³ Lord, what are human beings^(F) that you care for them,
    mere mortals that you think of them?
⁴ They are like a breath;^(G)
    their days are like a fleeting shadow.^(H)

⁵ Part your heavens,^(I) Lord, and come down;^(J)
    touch the mountains, so that they smoke.^(K)
6 Send forth lightning^(L) and scatter^(M) the enemy;
    shoot your arrows^(N) and rout them.
⁷ Reach down your hand from on high;^(O)
    deliver me and rescue me^(P)
from the mighty waters,^(Q)
    from the hands of foreigners^(R)
8 whose mouths are full of lies,^(S)
    whose right hands^(T) are deceitful.^(U)

⁹ I will sing a new song^(V) to you, my God;
    on the ten-stringed lyre^(W) I will make music to you,
¹⁰ to the One who gives victory to kings,^(X)
    who delivers his servant David.^(Y)

From the deadly sword^{(Z) 11} deliver me;
    rescue me^(AA) from the hands of foreigners^(AB)
whose mouths are full of lies,^(AC)
    whose right hands are deceitful.^(AD)

¹² Then our sons in their youth
    will be like well-nurtured plants,^(AE)
and our daughters will be like pillars^(AF)
    carved to adorn a palace.
¹³ Our barns will be filled^(AG)
    with every kind of provision.
Our sheep will increase by thousands,
    by tens of thousands in our fields;
¹⁴     our oxen^(AH) will draw heavy loads.^[b]
There will be no breaching of walls,^(AI)
    no going into captivity,
    no cry of distress in our streets.^(AJ)
15 Blessed is the people^(AK) of whom this is true;
    blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.

³ Great^(AQ) is the Lord and most worthy of praise;^(AR)
    his greatness no one can fathom.^(AS)
4 One generation^(AT) commends your works to another;
    they tell^(AU) of your mighty acts.^(AV)
5 They speak of the glorious splendor^(AW) of your majesty—
    and I will meditate on your wonderful works.^[d](AX)
6 They tell^(AY) of the power of your awesome works—^(AZ)
    and I will proclaim^(BA) your great deeds.^(BB)
7 They celebrate your abundant goodness^(BC)
    and joyfully sing^(BD) of your righteousness.^(BE)

⁸ The Lord is gracious and compassionate,^(BF)
    slow to anger and rich in love.^(BG)

⁹ The Lord is good^(BH) to all;
    he has compassion^(BI) on all he has made.
¹⁰ All your works praise you,^(BJ) Lord;
    your faithful people extol^(BK) you.^(BL)
11 They tell of the glory of your kingdom^(BM)
    and speak of your might,^(BN)
12 so that all people may know of your mighty acts^(BO)
    and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.^(BP)
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,^(BQ)
    and your dominion endures through all generations.

The Lord is trustworthy^(BR) in all he promises^(BS)
    and faithful in all he does.^[e]
14 The Lord upholds^(BT) all who fall
    and lifts up all^(BU) who are bowed down.^(BV)
15 The eyes of all look to you,
    and you give them their food^(BW) at the proper time.
¹⁶ You open your hand
    and satisfy the desires^(BX) of every living thing.

¹⁷ The Lord is righteous^(BY) in all his ways
    and faithful in all he does.^(BZ)
18 The Lord is near^(CA) to all who call on him,^(CB)
    to all who call on him in truth.
¹⁹ He fulfills the desires^(CC) of those who fear him;^(CD)
    he hears their cry^(CE) and saves them.^(CF)
20 The Lord watches over^(CG) all who love him,^(CH)
    but all the wicked he will destroy.^(CI)

²¹ My mouth will speak^(CJ) in praise of the Lord.
    Let every creature^(CK) praise his holy name^(CL)
    for ever and ever.

³ I am overwhelmed with troubles^(C)
    and my life draws near to death.^(D)
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit;^(E)
    I am like one without strength.^(F)
5 I am set apart with the dead,
    like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
    who are cut off^(G) from your care.

⁶ You have put me in the lowest pit,
    in the darkest depths.^(H)
7 Your wrath^(I) lies heavily on me;
    you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.^[d](J)
8 You have taken from me my closest friends^(K)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined^(L) and cannot escape;^(M)
9     my eyes^(N) are dim with grief.

I call^(O) to you, Lord, every day;
    I spread out my hands^(P) to you.
¹⁰ Do you show your wonders to the dead?
    Do their spirits rise up and praise you?^(Q)
11 Is your love declared in the grave,
    your faithfulness^(R) in Destruction^[e]?
¹² Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
    or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

¹³ But I cry to you for help,^(S) Lord;
    in the morning^(T) my prayer comes before you.^(U)
14 Why, Lord, do you reject^(V) me
    and hide your face^(W) from me?

