Chronological

¹ Praise waits for you,^[a] O God, in Zion.
To you vows will be fulfilled.
² You who hear prayer, to you all mortals^[b] will come.

³ The record of my guilt overpowered me.
You atone for our rebellious acts.
⁴ How blessed is the one you choose and bring near!
He will dwell in your courtyards.
We will be satisfied by the goodness of your house,
by the holiness of your temple.

⁵ In righteousness you answer us with awesome deeds,
    O God who saves us.
He is trusted by all the farthest ends of the earth and the sea.
⁶ He establishes the mountains by his power.
He has wrapped himself with strength.
⁷ He stills the roaring of the seas,
the roaring of their waves,
and the turmoil of the peoples.

⁹ You visit the earth and water it.
You make it very rich.
God’s stream is filled with water.
You provide grain for them, just as you planned.
¹⁰ You drench the land’s furrows. You flatten its plowed ground.
You soften it with showers. You bless its crops.
¹¹ You crown the year with your goodness.
The tracks made by your carts overflow with riches.^[c]
12 The pastures of the wilderness drip.
The hills are wrapped with joy.
¹³ The meadows are clothed with flocks.
The valleys are dressed with grain.
They shout for joy. Yes! They sing.

¹ Shout praise to God, all the earth!
² Make music to the glory of his name!
Make his praise glorious!
³ Say to God, “How awesome^[d] are your deeds!”
Because of your great power your enemies must cower before you.
⁴ All the earth bows down to you.
They make music to you.
They make music to your name. Interlude

⁵ Come and see the works of God.
How awesome his deeds for all people!
⁶ He turned the sea into dry land.
They crossed through the river on foot.
Let us rejoice in him there.
⁷ He rules by his power forever.
His eyes watch the nations. Interlude
Do not let the rebellious rise up against him.
⁸ Bless our God, you peoples.
Let the sound of his praise be heard.
⁹ He is the one who has preserved our lives.
He did not let our feet slip.
¹⁰ Indeed, you tested us, God.
You refined us as silver is refined.
¹¹ You led us into a trap.
You laid a burden on our backs.
¹² You let men ride over our heads.
We went through fire and through water,
but you brought us out to a well-watered place.

¹³ I will come to your house with whole burnt offerings.
I will fulfill my vows to you,
¹⁴     which my lips uttered,
    which my mouth spoke during my trouble.
¹⁵ I will offer fat animals to you as whole burnt offerings,
    along with the smoke from rams. Interlude
I will offer cattle with goats.
¹⁶ Come, listen, all you who fear God,
and let me tell what he has done to save my life.
¹⁷ To him I cried out with my mouth.
High praise was on my tongue.
¹⁸ If I had contemplated evil in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened,
¹⁹ but God has surely listened.
He has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.
²⁰ Blessed be God, who has not turned aside my prayer
or turned aside his mercy from me!

¹ May God be gracious to us and bless us. Interlude
May his face shine on us—
² so that your way may be known on earth,
your salvation among all nations.
³ May the peoples praise you, O God.
May the peoples praise you—all of them.
⁴ May the countries be glad and sing for joy,
because you rule the peoples with fairness, Interlude
and you guide the countries of the earth.
⁵ May the peoples praise you, O God.
May the peoples praise you—all of them.
⁶ The earth will yield its harvest.
God, our God, will bless us.
⁷ God will bless us,
and all the ends of the earth will fear him.

¹ Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.
² I sink into the deep mud, where there is no place to stand.
I have entered deep waters, and the rapids rush over me.
³ I am worn out from my crying. My throat is sore.
My eyes are blurry, as I wait for my God.

⁴ Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs on my head.
Those who want to destroy me, my lying enemies, are strong.
I must repay things I did not steal.

⁵ God, you know my folly,
and my guilt is not hidden from you.
⁶ May those who place their confidence in you^[b]
    not be put to shame because of me,
    O Lord, the Lord of Armies.
May those who seek you not be disgraced because of me,
    O God of Israel.
⁷ It is for your sake that I bear scorn.
Shame covers my face.
⁸ I have become a stranger to my brothers,
a foreigner to my mother’s sons.
⁹ Yes, zeal for your house consumes me.
The scorn of those who scorn you falls on me.
¹⁰ I wept as I fasted,
but this only brought insults to me.
¹¹ When I wore sackcloth as my clothing,
I was a joke to them.
¹² Those who sit in the gatehouse gossip about me,
and the songs of the drunks are about me.

¹³ But I direct my prayer to you, O Lord, for a time of favor.
God, in the greatness of your mercy,
    answer me with the certainty of salvation from you.
¹⁴ Rescue me from the mud, so I do not sink.
Let me escape from those who hate me and from the deep waters.
¹⁵ Do not let the rapids rush over me.
Do not let the deep swallow me up.
Do not let the pit close its mouth over me.
¹⁶ Answer me, Lord, for your mercy is good.
According to your great compassion, turn to me.
¹⁷ Do not hide your face from your servant.
Because I am in distress, hurry, answer me.
¹⁸ Come near. Redeem my soul.
Ransom me because of my enemies.

¹⁹ You know my disgrace, my shame, and my confusion.
All my foes are in front of you.
²⁰ Disgrace has broken my heart, and I am helpless.
I waited for sympathy, but there was none.
I waited for comforters, but I did not find any.
²¹ Instead they put bitter poison in my food.
For my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.

²² May the table set before them become a snare.
May it be a trap to them and their allies.^[c]
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see.
Make their legs always tremble.
²⁴ Pour out your wrath on them.
Let the heat of your anger catch up with them.
²⁵ May their camp be desolate.
May there be no one dwelling in their tents.
²⁶ For they pursue those you have disciplined, O God,
and they talk about the pain of those you wound.
²⁷ Add guilt to their guilt.
Do not let them enter into your righteousness.
²⁸ May they be erased from the book of life.
May they not be listed among the righteous.

²⁹ But I am afflicted and in pain.
O God, may salvation from you set me on high.
³⁰ I will praise God’s name in song.
I will proclaim his greatness with thanksgiving.
³¹ For the Lord this is better than an ox,
than a bull that has horns and hoofs.
³² The poor will see and be glad.
You who seek God, may your hearts live!
³³ For the Lord listens to the needy,
and he does not despise the captives who belong to him.
³⁴ Let heaven and earth praise him,
the seas and all that move in them,
³⁵ for God will save Zion,
and he will build the cities of Judah.
Then people will settle there and possess it.
³⁶ Then the descendants of his servants will inherit it,
and those who love his name will dwell in it.

¹ Hurry, God! Rescue me!
Lord, hurry to help me!
² May those who seek my life be put to shame and disgrace.
May all who desire to harm me be turned back and disgraced.
³ May those who say, “Aha! We got you!” be dismayed,
because they have been put to shame.
⁴ But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you.
May those who love your salvation always say, “Let God be exalted!”
⁵ Yet I am oppressed and poor.
God, hurry to me. You are my help and my deliverer.
O Lord, do not delay.