

^6 (4) But God is helping me;
Adonai is my support.
^7 (5) May he repay the evil
to those who are lying in wait for me.
In your faithfulness, destroy them!
^8 (6) Then I will generously sacrifice to you;
I will praise your name, Adonai,
because it is good,
^9 (7) because he rescued me from all trouble,
and my eyes look with triumph at my enemies.

63 ⁽⁰⁾ A psalm of David, when he was in the desert of Y’hudah:

^2 (1) O God, you are my God;
I will seek you eagerly.
My heart thirsts for you,
my body longs for you
in a land parched and exhausted,
where no water can be found.
^3 (2) I used to contemplate you in the sanctuary,
seeing your power and glory;
^4 (3) for your grace is better than life.
My lips will worship you.
^5 (4) Yes, I will bless you as long as I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands.
^6 (5) I am as satisfied as with rich food;
my mouth praises you with joy on my lips
^7 (6) when I remember you on my bed
and meditate on you in the night watches.

^8 (7) For you have been my help;
in the shadow of your wings I rejoice;
^9 (8) my heart clings to you;
your right hand supports me.

^10 (9) But those who seek to destroy my life —
may they go to the lowest parts of the earth.
^11 (10) May they be given over to the power of the sword;
may they become prey for jackals.

^12 (11) But the king will rejoice in God.
Everyone who swears by him will exult,
for the mouths of liars will be silenced.