Chronological

17 O Yahweh, hear a just cause.
Hear my cry; heed my prayer
I make without deceitful lips.
² Let my vindication come forth from you;
let your eyes see fairness.
³ You have tried my heart;
you have examined me by night;
you have tested me; you found nothing.
I have decided that my mouth will not transgress.
⁴ As for the works of humankind,
by the word of your lips,
I have kept from the ways of the violent.
⁵ I have held my steps in your path
My feet will not slip.
⁶ As for me, I have called on you
because you will answer me, O God.
Incline your ear to me.
Hear my words.^[b]
7 Show wondrously your acts of loyal love,
O Savior of those who take refuge
at your right hand^[c]
from those who rise up against them.
⁸ Keep me as the apple of your eye.^[d]
Hide me in the shadow of your wings
⁹ from the presence^[e] of the wicked who destroy me,
those enemies against my life,
they that surround me.
¹⁰ They have shut off their calloused^[f] heart;
with their mouth they speak arrogantly.
¹¹ Now they surround us at our every step.
They intend^[g]
to pin^[h] me to the ground.
¹² He is like^[i] a lion; he longs to tear apart,
and like a strong lion crouching in hiding places.
¹³ Rise up, O Yahweh, confront him.^[j]
Make him bow down.
Rescue with your sword my life from the wicked,
¹⁴ from men by your hand, O Yahweh, from men of this world.
Their share is in this life,^[k] and you fill their stomach with your treasure.
They are satisfied with children.
They bequeath their excess to their children.
¹⁵ By contrast, I in righteousness shall see your face.
Upon awakening I will be satisfied seeing your form.

35 Contend, O Yahweh, with my contenders;
fight those who fight me.
² Grasp buckler and shield
and rise to my aid.
³ And draw the spear and javelin to meet those who pursue me.
Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.”
⁴ Let those who seek my life be shamed and humiliated.
Let those who plot calamity against me be repulsed and ashamed.
⁵ Let them be like chaff before the wind,
with the angel of Yahweh driving them.^[b]
6 Let their way be dark and slippery,
with the angel of Yahweh pursuing them.
⁷ For without cause they secretly hide the pit with their net for me;
without cause they dug it for my life.
⁸ Let unforeseen ruin^[c] come on him,
and his net that he hid, let it catch him.
Let him fall into it in ruin.
⁹ Then my soul will rejoice in Yahweh;
it will rejoice in his salvation.
¹⁰ All of my bones shall say, “O Yahweh, who is like you,
who delivers the poor from one stronger than he
and the poor and needy from the one who robs him?”
¹¹ Violent witnesses rise up;
they ask me concerning what I do not know.
¹² They repay me evil in place of good.
It is bereavement to my soul.
¹³ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth.
I weakened my soul with fasting,
and my prayer returned to me unanswered.^[d]
14 I behaved^[e] as though he were a friend or as a brother to me.
As one lamenting a mother, I was bowed down in mourning.
¹⁵ But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together;
smiters whom I did not know gathered against me.
They tore and did not cease.
¹⁶ Among the ungodly of the mockers at feasts,^[f]
they gnashed at me with their teeth.
¹⁷ My Lord, how long will you watch?
Restore my life from their ravages,^[g]
my only life from the young lions.
¹⁸ I will give thanks to you in the great assembly;
among the mighty people I will praise you.
¹⁹ Let not those who are wrongfully my enemies^[h] rejoice over me.
Nor let those who hate me without cause wink the eye.
²⁰ For they do not speak peace,
but against the quiet ones of the land
they plan deceitful words.
²¹ They also made wide their mouths^[i] against me.
They said, “Aha! Aha!
Our eyes have seen it.”
²² You have seen, O Yahweh. Do not be deaf.
O Lord, do not be far from me.
²³ Wake up and rouse yourself for my right,
for my cause, O my God and my Lord.
²⁴ Vindicate me according to your righteousness,
O Yahweh my God,
and do not let them rejoice over me.
²⁵ Do not let them say in their hearts,^[j] “Aha, our desire.”
Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”
²⁶ Let them be shamed and abashed altogether,
who rejoice at my misfortune.
Let them put on shame and insult,
who magnify themselves against me.
²⁷ Let them shout for joy and be glad,
who delight in my vindication;
and let them say continually, “Yahweh is great,
who delights in the welfare of his servant.”
²⁸ Then my tongue will proclaim your righteousness,
and your praise all day.

54 O God, by your name save me,
and by your power vindicate me.
² O God, hear my prayer;
heed the words of my mouth.
³ For foreigners have risen against me,
and ruthless men seek my life.
They have not set God before them. Selah
⁴ See, God is my helper;
The Lord is with those who sustain my life.^[b]
5 He will repay^[c] my enemies for their^[d] evil;
in your faithfulness destroy them.
⁶ I will freely sacrifice to you;
I will give thanks to your name,
O Yahweh, because it is good.
⁷ Because he has delivered me from all trouble,
and my eye has looked with satisfaction on my enemies.

63 O God, you are my God;
I will seek you diligently.
My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you
as in a dry and weary land without water.
² Thus I have seen you in the sanctuary,
beholding your strength and glory.
³ Because your loyal love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.
⁴ So I will bless you while I live.
I will lift up my hands^[b] in your name.
⁵ My soul will be satisfied as with the best and richest food,
and with joyful lips my mouth will praise.
⁶ When I remember you on my bed,
I meditate on you in the night watches.
⁷ Because you have been my help,
therefore^[c] in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.
⁸ My soul clings to^[d] you;
your right hand upholds me.
⁹ But as for them who seek my life for ruin,
they will go into the depths of the earth.
¹⁰ They who would deliver him to the sword^[e]
will become a portion for jackals.
¹¹ However, the king will rejoice in God.
Everyone who swears an oath by him will boast,
because the mouth of the liars will be stopped.