Hear, O God, my cry;
Give heed to my prayer.

From the end of the earth
I will call out unto You
When my heart faints;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

For You are a refuge to me,
A strong tower before the enemy.

Let me sojourn in Your tent forever;
Let me take refuge in the covering of Your wings. Selah

For You, O God, have heard my vows;
You have given me the inheritance of those who fear Your name.

You will add days to the days of the king;
May his years be like generation after generation.

May he dwell forever before God;
Appoint lovingkindness and  ¹faithfulness, that they may preserve him.

So I will sing psalms to Your name forever,
As I  ¹repay my vows day by day.

To the choir director, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David

My soul waits in silence for God alone;
My salvation is from Him.

He alone is my rock and my salvation,
My high retreat; I will not be greatly shaken.

How long will you assail a man
So that you may slay him, all of you,
Like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?

They only make plans to thrust him down from his dignity;
They take delight in lies;
With their mouth they bless,
But inwardly they curse. Selah

My soul, wait in silence for God alone,
For my expectation is from Him.

He alone is my rock and my salvation,
My high retreat; I will not be shaken.

On God my salvation and my glory depend;
The rock of my strength, my refuge, is in God.

Trust in Him at all times, O people;
Pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge to us. Selah

Men of low degree are but a vapor;
Men of high degree, a lie.
In the balances they go up;
Together they are less than a vapor.

Do not trust in oppression,
And do not vainly hope in robbery;
If wealth increases,
Do not set your heart on it.

Once has God spoken;
Twice have I heard this,
That strength belongs to God.

To You also, O Lord, belongs lovingkindness;
For You repay every man according to his work.

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah

O God, You are my God; I seek You diligently.
My soul thirsts for You,
My flesh faints in longing for You,
In a dry and weary land without water.

So I have looked upon You in the sanctuary,
Seeing Your power and Your glory.

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips praise You.

Thus I bless You while I live;
I lift up my hands in Your name.

My soul is satisfied as with the rich fatness,
And my mouth praises You with lips of joyous shouting,

When I remember You while on my bed,
When I consider You in the night watches.

For You have been my help,
And in the shadow of Your wings I will shout for joy.

My soul pursues after You;
Your right hand upholds me.

But those who seek my  ¹life to destroy it
Will go into the lower parts of the earth;

They will be given over to the power of the sword;
They will be the portion of foxes.

But the king will rejoice in God;
Everyone who swears by Him will boast;
For the mouth of those who speak falsehood will be stopped.

To the choir director. A Psalm of David

Hear, O God, my voice in my complaint;
Preserve my life from the enemy's dread.

Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers,
From the throng of the workers of iniquity,

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword,
Who have aimed their arrow, their bitter word,

To shoot in secret places at the  ¹perfect man.
They shoot suddenly at him and do not fear.

They firm up for themselves an evil matter;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, Who will see them?

They seek out injustices, saying:
We have completed a carefully sought-out plan.
Indeed each man's inward thought
And heart are deep.

But God will shoot an arrow at them;
Suddenly they are wounded.

They are made to stumble over each other by their own tongue;
All who see them shake their heads.

And all men will fear
And declare what has been done by God,
And they will ponder His work.

The righteous man will rejoice in Jehovah and take refuge in Him,
And all the upright in heart will boast.

To the choir director. A Psalm of David; a Song

Praise awaits You, O God, in Zion;
And to You is the vow paid.

O You who hear prayer,
To You all flesh comes.

Iniquities prevail against me;
As for our transgressions, You make propitiation for them.

Blessed is he whom You have chosen and bring near
To dwell in Your courts.
We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Of Your holy temple.

By awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness,
O God of our salvation,
You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth
And of the remotest sea;

Who established the mountains in His strength,
Girded with might;

Who stilled the roaring of the seas,
The roaring of their billows,
And the tumult of the peoples.

And they who dwell in the uttermost parts
Are afraid of Your signs;
You make the exitways of the morning and the evening
Shout for joy.

You visit the earth and water it;
You enrich it greatly:
The river of God is full of water.
You provide  ¹men grain, for so You have prepared  ²the earth.

Saturating its furrows, settling its ridges,
You soften it with showers;
You bless its sprouting forth.

You place a crown on a year with Your goodness,
And Your wagon tracks drop fatness;

The wilderness pastures overflow,
And the hills gird themselves with exultation.

The meadows are clothed with the flock,
And the valleys cover themselves in grain;
They shout for joy; indeed they sing.