He Will Tread Down Our Foes

60 To the choirmaster: according to fShushan Eduth. A gMiktam1 of David; hfor instruction; when he istrove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

1  O God, jyou have rejected us, kbroken our defenses;

you have been angry; loh, restore us.

2  You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open;

mrepair its breaches, for it totters.

3  nYou have made your people see hard things;

oyou have given us pwine to drink that made us stagger.

4  You have set up qa banner for those who fear you,

that they may flee to it rfrom the bow.2 Selah

5  sThat your tbeloved ones may be delivered,

give salvation by your right hand and answer us!

6  God has spoken uin his holiness:3

“With exultation vI will divide up wShechem

and portion out the Vale of xSuccoth.

7  yGilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;

zEphraim is amy helmet;

Judah is my bscepter.

8  cMoab is my washbasin;

upon Edom I dcast my shoe;

over ePhilistia I shout in triumph.”4

9  Who will bring me to the fortified city?

fWho will lead me to Edom?

10  Have you not grejected us, O God?

You hdo not go forth, O God, with our armies.

11  Oh, grant us help against the foe,

for ivain is the salvation of man!

12  With God we shall jdo valiantly;

it is he who will ktread down our foes.

Lead Me to the Rock

61 To the choirmaster: with lstringed instruments. Of David.

1  Hear my cry, O God,

mlisten to my prayer;

2  from the end of the earth I call to you

when my heart is nfaint.

Lead me to othe rock

that is higher than I,

3  for you have been pmy refuge,

a strong qtower against the enemy.

4  Let me rdwell in your tent forever!

Let me take refuge under sthe shelter of your wings! Selah

5  For you, O God, have heard my vows;

you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.

6  tProlong uthe life of the king;

may his years endure to all generations!

7  May he be enthroned forever before God;

appoint vsteadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him!

8  So will I ever sing praises to your name,

as I wperform my vows day after day.

My Soul Waits for God Alone

62 To the choirmaster: according to xJeduthun. A Psalm of David.

1  For God alone ymy soul zwaits in silence;

from him comes my salvation.

2  aHe alone is my rock and my salvation,

my bfortress; cI shall not be greatly shaken.

3  How long will all of you attack a man

to batter him,

like da leaning wall, a tottering fence?

4  They only plan to thrust him down from his ehigh position.

They take pleasure in falsehood.

fThey bless with their mouths,

but inwardly they curse. Selah

5  For God alone, O ymy soul, wait in silence,

for my hope is from him.

6  aHe only is my rock and my salvation,

my fortress; I shall not be shaken.

7  On God rests my gsalvation and my glory;

my mighty rock, hmy refuge is God.

8  iTrust in him at all times, O people;

jpour out your heart before him;

God is ha refuge for us. Selah

9  kThose of low estate are but a breath;

those of high estate lare a delusion;

in the balances they go up;

kthey are together lighter than a breath.

10  Put no trust in extortion;

mset no vain hopes on robbery;

nif riches increase, set not your heart on them.

11  oOnce God has spoken;

otwice have I heard this:

that ppower belongs to God,

12  and that to you, O Lord, qbelongs steadfast love.

For you will rrender to a man

according to his work.

My Soul Thirsts for You

63 A Psalm of David, swhen he was in the wilderness of Judah.

1  O God, you are my God; tearnestly I seek you;

umy soul thirsts for you;

my flesh faints for you,

as in va dry and weary land where there is no water.

2  So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,

beholding wyour power and glory.

3  Because your xsteadfast love is better than life,

my lips will praise you.

4  So I will bless you yas long as I live;

in your zname I will alift up my hands.

5  My soul will be bsatisfied as with fat and rich food,

and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,

6  when I remember you cupon my bed,

and meditate on you in cthe watches of the night;

7  for you have been my help,

and in dthe shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

8  My soul eclings to you;

your right hand fupholds me.