¹⁵ From my youth^(X) I have suffered^(Y) and been close to death;
    I have borne your terrors^(Z) and am in despair.^(AA)
16 Your wrath^(AB) has swept over me;
    your terrors^(AC) have destroyed me.
¹⁷ All day long they surround me like a flood;^(AD)
    they have completely engulfed me.
¹⁸ You have taken from me friend^(AE) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.

⁵ The heavens^(AJ) praise your wonders, Lord,
    your faithfulness too, in the assembly^(AK) of the holy ones.
⁶ For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord?
    Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?^(AL)
7 In the council^(AM) of the holy ones^(AN) God is greatly feared;
    he is more awesome than all who surround him.^(AO)
8 Who is like you,^(AP) Lord God Almighty?^(AQ)
    You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

⁹ You rule over the surging sea;
    when its waves mount up, you still them.^(AR)
10 You crushed Rahab^(AS) like one of the slain;
    with your strong arm you scattered^(AT) your enemies.
¹¹ The heavens are yours,^(AU) and yours also the earth;^(AV)
    you founded the world and all that is in it.^(AW)
12 You created the north and the south;
    Tabor^(AX) and Hermon^(AY) sing for joy^(AZ) at your name.
¹³ Your arm is endowed with power;
    your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.^(BA)

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;^(BB)
    love and faithfulness go before you.^(BC)
15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
    who walk^(BD) in the light^(BE) of your presence, Lord.
¹⁶ They rejoice in your name^(BF) all day long;
    they celebrate your righteousness.
¹⁷ For you are their glory and strength,^(BG)
    and by your favor you exalt our horn.^[i](BH)
18 Indeed, our shield^[j](BI) belongs to the Lord,
    our king^(BJ) to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Once you spoke in a vision,
    to your faithful people you said:
“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
    I have raised up a young man from among the people.
²⁰ I have found David^(BK) my servant;^(BL)
    with my sacred oil^(BM) I have anointed^(BN) him.
²¹ My hand will sustain him;
    surely my arm will strengthen him.^(BO)
22 The enemy will not get the better of him;^(BP)
    the wicked will not oppress^(BQ) him.
²³ I will crush his foes before him^(BR)
    and strike down his adversaries.^(BS)
24 My faithful love will be with him,^(BT)
    and through my name his horn^[k] will be exalted.
²⁵ I will set his hand over the sea,
    his right hand over the rivers.^(BU)
26 He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,^(BV)
    my God, the Rock^(BW) my Savior.’^(BX)
27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,^(BY)
    the most exalted^(BZ) of the kings^(CA) of the earth.
²⁸ I will maintain my love to him forever,
    and my covenant with him will never fail.^(CB)
29 I will establish his line forever,
    his throne as long as the heavens endure.^(CC)

³⁰ “If his sons forsake my law
    and do not follow my statutes,
³¹ if they violate my decrees
    and fail to keep my commands,
³² I will punish their sin with the rod,
    their iniquity with flogging;^(CD)
33 but I will not take my love from him,^(CE)
    nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
³⁴ I will not violate my covenant
    or alter what my lips have uttered.^(CF)
35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
    and I will not lie to David—
³⁶ that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;^(CG)
37 it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”^(CH)

³⁸ But you have rejected,^(CI) you have spurned,
    you have been very angry with your anointed one.
³⁹ You have renounced the covenant with your servant
    and have defiled his crown in the dust.^(CJ)
40 You have broken through all his walls^(CK)
    and reduced his strongholds^(CL) to ruins.
⁴¹ All who pass by have plundered^(CM) him;
    he has become the scorn of his neighbors.^(CN)
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.^(CO)
43 Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword
    and have not supported him in battle.^(CP)
44 You have put an end to his splendor
    and cast his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵ You have cut short^(CQ) the days of his youth;
    you have covered him with a mantle of shame.^(CR)

⁴⁶ How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?^(CS)
47 Remember how fleeting is my life.^(CT)
    For what futility you have created all humanity!
⁴⁸ Who can live and not see death,
    or who can escape the power of the grave?^(CU)
49 Lord, where is your former great love,
    which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, how your servant has^[l] been mocked,^(CV)
    how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
⁵¹ the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked,
    with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.^(CW)

⁵² Praise be to the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.^(CX)