Give Thanks to the Lord

138 Of David.

1  bI give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart;

before cthe gods I sing your praise;

2  I bow down dtoward your eholy temple

and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,

for you have exalted above all things

your name and your word.1

3  On the day I called, you answered me;

my strength of soul you increased.2

4  fAll the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O Lord,

for they have heard the words of your mouth,

5  and they shall sing of gthe ways of the Lord,

for great is the glory of the Lord.

6  hFor though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly,

but the haughty he knows from afar.

7  iThough I walk in the midst of trouble,

you jpreserve my life;

you kstretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies,

and your lright hand delivers me.

8  The Lord will mfulfill his purpose for me;

nyour steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.

Do not forsake othe work of your hands.

How Long, O Lord?

13 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1  vHow long, O Lord? Will you wforget me forever?

How long will you xhide your face from me?

2  How long must I take ycounsel in my soul

and have sorrow in my heart all the day?

How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

3  zConsider and answer me, O Lord my God;

alight up my eyes, lest bI sleep the sleep of death,

4  clest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”

lest my foes rejoice because I am dshaken.

5  But I have etrusted in your steadfast love;

my heart shall frejoice in your salvation.

6  I will sing to the Lord,

because he has dealt bountifully with me.

The Fool Says, There Is No God

14 To the choirmaster. Of David.

1  gThe hfool says in his heart, i“There is no God.”

They are jcorrupt, they do abominable deeds;

kthere is none who does good.

2  The Lord llooks down from heaven on the children of man,

to see if there are any who understand,1

who mseek after God.

3  They have all turned aside; together they have become ncorrupt;

there is none who does good,

not even one.

4  Have they no oknowledge, all the evildoers

who peat up my people as they eat bread

and qdo not call upon the Lord?

5  There they are in great terror,

for God is with rthe generation of the righteous.

6  You would shame the plans of the poor,

but2 the Lord is his srefuge.

7  Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!

When the Lord trestores the fortunes of his people,

let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Who Shall Dwell on Your Holy Hill?

15 A Psalm of David.

1  O Lord, uwho shall sojourn in your vtent?

Who shall dwell on your wholy hill?

2  He who xwalks blamelessly and ydoes what is right

and zspeaks truth in his heart;

3  who adoes not slander with his tongue

and does no evil to his neighbor,

nor btakes up a reproach against his friend;

4  cin whose eyes a vile person is despised,

but who honors those who fear the Lord;

who dswears to his own hurt and does not change;

5  who edoes not put out his money at interest

and fdoes not take a bribe against the innocent.

He who does these things shall never be gmoved.