9  But those who seek to destroy my life

gshall go down into hthe depths of the earth;

10  they shall be given over to the power of the sword;

they shall be a portion for jackals.

11  But ithe king shall rejoice in God;

all who jswear by him shall exult,

kfor the mouths of lliars will be stopped.

Hide Me from the Wicked

64 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1  Hear my voice, O God, in my mcomplaint;

preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

2  Hide me from nthe secret plots of the wicked,

from the throng of evildoers,

3  who owhet their tongues like swords,

who paim bitter words like arrows,

4  shooting from qambush at the blameless,

shooting at him suddenly and rwithout fear.

5  They shold fast to their evil purpose;

they talk of tlaying snares secretly,

thinking, u“Who can see them?”

6  They search out injustice,

saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”

For vthe inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

7  wBut God shoots his arrow at them;

they are wounded suddenly.

8  They are brought to ruin, with their own xtongues turned against them;

all who ysee them will zwag their heads.

9  Then all mankind yfears;

they atell what God has brought about

and ponder what he has done.

10  Let bthe righteous one rejoice in the Lord

and ctake refuge in him!

Let all dthe upright in heart exult!

O God of Our Salvation

65 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.

1  Praise eis due to you,1 O God, in Zion,

and to you shall fvows be performed.

2  O you who ghear prayer,

to you hshall all flesh come.

3  When iiniquities prevail against me,

you jatone for our transgressions.

4  kBlessed is the one you choose and bring near,

to ldwell in your courts!

We shall be msatisfied with the goodness of your house,

the holiness of your temple!

5  By nawesome deeds you answer us with righteousness,

O God of our salvation,

the hope of all othe ends of the earth

and of the farthest seas;

6  the one who by his strength established the mountains,

being pgirded with might;

7  who qstills the roaring of the seas,

the roaring of their waves,

rthe tumult of the peoples,

8  so that those who dwell at the ends of the earth are in awe at your signs.

You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy.

9  You visit the earth and swater it;2

you greatly enrich it;

tthe river of God is full of water;

uyou provide their grain,

for so you have prepared it.

10  You water its furrows abundantly,

settling its ridges,

softening it with vshowers,

and blessing its growth.

11  You crown the year with your bounty;

your wagon tracks woverflow with abundance.

12  xThe pastures of the wilderness overflow,

the hills ygird themselves with joy,

13  zthe meadows clothe themselves with flocks,

the valleys deck themselves with grain,

they ashout and sing together for joy.

How Awesome Are Your Deeds

66 To the choirmaster. A Song. A Psalm.

1  bShout for joy to God, all the earth;

2  sing the glory of his name;

cgive to him glorious praise!

3  Say to God, d“How awesome are your deeds!

So great is your power that your enemies ecome cringing to you.

4  fAll the earth worships you

and sings praises to you;

they sing praises to your name.” Selah

5  gCome and see what God has done:

dhe is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.

6  He hturned the sea into dry land;

they ipassed through the river on foot.

There did we rejoice in him,

7  who rules by his might forever,

whose jeyes keep watch on the nations—

let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

8  Bless our God, O peoples;

let the sound of his praise be heard,

9  who has kept our soul among the living

and khas not let our feet slip.

10  For you, O God, have ltested us;

you have tried us as silver is tried.

11  You brought us into mthe net;

you laid a crushing burden on our backs;

12  you let men nride over our heads;

we went through fire and through owater;

yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.

13  I will come into your house with burnt offerings;

I will pperform my vows to you,

14  that which my lips uttered

and my mouth promised qwhen I was in trouble.

15  I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals,

with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;

I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah

16  rCome and hear, all you who fear God,

and I will tell what he has done for my soul.

17  I cried to him with my mouth,

and high praise was on1 my tongue.2

18  If I had scherished iniquity in my heart,

tthe Lord would not have listened.

19  But truly uGod has listened;

he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

20  Blessed be God,

because he has not rejected my prayer

or removed his steadfast love from me!